Pictorial category: 1048 books
Longbowman vs Crossbowman
Hundred Years’ War 1337–60
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
For centuries, the crossbow had played a key role on the battlefields of continental Europe, with mercenaries from Genoa and Brabant in particular filling the ranks of the French army, yet on the outbreak of the Hundred Years' War they came up against a more powerful foe. To master the English longbow...
The British Army in Afghanistan 2006–14
Task Force Helmand
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2015
Fighting an elusive and dangerous enemy far from home, the British army in Afghanistan has been involved in asymmetric warfare for the best part of a decade. The eight-year series of deployments jointly known as Operation Herrick, alongside US and other NATO contingents within the International Security...
Cromwell vs Jagdpanzer IV
Normandy 1944
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
By 1944, the evolution of armoured doctrine had produced very different outcomes in Britain and Germany. Offering a good balance of speed, protection and firepower, the British Cromwell tank was much faster than its German opponent, but the Jagdpanzer IV tank destroyer had a high-velocity main gun...
SS Polizei at War 1940–1945
A History of the Division
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
Formed in 1939 SS-Polizei Division were not considered initially as an SS fighting force, and this status was reflected in the quality of the equipment they were issued. Following operations in France, Greece and then Russia, it was not until 1942 the division was transferred to the Waffen-SS, and...
SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler (LSSAH) at War 1939 - 1945
A History of the Division on the Western and Eastern Fronts
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2017
With extensive text and many unpublished photographs with in-depth captions - the successful Images of War format - this book describes the Division’s fighting tactics, weapons and uniforms. It traces how the Division became an elite fighting unit both in offensive and defensive battles.
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SS Totenkopf at War
A History of the Division
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2017
The SS Totenkopf (Death Head) Division even 70 years on retains its formidable and ruthless reputation as a superbly efficient yet murderous formation. It earned this for its actions throughout the Second World War, first in 1940 during the blitzkrieg in Northern France and then on the Eastern Front....
German Army on the Eastern Front: The Advance
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2015
German Army on the Eastern Front – The Advance is a highly illustrated record of the extraordinary feat of arms that saw the Nazi armies drive deep into the vast terrain of the Soviet Union, to the gates of Stalingrad and Moscow. It traces the campaign from these hopeful beginnings until, on the...
by Peter Hofschröer
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
The origins of what would become the German General Staff of the late 19th and 20th centuries probably the most professional military machine in the world can be traced to the Prussian Army of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. This concise study, concluding the author's series of five...
Volunteers and Pressed Men
How Britain and its Empire Raised its Forces in Two World Wars
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2017
The great heroic myth of 20th century British history is that after the fall of France in June 1940, Britain ‘stood alone’. This does a great disservice to the millions of men and women from around the world who rallied to the British cause. As in 1914-1918, Britain in 1939-1945 could call on...
Confederate Generals of North Carolina
Tar Heels in Command
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
Confederate Generals of North Carolina provides a brief but compelling biography of each of the forty-eight Confederate Generals who served from North Carolina during the Civil War. Each biography includes in addition to the war service a summary of a general's prewar and postwar careers. Author Joe...
by Douglas Crenshaw
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2017
By late June 1862, the Union army, under George B. McClellan, stood at the doorstep of Richmond. In a desperate hour for the Confederate capital, Robert E. Lee attacked McClellan and drove the Union army into a full retreat toward the safety of the James River. Lee recognized an opportunity to seal a...
Shenandoah County in the Civil War
Four Dark Years
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
Shenandoah County, in the years prior to the Civil War, was a prosperous place. Nestled within the Shenandoah Valley, it was a haven for agricultural commerce fueled by slave labor. Integral railways and transportation routes passed through Shenandoah County, feeding its impressive agricultural output...
USN Fleet Destroyer vs IJN Fleet Submarine
The Pacific 1941–42
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2018
Leading up to the Pacific War, Japanese naval strategists believed that a decisive fleet engagement would be fought against the United States Navy. Outnumbered by the USN, the Imperial Japanese Navy planned to use its large, ocean-going submarines to chip away at its opponent before the grand battle....
SALUS VIENNA TUA
The great siege of 1683
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2015
A splendid book this Salus Vienna Tua, from the orginal work of British historian Henry Elliot Malden thet provides a detailed account of the intricate machinations between the Habsburgs and the Ottomans. Malden’s description of the siege itself is masterly and always a fresh reading. Very clearly...