Osprey Publishing imprint: 2000 books
Rabaul 1943–44
Reducing Japan's great island fortress
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2018
In 1942, the massive Japanese naval base and airfield at Rabaul was a fortress standing in the Allies' path to Tokyo. It was impossible to seize Rabaul, or starve the 100,000-strong garrison out. Instead the US began an innovative, hard-fought two-year air campaign to draw its teeth, and allow them...
Hurricane
Hawker's Fighter Legend
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
2017 marks the 80th anniversary of the remarkable Hawker Hurricane formally entering service. The RAF's first monoplane fighter, it dragged the Air Force into a position where it could defend Britain in her 'hour of need'. The true workhorse of the RAF, the Hurricane came into its own in the hot summer...
by Shlomo Aloni
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2013
The American manufactured F-4 Phantom II was used by the Israelis in air-to-ground missions, as an attack aircraft, and air-to-air missions as a fighter. Despite performing both roles with equal success the Israeli reliance on the Mirage III and Nesher delta fighters meant that the F-4 was used most...
World War II: The Last War Heroes
From D-Day to Berlin with the men and machines that won the war
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2011
The companion volume to the groundbreaking TV series, this book tells the story of the physical, emotional and psychological journey of Allied soldiers from the beaches of Normandy to the ruins of Berlin. In their own words these brave men from Britain, the United States, Canada and Russia tell us...
Invasion 1914
The Schlieffen Plan to the Battle of the Marne
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2014
For a century, accounts of the German invasion of France and the opening year of the First World War have been dominated by histories of British troops and their experience in battle, despite the fact that the British Expeditionary Force comprised just four divisions, while the French and Germans...
Waterloo 1815
The Birth of Modern Europe
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2012
Waterloo holds a special place among the great battles of history. The climax of more than twenty years of war, it was indeed a close-run affair, matching two of the world's greatest generals Napoleon and Wellington. This volume covers the entire campaign including the battles of Quatre Bras, Ligny...
Borodino 1812
Napoleon’s great gamble
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
The battle of Borodino was one of the greatest encounters in European history, and one of the largest and most sanguinary in the Napoleonic Wars. Following the breakdown of relations between Russia and France, Napoleon assembled a vast Grande Armée drawn from the many states within the French sphere...
Lützen & Bautzen 1813
The Turning Point
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
Following the disastrous Russian campaign of 1812, Napoleon found himself facing a new coalition of his old enemies. With incredible speed he raised an army of 200,000 men and marched to join the remnants of the old Grande Armee in Germany. However, he no longer faced the brittle enemies of 1805 and...
The Flintlock Musket
Brown Bess and Charleville 1715–1865
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2016
The flintlock or firelock musket is one of the most iconic weapons in history: used on the battlefields of the English Civil War, it was then carried by both sides at Blenheim, Bunker Hill, Waterloo and the Alamo, and dominated warfare for more than 150 years, with military service as late as the...
Panzer 38(t) vs BT-7
Barbarossa 1941
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2017
The tank battles in the Soviet Union during the summer of 1941 were the largest in World War II, exceeding even the more famous Prokhorovka encounter during the Kursk campaign. Indeed, they were the largest tank battles ever fought.
This book examines two evenly matched competitors in this conflict,...
1918
Winning the War, Losing the War
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018
In 2018, the world will be commemorating the centenary of the end of the First World War. In many ways, 1918 was the most dramatic year of the conflict. After the defeat of Russia in 1917, the Germans were able to concentrate their forces on the Western Front for the first time in the war, and the...
Gothic Serpent
Black Hawk Down Mogadishu 1993
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2012
This book tells the story of Task Force Ranger – a unit of US Rangers and Special Forces – and their attempt to capture the lieutenants of the Somali warlord Muhamed Farrah Aideed, during the 1993 United Nations' humanitarian relief mission. What started as a simple snatch-and-grab mission quickly...
by Jonathan Bernstein
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
After the attacks on 11 September 2001, Apache units made significant contributions to the Coalition campaign against Taliban and al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan. Functioning as the 'killer' part of US Army Hunter-killer teams, Apaches sought out and brought overwhelming firepower to bear on Taliban...
by Lon Nordeen
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2013
The AV-8B Harrier was, and still is, the only tactical aircraft that can deploy with the US Marine Corps on amphibious assault ships and provide air cover and close air support separate from large deck aircraft carriers. Having seen action during Operation Desert Storm in 1991, the Harrier II returned...