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The German Army in World War I (3): 1917-18

by Nigel Thomas & Ramiro Bujeiro

This third volume of a mini-series covering the German forces in World War I (1914-1918) examines the troops that fought during the climax of the war on all fronts: the last great battles of attrition in the...


The Waffen-SS (1): 1. to 5. Divisions

by Gordon Williamson & Stephen Andrew

Despite being disdained by the German Army’s professional officer corps, the military branch of the Nazi SS security organisation grew from an initial strength of only a handful of battalions at the outbreak...


U-boats of the Kaisers Navy

by Gordon Williamson & Ian Palmer

As was the case in World War II, one of the greatest threats to Britain during World War I was the German U-boat menace. This book traces the development of the U-boat threat from the Brandtaucher, designed...


World War II German Battle Insignia

by Gordon Williamson & Darko Pavlovic

The remarkable war effort of the German armed forces on three fronts between 1939 and 1945 was recognised by a wider range of insignia than seen in the Allied armies. While the Wehrmacht displayed fewer unit...


German Army Elite Units 1939-45

by Gordon Williamson & Ramiro Bujeiro

In World War II a number of German Army units and divisions were classed as élites, and were distinguished by special insignia of various kinds. For some this status was simply a matter of lineage - e.g. the...


The Hermann Goring Division

by Gordon Williamson & Stephen Andrew

Each of Germany's World War II (1939-1945) armed services could claim one unit which earned a unique combat reputation, and which consequently was enlarged and developed far beyond the size originally planned....


Wellington's Belgian Allies 1815

by Ronald Pawly & Patrice Courcelle

The army commanded by the Duke of Wellington at Quatre-Bras and Waterloo included two infantry divisions and three cavalry brigades of the newly-unified Netherlands (or 'Dutch-Belgian') army. The part played...


Wellington's Dutch Allies 1815

by Ronald Pawly & Patrice Courcelle

The forces commanded by the Duke of Wellington at Quatre-Bras and Waterloo included two infantry divisions and three cavalry brigades of the newly unified ('Dutch-Belgian') army of the Kingdom of the Netherlands,...


Napoleon's Guards of Honour: 1813-14

by Ronald Pawly & Patrice Courcelle

One of the least understood of Napoleon's corps were the four regiments of Gardes d'honneur, raised in 1813 during the frantic rebuilding of the French cavalry after the huge losses in Russia. Recruited from...


Napoleon's Red Lancers

by Ronald Pawly & Patrice Courcelle

The legendary Dutch 'Red' Lancers – the 2nd Light Horse Lancers of Napoleon's Imperial Guard – were formed in 1810, during the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815), after the emperor annexed Holland and its army...


The German Army in World War I (2): 1915-17

by Nigel Thomas & Ramiro Bujeiro

The years 1915–17 of World War I saw the Imperial German Army forced to adapt to the new realities of static trench warfare. Prewar uniforms and equipment had to be modified, for both utility and economy;...


The German Army in World War I (1): 1914-15

by Nigel Thomas & Gerry Embleton

In August 1914 the mobilization of Imperial Germany's 800,000-strong army ushered in the first great war of the modern age - a war which still stands as the greatest slaughter of soldiers in history. That German...


Napoleon's Polish Troops

by Otto Pivka & Michael Roffe

In 1795 the kingdom of Poland fell prey to her stronger neighbors, Russia, Prussia and Austria. Following the death of the king of Poland in 1798, his kingdom was divided among these three neighboring powers....


Modelling the Sturmgeschutz III

by Gary Edmundson

The concept of the Sturmgeschutz III started well before the war when the German army announced the need for a self-propelled 75mm gun to be used for infantry support. By 1938, several '0-Serie' prototype vehicles...


Modelling the Jagdpanzer 38(t) 'Hetzer'

by Gary Edmundson

In the second half of World War II the German Army faced numerically superior armoured forces on the Eastern and Western Fronts. In order to counter this threat, tank destroyer production was increased. One...


African American Troops in World War II

by Alexander Bielakowski & Raffaele Ruggeri

Osprey's study of the African Americans' involvement in World War II (1939-1945). Despite the contribution of black units to the American Expeditionary Force in World War I (1914-1918), and the commissioning...


The Bruneval Raid - Operation Biting 1942

by Ken Ford & Howard Gerrard

In the darkest days of World War II, the British planned a daring airborne operation to capture the secret of the new German radar. Lead by Major John Frost, a company of paratroopers dropped into Bruneval on...


The British Fleet Air Arm in World War II

by Mark Barber & Stephen Walsh

This is a concise history of the Royal Navy's air arm during World War II (1939-1945), from the Arctic convoys, to the battle for Malta, to the last raids on Japan. The contribution of British Naval aviation...


Royal Naval Air Service Pilot 1914-18

by Mark Barber & Adam Hook

Osprey's survey of the Royal Naval Air Service pilot during World War I (1914-1918). In 1914 the Naval Wing of the Royal Flying Corps was subsumed into the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). With the bulk of the...


Flags of the Third Reich (3): Party & Police Units

by Brian Davis & Malcolm Mcgregor

In his book Mein Kampf Adolf Hitler claims that he made the decision to use the swastika as the emblem for his fledgling movement. He was responsible for the shape the swastika finally took, and for the choice...