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  • NATO SAMs at the Iron Curtain 1959–91

    by Marc Romanych, Jacqueline Scott ...
    Series Book 354 - New Vanguard
    With detailed illustrations, this is the first book to survey the technology and deployment of the NATO missile systems that protected Western European airspace during the Cold War.For more than three decades, the first line of defence at the Iron Curtain was a huge network of medium- and long-range NATO surface-to-air missile systems. Beginning in 1959, Nike and Hawk SAMs, later reinforced by ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

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  • The HAWK Air Defense Missile System

    by Marc Romanych, Jacqueline Scott ...
    Series Book 309 - New Vanguard
    The first history of the legendary US Army's HAWK missile system, the world's first mobile air-defense missile system, which saw service and combat around the world.Designed to counteract the threat posed by advanced 1950s Soviet-built aircraft, the first HAWK unit became operational in 1959. At its peak, it saw frontline service in the Far East, Panama, Europe, and in the Middle East. Units were ... Read more

    $14.49 USD

  • World War II German Super-Heavy Siege Guns

    by Marc Romanych, Martin Rupp ...
    Series Book 280 - New Vanguard
    As the outbreak of World War II approached, Nazi Germany ordered artillery manufacturers Krupp and Rheimetall-Borsig to build several super-heavy siege guns, vital to smash through French and Belgian fortresses that stood in the way of the Blitzkrieg.These 'secret weapons' were much larger than the siege artillery of World War I and included the largest artillery piece of the war, the massive 80cm ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • Maginot Line 1940

    Battles on the French Frontier

    by Marc Romanych, Martin Rupp ...
    Series Book 218 - Campaign
    The failure of the Maginot Line shocked the world and lead to the sudden collapse of organized French resistance against Germany.Constructed throughout the 1930s, the Maginot Line was supposed to form the ultimate defence against a German invasion of France. However, different sections of the line were built at different times and the strength of various sections varied widely. During their ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Railway Guns of World War I

    by Marc Romanych, Greg Heuer ...
    Series Book 249 - New Vanguard
    World War I was the Golden Age of the railway gun.Even though at the start of the conflict none of the armies possessed any railway artillery pieces and the very idea was comparatively new, more railway guns were used during this war than in any other conflict. Designed to break the stalemate of trench warfare, the first railway guns were simple, improvised designs made by mounting surplus coastal ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • The Hindenburg Line

    by Patrick R. Osborn, Marc Romanych ...
    Series Book 111 - Fortress
    Jagging across north-western Europe like a scar, the Hindenburg Line was Germany's most formidable line of defence in World War I.Its fearsome reputation was matched only by its cunning design, with deep zigzagging trenches, concrete fieldworks, barbed wire and devilish booby traps forming an intimidating barrier for any attacking army.Through meticulous research, this volume explores each of the ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • 42cm 'Big Bertha' and German Siege Artillery of World War I

    by Marc Romanych, Martin Rupp ...
    Series Book 205 - New Vanguard
    In the early days of World War I, Germany unveiled a new weapon – the mobile 42cm (16.5 inch) M-Gerät howitzer.At the time, it was the largest artillery piece of its kind in the world and a closely guarded secret. When war broke out, two of the howitzers were rushed directly from the factory to Liege where they quickly destroyed two forts and compelled the fortress to surrender.After repeat ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • 42cm 'Big Bertha' and German Siege Artillery of World War I

    by Marc Romanych, Martin Rupp ...
    Series Book 205 - New Vanguard
    In the early days of World War I, Germany unveiled a new weapon – the mobile 42cm (16.5 inch) M-Gerät howitzer.At the time, it was the largest artillery piece of its kind in the world and a closely guarded secret. When war broke out, two of the howitzers were rushed directly from the factory to Liege where they quickly destroyed two forts and compelled the fortress to surrender.After repeat ... Read more

    $13.59 USD

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    by Hans Seidler ...
    Series series Images of War
    "The greatest tank battle in world history, known as Operation CITADEL, opened during the early hours of 5 July 1943, and its outcome was to decide the eventual outcome of the war on the Eastern Front. Images of War—Battle of Kursk 1943, is an illustrated account of this pivotal battle of the war on the Eastern Front, when the Germans threw 900,000 men and 2,500 tanks against 1,300,000 soldiers ... Read more

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  • Fall Gelb 1940 (2)

    Airborne assault on the Low Countries

    by Douglas C. Dildy ...
    Series Book 265 - Campaign
    A highly illustrated account of the daring German assault by Heersgruppe A through Holland and Belgium in May 1940.The great blitzkrieg campaign of May/June 1940 saw German forces pour through Holland and Belgium to confront the French and British. The assault was audacious; it relied on speed, feinting and manoeuvre as much as superior force, and in the end these qualities were to prove decisive ... Read more

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  • The Western Front 1914–1916

    From the Schlieffen Plan to Verdun and the Somme

    by Professor Michael S Neiberg ...
    Series series History of WWI
    The Western Front, running from the Belgian coast in the north to the Swiss border in the south, was to prove the decisive battlefront of World War I. It was where the great powers of Germany, France and the British Empire concentrated the bulk of their military might, and it was where many believed the war would be settled before Christmas 1914.The German General Staff realised the dangers of ... Read more

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  • Final Days of the Reich

    by Ian Baxter ...
    Series series Images of War
    A pictorial history of the end of World War II from the perspective of Nazi Germany.Drawing on rare and previously unpublished photographs accompanied by in-depth captions and text, this book is a compelling account of the final weeks of the Nazis' struggle for survival against overwhelming odds. Each photograph fully captures the tension, turmoil, and tragedy of those last, terrible days of war ... Read more

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