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Battleground Prussia: The Assault on Germany's Eastern Front 1944#45

by Prit Buttar

The terrible months between the arrival of the Red Army on German soil and the final collapse of Hitler's regime were like no other in the Second World War. The Soviet Army's intent to take revenge for the horror...

Dambusters - Operation Chastise 1943

by Doug Dildy & Howard Gerrard

In May 1943, a specially established RAF squadron made its permanent imprint on military aviation history by flying a high-risk, low-level, nighttime attack against German hydro-electric dams vital to the Nazi...

Grenada 1983

by Lee Russell & Paul Hannon

On 21 October 1983, following the death of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop, the leaders of the six small nations forming the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States voted to intervene militarily to restore order...

The Czech Legion 1914-20

by David Bullock & Ramiro Bujeiro

The Czech Legion was not just a single military unit, but a volunteer army that fielded up to 100,000 troops on the Allied side on all three main fronts in World War I (1914-1918). Since only the defeat of Austro-Hungary...

Medieval Polish Armies 966-1500

by David Nicolle & Gerry Embleton

The history of Poland is a fascinating study of a people struggling to achieve nationhood in the face of internal and external enemies. Poland became a unified Christian state in AD 966 and by the 12th century...

World War II Allied Nursing Services

by Martin Brayley & Ramiro Bujeiro

The skill and care of the women of the Allied military nursing services was remembered gratefully by hundreds of thousands of wounded servicemen of World War II (1939-1945). The small peacetime services increased...

The British Army 1939-45 (2): Middle East & Mediterranean

by Martin Brayley & Mike Chappell

The scope of Britain's wartime Middle East Command stretched far beyond the Libyan desert where the 8th Army's most famous battles were fought - from Gibraltar and Tunisia in the west, to Iraq and Persia in...

Modelling Fallschirmjager Figures

by Jaume Forns

The German Fallschirmj?ger were elite soldiers, a factor that continues to ensure their popular appeal today, particularly among modellers. There are many Fallschirmj?ger figures on the market, in plastic, metal...

Modelling Panzer Crewmen of the Heer

by Mark Bannerman

Adding a figure to a kit or display can increase both depth and interest, yet building and painting figures continues to be a source of frustration to many armour modelers. This book provides full details on...

Modelling the Messerschmitt Bf 110

by Brett Green

The Messerschmitt Bf 110 was undoubtedly one of the most significant aircraft of World War II. Despite suffering setbacks in the summer of 1940 at the hands of the RAF, it continued to be used effectively in...

The Blocking of Zeebrugge - Operation Z-O 1918

by Stephen Prince & Giuseppe Rava

On the night of 22–23 April 1918 the Royal Navy carried out a raid on the German held ports of Zeebrugge and Ostend – Operation Z-O. Under the cover of clouds and smoke, over 70 ships and an assault force...

Modelling the P-51 Mustang

by Stan Spooner

The North American P-51 Mustang had a humble genesis as a British request for single engine escort fighter. The projects in the book take the modeller from the aircraft's beginnings to the ultimate manifestation...

Napoleon's Mamelukes

by Ronald Pawly & Patrice Courcelle

The most exotic of all the troops of Napoleon's Imperial Guard were undoubtedly the Mamelukes - the bodyguard of Oriental cavalry which followed him home after the Egyptian expedition of 1798-1801, and remained...

Napoleon's Scouts of the Imperial Guard

by Ronald Pawly & Patrice Courcelle

Driven out of Germany after his defeat at Leipzig in 1813, Napoleon seemed to face disaster. Some 345,000 Allied troops were converging on France from the east; and Napoleon had only about 80,000 men. Most of...

Napoleon's Polish Lancers of the Imperial Guard

by Ronald Pawly & Patrice Courcelle

Napoleon's Polish Lancers of the Guard were unique in their appearance and in their loyalty. This book reveals their varied and colorful uniforms as well as their long and loyal service for the Bonaparte cause...

The One-Week Job Project: One Man, One Year, 52 Jobs

by Sean Aiken

THE REMARKABLE AND INSPIRING TRUE STORY OF ONE GUY WHO TRANSFORMED HIS UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE FUTURE INTO ACTION

A year and a half after he graduated from college, Sean Aiken found himself struggling to answer...

Napoleon's Mounted Chasseurs of the Imperial Guard

by Ronald Pawly & Patrice Courcelle

A concise history of the hand-picked elite cavalry guard that served as Napoleon's close personal escort and were committed to the most dangerous areas of combat on the battlefield. Formed from his original...

The Belgian Army in World War I

by Ronald Pawly & Patrice Courcelle

While small in numbers, the Belgian Army played a vital role in World War I (1939-1945) that is often overlooked. Germany's invasion of neutral Belgium, which led Britain to declare war in August 1914, should...

Ukrainian Armies 1914-55

by Peter Abbott & Oleksiy Rudenko

There can be no region in Europe whose history has been more tortured than Ukraine. During the 20th century Austria, Poland, Russia, Germany, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Romania vied for power over parts of...

The Irish Defence Forces since 1922

by Donal Maccarron & Bill Younghusband

Born in the Civil War of 1922–23, the army of the Republic of Ireland occupied a sensitive place in the national culture for many years. In World War II (1939-1945), it faced the challenge of maintaining Ireland’s...