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SPECIAL OFFERS VALID FOR A LIMITED TIME WHEN YOU ORDER AT: WWW.CASEMATEPUBLISHERS.CO.UK TO APPLY DISCOUNT SIMPLY ENTER VOUCHER CODE CUKMODEL17 TO YOUR SHOPPING BASKET. OFFER VALID UNTIL 30/04 2017 ONLY. THE LIBERATION OF EUROPE 1944-1945 The Photographers who Captured History from D-Day to Berlin By Mark Barnes Showcases the extraordinary and highly significant archive of unpublished photographs taken by Times photographers as Europe was liberated from 1944-1945. Includes unseen images of Allied and German troops, AFVs, weaponry and the devastation of war. With a masterly text and captions by historian Mark Barnes, this is ideal as a modeller’s reference book. CASEMATE UK • SEP. 2016 • 9781612004020 • HB £25.00 280 X 216MM • 336 PAGES • 400 ILLUSTRATIONS

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OPERATION BARBAROSSA 1941 Hitler against Stalin By Christer Bergström A major new benchmark study of Operation Barbarossa by Christer Bergström, renowned WWII historian and author of the critically acclaimed The Ardennes 1944-1945: Hitler’s Winter Offensive and The Battle of Britain: An Epic Conflict Revisited. Includes never before seen £35.00 photographs of vehicles, soldiers and equipment, as well as maps and £28.00 diagrams to explain the invasion. CASEMATE UK • JUNE 2016 • 9781612004013 • HB 297 X 210MM • 300 PAGES • 300 ILLUSTRATIONS

THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN An Epic Conflict Revisited By Christer Bergström This is perhaps the most thorough, expert examination of the conflict ever written. Christer Bergström’s research delves deep into each aircraft’s strengths and weaknesses and evaluates whether our preconceived notions of this battle are as accurate as we thought. £35.00 Illustrated throughout with maps and rare photos, plus a colour section £28.00 closely depicting the aircraft, this work lays out the battle as seldom seen before. CASEMATE UK • AUG 2015 • 9781612003474 • HB 297 X 210MM • PHOTOGRAPHS THROUGHOUT

ILLUSTRATED MILITARY HISTORY 2 LUFTWAFFE IN COLOUR, VOLUME 2 From Glory to Defeat 1942-1945 By Christophe Cony and Jean-Louis Roba Nearly 400 colour photographs reveal fascinating detail on the planes and the men of the Luftwaffe, as they faced utter defeat. Among many remarkable images we see one of the last Junkers 87 B-2 operational on the front line on the Eastern Front during the winter of 1942-1943, and the huge BV 222 V-5 of Lufttransportstaffel in the port of Heraklion in late 1942. CASEMATE • JUNE 2017 • 9781612004556 • PB 254 X 178MM • 160 PAGES AVAILABLE TO PREORDER £19.99 £15.99

HAWKER HUNTERS AT WAR Iraq and Jordan, 1958-1967 By Tom Cooper and Patricia Salti Hawker Hunters at War looks at the aircraft’s operations from 1958 to 1967. It is based on interviews with retired officers and pilots of the Iraqi Air Force, and Royal Jordanian Air Force, as well as unpublished official documents. With over 115 illustrations, this is the ultimate profile of Hunter’s service in Iraq and Jordan. £16.95 HELION AND COMPANY • DEC. 2016 • 9781911096252 • PB £13.56 297 X 210MM • 72 PAGES • 113 B/W & 12 COLOUR PHOTOS, 15 COLOUR PROFILES

RUSSIA’S WARPLANES, VOLUME 2 Russian-made Military Aircraft and Helicopters Todau By Piotr Butowski The second volume in the series is dedicated to long-range bombers – including the Tu-95MS and Tu-160 that recently made their combat debuts over Syria. The work provides authoritative accounts of Russia’s current and future strategic bomber programmes. The book contains a wealth of high-quality photographs, many of which have never £34.99 previously been published. £27.99 HARPIA PUBLISHING • OCT. 2016 • 9780997309201 • PB 280 X 210MM • 256 PAGES • COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS

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THE LUFTWAFFE IN FLYING TIGERS COLOURS THREE IN THIRTEEN COLOUR, VOLUME 1 Camouflage and Markings of the The Story of a Mosquito The Victory Years, 1939–1942 American Volunteer Group and Night Fighter Ace the USAAF 23rd Fighter Group, In full colour, providing an insight The story of a fighter pilot who 1941-1945. into the Luftwaffe’s history at the achieved national fame. Includes very peak of its powers. A model MODEL CENTRUM PROGRES • APR. 2016 images of the Night Fighter maker’s dream. 9788360672266 • PB 287 X 201MM • 64 PAGES Mosquito NF.II and Junkers Ju88 CASEMATE • OCT. 2016 105 B/W, 6 COLOUR PHOTOS, and 188. 9781612004082 • PB • 254 X 178MM 32 COLOUR PLATES 160 PAGES • 300 PHOTOS CASEMATE UK • FEB. 2017 9781612004402 • HB 228 X 152MM • 192 PAGES

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MIRAGE 2000N FIGHTERS OF THE 8TH AIR RUSSIA’S AIR-LAUNCHED The Mirage 2000N program was FORCE WEAPONS launched in 1978 to accomplish This book examines the 8th Air Account of the Russian-made intercept missions and medium- Force’s devices in WWII: Spitfire, airborne weapons currently in range air to surface nuclear P-38, P-47 and P-51; with many service on board fixed-wing attacks. colour profiles, detailing badges aircraft and helicopters around HISTOIRE ET COLLECTIONS • OCT. 2011 and specific markings. the world. Complete with lavish 9782352502081 • PB HISTOIRE ET COLLECTIONS • NOV. 2013 illustrations. 240 X 200MM • 112 PAGES 9782352503286 • PB HARPIA PUBLISHING • APRIL 2017 HIGHLY ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT 250 X 210MM • 128 PAGES 9780997309218 • PB ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT 287 X 210MM • 80 PAGES AVAILABLE TO PREORDER AVIATION £15.99 £11.00 £11.99 £12.80 £8.80 £9.59

CRICKETS AGAINST RATS MESSERSCHMITT BF 109S FW 190S OVER EUROPE OVER THE MEDITERRANEAN PART II Regia Aeronautica in the Spanish PART I Civil War 1936-1937 vol. I A big decal sheet with 1:72, 1:48 Includes a big decal sheet with and 1:32 individual markings for 8 A look at the Italian Regia 1:72, 1:48 and 1:32 individual colourful “Butcher Birds” such as Aeronautica in the Spanish Civil markings for 8 Bf 109s which the Focke-Wulf Fw 190. War. In July 1936, rebellious served in the MTO. KAGERO • OCT. 2013 Spanish generals asked for help 9788362878741 • BOOKLET from Bennito Mussolini. KAGERO • MARCH 2013 9788362878581 • BOOKLET 205 X 275MM • 16 PAGES KAGERO • DEC. 2014 275 X 205MM • 16 PAGES 16 COLOUR PROFILES 9788364596162 • PB • 275 X 205MM 80 PAGES • 110 ARCHIVE PHOTOS 8 PAINTING SCHEMES IN 3 SCALES 10 COLOUR PROFILES 32 ARTWORKS

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NAKAJIMA KI-84 HAYATE ARADO AR 196 JU 87D/G VOL.I Monograph on the Nakajima Ki- Monograph devoted to the Ar Monograph of the most famous 84 Hayate. Includes subsequent 196, a shipboard reconnaissance dive bomber of World War II modifications and variants and aircraft, which became the focusing on the design and camouflage and markings. standard aircraft of the combat operations. KAGERO • JAN. 2014 Kriegsmarine during WWII. KAGERO • FEB. 2014 9788362878871 • PB KAGERO • MARCH 2015 9788362878932 • PB 297 X 210MM • 92 PAGES 9788361220961 • PB 297 X 210MM • 112 PAGES 8 PAINTING SCHEMES, 297 X 210MM • 80 PAGES HIGHLY ILLUSTRATED 14 ARTWORKS B/W PHOTOS, 5 PROFILES, PLAN MONOGRAPHS DRAWINGS • MONOGRAPHS

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JUNKERS JU 88 VOL. I DORNIER DO 17/DO 215 MESSERSCHMITT BF 109 Including a short technical This monograph discusses each Discusses the Bf 109’s origins description of the construction of plane’s design, development and and development, including the Ju 88 A-1, this monologue is operational history, including the changes made in its first the first volume of the series. specific modifications made to prototypes, A-D variants and KAGERO • NOV. 2014 both the 17 and 215. their sub-variants. 9788364596117 • PB KAGERO • MAY 2015 KAGERO • MAY 2015 297 X 210MM • 120 PAGES 9788364596339 • PB 9788364596384 • HB 120 B/W PHOTOS, 120 RENDERS 297 X 210MM • 136 PAGES 297 X 210MM • 192 PAGES 2 DOUBLE A3 SHEET WITH 108 ARCHIVAL PHOTOGRAPHS, DRAWINGS, 24 PAGES A4 SHEET 103 RENDERS, 18 PAINTING

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ARADO AR 234 BLITZ VOL. II CURTISS P-40 WARHAWK P-51/F-6 MUSTANGS A monograph dedicated to the AR (TOMAHAWK/KITTYHAWK) WITH THE USAAF – The P-40 helped the Allies stem EUROPEAN THEATER OF 234’s advances under two Arado OPERATIONS company engineers, Rüdiger the early offensives of the Axis Kosin and Walter Lehmann. powers and fight them back to Entering service in November last-ditch defensive positions. 1943, it curtailed losses suffered KAGERO • JULY 2015 by the heavy bombers and broke 9788364596650 • PB KAGERO • APRIL 2015 the backbone of the Luftwaffe. 297 X 210MM • 120 PAGES 9788364596315 • PB 100 RENDERS, A2 DRAWINGS WITH 275 X 205MM • 88 PAGES KAGERO • SEPT. 2015 TECHNICAL DATA 115 BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOS, 9788364596681 • PB 6 COLOUR PHOTOS 297 X 210MM • 88 PAGES 131 B/W PHOTOS, 14 COLOUR PHOTOS AVIATION £00.00£18.80 £00.00£34.00 £00.00£27.50 £00.00£15.04 £00.00£27.20 £00.00£22.00

FOCKE-WULF TA 152 HORTEN HO 229 YAK-1 VOL. I The arms race that kicked off A complete photographic The goal of this book is to present even before the war began collection of the Horten Ho 229, the first aircraft in the long lineage produced military aircraft the prototype German aircraft of Yakovlev’s fighters – the Yak-1 . capable of reaching ever higher built by the Luftwaffe. KAGERO • NOW IN STOCK 9788365437181 • HB operational ceilings, including KAGERO • NOW IN STOCK 297 X 210MM • 200 PAGES this Focke-Wulf. 9788365437150 • HB 268 ILLUSTRATIONS KAGERO • MAY 2016 297 X 210MM • 280 PAGES 9788364596933 • PB 126 ILLUSTRATIONS 297 X 210MM • 80 PAGES 110 ARCHIVAL PHOTOS

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YAK-1 VOL. II MESSERSCHMITT BF - 110 MESSERSCHMITT BF 109F The Yak-1’s developments as well This is a lavishly illustrated, large The Bf 109F was an attempt to as some interesting facts from the format book of the formidable outperform earlier variants by Yak-1/1b’s history are covered in German fighter-bomber. means of an aerodynamically this volume. KAGERO • NOW IN STOCK refined airframe and a more KAGERO • NOW IN STOCK 9788365437228 • HB powerful engine. 297 X 210MM • 240 PAGES 9788365437396 • HB KAGERO • NOW IN STOCK 360 ILLUSTRATIONS 297 X 210MM • 176 PAGES 9788365437440 • HB 280 ILLUSTRATIONS 297 X 210MM • 260 PAGES 221 ILLUSTRATIONS

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KA-50 AND KA-52 MI-28. NIGHT HUNTER P-51/F-6 MUSTANGS Kamov design bureau was AND OTHERS WITH USAAF - IN THE established in late 1940s. This The Mil Mi-28 is one of the most MTO, ASIA AND PACIFIC volume covers two of their most versatile attack helicopters in Famed for its service in the US advanced helicopter designs. warfare. This is a fully illustrated Army Air Force as a long-rage KAGERO • NOW IN STOCK guide. escort fighter, this is one of the 9788364596865 • PB KAGERO • NOW IN STOCK 20th Century’s most successful 297 X 210MM • 96 PAGES 9788365437136 • PB aircraft. 202 ILLUSTRATIONS 297 X 210MM • 80 PAGES KAGERO • NOW IN STOCK 220 ILLUSTRATIONS 9788365437112 • PB 275 X 205MM • 88 PAGES 133 ILLUSTRATIONS

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FOCKE-WULF FW 190 D NAKAJIMA KI-43 NORTH AMERICAN P-51 MUSTANG The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D, better HAYABUSA known to its contemporaries as The Nakajima Ki-43 was the North American P-51 Mustang the Langnasen Dora, was the successor of the company’s was one of the most renowned finest project created by Kurt earlier successful design – the and undoubtedly one of the most Tank’s design team to see service Ki-27 Nate, and was developed aesthetically pleasing fighter in numbers. from 1937. designs of the Second World War. KAGERO • NOV. 2015 KAGERO • NOV. 2015 KAGERO • NOV. 2015 9788364596728 • PB 9788364596711 • PB 9788364596841 • PB 297 X 210MM • 32 PAGES 297 X 210MM • 28 PAGES 297 X 210MM • 32 PAGES

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SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE DORNIER DO 17Z/DO FOCKE-WULF TA 152 MK. IX/XVI AND OTHER 2015 C-1/H-0/H-1 MODELS The 20 page, A4 size booklet The Dornier Do 17 was one of The Focke-Wulf Ta 152 was contains 15 sheets of 1:72 scale three Luftwaffe’s main bomber designed as a high altitude drawings with specificationtypes early in the war. Includes 15 fighter, which could engage of external changes in various highly detailed illustrations. American heavy bombers and versions of the aircraft. KAGERO • NOW IN STOCK their escorts on equal terms. KAGERO • NOW IN STOCK 9788364596940 • PB KAGERO • NOW IN STOCK 9788364596872 • PB 297 X 210MM • 20 PAGES 9788364596988 • PB 297 X 210MM • 20 PAGES 15 ILLUSTRATIONS 297 X 210MM • 36 PAGES 15 ILLUSTRATIONS 31 ILLUSTRATIONS

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CURTISS P-40, F,K,L,M,N DOUGLAS SBD KAWASAKI KI-61 HIEN / MODELS DAUNTLESS KI-100 Curtiss P-40, known to Americans Douglas SBD Dauntless is one of The Kawasaki Ki-61 was the only as Warhawk, and to their allies the most popular American naval mass-produced Japanese fighter of the British Commonwealth as bombers of the World War II era. of the war to use a liquid-cooled Tomahawk and Kittyhawk, fought KAGERO • NOW IN STOCK inline V engine. Complete with on nearly all fronts of the Second 9788365437389 • PB 105 illustrations. 297 X 210MM • 20 PAGES World War. KAGERO • JAN. 2015 16 ILLUSTRATIONS KAGERO • NOW IN STOCK 9788364596155 • PB 9788365437242 • PB 297 X 210MM • 116 PAGES 297 X 210MM • 32 PAGES 18 PAINTING SCHEMES, 105 ARCHIVE 27 ILLUSTRATIONS PHOTOS, 19 PP A4

AVIATION DAZZLE Disguise & Disruption in War & Art By James Taylor In 1917 Dazzle painting was conceived and developed by the celebrated marine artist and then naval commander Norman Wilkinson. This book shows how the scheme influenced art, architecture, dance, design, fashion, music hall and theatrical performances and even the exterior appearance of cars. It also features a visual tribute to the vessels that have been painted with brilliant bold patterns inspired by Dazzle. THE POOL OF LONDON PRESS • SEPT. 2016 9781910860144 • HB £20.00 240 X 200MM • 128 PAGES • 100 PAINTINGS

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USS CALIFORNIA A Visual History of the Golden State BB-44 By David Doyle This 168 page book is packed with large, clear images of the USS California. The photographic coverage follows the history of the “Prune barge” all though her WWII experience till £25.95 decommissioning in 1959. The many photos are accompanied £20.76 by beautifully rendered line drawings and colour plates. An essential companion to the Trumpeter plastic kit. THE AMPERSAND GROUP • JUNE 2016 • 9780977378173 • HB 168 PAGES • 250+ ILLUSTRATIONS • VISUAL HISTORY SERIES HC

THE HMS HOOD By Stefan Draminski Hood, launched in 1918 was the last battlecruiser built in Great Britain. During the construction the design had to be extensively modified to embody the experience of the , which markedly exposed insufficient armor of British . However not all shortcomings were eliminated, which later contributed to the loss of the ship. Fully illustrated and ideal for naval modellers. £15.99 KAGERO • JUNE 2015 • 9788364596612 • PB £12.79 297 X 210MM • 36 PAGES • 31 DRAWINGS SHEETS A4 SCALES: 1/50, 1/100, 1/200 • TOP DRAWINGS

NAVAL & MARITIME THE WAR IN THE The and the 1914-1918 By Quintin Barry The history of the conflict in the North Sea between 1914 and 1918 is a record of attempts to break a strategic deadlock. This book reviews the entire course of the war in the North Sea to its dramatic epilogue at Scapa £29.95 Flow. £00.00 £00.00 £00.00 HELION AND COMPANY£00.00 • NOV. 2016 • 9781911096382 • HB£00.00 £23.96£00.00 245 X 170MM • 608 PAGES • 150 B/W PHOTOS & MAPS

JAPANESE BATTLESHIP KONGO By Grzegorz Nowak and Waldemar Góralski Kongo, meaning indestructable, was the Imperial Japanese Navy’s first super- type battlecruiser. This modelling guide provides a lavishly illustrated history of this impressive warship with numerous close- up and panoramic shots based on actual technical drawings. KAGERO • APRIL 2015 • 9788361220152 • PB £18.99 297 X 210MM • 56 PAGES • 104 RENDERS, 1 FOLD-OUT POSTER AND 2 FOLD-OUT PLAN SUPER DRAWINGS IN 3D £15.19

THE BATTLESHIP GNEISENAU By Miroslaw Skwiot and Mariusz Motyka Gneisenau was launched on 8 December 1936, armed with a main battery of nine 28 cm (11 in) C/34 guns in three triple turrets. Featuring 140 computer generated colour images this volume covers, in full, the majesty of this great ship. KAGERO • APRIL 2015 • 9788362878284 • PAPERBACK £18.99 297 X 210MM • 80 PAGES£00.00 • FULL COLOUR THROUGHOUT £00.00 £15.19£00.00 SUPER DRAWINGS £00.00IN 3D £00.00 £00.00

SMS VIRIBUS UNITIS AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN BATTLESHIP By Andrew Wilkie This modelling guide to the SMS Viribus Initis, the famed Austro-Hungarian battleship, provides a lavishly illustrated history of this impressive warship with numerous close-up and panoramic shots based on actual technical drawings. The ultimate guide for modellers and military painters alike. £18.99 KAGERO • AUG. 2015 • 9788364596643 • PB £15.19 297 X 210MM • 72 PAGES • 123 RENDERS SUPER DRAWINGS IN 3D

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THREE REPUBLICS ONE SEARCH FOR THE THE LAST BIG GUN NAVY JAPANESE FLEET At War & At Sea with HMS A Naval History of France USS Nautilus and the Battle Belfast 1870–1999 of Midway Will appeal to those with an Weaves together the history of A look at the largely forgotten interest in military history and the a navy whose nation’s priorities role of American submarines Royal Navy. Nominated for MHM’s have more often been land in the Battle of Midway, which 2016 Book of the Year award. frontier defence. helped achieve victory. THE POOL OF LONDON PRESS HELION AND COMPANY • OCT. 2016 POTOMAC BOOKS, INC. • FEB. 2016 OCT. 2015 • 9781910860014 • HB 9781911096740 • PB 9781612347165 • HB 234 X 156MM • 440 PAGES 234 X 156MM • 288 PAGES 230 X 150MM • 368 PAGES 40 COLOUR & B/W PHOTOGRAPHS 30 B/W ILLUSTRATIONS & DIAGRAMS

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JAPANESE HEAVY CRUISER THE HEAVY CRUISER PROTECTED CRUISER TAKAO, 1937-1946 LÜTZOW VARYAG This guide looks at the Takao with This book describes technical In depth look at the Varyag, ground-breaking 3D imagery, specifications of the ship with including design and construction each corner, angle, and dimension more than 100 colour illustrations notes, technical characteristics, of the ship is viewable. showing Lutzow’s appearance in data tables, machinery, propulsion, KAGERO • FEB. 2014 July 1942. armament and operational history. 9788362878901 • PB KAGERO • AUG. 2014 KAGERO • FEB. 2015 297 X 210MM • 92 PAGES 9788364596070 • PB 9788361220640 • PB 3D COLOUR ARTWORK, CLOSE-UP 297 X 210MM • 80 PAGES 297 X 210MM • 58 PAGES VIEWS, PHOTOGRAPHS 140 RENDERS 3D COLOUR ARTWORK, CLOSE-UP VIEWS, PHOTOS, SCALE LINE

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KAGA 1920-1942 THE JAPANESE AIRCRAFT JAPANESE CARRIERS SORYU AND 1905-1942 The career of Kaga, which started HIRYU on the drawing boards of the This book of “The Japanese design bureau as a battleship had According to the original plans Battleships” is devoted to a capacity for swift development. Hiryū was to be completed a year technical description of the after Sōryū, but her construction KAGERO • JAN. 2015 vessels built between 1911 9788364596261 • HB suffered delays caused by two (Kongō) and 1942 (Musashi) and 297 X 210MM • 144 PAGES key factors. their upgrades. 178 ARCHIVE PHOTOS, 38 KAGERO • AUG. 2016 KAGERO • NOW IN STOCK DRAWINGS, 4 MAPS 9788364596520 • HB 9788365437280 • HB 297 X 210MM • 100 PAGES 297 X 210MM • 392 PAGES 82 ARCHIVE PHOTOS, 30 100 ILLUSTRATIONS DRAWINGS, 16 COLOUR PROFILES

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THE BATTLESHIP THE BATTLESHIP TIRPITZ THE BATTLESHIP BISMARCK The Tripitz, sister ship of the WARSPITE 1914-1919 The 28th book of the Super legendary Bismarck, was the last In 1906, the British launched one Drawings in 3D series gives us battleship to be procured by the of the most revolutionary ships completely refreshed look on the German Kriegsmarine. ever built – HMS Dreadnought, Bismarck warship. KAGERO • MARCH 2016 followed by many other game- KAGERO • JAN. 2016 9788364596698 • PB changing warships. 9788364596018 • PB 297 X 210MM • 100 PAGES KAGERO • NOV. 2015 297 X 210MM • 100 PAGES 9788364596735 • PB 170 RENDERS 297 X 210MM • 92 PAGES

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THE BATTLESHIP ROMA THE JAPANESE AIRCRAFT THE JAPANESE AIRCRAFT 1942–1943 CARRIER TAIHO CARRIER AKAGI The Battleship Roma was one The design work on the new A fully illustrated guide to the of the three Italian Littorio class carrier commenced as early as most famous Japanese aircraft battleships operating during the 1937, and was a major design haul, carrier and the symbol of the Second World War. She was one yet proved to be an expensive might of the Imperial Japanese of the most modern and powerful disaster. Navy. battleships of her times. KAGERO • JULY 2016 KAGERO • NOW IN STOCK KAGERO • NOV. 2015 9788364596759 • PB 9788364596810 • PB 9788364596742 • PB 297 X 210MM • 92 PAGES 297 X 210MM • 84 PAGES 297 X 210MM • 100 PAGES 155 ILLUSTRATIONS

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THE BATTLESHIP SMS THE ITALIAN SUBMARINE THE GERMAN AIRCRAFT BADEN SCIRÈ 1938-1942 CARRIER GRAF ZEPPELIN The second and last to be Scirè was an Italian Adua-class The German Navy, rebuilding its completed of a class of 4 “super submarine, which served during potential after the First World ”, SMS Baden World War II in the War also had the ambition to represented the culmination of (the Italian Navy). possess carriers. The first of them German battleship development KAGERO • NOW IN STOCK was the Graf Zeppelin, but it was during the First World War. 9788364596957 • PB never to enter service. 297 X 210MM • 80 PAGES KAGERO • APRIL 2016 KAGERO • NOW IN STOCK 155 ILLUSTRATIONS 9788364596902 • PB 9788365437143 • PB 297 X 210MM • 84 PAGES 297 X 210MM • 84 PAGES 10 ANAGLYPH 3D IMAGES 150 ILLUSTRATIONS NAVAL & MARITIME £25.50 £25.50 £25.50 £20.40 £20.40 £20.40

THE JAPANESE AIRCRAFT THE JAPANESE BATTLESHIP THE JAPANESE BATTLESHIP CARRIER SHINANO MUSASHI FUSO On 4 May 1940 the third Yamato- Musashi battleship was the He was the second battleship class battleship was laid down at second ship of the Yamato class bearing the name of the first the Navy Shipyard in Yokosuka. It of Imperial Japanese Navy during “Fuso” was one of the first ships was to be named Shinano. the Second World War, and of the Imperial Navy, participated KAGERO • NOW IN STOCK one of the heaviest ships ever in the Sino-Japanese and Russo- 9788365437174 • PB constructed. Japanese war. 297 X 210MM • 84 PAGES KAGERO • NOW IN STOCK KAGERO • NOW IN STOCK 150 ILLUSTRATIONS 9788365437235 • PB 9788365437259 • PB 297 X 210MM • 88 PAGES 297 X 210MM • 84 PAGES 123 ILLUSTRATIONS 165 ILLUSTRATIONS

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THE BATTLESHIP THE JAPANESE BATTLESHIP YAHAGI. JAPANESE LIGHT VITTORIO VENETO YAMATO CRUISER 1942-1945 Battleship Vittorio Veneto was Yamato exceeded other country Yahagi, the second Japanese one of the three Italian Littorio battleships not only by the warship of that name, was class battleships operating in the displacement and the calibre the third of the four Agano- Second World War. She was one of her guns, but also by the class vessels. Construction of of the most modern and powerful construction of her hull, armour the Agano-class cruisers was battleships of her times. protection, gunnery and optics. approved in March 1939. KAGERO • NOW IN STOCK KAGERO • NOW IN STOCK KAGERO • NOW IN STOCK 9788365437303 • PB 9788365437310 • PB 9788364596964 • PB 297 X 210MM • 84 PAGES 297 X 210MM • 100 PAGES 297 X 210MM • 24 PAGES 144 ILLUSTRATIONS 165 ILLUSTRATIONS 13 ILLUSTRATIONS NAVAL & MARITIME £17.00 £17.00 £17.00 £13.60 £13.60 £13.60

THE GERMAN BATTLESHIP THE BRITISH AIRCRAFT THE GERMAN BATTLESHIP TIRPITZ CARRIER HMS ARK ROYAL SHARNHORST The Battleship Tirpitz was The British aircraft carrier HMS The German battleship ceremonially launched on 1 April Ark Royal was one of the most Scharnhorst was built at 1939. The end of the battleship famous and recognizable Royal Wilhelmshaven shipyard. The ship took place on 12 November when Navy vessels of the Second World was laid down on 15 June 1935, the ship capsized and sank. War. launched on 3 October 1936 and KAGERO • NOW IN STOCK KAGERO • NOW IN STOCK commissioned on 7 January 1939. 9788365437044 • PB 9788365437099 • PB KAGERO • NOW IN STOCK 297 X 210MM • 40 PAGES 297 X 210MM • 28 PAGES 9788365437105 • PB 40 ILLUSTRATIONS 27 ILLUSTRATIONS 297 X 210MM • 28 PAGES 27 ILLUSTRATIONS

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THE BATTLESHIP USS AKIZUKI THE JAPANESE THE GERMAN BATTLESHIP IOWA GNEISENAU Built in 1943 at New York Naval Akizuki was the lead ship On May 21, 1938 the ship Yard, this American battleship of her class of in was commissioned into the USS Iowa is one of the most the Japanese Imperial Navy Kriegsmarine. Captain Erich famous warships of World War considered by many to be among Förster, former commander of the Two era. the best Japanese warships Karlsruhe, became KAGERO • NOW IN STOCK during World War II. her commanding officer. 9788365437198 • PB KAGERO • NOW IN STOCK KAGERO • NOW IN STOCK 297 X 210MM • 32 PAGES 9788365437266 • PB 9788365437297 • PB 25 ILLUSTRATIONS 297 X 210MM • 24 PAGES 297 X 210MM • 24 PAGES 21 ILLUSTRATIONS 23 ILLUSTRATIONS NAVAL & MARITIME SCALE MODELLING WW1 TANKS By Frédérik Astier Illustrated with 500 pictures, Frédéric Astier shares his knowledge guiding the reader step by step. It covers painting a camouflage complex of the Great War period, figures, decorations, and much more. HISTOIRE ET COLLECTIONS • MAY 2016 • 9782352504689 • PB 297 X 210MM • 128 PAGES • 500 ILLUSTRATIONS

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WORLD WAR II SOVIET FIELD WEAPONS & EQUIPMENT A Visual Reference Guide By Keith Ward Here, in a single volume, are all items of Soviet weaponry and equipment, rendered precisely, and showing their internal workings. Technical details are also provided. This is an essential volume for anyone interested in the Soviet Army of World War II. £25.00 HELION AND COMPANY • DEC. 2016 • 9781909384996 • PB £20.00 297 X 210MM • 160 PAGES • OVER 300 COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS

SCRAPYARD ARMOUR Scenes from a Russian Armour Scrapyard By David Parker 116 pages featuring 3 different model builds and 40 pages of walkaround images from the AFV Scrapyard Armour. Modelling scenes from a Russian Armour Scrapyard by David Parker, Mark Neville, and Andy Taylor. AFV MODELLER • 9780993564604 • PB £28.50 297 X 210MM • 116 PAGES £22.80 AVAILABLE TO PREORDER

ARMOURED VEHICLES PAINTING GUIDE FOR AFV of World War Two and Modern Era By Jose Luis Lopez Ruiz Jose Luis Lopez Ruiz, the famously talented modeller spent the last few years developing and improving his own technique, inspired by the zenithal painting effect, to achieve a stunning colour finish on his military scale models: the £17.50 “black and white technique”. £14.00 HISTOIRE ET COLLECTIONS • JUNE 2014 • 9782352503873 • PB 210 X 297MM • 84 PAGES • HIGHLY ILLUSTRATED

WORLD OF TANKS: THE T-34 GOES TO WAR By A. Ulanov, D. Shein and Edited by Christopher Parker and Dana Lombardy For the first time, translated Soviet archival documents are used to present “the Russian view” of the legendary T-34 tank. More than 100 photos, illustrations, tables, and diagrams tell the story about the development and £19.50 operational deployment of the legendary T-34 tank. LOMBARDY STUDIOS • APRIL 2017 • 9781940169033 • HB £15.60 197 X 254MM • 224 PAGES AVAILABLE TO PREORDER WORLD OF TANKS: SU-152 And Related Vehicles By Yuri Igorevich Pasholok and Edited by Christopher Parker and Dana Lombardy From a series about the design, procurement, development, manufacturing, and combat employment of Soviet armored fighting vehicles (AFVs) during £19.50 World War Two, complete with hundreds of photos, illustrations, tables, and £15.60 diagrams. This edition is concerned with the SU-152. LOMBARDY STUDIOS • APRIL 2017 • 9781940169026 • HB 197 X 254MM • 272 PAGES AVAILABLE TO PREORDER GERMAN PANZER I A Visual History of the German Army’s WWII Early Light Tank By David Doyle Clandestinely developed during the post WWI-era, the Panzer I £22.95 served as a proof of concept. Spread through 168 hardbound pages, £18.36 over 200 photos document all variations of this, the cornerstone upon which Germany’s famed panzer force was built. THE AMPERSAND GROUP • FEB. 2016 • 9781944367053 • HB 168 PAGES • 250+ ILLUSTRATIONS

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