A scarce English language,
Soviet publication "dedicated to the heroic deeds of the
Soviet people in the bloody battles against the Nazi
invaders". published by Planeta Publishers, Moscow in 1985,
the volume is packed with black and white photos (plus a few
colour images and illustrations) of Russian and German
formations in action.
Fine in illustrated boards in slip-case - large format,
390pp, numerous b/w photos, + colour images
ARNHEM 1944: AN EPIC BATTLE REVISITED - VOL. 1. TANKS AND PARATROOPERS
by Christer Bergstrom
This is the ultimate book on
"Operation Market Garden", by internationally highly
acclaimed military historian Christer Bergstrom. In depth
research by the author has resulted in many myths and
misconceptions being convincingly dispelled, backed up by
detailed source notes. In fact, these two volumes form a
completely new image of the battle in the Netherlands in the
autumn of 1944. Bergstrom has made a painstaking research
work for several years, interviewing veterans and others who
participated or witnessed the battle. He has gone through
all relevant documents in all relevant archives in the UK,
the USA, Germany and the Netherlands, and that material
forms the basis of this volume.
ARNHEM 1944: AN EPIC BATTLE REVISITED -
VOL. 2. THE LOST VICTORY,
SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 1944
by Christer Bergstrom
All previous published accounts
of Operation "Market Garden" end the main story with the
evacuation of the British airborne troops from Oosterbeek −
which obscures the fact that Operation Market Garden at that
time was still to be regarded as essentially a great
success. It was only due to the following development of
events (including the battle at Overloon in October 1944)
that meant that the strategic success of Operation Market
Garden could not be utilized to end the war before the turn
of the year 1944. This is a story that has never been told
before, and which is described and analysed in detail in the
concluding Volume 2 of Christer Bergstrom’s "Arnhem 1944".
OSPREY ELITE 228: ARMIES OF
RUSSIA'S WAR IN UKRAINE
by Mark
Galeotti. Illustrated by Adam Hook
In February 2014, street protests
in Kiev and other Ukrainian cities led to the ousting of the
Russian-backed President Yanukovych. The so-called
Euromaidan Revolution saw many changes to Ukraine's
constitution, but the violent reaction in the east and south
of the country led to armed counter-revolution, unofficially
backed by Russia. This conflict is an essential example of
Russia's new policy of 'hybrid warfare', which blends
propaganda, misinformation, and the deployment of ‘deniable’
Special Forces and regular troops alongside proxies and
mercenaries. Using a mass of official and unofficial
sources, this book is an intriguing primer on the forces
involved in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, supported by
specially commissioned artwork.
New in card cover
- A4 format, 64pp, numerous colour photos & maps, 8 colour
plates
OSPREY AIRCRAFT OF THE ACES 83: MALTA
SPITFIRE ACES
by Steve Nichols
The siege of
Malta during World War II is one of the great epics of
aerial warfare. Described in 1942 as both a 'fighter pilot's
paradise' and 'the most bombed place on earth', Malta
suffered 154 consecutive days and nights of bombing, 100
nights more that London suffered during the Blitz. The
destruction of Axis convoys by Malta-based aircraft proved
to be one of the decisive factors in the defeat of Rommel's
forces in North Africa. This vital position would have been
lost if it had not been for the successful defence of the
island by a handful of greatly outnumbered Royal Air Force
fighter squadrons. This book details the heroic story of the
Spitfire Aces based on Malta.
New in card cover
- A4 format, 96pp, numerous b/w photo, 10 colour plates
