The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 served on all fronts during the Second
World War, and one theatre in which it played a particularly
important role was the Mediterranean. This new book covers the
service of the Fw 190 equipped fighter-bomber units based in
Sicily, Sardinia and southern Italy in the summer of 1943,
including their operations against a variety of well-defended
British and American targets. The book features ten appendices, a
comprehensive index, eleven colour aircraft profiles by renowned
artist Claes Sundin, sixteen colour maps, twelve illustrations,
and 140 photographs.
New in illustrated boards - Large format, 224pp, numerous colour
maps, profiles and photographs
Air War Publications, Denmark, 2012
ISBN 9788799335206
The events of a few days in August 1945 brought WWII to an end.
They also destroyed the city of Nagasaki and killed 80,000 of its
inhabitants, half of them instantly. The author interviewed elderly
survivors and descendants of the victims, and gathered their
recollections together with contemporary diaries and letters, plus
details from official documents. The result is a unique
reconstruction which follows ordinary Japanese in the hours before
and after the blast to provide a gripping account of the
decision-making, the devastation and the loss.
An extensively illustrated, Czech language volume covering the
British Cromwell tank in service with the Czech Brigade in World War
II. As well as approximately 100 contemporary black and white
photographs showing the Cromwell in service and in action with the
Brigade, there are 70 colour side and end views plus eleven 3-view
scale drawings of many variants. The book also includes numerous
scrap views of engines and vehicle components.
Czech text.
New in illustrated
boards - Large format, 238pp, numerous colour & b/w photos & illustrations
In a timely and
eye-opening book, Rodric Braithwaite examines the Russian
experience during the Soviet war in Afghanistan. Basing his
account on Russian sources and interviews, he shows the war
through the eyes of the Russians themselves - politicians,
officers, soldiers, advisers, journalists, the women who served
there, and the women of Afghanistan.
New in card cover - 417pp, numerous illustrations, maps
New in the popular Service Publications series, this compact
book provides details of the Bailey Bridge in service with the
Canadian Armed Forces during World War II. Extensively illustrated
the volume includes a 2-view centre spread of the Bailey Bridge.
New in card cover - A4 format, 24pp,
26 b/w photos, double page drawing
