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CATALOGUE JANUARY – JUNE 2018 Greetings from Osprey! CATALOGUE JANUARY – JUNE 2018 Greetings from Osprey! Bring out the cake and blow out the candles because 2018 marks Osprey’s 50th anniversary! Given that we have now reached this milestone, I’ve been delving into our history to see how things have changed over the years. hough our irst series, Aircam, is no longer with us, many of our series have been around for decades, including Men-at- Arms (1971), New Vanguard (originally as Vanguard in 1978) and Elite (1984). hese have been joined by dozens of new series that have expanded our list, including Weapon (2010), Combat (2013) and X-Planes (2016). his year, we are adding a brand new name to this venerable list, Air Campaign, which will take a new look at the greatest air wars in history, from the Battle of Britain to Operation Rolling hunder. You can ind more about this exciting new addition to our list on page 12. Since 2003 we have also been publishing General Military books and in the irst half of 2018 we have some very exciting titles. Morning Star, Midnight Sun (p.2), Jefrey Cox’s much-anticipated sequel to Rising Sun, Falling Skies (2014) publishes in February, and we are marking another anniversary, the centenary of the end of World War I, with 1918: Winning the War, Losing the War (p.2) which comes out in March. Our Games division was launched back in 2008, and this area of the company has gone from strength to strength ever since. One of our strongest game titles has been the multi-award-winning Frostgrave (2015) which gets its ifth supplement, Frostgrave: he Maze of Malcor (p.26) in May. It has gone into company lore that in 1974, Men-at-Arms series editor Martin Windrow thought that the series had maybe one year left in it. hat series now has over 500 books, and the whole Osprey list totals over 3,000. Over the 50 years we have grown, evolved and taken on new challenges, but what has remained unaltered is our goal of producing high-quality, informative books for military history enthusiasts. Here's to the next 50 years! Richard Sullivan, Managing Director CONTENTS RAF Centenary Celebration 1 Duel 17 New General Military 2–4 Combat 18 Paperbacks 5–6 Men-at-Arms 19 Pocket Manuals 7 New Vanguard 20–21 Gift Books 8–9 Combat Aircraft 22 Best of Osprey 10–11 Elite & Fortress 23 Air Campaign 12–13 Also Available 24 Campaign 14 Board Games 25 X-Planes 15 Wargaming 26–29 Weapon 16 Contact & Sales Information 30–31 TIMELINE RAF CENTENARY 100 YEARS OF SERVICE CELEBRATING A CENTURY OF OPERATIONS 1 APRIL 1918 he Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service merge to form 9 MARCH 1925 the Royal Air Force. First RAF independent air action takes place during Pink’s War. 5 MARCH 1936 he Supermarine Spitire lies for the irst time. 10 JULY 1940 Battle of Britain begins, as the Luftwafe attempt to 16 MAY 1943 clear the skies in advance of a German invasion. Specially modiied Lancasters launch the daring ‘Dambusters’ raids in the Ruhr Valley. 20 SEPTEMBER 1950 Jean Lennox Bird becomes 6 MAY 1965 the irst woman to be awarded RAF pilot’s wings. he RAF display team, THE ROYAL AIR FORCE 'he Red Arrows', make A Centenary of Operations their irst performance at RAF Little Ressington. Author: Michael Napier Available: February 2018 ISBN: 9781472825407 30 APRIL 1982 Price: £25 / US $35 / CAN $47 Format: Hardback, 288pp Vulcan bombers carry Fully illustrated in colour and black & white out the Black Buck raids 11 AUGUST 1990 against Argentine positions he world’s irst independent air force, the RAF has been involved RAF aircraft deployed to on the Falklands. almost continuously in operations around the globe for a century. the Persian Gulf as part of But over the years this history has also become entangled with myths. Operation Desert Shield. he Royal Air Force will set the record straight, uncovering the true exploits and accomplishments of RAF personnel over the last 100 years. 24 MARCH 1999 1 JULY 2005 RAF Harriers bomb From its formation in the dying days of World War I, First Euroighter Serbian targets as part of its desperate ight for survival in World War II, to its Cold War Typhoon squadron Operation Allied Force. and modern commitments, this is the stunningly illustrated story activated at of how the RAF has defended Britain for a century. RAF Coningsby. ALSO AVAILABLE ISBN: 9781472808721 ISBN: 9781472815491 ISBN: 9781472822956 TO FIND MORE FANTASTIC AVIATION TITLES, VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.OSPREYPUBLISHING.COM/AVIATION Morning Star, Midnight Sun The Early Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign of World War II August–October 1942 Author: Jeffrey R. Cox Period: World War II Available: February 2018 Format: Hardback, 444pp ALSO AVAILABLE ISBN: 9781472826381 24pp plate section in black & white Price: £25 / US $35 / CAN $47 Following on from the hugely successful Rising Sun, Falling Skies, Jefrey R. Cox tells the gripping story of the opening battles of the Guadalcanal and Solomons naval and land campaigns, as the Allies went on the ofensive to prevent Japan from cutting of Australia and to regain dominance in the Paciic after the disastrous Java Sea Campaign. 1918 Winning the War, Losing the War Editor: Matthias Strohn Period: World War I Available: March 2018 Format: Hardback, 288pp ISBN: 9781472829337 8pp plate section in black & white Price: £25 / US $28 / CAN $37 ALSO AVAILABLE 1918 was the most dramatic year of World War I. After the defeat of Russia in 1917, German ofensives brought Britain and France close to defeat, before Allied counter-attacks on all fronts with the assistance of fresh US troops led to the end of the war. his wide-ranging collection of articles by some of the most renowned names in the subject explores the tumultuous events of the inal year of the Great War. No Ordinary Pilot The History of the Panzerjäger Author: Suzanne Campbell Jones Volume 1: Origins and Evolution Available: March 2018 1939–42 ISBN: 9781472828279 Price: £18.99 / US $28 / CAN $37 Author: Thomas Anderson Period: World War II Available: April 2018 Format: Hardback, 320pp ISBN: 9781472817587 16pp plate section in black & white Price: £30 / US $45 / CAN $60 Period: World War II Format: Hardback, 304pp After a lifetime in the RAF, Group Fully illustrated in black & white Captain Bob Allen inally allowed his family to see his oicial lying From its origins in World War I through to the lightning years of Blitzkrieg log. It contained the line: ‘Killed this is the story of Germany’s brilliant anti-tank force: the Panzerjäger. It is In Action’. his is the compelling story of the wartime adventures of a packed with previously unpublished wartime photographs, combat reports, remarkable pilot, aerial photographer and prisoner of war, who served his and detailed charts and statistics to give an unparalleled account of this country across the world from Africa to Europe during World War II. unique arm of the Wehrmacht. 2 FOR MORE INFORMATION ON OUR NEW RELEASES, PLEASE VISIT WWW.OSPREYPUBLISHING.COM 46 Courbet: Profile & Plan WARSHIP 2017 Courbet as completed. Note the rails on the 2nd 10 - Ex-German cruisers - v.2 27/2/17 12:24 Page 150 Page 12:24 27/2/17 v.2 - cruisers Ex-German - 10 Deck for the 90cm searchlight projectors. • 5 - Elba to Europa - v.1 27/2/17 12:23 Page 66 armed armed with six 83.5mm/55 M27 Skoda guns (one fore, 3 September 1927. to complete fitting out there. out there. fitting to complete forbidden from exporting armed vessels) for the Adriatic, the for vessels) armed exporting from forbidden 1926, 1926, she left without armament (as Germany was the the on on each side, where torpedo tubes had been installed in plated up; an additional broadside sponson was installed was sponson broadside additional an up; plated removed removed and the main-deck embrasures fore and aft Amazone 1925/26 1925/26 and given a very similar reconstruction to taken taken in hand at the Deutsche Werke at Kiel during WARSHIP 2017 WARSHIP She arrived at the Tivat arsenal in the Bay of Kotor on of Kotor Bay in the arsenal at the Tivat arrived She WARSHIP 2017 sioned as rigged for two pairs of square and lug sails. Shortly after, however, however, these were replaced by two simpler derricks Reichsmarine positioned between each pair of forward and after holds. In December 1914 an Italian Navy commission led by Alessandro Guidoni inspected the Taranto Naval dockyard. commission submitted a report to the Naval Staff in which it recommended the requisition and the subse- quent purchase of theship, judging tics suitable for conversion as a vessel which would have a dual role as a seaplane carrier and a submarine tender. duly purchased for 740,000 lire. turalelements andother materials needed for the conver- sionwere fabricated andstored at La SpeziaNaval dock- yard. The ship arrived in La Spezia in early February 1915 and was later commissioned into the as to the Greek mythological nymph Europa, who had been kidnapped and seduced by Jupiter. was drawn upby AlessandroGuidoni. began Work at La Spezia on 20 February 1915 and proceeded quickly, beingcompleted thefirstinhalfMay of 1915. involved It the removal of much of the existing fittings and equip- ment, including the two derricks and a number of the large ventilation cowlings located on the upper deck and the deckhouses. The technical requirements for the conversion of construction of hangars, workshops, and store roomsfor sparesand other materials; the adaptation ofthe holds to British Armyhasfaced.
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