The Panzerwrecks series feature destroyed, surrendered
and abandoned German armour of 1944-45. Each landscape
volume contains over 100 large format rare and previously
unpublished black and white photographs. This volume
includes: How did partisans improve the firepower of the
Somua S35 and where did it end up?, Who was ambushed at
Vukov Klanac and what vehicles did they lose? Why did a
German Panzer unit pose as Allied tankers? Where did the
Yugoslav Army collect and overhaul captured German AFVs?
New in card cover - Landscape format,
96pp, 150 b/w photos
This second 'Forgotten Heroes'
title from Roy Dutton covers the charge of the Heavy Brigade
at Balaclava on 25th October, 1854, one of the most
neglected events in the annals of British military history.
Previously unpublished biographies of the men involved bring
their stories to life. More than one thousand, three hundred
men are listed with over 200 photographs and drawings. Set
within an unrelenting and cruel military campaign where many
would perish, against all odds the valiant men of the Heavy
Brigade attacked a Russian force which outnumbered them five
to one.
the author is a member of the Crimean War
Research Society and an authority on both Heavy and Light
Brigade Chargers.
New in illustrated boards - 374pp,
200 + b/w photos & illustrations
The life and letters of Sir Ralph Verney. Includes his
experiences with the Rifle Brigade in the Boer War and his
period as Military ADC to Lord Chelmsford, Governor of
Queensland, whom he later re-joined in India. He served in
France in WWI and was wounded in action.
Spurned in
concept by the Air Marshals, designed and built in secrecy
and flown out of a farm field, the de Havilland Mosquito
became the most successful and versatile military aircraft
of the Second World War. Photo-reconnaissance aircraft, day
and night fighter, bomber, mine-layer, torpedo-bomber,
pathfinder and tank-buster, the Wooden Wonder, powered by
two Rolls-Royce Merlin engines, undertook nearly every role.
The prototype flew in November 1940 and was soon helping to
make aces. It was an aircraft to which fliers who had
achieved recognition, aspired.
OSPREY ESSENTIAL HISTORIES 69: THE RUSSIAN
CIVIL WAR
by David Bullock
The Russian Civil War was the most
important civil war of the 20th century, changing the lives
of over half a billion people and dramatically shaping the
geography of Europe, the Far East and Asia. Over a four-year
period 20 countries battled in a crucible that would give
birth to Communist revolutions worldwide and the Cold War.
The author offers a fresh perspective on this conflict,
examining the forces involved, as well as the intervention
by Allied forces. At the dawn of modern war, as cavalry
duelled with tanks, aircraft, and armoured trains.
New in card cover
- 144pp, numerous colour & b/w photos & illustrations, maps
