Military forces and sectors

Italian military historian Pier Paolo Battistelli examines the elite and special-forces units of the Italian Army during World War II.

In the latest addition to the History of Military Aviation series, Peter Dye describes how the development of the air weapon on the Western Front during World War I required a radical and unprecedented change in the way that national resources were employed to exploit a technological opportunity.

In The Royal Marines and the War at Sea 1939-45 military and naval historian Martin Watts records how marines fought at sea, their relationship with the Royal Navy, and the overall contribution they made to victory in the Second World War.

A fascinating look at Nazi Germany's radical development of a manned missile to shoot down Allied bombers.

The utilization of air power by the Communist regime in Russia during the revolutionary period and civil war to control its territories in Central Asia is an intriguing aspect of military history often overlooked in Western narratives.

The all-metal Junkers Ju 52/3m enjoyed a solid indeed, revered reputation amongst its crews and the troops and paratroopers who used and depended on it.

By January 1944 the US Marine Corps had grown to a total of 405,169 personnel, comprising 28,193 officers, 10,723 officer candidates, and 366,353 enlisted men.

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A concise technical history of the German Albatros D.

When the nuclear-powered submarine USS Triton was commissioned in November 1959, its commanding officer, Captain Edward L.

A fully illustrated technical guide to the Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoot.

The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller.

The final instalment in Osprey's trilogy on Operation Market-Garden, this is a fascinating account of the British XXX Corps assault towards the Rhine at Arnhem.

Featuring first-hand accounts from the men flying it, and the men on the ground relying on it for protection, an illustrated history of the unique role played by this aircraft in the war in Vietnam, right up to its possible role in a tactical nuclear strike and as a mobile nuclear deterrent.

America had a secret weapon, writes Steve Call of the period immediately following September 11, 2001, as planners contemplated the invasion of Afghanistan.

A highly illustrated study of the naval campaign of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904 05, focusing on the decisive battle of Tsushima.

The ‘Turtle’ and the ‘Dreamboat’ is the first detailed account of the race for long-distance flight records between the U.

Following the Second World War, Dan Summitt cruised the China Sea in a destroyer.

This book examines how violent non-state actors (VNSAs) emulate and develop military special operation capabilities.

Poseidon's Warriors is a set of wargaming rules for large-scale naval actions between fleets of Classical galleys from the Greek and Persian clash at the battle of Salamis to the battle of Actium that decided the fate of Rome.

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An in-depth history of the US Navy's light aircraft carrier the USS Princeton and its operational exploits in the Pacific Theater of World War II.

This book aims to explain air power to both military and civilian audiences in an accessible manner, approaching the topic in a balanced and systematic way.

The US Navy's 1944 Philippines raids were the first time naval aircraft had challenged and beaten a land-based air force.

During World War I, American merchant ships were given oddly colored paint jobs to distort their profiles at sea.

This collection of essays was first published in 1974, and the fact that it remains relevant today is a testament to Marder's legacy as arguably the greatest naval historian of the 20th century.

Shows how Britain and its empire was not a strong centralised imperial state and that it was only through manifold activities taking place in different colonial centres with varied colonial arrangements that the surge in piracy inthis period was contained and reduced.

This is a vivid and powerful story of life on board the last of our great Second World War-era aircraft carriers, modernized to serve beyond their time.

A definitive account of the battle of Iwo Jima, from its origins to its hard-fought conclusion.

Driven out of Germany after his defeat at Leipzig in 1813, Napoleon seemed to face disaster.

A detailed account of the aces who flew in this model of aircraft.

Stealth Boat is a memoir of Gannon McHale's years in the U.

During the Vietnam War, the Viet Cong were frequently unable to hold their own in stand-up fights against US and allied forces who were superior in strength, firepower, mobility, and logistics.

General Henry Harley ';Hap' Arnold is widely considered the father of the United States Air Force.

An illustrated study of the fighting men of the Hussite Wars in 15th-century Bohemia, a significant transition point in medieval history.

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Provides a comprehensive overview of the activities of the British navy in the Indian and Pacific Oceans from the earliest times to the present.

Sometimes referred to as the first published manual of guerrilla warfare, Bernardo de Vargas Machuca's Indian Militia and Description of the Indies is actually the first known manual of counterinsurgency, or anti-guerrilla warfare.

A fully-illustrated account of the duels between the carrier-borne interceptor of the US Navy and the agile MiG during the height of the Vietnam air war.

This is the story of the Royal Canadian Air Force's No 126 Wing, part of the 2nd Tactical Air Force.

Arguably the archetypal Luftwaffe fighter unit of World War 2, JG 53 aircraft were encountered on almost every fighting front from the first day of hostilities until the last.

Designed in the 1950s, the US Marines' M50 Ontos and the US Army's M56 Scorpion were both intended to be fast, light, air-droppable tank-killers for the Cold War battlefield an answer to the cumbersome and ineffective World War II-vintage tanks that had taken to the battlefield during the Korean War.

A unique account of the fastest British fighter plane of World War 2.

The common German infantryman played a crucial role in the events that led to the outbreak of war, and the burden of duty lay on his shoulders during the opening moves of the conflict, in the invasion of Poland, the conquest of Norway and Denmark, the Low Countries and France.

The engines are started, twenty shiny propellers glistening in the sun, forty exhausts rumbling and belching blue smoke.

General Douglas MacArthur is one of the towering figures of World War II, and indeed of the twentieth century, but his leadership of the second largest air force in the USAAF is often overlooked.

The political situation in Ireland at the beginning of the 20th century was characterised by crisis and change.

The Iosef Stalin tanks were the ultimate heavy tanks developed by the Soviet Union and were popularly called 'Victory tanks' due to their close association with the defeat of Germany in 1945.

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