MESSERSCHMITT BF110/ME210/ME410: AN ILLUSTRATED
HISTORY
by Heinz Mankau & Peter Petrick
This richly illustrated book provides a comprehensive examination
of the Messerschmitt Bf 110, Me 210, and Me 410 series. The twin-engined
Bf 110 came into service in 1936, a type the Luftwaffe took on in
large numbers as a long-range fighter, heavy-fighter,
fighter-bomber, night-fighter and reconnaissance platform.
Eventually Messerschmitt developed the better performing Me 210,
which flew for the first time in 1939 but soon began manifesting
serious design flaws. More powerful engines and a number of design
changes saw this aircraft produced from 1943 to 1944 under the
designation of Me 410
As new in d/w - Large Format. 360pp. illustrations, photographs
Marcus Claudius Marcellus's military exploits were largely
unmatched. As a young soldier in the First Punic War, he won a
reputation for his skill in single combat. In his first consulship,
he triumphed over a Gallic tribe, and slew the Gallic chieftain
Britomartus. He went on to defeat the hitherto-invincible Hannibal
in a small battle around the central Italian city of Nola, and
subsequently led an army to subdue and plunder the powerful city of
Syracuse in an epic 2 year siege. Yet, despite his undeniable
success as a warrior and commander, Marcellus met with considerable
political opposition at home.
This is a reference guide to Roman legionary fortresses throughout
the former Roman Empire, of which approximately eighty-five have
been located and identified. With the expansion of the empire and
the garrisoning of its army in frontier regions during the 1st
century AD, Rome began to concentrate its legions in large permanent
bases. Some have been explored in great detail, others are barely
known, but this book brings together for the first time the
legionary fortresses of the whole empire. At the heart of the book
is a referenced and illustrated catalogue of the known bases, each
with a specially prepared plan and an aerial photograph. The book is
complemented by a website providing online links to particular
fortresses and a Google Earth file containing all of the known
fortress locations.
New in d/w -
208pp, numerous illustrations & plans
Ships, Men and Warfare, 350BC - AD475. The Roman Navy was
remarkable for its size, reach and longevity. As significant as
the Royal Navy was to the British Empire in the nineteenth
century, the Roman Navy was crucial to the extraordinary expansion
and maintenance of Imperial power over more than 800 years. At the
height of its power the Roman Navy was, at least in numerical
terms, the largest maritime force ever to have existed. It
employed tens of thousands of sailors and maintained and fought
fleets of ships larger than any forces since.
New in d/w - 184pp, numerous colour
& b/w illustrations
Plataea was one of the biggest and most important land battles
of ancient history. Close to 100,000 hoplite and lightly armed
Greeks took on an even larger barbarian army that included elite
Asian cavalry and infantry, with thousands of Greek hoplites and
cavalry also fighting on the Persian side. At points in the
several days of combat, the Persians came close to breaking the
Greek defensive line and succeeded in cutting off their supplies.
But, in a fatal gamble, their general Mardonius committed the
cream of his infantry to close-quarters combat with the Spartans
and their Peloponnesian allies.
New in card cover - A4 format, 96pp, numerous colour illustrations
