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Alexander the Great at War
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Alexander the Great never ceases to fascinate. He was aged only 20 when he became king of Macedon, but had already begun to show the military genius that would win him victories against the mighty Persian Empire. In a campaign lasting 11 years he travelled thousands of miles through deserts,...
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Always Faithful: US Marines in World War II Combat
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Author Eric Hammel presents a unique pictorial history of the US Marines who fought during World War II. Hammel selects the top 100 images from his private archives to share with readers 100 images that capture what Semper Fidelis meant to the fighting men during the war. With a mixture of iconic...
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America's Elite
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Armies of the Napoleonic Wars: An Illustrated History Hardcover
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The Napoleonic Wars saw almost two decades of brutal fighting, from the frozen wastelands of Russia to the wilderness of the Peninsula, and from Egypt to the bloody battlefield of Waterloo. Fighting took place on an unprecedented scale across Europe, and over the entire period of the wars...
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Backbone: History, Traditions, and Leadership Lessons of Marine Corps NCOs
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Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) are the backbone of the US Marine Corps. They execute orders and lead their fellow Marines into battle. NCOs are an important part of America's military heritage and history, and their traditions are deeply entwined with the history of the United States. Marine...
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Battle of Britain
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Britain was an island under siege. The march of the Nazi war machine had been unrelenting. France and Belgium had quickly fallen and now she stood alone to counter this gravest ever threat to her sovereignty in almost a thousand years of history. However, her fate would not be decided by armies...
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Battle of the Bulge
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The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive in the West and the largest and most costly battle fought by the US Army in World War II. Resulting in over 100,000 German and 80,000 American casualties, it turned an apparent defeat into what British Prime Minister Winston Churchill...
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Battlefield Angels Hardcover
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Author, journalist, and USS Midway Museum spokesman Scott McGaugh reveals the riveting stories of the men and women who save lives on the front lines in Battlefield Angels, the first book about battlefield medicine in the US military. Told from the point of view of the unsung heroes who slide...
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Battleground Prussia
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In September 1944 the Soviet Army poured into German territory, flooding the martial heartland of the Reich, Prussia. Hopelessly outnumbered by the human wave of the Red Army, the Wehrmacht fought on with determination, but was gradually beaten back. This book describes the great battles that...
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Battleground Prussia: The Assault on Germany's Eastern Front 1944-45
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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 that the Nazis had wreaked on their people produced a conflict of implacable...
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Battleground: The Greatest Tank Duels in History Hardcover
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The tank came of age during World War II at the cutting edge of Hitler's Blitzkreig and became the most powerful machine on the twentieth-century battlefield. But what was it like to be a driver or gunner in the Battle of the Bulge, on the Eastern Front, the deserts of North Africa or the dusty...
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Between Giants: The Battle for the Baltics in World War II
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The Black-out Book
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As the haunting air raid sirens of World War II echoed around blacked out streets, the people of London and other British cities would gather together in tube stations, tunnels, railway arches, basements and makeshift shelters at the bottom of gardens, fearful of what the night might bring from...
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Blitz Illustrated History
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The winter of 1940 41 was the season of the Blitz. From St Paul's Cathedral to the East End, from the very heart of the capital to the cities of the midlands, throughout the length and breadth of the land the bombs rained down as Germany attempted to bludgeon Britain into submission. As the...
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Blitz Spirit
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As the bombs began to fall in September 1940, as homes were flattened and people emerged from cramped shelters and sleepless nights into barely recognisable streets, something very British happened - the Blitz Spirit was born. Amazingly the terrors of bombing inspired the best in ordinary people,...
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The Boys of '67
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In the spring of 1966, while the war in Vietnam was still popular, the US military decided to reactivate the 9th Infantry Division as part of the military build-up. Across the nation, farm boys from the Midwest, surfers from California and city-slickers from Cleveland opened their mail to find...
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Brushes and Bayonets
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It is often said that a picture is worth a thousand words, but during World War I, newspaper illustrations were worth even more, not only conveying the news to anxious families at home and soldiers in battle, but also entertaining and lifting the spirits of a nation at war. This thematic...
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Buffalo Soldiers
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This book covers the history of African American soldiers, beginning with the American Civil War and the Plains Wars, when they were nicknamed Buffalo Soldiers'. It then examines their role during the age of American Imperialism,' before distinguishing themselves in the trenches of World War I....
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Chivalry and Command
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Tens of thousands of tourists visit Whitehall each year and gaze at the Horse Guards sentries, but the history behind Horse Guards, and the sentries in front of it are known to virtually no-one. This is the first book to tell the absorbing story of a site which has been used for martial activity...
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Civil War Quiz Book
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How well do you know the who, where, what, when and how of the Civil War? Can you name the captain of the USS Monitor during the battle of Hampton Roads or match-up famous generals with their horses? Test your knowledge in this unique guide to the famous, infamous and quirky facts of the American...
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Concrete Hell: Modern Urban Warfare
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Throughout history cities have been at the center of warfare, from sieges to street-fighting, from peace-keeping to coups de mains. Sun Tzu admonished his readers of The Art of War that the lowest realization of warfare was to attack a fortified city. Indeed, although strategists have advised...
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Conquer or Die Wellington's Vets
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In the aftermath of Waterloo, over 6,000 British volunteers sailed across the Atlantic to aid Simon Bolivar in his liberation of Gran Columbia from her oppressors in Madrid. The expeditions were plagued with disaster from the start, one ship sank shortly after leaving Portsmouth with the loss of...
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Counterfeiter: How a Norwegian Jew survived the Holocaust
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Published for the first time in English, this is an enthralling personal account of the secret Nazi project, Operation Bernhard, devised to destabilize the British and, later, American economies by creating and putting into circulation millions of counterfeit banknotes. A team of typographers and...
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Counterinsurgency in Modern War Paperback
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Throughout history armies of occupation and civil power have been faced with the challenges of insurgency. British and American involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan has highlighted this form of conflict in the modern world. Armies have had to adopt new doctrines and tactics to deal with the...
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Counterinsurgency in Modern Warfare
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Throughout history armies of occupation and civil power have been repeatedly faced with the challenges of insurgency. British and American involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan has highlighted this form of conflict in the modern world. Armies, sometimes reluctantly, have had to adopt new doctrines...
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Crusader Castles in the Holy Land
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The bloody crusades that swept across the Middle East in medieval times left their mark on the landscape, where fortifications that once acted as bastions of power for the beleaguered Crusader States now cast their ruined shadows over the earth. Crusader Castles in the Holy Land is a beautifully...
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Daring Dozen: Shadowfist Heroes WWII
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Deadly Force
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From the gunslinger duels of the dusty Old West to the fire-fights on the Los Angeles freeway, the story of the lawman and the outlaw has been written in blood across the pages of American history. In this book, expert author Chris McNab draws together these violent and chaotic tales to form a...
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Deliver Us From Darkness
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Ian Gardner, co-author of Tonight We Die as Men, is back with the second installment of the exploits of the 3/506 in WWII. Drawing on years of research and more than seventy extended interviews with veterans and civilians caught up in the fighting, Deliver Us from Darkness begins where the...
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Dogfight War in the Skies
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These 40 exquisitely detailed postcards showcase some of the finest artwork to have graced the covers of Osprey's aviation books over the years. Depicting aircraft in action from bi- and tri-planes over the trenches of WWI, the Battle of Britain and the Blitz, to the stealth technology of the...
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Dogfight: The greatest air duels of World War II
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Fighter pilots are the elite of the elite. It can take years of training to produce a fighter pilot and even longer to produce a plane that is worthy of their skills. Yet a dogfight can last only minutes. Discover what it felt like to be a fighter pilot during World War II, flying some of the...
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El Alamein 1942
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The Enemy Within
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To gain the upper hand in conflict the ability to know what your enemy is planning is vital. Separating myth from reality, the Enemy Within traces the history of espionage from its development in ancient times through to the end of the Cold War and beyond, shedding light on the clandestine...
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Extraordinary Heroes Victoria Cross
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The Victoria and George Crosses are the highest military and civil decorations of the United Kingdom, awarded for gallantry. The Victoria Cross, introduced in 1856, is awarded to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries for valour in the face of the enemy, while the George...
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F-15 Eagle Engaged
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With its twin tail, the F-15 Eagle is probably the most recognizable military jet fighter in the skies today, and is undoubtedly the most successful jet fighter of all time, having never been shot down in combat. Flown not only by the US Air Force but by the air forces of Israel, Saudi Arabi and...
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Forgotten Sacrifice: The Arctic Convoys of World War II
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The story begins in October 1939, when Germany and the Soviet Union began diplomatic maneuvering. The action accelerates with Winston Churchill's decision in 1941 to provide supplies to Soviet forces battling the German invasion and for five long years, thousands of men and women fought...
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From D-Day to Berlin
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From Rocks to Rockets
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William Gilkerson takes the broad, sweeping history of the human race and puts it into pictures that are at once meaningful, sometimes profound, and always funny. His pen takes us from cave men with rocks to modern bombs and rockets, and depicts the chaos throughout. First published in 1963, we...
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Gladiator Rome's Bloody Spectacle
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From the high-walls and cheering crowds of the Roman Coliseum to the dark dungeons where prisoners spent their last peaceful moments, Konstantin Nossov brings the world of the Roman gladiator to life. Using the latest research, Konstantin reconstructs the history of these men who battled for the...
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Good Life On a Budget
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Say no to waste, save pots of money, and look good while you are doing it! Here is the best advice for enjoying life inexpensively, drawn from the collective wisdom of ration era Britain, with numerous ways to get back to the best things in life - alternatives to retail therapy, suggestions for...
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Helmand
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History of the World in 100 Weapons
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A History of the World in 100 Weapons tells the stories of the hundred definitive weapons whose effects have been the most revolutionary, changing the way war is waged and the very world we live in. From the gladius of ancient Rome to the AK-47, all one hundred are revealed in an array of...
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Hitler's Armies: A history of the German War Machine 1939–45
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The definitive work on Hitler's war machine charting its evolution from the formidable force which won stunning victories during the Blitzkrieg in 1940, to the hard campaigns it fought in the deserts of North Africa and the frozen wastelands of the Soviet Union to the eventual retreat to the...
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Hitler's Eagles: The Luftwaffe 1933-45
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At the beginning of World War II, the Luftwaffe was the world's most advanced air force. With superior tactics, aircraft and training, it cut through opposition air forces. Despite this auspicious beginning, by 1945 the Luftwaffe was a dying force. The Allies were destroying German aircraft at...
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Hitlers War on Russia
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The Russian Front was the decisive theatre of World War II, with the great mass of the German Army and Luftwaffe locked in battle with the Red Army in the largest land campaign in history. On a 1,200 mile front, from the Arctic Circle to the Caspian Sea, in baking summer heat and freezing winter...
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Home Before the Leaves Fall
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The German invasion of France and Belgium in August 1914 came close to defeating the French armies, capturing Paris and ending the First World War before the autumn leaves had fallen. But the German armies failed to score the knock-out blow they had planned. The war would drag on for four years...
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I am Soldier War Stories
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I am Soldier brings together the profiles of sixty soldiers who have fought over the past 2,500. These vivid accounts graphically depict the role of the soldier in battle often using the soldiers' own words to reveal what they felt during the chaos of war and its aftermath. From the Spartans at...
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In the Heat of Battle
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Out of the last 3,500 years of our civilised' world, only for 230 have we been at peace. In The Heat of Battle features those who by rising to the occasion on the battlefield or failing to do so turned the course of history. For some military leaders or politicians their actions ensured they...
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Incomparable: Napoleon's 9th Light Infantry Regiment
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An elite battalion under Louis XVI, the 9th Light Infantry regiment were with Napoleon from almost the beginning, turning the field at Marengo and breaking the Austrians. They then spent over a decade fighting their way across the continent, following Napoleon to the bitter end. Bringing their...
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Iran at War AD1500 to Present
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Following on from his award-winning book on the history of ancient Persia, Kaveh Farrokh goes on to examine Iran's wartime history from the Safavid dynasty of the 16th and 17th century through to the 1979 Revolution and beyond. He shows how the early military successes were followed by centuries...
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Iraq Full Circle
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Japanese Intelligence in WWII
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Western studies of Japanese Intelligence in World War II have invariably concluded that this service was very poor. However, these studies have always concentrated on the later years of the war, when Japan was fighting a multi-front war against numerous opponents. In this groundbreaking new...
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Joshua Chamberlain A Life in Letters
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Knight Noble Warrior of England Paperback
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The traditional 'knight in shining armour' has become a staple figure in popular culture and the images of bloody battlefields, bustling feasting halls and courtly tournaments have been shown time and again in film and fiction. But what was the knight truly like? From the post-Norman knights of...
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Knight: The Warrior and World of Chivalry
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The knight in shining armour charging across the battlefield has become an iconic figure of the medieval period. Yet behind the popular image lies a world of the knight that is both more complex and more fascinating. This book uncovers the myths to reveal the true knight warrior, examining his...
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Light Dragoons Regimental History
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Published with the full co-operation of the Light Dragoons Regimental Association and drawing on their extensive archives, this Osprey title provides an intimate history of what it has meant to be a cavalry trooper through the ages. First raised in the middle of the 18th century for scouting...
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Lockheed Blackbird Beyond the Secret Missions
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Twenty years after releasing his first groundbreaking book about the SR-71, Paul Crickmore returns to the subject to tell the complete story of the most famous American spy-plane. Using a vast number of previously classified government documents, and utilizing dozens of key military contacts,...
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Love, Tommy: Letters Home, from the Great War to the Present Day
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A legacy of an empire and a nation at war, Love Tommy, is a collection of letters housed at the Imperial War Museum sent by British and Commonwealth troops from Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa from the front line of war to their loved ones at home. Poignant expressions of love,...
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The Man who shot the Man who shot Lincoln
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We have all heard about the great generals of military history, and those whose heroic deeds changed the course of war. This is not their book. Instead, this offbeat and engaging book reveals the stories of 46 bit-players of military history: Hitler s personal pilot, Hanna Reitsch; Pierre Basile,...
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Mercenary: The Soldier of Fortune through History: From Xenophon and the Ten Thousand to the Blackwater Operatives
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The mercenary has been one of the constants of military history since ancient times. From Xenophon's Anabasis to today's soldiers of fortune in Africa and the Middle East these warriors for hire have wrought havoc throughout history. This book looks at the evolution of the mercenary from ancient...
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Military History Quiz Book
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How well do you know the who, where, what, when and how of military history? Pit your knowledge against Osprey's very own quizmaster in this unique guide to the famous, infamous and quirky facts of military history. Complete with questions ranging from easy to nearly impossible and including true...
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Military Mayhem Sleeze and Scandal
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Bungled cover-ups, acts of blinding incompetence, miscarriages of justice, sexual escapades, and downright stupidity - have all helped to make the world's armed forces the much loved institutions they are today. Take an irreverent look at the public outcries and scandals that governments and...
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Naval Miscellany
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For armchair admirals, history buffs, and naval enthusiasts everywhere, A Naval Miscellany is an indispensible and entertaining collection of fascinating and little-known facts, anecdotes, lists, curiosities and stories from our naval past. Forgotten heroes, amazing blunders, surprising trivia,...
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No Greater Ally
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There is a chapter of World War II history that remains largely untold; the monumental struggles of an entire nation have been forgotten, and even intentionally obscured. Giving a full overview of Poland's participation in World War II. Following their valiant but doomed defence of Poland in...
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No Greater Ally Untold Poland WWII
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There is a chapter of World War II history that remains largely untold; the story of the fourth largest allied military of the war, the only nation to have fought in the battles of Leningrad, Arnhem, Tobruk and Normandy. In a cruel twist of history the monumental struggles of an entire nation...
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Nuclear Dawn
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The obliteration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 brought the world to a stand still. This unimaginable shock confirmed to the world that the race to develop a working atomic weapon during World War II had been won by the American-led international effort. Horrific and controversial even...
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Out of Nowhere: A history of the military sniper, from the Sharpshooter to Afghanistan
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The sniper is probably the most feared specialist warrior and the most efficient killer on the battlefield. Endlessly patient and highly skilled, once he has you in his crosshairs, your chances of survival are slim. This revised edition of Out of Nowhere provides a comprehensive history of the...
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Overlord
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An excellent account of one of the greatest and most dramatic military operations ever undertaken. The authors possess an intimate knowledge of the ground and a clear understanding of their sources, and have produced not only a lively and well illustrated narrative, but also a powerful and...
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Panther
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In most people's opinion, the German Panther tank was the most elegant tank design of World War II. It embodied a balance of firepower, armor protection, and mobility unmatched by any other tank of the period. Yet, it was not the war-winner it might have been. Author Mike Green examines the...
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The Para-Fitness Flick Book
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Every year getting fit and losing weight is at the top of the list of resolutions but few of us manage to stick to any kind of fitness regime. What you need is a military instructor watching over your exercise programme, helping you out and encouraging you along the way. Unfortunately, we can’t...
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Pass in Review: History of West Point
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Established in 1802, the United States Military Academy at West Point is the oldest of the United States's service academies. During nearly 210 years of existence, thousands of cadets have walked its halls. It has long been a leader in establishing traditions that have influenced colleges and...
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Peninsular War Atlas
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The Peninsular War saw some of the bloodiest fighting of the Napoleonic Wars. Despite the exposure given this theatre the soldiers who fought there have received little public recognition. The bicentennial commemorations of this war, aim to bring the war to wider recognition, bringing the...
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Plane Spotter's Guide
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A perfect pocket guide to help identify the most famous military aircraft of history, a perfect accessory for air show attendees and armchair fighter pilots.
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A Pocket History of the Civil War
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Whether novice or buff, readers across the spectrum will find unique and entertaining bits of trivia, facts, and lore about key American Civil War battles and leaders in Civil War Miscellany, a collection of the unusual from author Martin Graham. From the identification of key troop locations...
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The Pointblank Directive
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Where was the Luftwaffe on D-Day? Following decades of debate, 2010 saw a formerly classified history restored and in it was a new set of answers. Pointblank is the result of extensive new research that creates a richly textured portrait of perhaps the last untold story of D-Day: three uniquely...
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Red Eagles
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Revolt
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The Rice Paddy Navy
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After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Navy knew it would need vital information from the Pacific. After a meeting and a handshake agreement with Chiang Kai-shek, the Sino-American Cooperative Organization was born. This top-secret network worked hand in hand with the Nationalist Chinese to...
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The Road To Victory: From Pearl Harbor To Okinawa
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On December 7, 1941, as the Japanese dived out of the clouds above Pearl Harbor, America's future was fundamentally altered. Ever since the first world conflict, the United States had resisted the temptation to be drawn into wars outside of its borders. But with this one surprise attack America...
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Rolling Thunder in a Gentle Land
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From its beginnings in the Colonial War with France in the 1940s and 50s, through to the final evacuation of Saigon in 1975 and beyond, each chapter of Rolling Thunder in a Gentle Land: The Vietnam War Revisited focuses on a different aspect of the Vietnam War. Officers from both the NVA and ARVN...
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Rolling Thunder in a Gentle Land Paperback
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From its beginnings in the Colonial War with France in the 1940s and 50s, through to the final evacuation of Saigon in 1975 and beyond, each chapter of Rolling Thunder in a Gentle Land: The Vietnam War Revisited focuses on a different aspect of the Vietnam War. Officers from both the NVA and ARVN...
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Roman Army (SC)
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The Roman Army: The Greatest War Machine of the Ancient World
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Chris McNab's latest title for Osprey follows the Roman Army from the first armed citizens of the early Republic through the glorious heights of the Imperial legions to the shameful defeats inflicted upon the late Roman army by the Goths and Huns. Tracing the development of tactics, equipment and...
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The Samurai and the Sacred
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The fierce loyalty and self-sacrificing attitude of the Samurai have made them both a legend and a cult. Yet although their military prowess and skills in the martial arts have been studied exhaustively, an understanding of their belief system still eludes many. This original and exciting work...
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SAS Combat Survival Guide
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SAS Heroes (PB)
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From WWII to Iraq the SAS has been at the forefront of armed conflict, though most people wouldn t realise it was even there. Universally acknowledged as the best special forces in the world, every member of the Regiment is a hero in his own right. However, even amongst these remarkable soldiers...
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The SAS in World War II: An Illustrated History
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In his new book, WWII historian Gavin Mortimer examines the pivotal events of one of the most famous military units of all time. Starting with the unit's formation in July 1941, Mortimer recreates the heady days when a young Scots' Guard officer called David Stirling persuaded MEHQ to give its...
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SEALs
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Since the US Navy SEALs came into existence in 1983, they have become famous for their daring missions, advanced and unconventional tactics, hard training, and hard-fought successes. SEALs have taken part in numerous conflicts ranging from Grenada in 1983, the invasion of Panama, and operations...
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Secret Weapons: Technology, Science and the Race to Win World War II
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Deep in the bunkers of Nazi Germany, many of the world's top scientists worked to create a new generation of war winning super-weapons. A few of these, such as jet aircraft and the V2 rocket, became realities at the end of the war, others never made it off the drawing-board. Written by noted...
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Shadows in the Desert
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The empires of ancient Persia remain as mysterious today as they were to contemporary Western scholars. Although Alexander the Great's conquest of Persia is legendary, the military successes of the Achaemenid, Parthian, and Sassanian empires, along with their revolutionary military technology,...
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Silent Killers: Submarines and Underwater Warfare
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James P. Delgado, President and CEO of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology, presents a detailed and visually stunning examination of the history and development of the modern nuclear submarine. Calling on his training as a nautical archaeologist who was among the first explorers to dive the...
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Soldier ‘I’ – The story of an SAS Hero: From Mirbat to the Iranian Embassy Siege and beyond
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Eighteen years in the SAS saw Soldier I' survive the savage battle of Mirbat, parachute into the icy-depths of the South Atlantic at the height of the Falklands War, and assault the Iranian Embassy during the most famous hostage situation in the modern world. This is his story, written with a...
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Special Force Sniper Skills
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Sticklers, Sideburns and Bikinis
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Did you know they started 'hearing through the grapevine' during the American Civil War, that 'ghettos' originated in Venice or that 'deadline' has a very sinister origin? Jam-packed with many amazing facts, Fighting Talk is a fascinating trip through the words and phrases that came to us from...
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Struggle for a Vast Future
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Tearing apart a nation founded on ideals of liberty and union, the American Civil War saw some of the most bitter and bloody fighting that humankind has ever witnessed. The war changed America forever, shaping its future and determining its place in history. In this book twelve eminent historians...
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Tank Spotters Guide
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Invented during World War I to break the grim deadlock of the Western Front trenches, tanks have gone on to revolutionise warfare. From the lightning Blitzkrieg assaults of World War II to the great battles in the Middle Eastern desert and the largest ever tank battles on the Eastern Front, tanks...
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They Shall Not Pass! Hardcover
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In 1937 a group of idealistic British volunteers sailed from England to fight the dark threat of dictatorship in Spain. In the olive groves of Jarama, near Madrid, they achieved the first victory against Franco's army. It was Fascism's first defeat. Hardly remembered today, it proved a crucial...
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Tiger Tank
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Tonight We Die As Men
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The exploits of the 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) have been long overshadowed by those of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion. Yet the actions of the 3rd Battalion during the D-Day landings were every bit as incredible and this is the astounding story of how, after suffering many...
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Tonight We Die as Men Paperback
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The exploits of the 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment have long been overshadowed by those of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion. Yet the actions of the 3rd Battalion during the D-Day landings were every bit as incredible. This is the astounding story of how, after suffering many...
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Trench History of the Western Front
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Going up Beek trench on a dark night was no picnic. You started along a long narrow alley winding uphill, your hands feeling the slimy sandbag walls, your feet wary for broken duck boards round corners you dived under narrow tunnels two or three feet high, finally emerging into the comparative...
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US Multi-Role Fighter Jets
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Multi-role fighters are designed to perform both aerial combat and ground attack roles, and are essential assets to the modern United States Air Force. In this book Steve Davies examines the F/A-18 Super Hornet, F-15E Strike Eagle, F-16, F-22 Raptor, and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, combining...
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US Shadow Warrior Army Ranger
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Shadow Warriors A history of the US Army Rangers (General Military) ... Author: Mir Bahmanyar ... Hardback; September 10 2005; 336 pages ... No American military unit can claim as colorful and volatile a history as the Rangers, who have led the way in America's wars for well over 300 years. This...
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US Small Arms in World War II
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From the humorous to the poignant, this incredible collection of wartime images reveals the ordinary GIs on the frontline. From the deserts of North Africa to Normandy and from Guadalcanal to Iwo Jima, every theatre of war is covered and each image details the small arms that the average GI...
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Vanquished Battles of Annihilation
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Throughout time, violent battles and bloody clashes have changed the course of history and shaped nations or empires. Battles of annihilation are rare, but ever since antiquity a stunning victory on the battlefield, even if it has failed to win the war, has captured the imagination. In this book...
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Vietnam: A View From the Frontlines
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The War For Ireland
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The battle for Irish Independence was not one conflict, but a series of bloody struggles that stretched over a decade. In 1912, Britain passed a law that would bring Home Rule to Ireland. However, with the outbreak of World War I, this law was suspended eventually leading to the Easter Rising and...
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The White Rose of Stalingrad
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Of all the major air forces that were engaged in the war, only the Red Air Force had units comprised specifically of women. Initially the Red Air Force maintained an all-male policy among its combat pilots. However, as the apparently invincible German juggernaut sliced through Soviet defenses,...
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Who Dares Wins
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The Special Air Service (SAS) is the toughest regiment in the British Army and is f?ted as the best Special Forces unit in the world. Members of the SAS live in a shadow world, unable to divulge their whereabouts or mission details, living a hard life of combat and secrets. This book brings to...
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Wings of Courage WWII
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Focusing on four elite fighter units across both the European and Pacific theaters of operations we gain a unique insight into the battles against Germany and Japan. The book opens with the experience of 354th Fighter Group. Continuing the focus on the European Operations is the 332nd Fighter...
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Young Nelsons
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They 'fought like young Nelsons.' The words of a schoolmaster, writing from aboard the Mars after the battle of Trafalgar, describing the valour of his pupils in the heat of battle. Made immortal by the novels of Patrick O'Brian, C. S. Forester and Alexander Kent, these boy sailors, alongside...
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“Happy Days!”: A Humorous Narrative in Drawings of the Progress of American Arms 1917–1919
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Originally published on the ten-year anniversary of the end of World War I, Happy Days! features a collection of more than 100 original cartoons drawn by noted illustrator Captain. Alban B. Butler, Jr., who served as aide-de-camp for Major General Charles Pelot Summerall in 1918. Butler...
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