The story of Luftwaffe
maritime operations has frequently been written about in
fragmentary terms, delineating between the planned naval air
arm operating under Kriegsmarine direction and the
‘operational Luftwaffe’. This book studies the development
of German naval aircraft as a concerted attempt to engage
the enemy at sea in every theatre of operations, from Norway
and Western Europe to the Mediterranean and the Eastern
fronts, and, of course, over the Atlantic. Through
ship-board aircraft, torpedo bomber attacks, minelaying and
reconnaissance missions, Luftwaffe maritime aircraft played
a vital role in Germany’s naval war and the author analyses
all the operations and the successes in the early years of
the War. This first volume ends in 1942 when, despite great
success, petty rivalry and naked arrogance combined to
foreshadow the eventual defeat of the Luftwaffe’s war at
sea.
New in d/w - 464pp, numerous b/w
photos & illustrations
THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR VOLUME
1: THE
BATTLE FOR KHUZESTAN, SEPTEMBER 1980-MAY 1982
by E. R. Hooton & Tom Cooper
The Iran-Iraq
War was one of the bloodiest conflicts of the 20th century,
accidentally creating Islamic fundamentalist terrorism.
There have been many books on the conflict, but this is the
first detailed military history using materials from both
sides, as well as materials obtained from US intelligence
and British governmental archives. It provides a unique
insight into a war which began through miscalculation and
rapidly escalated into the longest conventional conflict in
the post-WWII era. This first volume looks at the background
and describes in detail how Saddam Hussein decided to
invade, but hamstrung, the Iraqi Army to restrict its
greatest success to a narrow strip of territory in Iran’s
southern province of Khuzestan.
Middle east@War 5
New in card cover
- A4 format, 80pp, numerous b/w photos, maps & colour photos
The history of the military camp built in the grounds of
Foxley Manor, Herefordshire, from the outbreak of the Second
World War until the late 1960s when it was demolished. In
1944 and 1945 the US Army 123rd & 156th General Hospitals
which were based there received casualties from the European
Theatre of Operations. After the war the camp was used to
house Polish refugees. The book tells of the day to day
activities on the base, using eyewitness accounts and
previously unpublished photos.
New in card cover - 160pp,
135 b/w photos & illustrations
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
HIGH NOON OF EMPIRE: THE DIARY OF
LIEUTENANT COLONEL HENRY TYNDALL 1895-1915
Edited by B. A. 'Jimmy' James
Henry Tyndall was a typical product of the Victorian age
- an intensely patriotic army officer who served in India,
on the North-West Frontier, on the Western Front and in East
Africa at the height of the British empire. For 20 years,
from 1895 to 1915, he kept a detailed diary that gives a
vivid insight into his daily life and concerns, his fellow
officers and men, and the British army of his day. He also
left a graphic account of his experiences on campaign in the
First World War and in the Third Afghan War. B.A. 'Jimmy'
James has edited and annotated Tyndall's diary in order to
make it fully accessible to the modern reader.
