Osprey Publishing imprint: 2000 books
by Mark Berhow, Terrance McGovern
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
The Philippines were declared an American Territory on January 4, 1899, and fortification construction soon began on the islands in the mouth of Manila Bay. Among the sites built were Fort Mills (Corregidor), Fort Frank, and the formidable "concrete battleship" of Fort Drum. The defenses...
SEALs
The US Navy’s Elite Fighting Force
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2011
Since their creation in 1983, the US Navy SEALs have been involved in unconventional warfare around the globe, undertaking crucial and clandestine missions. These have included traditional underwater missions such as in Panama in 1989, the taking down of ships and also gas and oil platforms, and more...
Jagdverband 44
Squadron of Experten
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2012
There was no Luftwaffe fighter unit like Jagdverband 44. Formed in February 1945, the unit grew out of Hitler's bizarre decision that the Me 262 jet fighter should be used as a bomber, despite its potential in the daylight defensive battles over the Reich. Seen as a grave mistake by Göring, a small...
US Army Ranger 1983–2002
Sua Sponte – Of Their Own Accord
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2012
This study of the US Army Ranger takes the reader through the distinct stages of training and acceptance, including the Ranger Indoctrination Program and Ranger Battalion training, and details the developments in Ranger weaponry, equipment and clothing since the early 1980s. Using first hand accounts,...
US Marine Rifleman 1939–45
Pacific Theater
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
The Marine Corps began World War II with less than 66,000 officers and men. Yet despite suffering 10 per cent of the overall American casualties, the Marines were able to build on their proud traditions and history to transform a small branch of service into a premier combined arms amphibious assault...
Blue Moon over Cuba
Aerial Reconnaissance during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013
Most books on the Cuban Missile Crisis tell the story using the memoirs of those who advised President Kennedy as he struggled to avoid World War III. This book is the only known personal account of the lead photographic reconnaissance squadron's scouting dangerous low-level operations, flying the...
Airborne
The Combat Story of Ed Shames of Easy Company
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
As one of the last surviving members of the Band of Brothers, Ed Shames wanted to commit his memories of the Second World War to paper to preserve the legacy of the men who served with him in Europe. Airborne is his dramatic wartime biography, a riveting tale of fierce combat, doggedly determined...
Battleground Prussia
The Assault on Germany's Eastern Front 1944–45
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2012
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 brutality...
Fallschirmjäger
German Paratrooper 1935–45
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012
Few of the combatants of World War II have captured the imagination as compulsively as the Fallschirmjäger. Boldness and courage were vital characteristics in the rigorous selection process, and their training was highly demanding. Hitler's airborne troops were involved in some of the most daring...
Gebirgsjäger
German Mountain Trooper 1939–45
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2012
Few branches of the German armed forces were represented on so many fronts as the mountain infantrymen, or Gebirgstruppen. From the Blitzkrieg campaigns of 1940, through the invasions of the Balkans and Russia and the North African campaign, to the defence of the Reich 1944-45, the Gebirgsjäger earned...
by Gordon Williamson
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2012
The security units of the Third Reich were many and diverse, yet often an oversimplified view is projected of these organisations. This title provides a detailed and informed picture of the variety of operations and duties, as well as the motivation and behaviour of the men involved. It charts the...
The Führer’s Headquarters
Hitler’s command bunkers 1939–45
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
The 100th title in the Fortress series, this book describes and examines the Führerhauptquartiere – the 14 or so headquarters built for Hitler. Revealing their locations and how they were used to direct the Nazi war apparatus, this is a fascinating insight into a range of historical sites from...
by Steven J. Zaloga
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2013
Poland was the first of the Allied nations to succumb to German aggression in the Second World War, but by the most tortuous of routes her army managed to remain in the field through all five years of bloody fighting. Polish soldiers fought in nearly every major campaign in the European theatre, and...
by René Chartrand
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
This book describes the organization, lists the units and illustrates the uniforms and equipment of the four Canadian divisions which earned an elite reputation on the Western Front in 1915-18. Canada's 600,000 troops of whom more than 66,000 died and nearly 150,000 were wounded represented an extraordinary...