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eBooks Many of our titles are also available as eBooks from major online stores. For details and links, please visit www.amberbooks.co.uk/ebooks JULY 2018 PUBLICATION Dark History of Russia MICHAEL KERRIGAN Native American Myths & Legends In the past 100 years alone, Russia has seen immense revolutions: CHRIS MCNAB from monarchy to the world’s first Native American culture is founded socialist state, from Communism to Dark History of Russia on stories told orally and handed Capitalism, from mass poverty to 244 x 186mm (9¾ x 7½”) down through the generations, Europe’s new super rich. In that time, Extent: 224pp Native American Myths & including myths that reveal the origin it has endured civil war, world war Word count: 58,000 words Legends Illustrations: 180 col & b/w photos of a tribe, legends that chronicle and the Cold War, as well as famines, 244 x 186mm (9¾ x 7½”) & a/ws heroes who fought gods, yarns that assassinations and massacres. tell of malevolent trickster spirits, Extent: 224pp ISBN: 978-1-78274-631-7 Word count: 50,000 words Ranging from medieval Kievan Rus and canny morality tales for the £19.99 Hardback Illustrations: 180 b/w and colour to Vladimir Putin, Dark History of ages. Covering creation myths and photographs and artworks Russia explores the brutality and family life, spirits and gods, warfare ISBN: 978-1-78274-628-7 skulduggery employed in maintaining and death, Native American Myths & £19.99 Hardback power in the Slav heartland. Legends is an informative exploration of the beliefs of North America’s first inhabitants. T EMPERING THE STEEL 145 TEMPERING THE STEEL 137 had to be fashioned into a machine for making the future; Opposite: ‘By the End people had to make themselves its moving parts. There was of the Five-Year Plan no place in such a scheme for individualism or freedom of Collectivization Should expression: the good citizen put society, and socialism, first. be Completed,’ this poster 6 (by the Latvian artist ‘DEKULAKIZATION’ Gustav Klutsis (1895– 52 PEOPLE, FAMILY AND CULTURE PEOPLE, FAMILY AND CULTURE 53 60 PEOPLE, FAMILY AND CULTURE PEOPLE, FAMILY AND CULTURE 61 The Soviet leadership’s resentments against the kulaks became 1938) enthuses. intensely emotional. ‘We must smash the kulaks, eliminate them as a class,’ said Stalin. The leaders had clashed with the kulaks TEMPERING ‘Then he said: “The next time you go out, take these things ‘At this time these supernatural powers, made an extraordinary demonstration. from the start; sturdily self-reliant, they had been slow to adapt Below: The rural with you, and use them as I tell you, and do not run from people had flint knives Having first painted his body in red and black paint, he wafted a to the social template the communists wanted to fit them into. Revolution marches these animals. When they run at you, as soon as they get given them, and they cut strong bowstring through the ceremonial incense, then wrapped Lenin had sparred with the kulaks in the first months of the on beneath a banner pretty close, shoot the arrows at them, as I have taught you; up the bodies of the dead it around his neck and covered himself with a robe. He told the THE STEEL Revolution. From 1930, however, their liquidation was official reading ‘We as Collective and you will see that they will run from you or will run in a buffalo. It is not healthful other men in the room to grip the loose ends of the bowstring Soviet policy. The kulaks were to be sent to the gulags or Workers Will Eradicate circle around you.” to eat the meat raw, so and then pull on them with all their strength. They did so, forcibly removed from their familial lands. the Kulaks…’ in 1932. In Stalin’s Soviet Union, the brave new future was built in ‘Now, as people became plenty, one day three men went Old Man gathered soft horrified when the boy’s decapitated head suddenly rolled out Of those expelled (at a conservative brutality and bloodshed. Sheer terror held sway across the out on to the plain to see the buffalo, but they had no arms. dry rotten driftwood and from beneath the robe. They put the head back, and when they estimate, almost two million in the Below: A famous They saw the animals, but when the buffalo saw the men, they made punk of it, and lifted the robe up an old man was sitting beneath it. Three more first 12 months), some were sent to ‘workers’ state’. depiction of a Native ran after them and killed two of them, but one got away. One then got a piece of hard times they replaced and lifted the robe, and each time revealed a smaller, less desirable, plots in nearby American buffalo hunt. day after this, the people went on a little hill to look about, wood, and drilled a hole different state beneath – first a pile of human districts; others were shipped to Many of the tribes in the and the buffalo saw them, and said, “Saiyah, there is some in it with an arrow point, bones, next nothing at all and finally the boy When he saw them he unsettled areas in western Siberia, the ONYA, CUT yourself loose and come to us. Let’s Opposite: ‘Let’s hit the North American interior more of our food,” and they rushed on them. This time the and gave them a pointed returned in perfect health. kicked over a cooking Urals or Kazakhstan. work together to finish with the bosses.’ This is the target on the state grain and plains were utterly people did not run. They began to shoot at the buffalo with piece of hard wood, and He was lauded as a powerful addition to ‘ pot onto the fire and Stalin’s suspicion of these small climactic romantic moment in one of the classic procurements fully and on dependent on the buffalo the bows and arrows Na´pi had given them, and the buffalo taught them how to make the circle of medicine men, but that status farmers takes us back to Russia’s works of Soviet literature, How the Steel was time.’ Soviet citizens went for their way of life. began to fall; but in the fight a person was killed. a fire with fire sticks, and was about to change. During an altercation magically disappeared in history of the carnivalesque. Like the T through life surrounded Tempered. ‘I would be a poor husband to you if you expected to cook the flesh of these between the boy and the chief of the tribe, top-hatted plutocrat, the caricatured me to put you before the Party,’ an impassioned Pavel Korchagin by urgent exhortation of animals and eat it. Young Wolf, over the butchering of a buffalo figure of the backward but grasping continues; ‘For I shall always put the Party first.’ An epic of the this kind. ‘They got a kind of carcass – the chief repeatedly pushed the boy off the carcass, peasant perhaps had a place in Civil War, this novel appeared in serial form between 1932 and stone that was in the saying he wanted the hide for a robe, even though the boy had the cartoon art of the Party press. 1934; a book-length edition followed in 1936. That same year, land, and then took killed the animal – the boy struck and killed the chief with a Historical and immediate experience its author Nikolai Ostrovsky (1904–36) died. The novel had been another harder stone and buffalo leg. Infuriated, the tribe’s warriors decided that the boy alike had made Russia’s country based loosely on his own life. worked one upon the must be killed. They tracked him down to his grandmother’s people conservative and resistant other, and hollowed out lodge, but when he saw them he kicked over a cooking pot onto to change – certainly when change EMOTIONAL ENGINEERING the softer one, and made the fire and magically disappeared in the smoke. The warriors was imposed upon them by city- The title How the Steel was Tempered seems almost comical a kettle of it. This was the fashion of their dishes. Above: A Blackfoot ran outside, only to see the boy in the distance walking off to the dwelling strangers. They were also now in the closeness with which it conforms to the oddly ‘Also Old Man said to the people: “Now, if you are medicine man, his human east. They chased him, but no matter how fast they went they undoubtedly selfish – if that’s how industrialized aesthetics of the ‘socialist-realist’ school. Ever overcome, you may go and sleep, and get power. Something form obscured by his never seemed to get any closer. we want to characterize the desire since Lenin had (in 1920) famously characterized communism will come to you in your dream that will help you. Whatever ceremonial outfit. The Eventually, the boy appeared to his pursuers on top of a these animals tell you to do, you must obey them, as they medicine man could nearby hill. On five separate occasions he appeared, each time appear to you in your sleep. Be guided by them. If anybody mediate between the wearing a different form of elaborate warrior dress, his body wants help, if you are alone and travelling, and cry aloud for physical world and the painted in bright colours. After his fifth appearance, however, Far left: An early help, your prayer will be answered. It may be by the eagles, spirit world. he disappeared from view, and it was at this time that a dreadful photograph – another perhaps by the buffalo, or by the bears. Whatever animal famine descended upon the Cheyenne people. Hunger and studio shot from Edward answers your prayer, you must listen to him.” That was how starvation stalked through the Cheyenne villages, the people Sheriff Curtis – of the first people got through the world, by the power of their looking in vain to their spells and rituals to break the cycle. Hastobiga, a Navaho dreams.’ The boy, meanwhile, was continuing onwards with his medicine man. Abandoned Civilisations KIERON CONNOLLY Aircraft Anatomy Temples hidden deep in the jungle, PAUL E. EDEN AND cities half-buried in desert sands, SOPH MOENG and carved slabs from ancient With 232 detailed line drawings, monuments scattered carelessly on Abandoned Civilisations Aircraft Anatomy shows how a wide the ground… Images like these are 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) selection of classic and modern Aircraft Anatomy bound to make us wonder: Who built Extent: 224pp Word count: 12,000 words military aircraft were put together. 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) these places? And how could such Illustrations: 150 colour photographs Extent: 512pp mighty civilisations have collapsed? From World War II to the present ISBN: 978-1-78274-667-6 day, each complex line drawing is Word count: 100,000 words From Mesoamerican pyramids to the Illustrations: 770 colour photographs £19.99 Hardback annotated with an exhaustive key giant statues of Easter Island, from and 232 line artworks the Great Sphinx of Giza to Pompeii, including up to 200 entries. The ISBN: 978-1-78274-655-3 illustrations are complemented by £24.99 Paperback Persepolis and Petra, Abandoned colour photographs with extended Civilisations explores more than 90 captions, plus detailed information lost worlds around the globe. about each aircraft’s operational specifications.

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Waset, Luxor, Egypt ALL PHOTOGRAPHS: The ruins of Waset (Thebes) are Borobudur, Magelang, Central found today within the modern Java, Indonesia city of Luxor. Located 400 miles Constructed in the 9th century CE (644km) up the River Nile from during the reign of the Sailendra Memphis, Waset was the capital Dynasty, the Buddhist temple at of Egypt during the New Kingdom Borobudur was abandoned in (c.1,550 – c.1,077 BCE). the 14th century following the Built during the reign of conversion of Java to Islam. Pharaoh Amenhotep III (1,388– A step pyramid structure, the 1,350 BCE), the Luxor Temple temple has nine platforms: the (above) is dedicated to the lower six are square, the upper rejuvenation of kingship. three are round. With more than Rams at the Temple of Karnak 500 statues and more than 2,500 (right) – Amun, the local deity, was relief panels, Borobudur is the identified with the Ram. world’s largest Buddhist temple. Pillars support the portico in Pilgrims pass through the corridors the courtyard of the Temple of and stairways, following narrative Ramesses III (opposite). stone reliefs of Budda’s life as they ascend physically through the temple and metaphorically through the levels of Buddhist cosmology.

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2 3 Native American Warriors AUGUST 2018 PUBLICATION MARTIN J. DOUGHERTY Experienced in skirmishing, guerrilla Secret Operations of World War II warfare and in stealth tactics, Native Americans had to change their ALEXANDER STILWELL forms of warfare drastically with Native American Warriors How were agents recruited for the introduction from Europe of the 285 x 213mm (11¼ x 8½”) secret operations during World War horse, gunpowder and firearms. Extent: 224 pages II? How effective were resistance Secret Operations of World Divided by region, Native American Word count: 50,000 words movements? How successful were Illustrations: 180 colour and black- War II Warriors includes accounts of major the missions? And how brutal and-white photographs and artworks 244 x 186mm (9½ x 7½”) battles and campaigns, including were the reprisals? Ranging from ISBN: 978-1-78274-669-0 the American and British special Extent: 224pp the Pequot War and the French- Word count: 50,000 words £19.99 Hardback ops organisations to resistance Indian Wars. Fully illustrated, this is Illustrations: 180 b/w and colour an accessible guide to the fighting movements across Europe, Secret photographs and artworks techniques of the original inhabitants Operations of World War II is a ISBN: 978-1-78274-632-4 of North America. fascinating account of the official £19.99 Hardback organisations and underground cells active around the world during 58 NORTHERN TRIBES NORTHERN TRIBES 59 60 NORTHERN TRIBES NORTHERN TRIBES 61

1759, the frontiers of the colonies of New-York, Making no concessions to his young readership, including Canadian mountains and forests. The Nipissing, Montagnais and Naskapi north of the Great made regular visits to Canada’s eastern shorelines, the conflict. Massachusetts and New-Hampshire, were frequently Sampson goes on in a similar vein for the entire entry, physical landscape of this region, as we shall see, had Lakes and up to the Hudson Bay region; the Cree, their appetites whetted by excellent fishing and CANADA AND ALASKA:TRIBAL AREAS infested by those savages. In the depth of winter, making garish descriptions of children having ‘their a key impact on the type of warfare practised by the Chippewa and Algonquin dominating Canada’s the ability to trade European goods with the Native 1689, a party of those Indians, together with a brains beat out against the trees’ and women being indigenous inhabitants. central regions; the Blackfoot, Ojibway and Americans in return for high-quality furs The map here shows the major tribal territories of number of Frenchmen, surprized the town of disembowelled.Yet as with so many colonial sketches In the massive Canadian forests, for example, we Assiniboine straddling the Canadian–US border; (particularly beaver). Canada and Alaska, at least in terms of the Schenectady, in the night, while the inhabitants of the Native Americans, Sampson is keen to see styles of warfare similar to those exhibited by the and the Inuit and Yellowknife occupying the Yet while the British focused most of their colonial traditional tribal areas before the displacements were unalarmed and in a profound sleep; and emphasize the horrors at the expense of the more Woodland tribes of the east. Moving further north into subarctic northern extremes. muscle on what is today the eastern seaboard of the caused by settler expansion.The fortunes of the butchered them, with circumstances of most horrible sophisticated aspects of Canadian Indian culture, and the subarctic, however, the severe restrictions of In the period covered by this book United States, it was the French who became the tribes varied according to their geographical 12 UNITED KINGDOM UNITED KINGDOM 1 3 26 UNITED KINGDOM UNITED KINGDOM 2 7 barbarity. The whole village was instantly in a their techniques of waging war. climate and terrain shaped a much more localized and (1500–1890), the most profound challenge to dominant foreign settlers in Canada. By the early location and also their relations with the settlers. blaze; women with child were ripped open, and The geographical reach of this chapter is extensive. temporary style of conflict, on account of most of these Northern tribes was the same as decades of the seventeenth century,‘New France’ was No tribal area was entirely free from settler their infants cast into the flames. Sixty persons Chapter 1 has already touched upon the Iroquois and the environment being just as dangerous as any that of the US tribes – contact with the beginning to take shape, spurred by Samuel de interference.The tribes of subarctic Canada, for included not only firing the weapons but stripping, cleaning and of security and an imperturbable calmness.’ Sharing every The reception operations were a success, with large quantities perished in the massacre, and twenty-seven were Algonquian tribes of eastern North America, which human enemy. colonizing Europeans. During the sixteenth Champlain’s foundation of the city of Québec in 1608. example, came into contact with traders for the SOE WEAPONS carried into captivity, the rest fled naked through the extended their territories out of the Great Lakes, century, both the French and the British Champlain knew that the fragility of the French Hudson’s Bay Company during the 1670s, and reloading them. Part of the purpose of training was to spot weak danger included Borrel’s participation in sabotage operations. of weapons being dropped in fields to be distributed among snow to Albany.’ Quebec and the Maritimes. In this chapter we will TRIBES OF THE NORTH colonies in a hostile wilderness necessitated making suffered a consequent loss of major fur resources to STEN GUN candidates, who would then be dropped from the course. As the sabotage operations increased and as the Germans Resistance fighters of various political colours. In January 1943, the Europeans. Alaskan Indians encountered not – Ezra Sampson (1813) range to the west and north, taking in the Indian The term ‘Northern Tribes’ covers a large range of alliances with the local Indians. On this basis, he allied The Sten gun was a simple, rugged Candidates were given courses in demolition techniques moved south to occupy Vichy France after the Torch landings in the SOE agent and French pilot Henri Déricourt landed in only settlers pushing up from the south, but also, tribal territories and peoples. Note that when himself with the Algonquin, Huron and Montagnais design that was light to carry and easy to using high explosives as well as training in simpler methods of North Africa, the penalty for capture became more severe. Men northern France with a brief to organize locations for Lysander describing the Native Americans of Canada, against the Iroquois, and these tribes would also later for a time, Russian traders coming into North maintain. It could be broken down into Above: The Welford pistol was sabotage, such as destroying factory machinery with a heavy would be executed for helping agents while women would be landings to drop off and pick up agents. He began to liaise excluding the Inuit and the Métis – assist the French in fighting British expansion. America across the Bering Strait. descendants of marriages between Native three parts – barrel, body and butt – and designed to be straightforward hammer. Other training included ambushes, forced house deported to concentration camps. Despite the increasing risk, the closely with the Prosper network. However, Déricourt would Americans and European settlers – it is more easily reassembled. It was an effective and easy to conceal. entrance and railway sabotage. Once this intensive training three members of the Prosper-Physician circuit were surprisingly become a controversial figure, some saying he had links with the correct to refer to the ‘First Nations’, a term weapon at short ranges and it could be was over, the candidates moved to Beaulieu Manor in the New lax about security. They were often to be seen eating in the same German intelligence services and others saying that he was an that covers all aboriginal peoples in Canada used in either single-shot or automatic WELROD Forest. Here they would learn in greater depth about the way the restaurants and drinking and playing poker at the same café. agent of MI6. Inuit stretching back to the Stone Age. As we are modes. The downside was that the Sten The Welrod was a bolt-action, single- occupied country was organized and where the major dangers including Alaska in this chapter, however, we Koyukon was likely to jam and was also prone to shot pistol specifically designed for use by lay. In Vichy, for example, the greatest threat was from the will use ‘Northern’ to refer to all Indian Inuit Hare accidental discharge. undercover agents. It was used by both Milice, whereas the local gendarmerie might be friendly. Below: SOE agents people around and north of the Canadian Kutchin border. They included the Algonquin, Yellowknife SOE and the OSS. It was designed to be Resistance to interrogation was another vital aspect of training. undergo canoe training Dogrib BALLESTER-MOLINA PISTOL used at close range and was very quiet The candidates learned how to act out their part and avoid in Scotland. Based on the famous Colt M1911A1, the when fired. It was a simple design featuring Tlingit Inuit CHIPPEWA INDIAN Hudson Ballester-Molina pistol was issued to SOE a cylinder with a bolt and a suppressor, A Chippewa Indian chief, here seen armed Chipewyan with a simple war club, carved from a Bay agents partly because it was reliable and and the magazine acted as a grip. Once the single piece of wood, and a long spear. Sekani Naskapi effective and partly because it was not magazine was removed, the cylinder could The long and well-crafted metal Beaver Cree spearhead indicates a post-contact Haida Beothuk identifiable as a British-made weapon. be easily concealed down a trouser leg. time. Before contact with the Sarcee Montagnais settlers and the introduction of metals, the Native Americans FAIRBAIRN-SYKES Blackfoot tended to tip their spears either Ojibway FIGHTING KNIFE through a basic process of Algonquin A Chippewa chief, seen wearing decorative sashes Assiniboine Chippewa This double-edged stiletto tribes from what is today the Canadian–US border up ̆ fire-hardening, or through Nipissing to the Alaskan homelands of the Inuit. There is over his tasselled buckskin shirt and a string of wampum the manufacture of fighting knife was issued to beads.The Chippewa were steadily displaced from their Ottawa Huron something of an overlap with the next chapter, which chipped flint SOE and OSS agents and lands during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. spearheads. focuses on the Plains Indians, a ‘culture area’ that did was a standard weapon itself extend into eastern and central Canada. Tribes be studied in this chapter, not only for their influence ̆ An Assiniboine village, consisting of loosely gathered tipis. Scalps hang from wooden frames outside, signifying for the British, Canadian, earlier victories and declaring the bravery and martial talents of the tipi occupants. Note also the carrying frame such as the Cree and Blackfoot, for example, are on northern North America, but also because their attached to the dog in the foreground, which was used to carry weapons as well as supplies on long-distance raids. generally classed as Plains Indians, but they will also territories embraced a wide spectrum of terrain, Australian, Dutch and Belgian Commandos as well as the US Rangers. The Right: Georges Blind, a FS knife was designed to member of the French be effective in one-on-one Resistance, smiles defiantly attacks in covert operations. moments before he is shot by a German firing squad Left: A Parachute Regiment at Dachau concentration sergeant with a Sten gun. camp, 1944. 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to slay him if he wished, because ‘my life is not so desirable to me that I would live one day that I should be to your displeasure’. Whether this scene has been embellished or not, there was 7 a reconciliation between the two before the king’s death on 20 March 1413. Given the severity of Henry IV’s illness and the contents of his will HENRY IV it is hard to believe the king passed away peacefully. In his last document he describes & HENRY V himself as ‘a sinful wretch’ whose life had been ‘misspent’. Henry IV would never live down his usurpation of the throne. His body was entombed in Canterbury Cathedral, where He spent his reign searching for legitimacy while plots, uprisings it still lies today. and foreign invasion threatened. It was left to his son, the warrior king, Henry V, to restore honour to the Plantagenet crown. Above: Father and son HENRY V are reconciled at this Henry IV’s usurpation and regicide of Richard II had hung over death-bed rendering of his entire reign. Many in England and abroad had never stopped Henry IV’s last hours. questioning the legitimacy of Henry’s kingship. His heir, Henry

ICHARD II had been a hated king, but he had legally Opposite: Henry V is V, was determined to restore the reputation of the royal house of inherited the throne according to the Plantagenet commonly associated with Lancaster. After his coronation in 1413, Henry decided to prove rules of succession. He had also been anointed with his victory over the French his right to rule through victory in war. holy oil as the sovereign of England under the gaze at the Battle of Agincourt, To many, Henry V seemed cast from the mould of the R shown here. of God. Henry IV’s greatest task was to prove to his subjects famous Plantagenet warrior kings who had preceded him. that he too, had a legitimate right to rule. To show his kingship He was tall and lean with dark cropped hair and at 26 was an had divine significance, Henry was crowned on St Edward’s Day accomplished knight. Henry had fought Hotspur’s rebellious and anointed with holy oil that had once belonged to former army alongside his father at Berwick and nearly died on the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket. The owner of the oil battlefield. Henry was struck by an arrow below his eye that before Becket had supposedly been the Virgin Mary. sank so far into his face that it became embedded in the back of According to legend, Mary had appeared before Becket Opposite: A portrait of his skull. Special tongs had to be made to extract the arrowhead, with the vial of oil, telling him that the first king to be anointed King Henry V. After the which lay stuck six inches deep. It took two months for the with it would be champion of the Church and recover all of arrow wound picked up at disfiguring wound to heal. Henry made sure his image was only the Plantagenet lands lost in France. Unfortunately for Henry, the Battle of Shrewsbury, ever shown in profile afterwards. the effects of the oil were not beneficial. After being anointed, Henry insisted he was only War was Henry’s reason for being, but he was also a pious painted in profile. man who allegedly remained celibate until his wedding night.

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WARPLANES OF WORLD WAR II GERMANY Heckler & Koch MP5 Heckler & Koch MP5SD FN F2000 QBZ-95 The story of the Ju 52/3m, one of the most famous trans- Ju 52/3mg3e, the aircraft was designed as a heavy bomber Junkers Ju 87 Stuka port aircraft in history, began on 13 October 1930, with the with a crew of four and armed with two MG 15 machine The markings show this to be a Ju 87B- maiden flight of the single-engined Ju 52/1m commercial guns, one mounted in the dorsal position and the other in 2 from 7th Staffel, III Gruppe, Stuka- transport. Eighteen months later a new variant of the basic a retractable ‘dustbin’ suspended under the fuselage. Be- The Ju 87’s pilot sat under a sliding canopy, geschwader 77 on the Eastern Front. design appeared; the Ju 52/3m, fitted with three 429kW tween 1934 and 1935, no fewer than 450 Ju 52/3ms were with armour protection surrounding him. 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The Ju 52 was also de- was used in the Mediterranean and Balkans between 1941 and 1943. in June 1941, their offensive was supported by six Ju 52 livered to several Spanish Nation- Ju 52s suffered terrible losses to Allied fighters as they attempted to fly transport Gruppen. Another 150 aircraft were assigned to alist bomber units as the war pro- reinforcements to Tunisia in early 1943. support Rommel’s offensives in North Africa, and by the gressed. The last sortie was made end of the year around 300 Ju 52s were operating in the he Heckler & Koch MP5 is a masterpiece of weapons engineering. Its roller- he popularity of the Heckler & Koch MP5 series with special forces troops meant he FN F2000 is one of a new generation of assault rifles. Firing standard 5.56 x aving lagged behind the rest of the world in terms of assault rifle design, in the on 26 March 1939, by which time forfor thethe invasioninvasion ofof thethe Netherlands,Netherlands, andand sufferedsuffered seriousserious Mediterranean theatre. In July, August and September Tlocked delayed blowback system harks back to the German MG42 machine gun Tthat a silenced version, known as the MP5SD, was inevitable. The 9mm T45mm NATO rounds, it has a compact bullpup layout and a gas-operated, H1990s China revealed the QBZ-95 as a new generation of infantry firepower. the Ju 52s had flown 5400 sorties losseslosses (167(167 aircraft)aircraft) inin thethe openingopening stagesstages ofof thethe operation.operation. 1942, Ju 52s and other transport aircraft ferried 46,000 and is the same system as is used in Heckler & Koch’s assault rifles. It also fires from Parabellum round it fires is standard and the gun’s configuration is little different rotating-bolt (seven lugs) operating mechanism. One distinctive feature is the front The impetus behind the rifle was the development of a 5.8 x 42mm cartridge for the loss of 8 aircraft, 5 in the TheThe nextnext large-scalelarge-scale airborneairborne operation,operation, thethe invasioninvasion ofof men and 4000 tons (4064 tonnes) of equipment to North ejection system; the spent cartridge cases are redirected from the chamber to an during the late 1980s, which Chinese designers claimed had superior performance air and 3 on the ground. CreteCrete in in April/May April/May 1941, 1941, was was the the last last of of its its kind kind undertaken undertaken Africa, but after the Battle of El Alamein in October, se- a closed chamber, part of the reason for its considerable accuracy. The MP5 has from any other MP5 model. Yet the integral silencer is particularly effective. The In Luftwaffe service the Ju 52 byby thethe Luftwaffe.Luftwaffe. TheThe forceforce committedcommitted includedincluded 493493 JuJu 52s52s vere losses were inflicted on the Ju 52s by Desert Air Force now been in production since 1965, although the latest guns have the full range of barrel of the MP5SD has 30 x 3mm holes drilled along its length and is surrounded ejection port near the muzzle. This configuration aids accurate shooting (the to its Western rival, the 5.56 x 45mm NATO. The QBZ-95 was one of a family of bomber was soon replaced by andand over over 80 80 DFS DFS 230 230 gliders. gliders. The The invasion invasion – – Operation Operation fighters, 70 aircraft being destroyed between 25 October fire-selection options: single-shot, three-round burst and full automatic. The quality by a two-chamber suppressor which sequentially diffuses the gases until the round shooter doesn’t have to cope with hot cases ejecting close to his face) and makes the weapons created to take the new cartridge. It is of bullpup layout and is a gas- types such as the Ju 86 and Do MerkurMerkur – – cost cost the the Germans Germans 7000 7000 men men killed killed or or wound wound-- and 1 December. The real martyrdom of the Ju 52 Gruppen weapon ideally suited to firing through vehicle ports. Other virtues of the FN F2000 operated, rotating-bolt rifle. The carrying handle at the top of the gun also 17, and from then on it operated eded (including(including 2525 perper centcent ofof thethe paratroopsparatroops dropped)dropped) andand in the Mediterranean, however, came early in 1943, when of its machining is consistently excellent and much of the weapon’s furniture is leaves the muzzle at subsonic speed. Both noise and blast reduction are purely as a military transport. In the Germans and Italians made frantic efforts to resupply plastic to lighten the weapon. There are many variants of the MP5, but the two basic considerable and accuracy remains good over the reduced range. Several varieties are its completely ambidextrous layout and its modularity; it can take numerous incorporates an integral rear sight, although the gun can also take external optical March 1938, during the ‘union’ the Axis forces in Tunisia. On one day alone – 7 April 1943 models are the MP5A2, which has a solid plastic butt, and the MP5A3, which has a of the MP5SD are available, each offering different configurations of furniture, fire- add-ons, from optical sights and laser rangefinders through to 40mm grenade or night-vision sights. Underbelly fitment includes a bayonet or a grenade with Austria, 160 Ju 52s flew 2000 Type:Type: Bomber/transportBomber/transport – American and British fighters destroyed 52 out of 77 Ju folding metal stock. selection (SD 4, 5 and 6 have three-round burst facility) and sight fittings. launchers and riot-control weapons. It is used by the Belgian Special Forces Group, launcher. Other members of the family include sniper, carbine and light support airborne troops to Vienna. The 52s near Cap Bon, most of the petrol-laden transports ex- Crew:Crew: 2/3, 2/3, plus plus 18 18 troops troops or or 12 12 stretcher stretcher cases cases following year, these aircraft took ploding in spectacular fashion. Between 5 and 22 April, no the Pakistani Army and the Saudi Arabian National Guard, among others. (bipod-mounted) weapons. Either two 250kg (551lb) or four 50kg (110lb) part in the German occupation Powerplant:Powerplant: three three 619kW 619kW (830hp) (830hp) BMW BMW 132T-2 132T-2 nine-cylinder nine-cylinder radials radials fewer than 432 German transport aircraft, mostly Ju 52s, bombs could be carried on the wing pylons of Czechoslovakia. In April 1940 were destroyed for the loss of only 35 Allied fighters. MaxMax speed: speed: 286km/h 286km/h (178mph) (178mph) The large chin radiator was a characteristic in addition to the single 500kg (1100lb) or the Ju 52 was at the forefront of On the Russian front, five Ju 52 Gruppen took part in Country of origin: Germany Country of origin: Germany of the Ju 87. The radiator itself was protect- 250kg (551lb) bomb carried in a cradle under Time to height: 17 mins 30 secs to 3000m (9842ft) the invasions of Denmark and Time to height: 17 mins 30 secs to 3000m (9842ft) the Stalingrad airlift. Between 24 November 1942 and 31 Country of origin: Belgium Country of origin: China ed in an armoured ‘bath’. Hydralically-oper- the fuselage. The cradle was to ensure the Calibre: 9mm Parabellum Calibre: 9mm Parabellum Norway, 160 transports drop- ServiceService ceiling: ceiling: 5900m 5900m (19,357ft) (19,357ft) January 1943, 266 Ju 52s were lost, 52 of them in a 24-hour ated cooling gills at the rear of the cowling The 50kg (110lb) bombs shown here have bomb fell clear of the propeller during a dive ping paratroops to capture key series of attacks on Sverevo airfield. Length: 680mm (26.77in) Length: 550mm (21.65in) Calibre: 5.56 x 45mm NATO Calibre: 5.8 x 42mm allowed more air to flow through the radiator extended detonator rods to make the bomb attack after it was released. airfields and a 340 aircraft flying MaxMax range: range: 1305km 1305km (811 (811 miles) miles) Despite the development of later transport aircraft, at low speeds. explode above ground to maximize the blast Weight: Weight: Length: 694mm (27.32in) Length: 760mm (29.92in) in supplies and reinforcements. WingWing span: span: 29.20m 29.20m (95ft (95ft 8in) 8in) production of the Ju 52 continued to rise during most of 2.55kg (5.62lb) 2.9kg (6.39lb) effect of the explosion. About 475 Ju 52s were available World War II; 502 aircraft were delivered in 1941, a further Weight: 3.6kg (7.93lb) empty, standard configuration Weight: 3.4kg (749lb) Wing area: 110.5m22 (1189.3sq ft) Barrel: 225mm (8.85in), 6 grooves, rh Barrel: 146mm (5.75in), 6 grooves, rh Wing area: 110.5m (1189.3sq ft) 502 in 1942, and 887 in 1943, but by then production was The terror of a Stuka attack during the early Length:Length: 19.90m 19.90m (65ft) (65ft) being transferred to the Société Amiot in Occupied France, Feed/magazine capacity: 15- or 30-round detachable box magazine Feed/magazine capacity: 15- or 30-round detachable box magazine Barrel: 400mm (15.75in) Barrel: 520mm (20.47in) years of Blitzkrieg was augmented by the Left: Close-up of the Ju 52/3m’s engine this firm being controlled by Junkers. Only a further 379 Height:Height: 4.52m 4.52m (14ft (14ft 8in) 8in) Feed/magazine capacity: 30-round detachable box magazine Feed/magazine capacity: 30-round detachable box magazine Operation: Delayed blowback Operation: Delayed blowback use of a siren on the undercarriage. However arrangement. Essentially similar to the aircraft were delivered from German factories in 1944, in this case the siren is not mounted, single-engined variant from which it Weights:Weights: 6500kg 6500kg (14,330lb) (14,330lb) empty; empty; 11,030kg 11,030kg (24,317lb) (24,317lb) loaded loaded when production ceased. Total production of the Ju 52/3m Cyclic rate of fire: 800rpm Cyclic rate of fire: 800rpm Operation: Gas Operation: gas, rotating bolt although the fairing remains. was developed, the prototype flew in Armament:Armament: four four 7.92mm 7.92mm (0.31in) (0.31in) MG, MG, one one each each in in forward forward and and rear rear between 1939 and 1944 was 4845 aircraft. The Stuka’s gull wing allowed the fixed Cyclic rate of fire: 850rpm Cyclic rate of fire: 650rpm April 1932, powered by three Pratt & dorsaldorsal positions, positions, one one in in each each beam beam position position Muzzle velocity: 400mps (1312fps) Muzzle velocity: 285mps (935fps) undercarriage to be kept short, thus reducing Whitney Hornet radials. Muzzle velocity: 900mps (2953fps) Muzzle velocity: n/a drag as much as possible. Effective range: 70m (230ft) Effective range: 50m (164ft) Effective range: 500m (1640ft) Effective range: 500m (1640ft) 30 31 28 29

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Taking a bearing from the map dehydration or starvation at sea before help to make drinking water, such as desalination Lay the compass with the baseplate along the A arrives. Make sure that you look after your raft, equipment), and food supplies. Read through any intended direction of travel and align the orienting checking for and repairing any damage both instructions that are contained in the boat relating lines with the grid lines – the direction arrow will before and during the emergency. to the equipment. now give you When you first get aboard, check over what Ration out food among the members of the your bearing. supplies are available, including navigation and boat, and set a strict daily ration of water. Salvage signalling equipment, water rations (or the means any useful materials floating from the wreck, as

B Life raft and contents Aboard larger vessels, the contents of a life raft can have a nasty habit of going missing. Inspect the raft regularly, ticking Resection off everything against a checklist Resection involves plotting and replacing missing items. your position using two visible landmarks and a compass. Choose A. Sea anchor landmarks about 90° apart if possible B. Paddles (A), as these give less margin for error C. First-aid kit than landmarks at narrow angles (B). D. Fishing line Improvised float and hooks Tie the ankles of the trousers tight together then, set the watch to true local time – do not and after 18:00, when it will indicate north. E. Bellows holding the trousers by the waistband or belt, incorporate any daylight-saving additions or To make a reading in the southern hemisphere, Watch navigation F. Quoit and line swipe them over your head to fill with air. Hook subtractions. Now hold the watch face flat. If in point the 12 o’clock mark itself at the sun, then An analogue watch G. Survival leaflets the tied ankles behind your neck to form a the northern hemisphere, point the hour hand bisect the angle between mark and the hour hand can be used for H. Bailer rudimentary flotation device. towards the sun and bisect the angle between the to find north, or south before 06:00 and after navigation. In the I. Repair kit, flares, hour hand and the 12 o’clock mark on the watch 18:00. If you have a digital watch, simply draw northern hemisphere, stopper, sponge, A C face. This direction is south, except before 06:00 out an analogue representation of the time on a point the hour hand knife Floating together piece of paper or on the ground, and make at the sun and bisect J. Water, can When floating the usual calculation. the angle between it N S openers, cup and in a group, tie and 12 o’clock to find seasickness pills yourselves NAVIGATION USING THE STARS AND MOON south. In the southern K. Torch (flashlight), I B D together so that Stars have been used for navigation for centuries, hemisphere, point the batteries and bulb you do not float but require knowledge of constellations and clear 12 o’clock mark at L. Resealing lids J apart, and also skies to use. In the northern hemisphere, the the sun and bisect the tie a link to easiest constellation to identify is the Big Dipper angle between the your grab bag so that it does (known as the Plough in the United Kingdom), mark and the hour H part of the constellation called Ursa Major, or hand to find north. not get lost in the Great Bear (see illustration). The two outer heavy waves. stars on the cup of the Big Dipper (called Dubhe F and Merak) align themselves with a single E isolated star. This is Polaris, the Pole (North) Star, MOON NAVIGATION which gives you a permanent point of reference for geographic north. If you can’t see the Big In addition to stars, the moon can provide navigational When looking at a quarter moon, draw an imaginary G Dipper, Cassiopeia also directs you to Polaris. guidance. The illumination on the surface of the moon line through the ‘horns’ of the moon down to the K Following a compass course Cassiopeia is a W- or M-shaped constellation, alters as it turns relation to the sun. If, therefore, the horizon – the place where the line touches the horizon When following a compass course, turn your whole depending on which way you are looking at it. It moon rises at dusk just after the sun has set, the is due north in the northern hemisphere, due south in L body with the compass held out in front of you lies on the opposite side of Polaris from the Big illuminated face will be pointing west. Conversely, after the southern hemisphere. until the direction arrow is on the correct bearing. Dipper. Picture a straight line joining the tips of midnight, the illuminated face will be looking east. Check your course regularly. the two outside arms of the W (or M), then

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late 1941and early 1943, the 50mm production tanks in 1936, designated The MG 34 became the standard supply of ammunition available, could (1.96in) L/60-equipped Models J–M Panzer IV Model A. This design’s firepower asset in a nine-man German bring to a halt the attacks of powerful remained the stalwarts of the German superstructure overhung the hull sides, infantry section, which existed to Allied forces. The light-role MG 34 panzer force. From late 1943, however, which facilitated subsequent up gunning service and protect the weapon’s fire was also a powerful offensive weapon. the Germans steadily withdrew this and ample internal high-explosive effect. The primary MG 34 gunner was In April 1942, for example, the SS Caption heading now-outclassed tank type from front- ammunition stowage for its 7.5cm typically the section’s most experienced Totenkopf Division was locked in Caption text, caption text, caption line service, although 80 Model M (2.95in) KwK L/24 gun. The design’s soldier and one of the physically largest, bitter fighting around Demyansk on text, caption text, caption text, Command Tanks remained operational in suspension consisted of four bogies per as he had to lug the weapon around. the Eastern Front. On 21 April, platoon caption text, caption text, caption text, caption text, caption text, 1944. The remaining 704 Panzer III tanks side, each of which carried two small His teammate fed the ammunition belt, commander Sergeant Fiedler found caption text, caption text, caption served in garrison units across Nazi- rubber tyred wheels supported by four periodically changed the barrel and his command pinned down and facing Maschinengewehr 34 (MG 34) Caption heading text, caption text. occupied Europe. return rollers. This five-man vehicle cleared jammed rounds. In the defensive destruction through determined enemy Date: 1936 Caption text, caption text, caption was powered by a 186kW (250hp) role, two other section soldiers brought ripostes. In desperation, Fiedler and his Calibre: 7.92mm (0.31in) Mauser Muzzle velocity: 762m/s (2500ft/s) text, caption text, caption text, Operation: Recoil, air-cooled Feed/Magazine: 50- or 75-round drum magazine or caption text, caption text, caption Panzer IV medium tank engine, weighed 17.3 tonnes (17 tons) up fresh ammunition for the gun while crewmate charged the enemy positions, Weight: 12.1kg (27lb) up to 250-round belt text, caption text, caption text, The Panzer IV’s developmental origins and featured armour of up to 20mm the other five deployed in foxholes to firing (in doctrinally bizarre fashion) Overall length: 1219mm (48in) Cyclic rate: 800–900rpm caption text, caption text, caption text, caption text. Panzerkampfwagen III Ausf J began in early 1934 when it was (0.79in) thickness. protect the machine-gun nest from their MG 34 from the hip on the move. Barrel length: 627mm (24.75in) Range: 2000m (6560ft)+ Crew: 5 Engine: 220kW (296hp) Maybach HL120TRM decided to design a medium close- In 1937, the Germans produced 45 enemy action. In just three minutes, the pair, belching Production: 1941–42 Range: 155km (96 miles) support tank with a low-velocity, short- Model Bs that featured 30mm (1.18in)- The impressive fire effect of the MG a storm of fire, assaulted three Soviet Crew: 5 Speed: 40km/h (25mph) Weight: 24 tonnes (23.6 tons) Armament: 1 x 50mm (1.96in) KwK 39 L/60; 2 x barrelled, 75mm (2.95in) gun to provide thick armour, which increased the 34, particularly with sustained fire, goes trenches; taken by surprise, some 38 Maschinengewehr 42 (MG 42) effective but also easier to produce Dimensions: length: 6.28m (20ft 7in); width: 2.95m (9ft 7.92mm (0.31in) MG fire-support to the lighter Pz I, II and vehicle’s weight to 17.7 tonnes (17.4 a long way to explain the defensive Red Army soldiers capitulated. At the machine gun successor to the MG 34. Mauser 9in); height: 2.50m (8ft 2in) Armour: 10–50mm (0.39–1.96in) III tanks. Krupp produced 35 pre- tons). A larger 237kW (320hp) engine resilience often seen by German units, micro-tactical level, the potency of the While the MG 34’s prowess was feared applied their recent experience with particularly during the war’s final two MG 34 in part helps explain the combat by Allied personnel, its performance cheap mass-production of the MP years. Just a few MG 34s, well sited to effectiveness seen in many wartime was eclipsed by its successor, the MG 38 and MP 40 sub-machine guns (1.96in) KwK 39 L/60 gun, which barrelled (24-calibre) 75mm (2.95in) gun exploit the ground and with a copious German units. 42, now widely accepted as the most to create the MG 42, which was increased the vehicle’s weight to 22.3 fitted in the early Panzer IV. This gun had effective dual-purpose machine gun constructed using cheap and easy tonnes (21.9 tons). The Model L featured a poor anti-tank performance but was ever designed by that time. In 1940, to produce die-cast and stamped more effective spaced armour as well as ideal for the heavy close-fire support role Mauser began developing a more components. Despite these basic a modified suspension to compensate for which the Model N was intended. In for the new long 50mm (1.96in) gun, total during 1936–43, German factories making the Model J nose-heavy. The constructed 6123 Panzer III tanks. In Germans produced 703 Model L tanks in addition, German firms produced 381 June–December 1942. Subsequently, the Panzer III command tank variants. production run of the Model M, which Just 98 Model A–F tanks fought in ran from October 1942 to February the September 1939 Polish campaign, 1943, delivered 292 vehicles. The Model although 349 Panzer IIIs participated in M sported novel thin armour side-skirts the May 1940 Western offensive. During (Schürzen) to protect its wheels and 1941, the new 50mm (1.96in)-gunned Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf B Crew: 5 Engine: 220kW (296hp) Maybach HL120TR tracks from infantry-borne hollow- Model G performed well in the summer Caption heading Caption heading Caption heading Production: 1937–38 Speed: 40km/h (25mph) charge anti-tank weapons. In 1942–43, 1941 German onslaught against the Caption text, caption text, caption Caption text, caption text, caption Caption text, caption text, caption Weight: 20.7 tonnes (20.3 tons) Range: 200km (124 miles) text, caption text, caption text, text, caption text, caption text, text, caption text, caption text, German factories delivered 666 Model N Soviets. Here, the Germans committed Dimensions: length: 5.92m (19ft 3in); width: 2.83m (9ft Armament: 1 x 7.5cm (2.95in) KwK37 L/24; 1 x caption text, caption text, caption caption text, caption text, caption caption text, caption text, caption tanks, the final version of the Panzer III. 1401 Panzer IIIs, of which 874 mounted 3in); height: 2.68m (8ft 10in) 7.92mm (0.31in) MG13s text, caption text, caption text, text, caption text, caption text, text, caption text, caption text, Armour: 5–30mm (0.19–1.18in) This design was similar to its predecessor the 50mm (1.96in) L/42 gun. In both caption text, caption text, caption caption text, caption text, caption caption text, caption text, caption except that it mounted the short- the East and in North Africa between text, caption text. text, caption text. text, caption text.

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Caption heading removed for transport. A total of 275 152mm (5.98in) Gun-Howitzer and resulted in the B-10, intended to be same tracked carriage. The Br-2, which PPSh-41 Caption text, caption text, caption guns were completed between 1934 and Model 1937 (ML-20) mounted on an unusual tracked carriage. was adopted to meet this requirement, Although the PPD-40 was an effective text, caption text, caption text, 1937, when production was halted in This was the final modernization of Prototype guns were ready in 1932, but had a barrel closely based on that of the submachine gun, it was not well suited caption text, caption text, caption text, caption text, caption text, favour of the ML-20. the Model 1910/30. The barrel was prolonged trials revealed major problems B-10, mounted on the tracked carriage to wartime mass production. The again virtually unchanged, but the new including slow elevation, a poor rate of of the 203mm (8in) B-4 howitzer. The PPSh-41 was carefully designed by carriage offered greater elevation and fire and unacceptably short barrel life. gun was accepted for service in 1936; an Georgi Shpagin to make the greatest traverse. The ML-20 was in production Various attempts to resolve these estimated 37 were completed by the time possible use of metal stampings to between 1937 and 1947, by which time problems were unsuccessful before the production ended in 1940. ease production, while its chrome- 6800 had been completed. project was superseded by an official Despite the gun’s prolonged lined barrel reduced the essential PPS-43 Caption heading The type was one of the most requirement for a trio of heavy artillery development, it still had problems with maintenance required in the front line. Calibre: 7.62mm (0.3in) Feed system: 35-round detachable box magazine Caption text, caption text, caption Length: 820mm (32.25in) Muzzle velocity: 488m/sec (1601ft/sec) text, caption text, caption text, successful Soviet artillery pieces of the pieces – a 152mm (5.98in) gun, plus rapid barrel wear that were never fully Early-production models were fitted Length of barrel: 254mm (10in) Rate of fire: 700rpm caption text, caption text, caption war. It out-ranged its main German 203mm (8in) and 280mm (11in) solved. Poor mobility was also an issue: with the 71-round drum magazines of Weight: 3.39kg (7.5lb) Effective range: 200m (656ft) text, caption text, caption text, opponents, such as the 15cm (5.9in) howitzers – all of which would use the the complete gun could be towed for the PPD-40, but later examples used caption text, caption text, caption sFH 18, which often allowed it to bring a simpler and more reliable 35-round text, caption text. down counter-battery fire without risk box magazine. Most were selective-fire of retaliation. weapons, with the settings for single PPS-42 and PPS-43 the PPS. By end of the war, at least Caption heading shot or full automatic being made by In 1942, an official requirement was 2,000,000 PPS-43s had been made, Caption text, caption text, caption text, caption text, caption text, 152mm (5.98in) Gun Model 1935 a small lever just ahead of the trigger. issued for a submachine gun firing the but in view of the Red Army’s massive caption text, caption text, caption (Br-2) The type proved to be highly effective same ammunition as the PPSh-41, but reserve stocks of submachine guns, text, caption text, caption text, The first project to develop a long-range even in the most severe combat with a lower rate of fire and cheaper production ceased in 1946. caption text, text, caption text. 152mm (5.98in) gun began in 1929 conditions. Soviet factories completed and easier to produce. The resulting approximately 6,000,000 before PPS-42 was certainly a simple design, production ended in 1945. with most components being sheet- steel stampings, which cut production time and reduced the requirement for skilled labour. It was fitted with a simple folding stock and was only capable of fully automatic fire fed by a 35-round box magazine. More than 46,000 were completed before production switched to the improved PPS-43. This was a very similar weapon, but had a different design of folding stock and safety catch. Under normal circumstances, the 152mm (5.98in) gun-howitzer 152mm (5.98in) Gun-Howitzer Model 1937 (ML-20) PPS-43 would probably have been Model 1937 (ML-20) Weight (deployed): 7270kg (16,027lb) Height: 2.27m (7ft 5in) 152mm (5.98in) Gun Model 1935 (Br-2) 152mm (5.98in) gun Model 1935 adopted as the Red Army’s standard This is an early-production ML-20 Weight (travelling order): 7930kg (17,482lb) Shell weight: 43.6kg (96lb) Weight (deployed): 18,200kg (40,100lb) Shell weight: 49kg (108lb) (Br-2) PPSh-41 submachine gun. However, a massive fitted with the solid-tyred spoked Length: 8.18m (26ft 10in) (with limber; barrel retracted Elevation: −2° to +65° Weight (travelling order): 19,500kg (43,000lb) Elevation: 0° to +60° The Br-2 served throughout the war, Caption heading Calibre: 7.62mm (0.3in) Feed system: 71-round detachable drum magazine, investment had already been made wheels of the Model 1910/34. for travel) Traverse: 58° Length: 11.44m (37ft 6in) Traverse: 8° notably at Kursk in 1943 and in Caption text, caption text, caption Length: 843mm (33.2in) or 35-round detachable box magazine Barrel length: 4.3m (14ft 1in) L/29 (without muzzle Rate of fire: 3–4rpm Barrel length: 7.17m (23ft 6in) L/47.2 Rate of fire: 1 round every 2–3 minutes support of 8th Guards Army at the for PPSh-41 production, which was text, caption text, caption text, Length of barrel: 269mm (10.6in) Muzzle velocity: 488m/sec (1601ft/sec) brake) Muzzle velocity: 650m/s (2133ft/s) Width: 2.49m (8ft 2in) Muzzle velocity: 880m/s (2887ft/s) Battle of the Seelow Heights. running at over 1,000,000 a year, that caption text, caption text, caption Weight: 3.63kg (8lb) Rate of fire: 900rpm Width: 2.35m (7ft 9in) Maximum range: 17,265m (56,640ft) Height: 3.2m (10ft 6in) Maximum range: 27,000m (88,580ft) text, caption text, caption text, Effective range: 200m (656ft) it would have been uneconomical caption text, text, caption text. to completely switch production to

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8 9 Tanks & Military Vehicles OCTOBER 2018 PUBLICATION PHILIP TREWHITT From the crude, unreliable tanks that first appeared on the Western The Art of War Illustrated Front during World War I to today’s SUN TZU Tanks & Military Vehicles high-tech machines, Tanks & Military Written in the 6th century BCE, Sun Vehicles features 300 of the most 163 x 123mm (6½ x 4¾”) Extent: 320pp Tzu’s The Art of War is still used by important and influential tanks and military strategists today. This dual- AFVs from 1916 to the present day. Word count: 60,000 words Illustrations: 300 colour artworks language edition not only presents The Art of War Illustrated With a page per entry, each vehicle ISBN: 978-1-78274-706-2 the original Chinese characters 264 x 195mm (10½ x 7¾”) is illustrated by a full-colour side- £9.99 Flexibound alongside a modern translation, Extent: 160pp profile artwork, and accompanied by but, with 13 new commentaries by Word count: 35,000 words Illustrations: 40 colour artworks and detailed specifications. In addition, military historians, gives examples battle maps there is accompanying text for each of how Sun Tzu’s wisdom has been vehicle that summarises the vehicle’s ISBN: 978-1-78274-676-8 borne out on the world’s battlefields. £19.99 Chinese-bound Hardback development and service history. Illustrated with colour battle maps, paintings and artworks, this is a classic text richly deserving this Chinese-bound edition.

The Viking Warrior The Aztec, Inca & Maya Empires BEN HUBBARD MARTIN J. DOUGHERTY Beginning in 789CE, the Vikings The Aztec, Inca & Maya Empires raided monasteries, sacked charts the rise and fall of pre- settlements and invaded the Atlantic Columbian civilisations in coast of Europe. They looted and The Viking Warrior Mesoamerica and South America, The Aztec, Inca & Maya enslaved their enemies, terrorizing all 285 x 213mm (11¼ x 8½”) from the Maya to the Aztec and Empires whom they encountered, and fought Extent: 224 pages Inca empires, as well as the 244 x 186mm (9¾ x 7½”) battles from Ireland to the Caspian Word count: 50,000 words Zapotec, Olmec, Teotihuacan and Extent: 224pp Illustrations: more than 200 colour Word count: 50,000 words Sea. Illustrated with more than 200 Toltec societies. From government artworks, photographs and maps Illustrations: 180 colour and b/w maps, photographs and artworks, ISBN: 978-1-78274-738-3 structures to marriage rites, from photographs, artworks and maps The Viking Warrior examines these £19.99 Hardback pyramids to human sacrifice, from ISBN: 978-1-78274-679-9 fearsome Norsemen through their agriculture to textiles, the book £19.99 Hardback origins, social structure, raiding explores the history of Latin America culture, weapons, trading networks from its early kingdoms up to the and settlements. European conquests.

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10 11 Stalin NOVEMBER 2018 PUBLICATION MICHAEL KERRIGAN Thug, armed robber, activist, revolutionary, tyrant – we know The Medieval Knight the headlines, we know about the PHYLLIS G. JESTICE atrocities, but what do we really know Stalin Cold-blooded killer or noble of the man at the heart of it all? Stalin 244 x 186mm (9½ x 7½”) protector? Romantic lover or looks behind the image and explores Extent: 224pp terrorizer of the poor? The knightly the dictator’s life from childhood to Word count: 50,000 words Illustrations: 180 colour and b/w ideal remains a part of European The Medieval Knight exile, from his marriage and affairs photographs and artworks culture, a symbol of high morals and 285 x 213mm (11¼ x 8½”) to his rise to power. It explores his ISBN: 978-1-78274-678-2 selfless conduct. The Medieval Knight Extent: 224 pages political ideology and murderous £19.99 Hardback explores the reality of what it meant Word count: 50,000 words purges. And it investigates the theory Illustrations: more than 200 colour to be a heavily armed and armoured that the dictator might have been artworks, photographs and maps fighting man in an era when military murdered by those close to him. ISBN: 978-1-78274-680-5 prowess was the ultimate good. £19.99 Hardback Arranged thematically, the book examines the idea of knighthood, THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION THE REVOLUTION THE REVOLUTION training, fighting techniques, armour

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Astrology MARISA ST CLAIR Great World War II Weapons: Tiger Tank Astrology is an illustrated guide with ROGER FORD easy-to-use instructions to help you Germany’s Tiger tank was World understand the fundamentals of the War II’s most powerful armoured Astrology Zodiac: what should you understand fighting vehicle. The Tiger Tank 264 x 195mm (10½ x 7¾”) by your sun sign? How do you work traces the tank’s history from the Great World War II Weapons: out what your moon sign is? What Extent: 96pp Tiger Tank Illustrations: 85 b/w artworks strategic requirements that created kind of personality are you – and to 285 x 213mm (11¼ x 8½”) Word count: 8,000 words it, the technology that made it, whom are you best suited? Illustrated Extent: 96 pages ISBN: 978-1-78274-677-5 to the conflicts that tested it. The Word count: 35,000 words with 85 specially commissioned £14.99 Chinese-bound Hardback book analyses the doctrines that Illustrations: 70 colour and black- artworks and beautifully presented determined how the tank was on high quality paper with a special and-white photographs, 10 colour deployed and examines how artworks Chinese binding, Astrology is the successful these were. Specification ISBN: 978-1-78274-681-2 perfect guide to your inner and outer tables provide manufacturing details, £14.99 Paperback life as determined by the planets. while comparative tables show how it outmatched its rivals.

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Aries Dashing Arians add sparkle to the life of the more prosaic Taurean. They can TIGER TANK UNIT ORGANISATION AND COMBAT TACTICS TIGER TANK UNIT ORGANISATION AND COMBAT TACTICS The Sun in Taurus have long, successful relationships. Taurus four-platoon companies when their heavy tanks were finally The 502nd Heavy Panzer Battalion lost its 2 Company, CHAPTER 3 Cancer delivered. The PzKpfw III (75) was a PzKpfw III Ausf N with which became 3 Company/503rd Heavy Panzer Battalion (21 April – 21 May) un Sign Taureans are reliable, responsible and afectionate, with Warm-hearted and loving people, Taureans seek above all to create a Well-behaved, stolid, reserved Taureans can find Cancerian scenes just too the short L/24 7.5cm gun, capable of firing high explosive, high on 10 February, and got new 2 and 3 Companies on 1 April. explosive anti-tank, smoke and anti-personnel rounds. It was Possibly because it was treated as an experimental unit, 1 much to take – but can learn to cope. often known as PzKpfw III Kz (Kz for kurz, meaning short). Company/502nd Heavy Panzer Battalion had an anomalous strong artistic leanings and a winning way with money. Methodical happy family. Their home is always their castle, however humble it may Tiger Tank Unit The 502nd Heavy Panzer Battalion was to have four table of organisation. It received nine PzKpfw III Lgs to Libra PzKpfw VIs in each of two platoons and five PzKpfw III Kzs supplement its nine III Kzs in late September 1942, and to a fault, Taureans prefer to stick to well-established plans, rather be. They love to surround themselves with beautiful things, often doing Librans, also ruled by Venus, seriously attract Taureans. Librans’ outlook is in each of the other two, with one PzKpfw VI in the Company records show that it continued to operate all three types of too cool, though. Organisation and Headquarters, while the combat companies of the 501st and tank until the latter part of 1943. The 505th Heavy Panzer S 503rd Heavy Panzer Battalions had two PzKpfw VIs and two Battalion also operated both types of PzKpfw III alongside than change or adapt, and are excellent homemakers and builders of secure without rather than having to settle for second-best. Frequently ‘hands on’ PzKpfw III Kzs in each platoon, and one PzKpfw VI along its Tigers on the Eastern Front until Operation Zitadelle (the Capricorn Combat Tactics with two PzKpfw III Kzs in the Company Headquarters offensive at Kursk) in July 1943. families. They are patient, determined and possessed of enormous reserves hobbyists, they are keen on decorating and home improvement, although The unadventurous Goat can find happiness with a stolid Bull but sooner or (Kompanie-Truppe). This arrangement was formalised in the In general, however, the PzKpfw III Lgs proved to be later a red rag will appear. The development of the Tiger heavy tank caused Wartime Organisation Table 1176d of 15 August 1942. no more effective than the Ausf Ns, and the Wartime of strength and common sense. The ‘salt of the earth’ and strangers to Arian- the pace of progress may be slow. One of their most negative traits is Organisation Table 1176e of 5 March 1943 ordered that a considerable upheaval in the organisation of MIXED PANZER COMPANIES the strength of each company was to be increased to 14 style tantrums or impulsiveness, they are always there, towers of strength in indolence, the ability to switch of and do absolutely nothing, except perhaps Taurus Germany’s armoured divisions. Initially, it was Alongside this, the battalion’s Headquarters Company PzKpfw VIs, organised in three platoons of four tanks each, Fellow Taureans make for safety, convention and stability. So it can work but (Stabskompanie) was organised according to Wartime together with a Kompanie-Truppe of two tanks. Also, each it won’t be very exciting. planned to use the new tanks in mixed platoons, Organisation Table 1150d of the same date, with two Tiger battalion had a signals platoon equipped with one standard a crisis. Taureans love routine and rarely question rules and regulations, eat, drink and make love. command tanks (Panzerbefehlswagen) and a PzKpfw III Ausf PzKpfw VI and two others transformed into command tanks alongside PzKpfw III and IV medium tanks, but L, with the KwK39 5cm L/60 gun, known as the PzKpfw (SdKfz 267/268 Panzerbefehlswagen) with additional radio possessing a natural inclination to respect authority and take orders. London, Leo that plan was soon shelved. III Lg (Lg for lang, meaning long) in its Signals Platoon equipment in place of some of their ammunition storage Egocentric Leos often charm Taureans but sooner or later there will be a huge, (Nachrichtenzug), and five PzKpfw III Lgs in a separate platoon. bins. In all, total battalion strength numbered 45 tanks. disastrous – and final – showdown. Soon after the decision to produce a heavy tank was Four months later, the first Tigers had gone into battle, and with its love of tradition, pomp and ceremony, is a very Taurean city. Taureans Appearance taken, and even before their operating characteristics became an amended table of organisation was issued, swopping the Below: This picture, taken somewhere in northern Germany in 1945, of a Tiger Sun Sign: Taurus known, changes were made to the table of organisation PzKpfw III Kzs in the combat companies for PzKpfw III Lgs. alongside one of its main adversaries, a British Cromwell (probably a Mk IV), shows are Establishment figures through and through. For example, in one London Often short to medium height and stocky, Taureans’ delicate hands and feet Scorpio of the German Army and Waffen-SS Panzer Divisions The original battalions had two combat companies each, clearly the huge difference in size between the two. An attempt may have been Sign: The Bull Opposite sign Scorians fascinate Taureans but there may be too much murki- to accommodate them. The first step was to establish but were upgraded to three during the first trimester of 1943. made to recover the Tiger, for a towing cable is attached to one of the front eyes. publishers’ strike, over 80 per cent of the strike-breakers were Sun Sign reveal a strong artistic streak, and although archetypically broad-shouldered, ness for convention-bound Taureans. heavy-tank companies (schwere Panzerkompanien – s.Pz.Kp) as independent units (Heerestruppen), composed of three Despite the protests of most of the unit commanders Above: By the style in which its tactical number is painted (variations on which Ruling Planet: Venus platoons [Zuge] with three PzKpfw VIs each. Initially there involved, the PzKpfw IIIs were withdrawn from all except are often the only means of placing a tank in a particular unit), this Tiger seems they can have a marked lack of bottom. As the years go by, their lifestyle Aquarius were two heavy tank companies, 501st and 502nd, created 1 Company/502nd and 505th Heavy Panzer Battalions and to have been part of s.Pz.Abt. 503, 2nd Company. It is halted on a road march To Taureans, unconventional Aquarians can often seem to have come from on 16 February 1942. The two were united and remustered were replaced with half-tracked armoured infantry carriers and is equipped with some very nonstandard items atop its turret. Gender: Feminine Taureans. Excellent seconds-in-command, they do not often aspire to be virtually guarantees increasingly generous padding. Their eyes are bright another planet. No chance! as 1 and 2 Companies/501st Heavy Panzer Battalion (schwere (Leichter Schützenpanzerwagen, SdKfz 250), assigned to the Panzerabteilung) on 10 May. Confusingly, 503rd Heavy battalion headquarters company for scouting and perimeter battalion to be formed, 510th, was not created until 6 June Panzer Battalion had actually been formed five days earlier, guard duties. These changes were largely completed on the 1944, the day the Allies landed in Normandy. During the Element: Earth the top of their chosen profession, although there are many Taureans who and soulful, and their voices can be musical and sexy. They move gracefully, Gemini and was thus, nominally at least, the German Army’s senior Eastern Front by the start of Operation Zitadelle. course of the war, some units’ designations were changed: Taureans are often attracted to easy-going and sociable Geminians, who can heavy tank battalion – 502nd Heavy Panzer Battalion was The reasons for this reorganisation were both tactical the reconstituted 501st became Heavy Panzer Battalion 424 Quality: Fixed are musical stars, such as Cher, Shirley Maclaine and Barbra Striesand. surprisingly light on their feet, with the assurance of a dancer. However, they be too daring for this to last. created two weeks later. and logistical. The PzKpfw IIIs had been assigned to act in November 1944; the 502nd was redesignated 511th on It was initially intended that the 501st and 503rd Heavy as the Tigers’ ‘minders’, and were simply not up to the 5 January 1945 and the 503rd was renamed Heavy Panzer Natural talent in the performing arts will often take them to the top of move slowly, in a measured fashion and at a steady pace. Panzer Battalions should be equipped with PzKpfw VI(P) task – a fact which should have been obvious all along, Battalion Feldherrnhalle on 21 December 1944. Compatibility: Aries, Taurus and Scorpio Virgo s, and sent to North Africa, and that the 502nd should be since the inadequacies of the medium tanks had been Late in the war, the tanks allocated to Reserve Army the tree, but many Taureans in more conventional lines of work, such Earthy and very organized Virgoans attract Taurean but this combination can equipped with PzKpfw VI(H)s, and sent to the Eastern the reason for rushing the Tiger into production in the training units were pressed into combat service; these prove too predictable for both. Front. The Porsche-produced PzKpfw VI(P) was cancelled, first place. In addition, the presence of two types of tank units were equipped, as one might imagine, with a mix of Non-compatibility: Aquarius and Sagittarius resulting in a delay while the 501st and 503rd Heavy Panzer within each company put a considerable burden on the the vehicles to be found on active service, including some as banking or manufacturing, are too afraid of change to pursue the Health Battalions were retrained on the very different Henschel companies’ Vehicle Maintenance Section (Kraftfahrzeug- Tigers. A total of 30 Tigers (some reports suggest more) Sagittarius tank. Thus it was that the 502nd Heavy Panzer Battalion Instandsetzungsgruppe) and the battalion’s Workshop and 15 King Tigers were shipped to army training units glittering prizes with any real and lasting ambition. One of their most Too much food and wine inevitably takes its toll, and Taureans are often All that energy and irresponsibility charm but ultimately horrify steady Taur- became the first Tiger-equipped unit to go into action. Company (Werkstatt-Kompanie), and eliminating the in total, including the 14 Tigers which went to Paderborn eans, who prefer pensions to penury. The pioneering units had vehicles before they began to receive medium tank simplified the task considerably. However, before September 1944 (see below), and a further eight martyrs to obesity and its associated health problems. In some cases, they can Tigers, of course. In April 1942, a decision had been taken that this did not mean the end of PzKpfw IIIs and IVs, only which went to SS training units. Tiger tanks were allocated typical characteristics is their tendency to plod through life, content with each Tiger tank sent into action should be accompanied by that the medium tanks were not now expected to defend to radio-control (Funklenk) units, which were trained to Pisces a PzKpfw III to provide security, and Wartime Organisation the Tigers. deploy unmanned, remotely controlled half-tracked vehicles an unremarkable existence as good citizens and the builders of a stable find themselves hopelessly addicted to both food and alcohol, although it will Excessively emotional, clingy Pisceans can be a very Table 1176 was drawn up accordingly and issued on 25 In all, 11 heavy tank battalions were to be created within – SdKfz 301 Sprengstoffträger – packed with explosives. definite turn-of for salt-of-the-earth Taureans. April. A total of 10 PzKpfw III (75)s were issued, to make up the German Army, numbering 501 to 510, together with the The radio-controlled units were never successful, and what cause them great pain to admit it. 3rd Battalion/Grossdeutschland Panzer Regiment. The latter remained of them was thrown into the fighting in 1945 in society. Left: Said to be the first photograph of a Tiger tank ever published (in April was made up of the remnants of the 501st Battalion and the conventional role. When the Panzer-Lehr Division was 1943, but it was probably taken quite some time earlier), this is one of the 10 504th Battalion, together with one re-equipped company of formed in January 1944, from a collection of smaller Panzer- heavy tanks that 8.Kp/SS-Pz.Rgt. 2 took to Russia in February 1943, for the the regiment itself. Units were formed as and when vehicles Lehr units, some of the 10 Tiger tanks that had been issued successful counteroffensive around Kharkov. This type lacks cyclone air filters. to equip them came off the production lines, and the last to the 130th Panzer-Lehr Regiment the previous October 44 45 47 30 31 32 33 46

12 13 Great World War II Weapons: Panther Tank Great World War II Weapons: MATTHEW HUGHES & CHRIS B-17 Flying Fortress MANN ROBERT JACKSON Built to counter the Soviet T-34, Designed to protect the US coasts Germany’s Panther tank was only from hostile warships, the Boeing Great World War II Weapons: introduced in 1943, but by the end B-17 became a mainstay of Allied Great World War II Weapons: of the war more than 6,000 had been Panther Tank B-17 Flying Fortress 285 x 213mm (11¼ x 8½”) daylight bombing raids on Nazi produced. Featuring 70 photographs Germany. The B-17 Flying Fortress 285 x 213mm (11¼ x 8½”) and colour artworks, Panther Tank Extent: 96 pages Extent: 96 pages Word count: 35,000 words gives a complete account of the follows the development and service Word count: 35,000 words Illustrations: 70 colour and black- aircraft from its appearance to its Illustrations: 70 photographs, 10 history of World War II’s finest and-white photographs, 10 colour retirement. The book ranges from the all-rounder. Specification tables artworks artworks aircraft’s design and development ISBN: 978-1-78274-684-3 provide manufacturing details, while ISBN: 978-1-78274-682-9 history to its service record. £14.99 Paperback comparison tables allow the reader £14.99 Paperback to make at-a-glance assessments of how the Panther matched its rivals.

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the attack. This rigidity meant that German counter-attacks units. In one action in January 1944, Bäke’s unit fought for stabilised along the line of the Vistula river, the Germans seldom met a coordinated response, and the Panthers and five days, destroying no fewer than 267 Soviet tanks for the attempted to shore up their front to meet the next Russian Panzer IVs were able to inflict much larger losses than would loss of only one Tiger and four Panthers. Bäke’s unit then attack. To make matters worse for Germany, Romania, allied CHAPTER 5 usually have been the case. Certainly, they were not able provided the vanguard of the III Panzer Corps as it drove to to Germany, fell out of the war. Russian troops of Roman to use similar tactics against the better trained Allied tank the relief of trapped German troops who were attempting Malinovsky’s Second Ukrainian Front struck out to take crews in Italy and Normandy. to escape Soviet encirclement. In all these engagements, advantage of Rumania’s collapse and, spearheaded by the What thwarted the Germans was the sheer weight of the Panthers proved their worth, but they were too few in Sixth Tank Army, took Bucharest in September 1944. More Soviet matériel coupled to illogical ‘no retreat’ orders issued number to do any more than delay the Soviet push west. importantly, Russia captured the Ploesti oil fields, one of Operations in by Hitler. Panthers, along with countless German troops, One Soviet tank lieutenant, Degan, recalled the difficulty Germany’s last remaining sources of crude oil. Soon German found themselves surrounded in the battles of 1944. These of fighting a tank such as the Panther: ‘I couldn’t do anything Panthers would be grounded by lack of fuel. encircled troops either surrendered or fought ‘Cauldron’ with a German tank like a Tiger or Panther if I met it head The problem for the Panther crews was that after Kursk, Western Europe, (Kesselschlachten) battles to break the encirclement. In such on. If I was going to win, I had to find its weak spot, and the momentum of the war was towards Germany. Therefore, battles, casualties were high, and they placed a premium on that meant approaching it from the side. So our usual tactics, they were increasingly fighting in a defensive role rather than serviceable Panthers. Panthers were therefore organised into when we were advancing and knew that there might be a in the attacking formations described above. While it was a 1944–45 special rescue units to relieve trapped pockets of Germans. tank ambush ahead, was to advance suddenly, stop and open big improvement over the Panzer IV, Guderian was forced to One formation specially raised for this purpose was the fire as if we knew there was something there, and often turn count on the more reliable (and abundant) Panzer IV to the With the advent of the Mustang to protect and Heavy Panzer Regiment Bäke, named after its commander, around and take to our heels. We hoped they would open war’s end, so resisted attempts to end production in favour of Oberstleutnant Franz Bäke. The regiment combined one fire, and we would then be able to see where they were heavier but more temperamental tanks such as the Panther. escort the Fortresses all the way to the target Tiger battalion with 34 tanks, a Panther battalion with 46 firing from and could then fight back.’ and back again, aircraft losses fell, and tanks, and balanced supporting arms, including an infantry It was supply difficulties which halted the Russian THE BATTLE FOR POLAND consequently the damage caused to Germany’s battalion, self-propelled artillery and engineer bridging summer 1944 offensive, rather than any real opposition. Having advanced into Poland, the Soviet commander, The Russians were now established in Poland and East Georgi Zhukov, planned the final offensive into Germany war effort rose immensely. At the same time Below: The Jagdpanther, with its potent 88mm (3.46in) gun. The Prussia, the heartland of German militarism, and stood and on to Berlin. By October 1944, the plans for a new production of the B-17 reached its wartime peak, Jagdpanther was probably the finest tank destroyer of World War II, poised to move into Germany itself. The remaining German offensive were well advanced and 13 mechanised corps and even more feared than the Panther by the Allies. Panthers fought with tenacity and courage but sheer weight were established to provide the main thrust into the and new aircraft were arriving in East Anglia in of numbers overwhelmed them. When the Russian advance Reich. These corps were made up of T-34s leavened with droves to join the fight against the Axis powers. some heavy tank units made up with heavier JS tanks. Below: A rear view of a mid-production Panther Ausf A. Note the The Russians also mobilised élite Guards Tank armies, prominent commander’s cupola which is located well to the rear of the reminiscent of the days of the old Tsarist armies, to smash ‘First of all you must win the battle of the air. That must turret, and the six Schürzen side skirting plates. through the German lines. come before you start a single sea or land engagement. If you examine the conduct of my campaigns, you will find that we In January 1945, the thunder of Russian artillery marked Above: A Panther Ausf A with a traversed turret. The turret on a never fought a land battle until the air battle was won.’ Above: With the Germans on the defensive from 1943 onwards, had sufficient armour to build huge tank armies which the attack across the Vistula River. Once the German lines had Panther Ausf A could traverse fully in only 15 seconds. Speed of So spoke Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery in December Left: While ground crew service the aircraft, another paints mission Above: Bombs falling on target during an attack on oil storage facili- camouflage measures such as these became increasingly common. dwarfed anything the Germans could put into the field, and been punctured, Russian armour raced through the gap to traverse could mean the difference between life and death for the crew. 1943, referring to the successful Allied campaigns of 1942–3 symbols on B-17G ‘Nine O Nine’ of the 333rd Bomb Squadron, 91st ties at Regensburg, 18 December 1944. An raid on Regensburg a year Here a Panther’s distinctive profile has been disguised by wheat. the Germans were now outnumbered three-to-one. The push deep behind the German lines. Some Russian tanks were in North Africa. The initial object of these campaigns Bomb Group. This aircraft went on to complete 140 missions. earlier cost the Eighth Air Force some of its heaviest losses. tables were finally turning from the heady days of 1941 equipped with a rudimentary form of Schnorkel gear which halt the Soviet push on Berlin. German troops in Pomerania had been to defend the Suez Canal and the Anglo-Persian the Panther, as at the battle at Narva, proved its worth. The when the Wehrmacht had smashed into Russia and driven allowed amphibious crossings, and this enabled them to pass to the north also threatened any advance on Berlin with an oilfields. When this had been achieved the goal was As for the Messerschmitt factory at Augsburg, it needed escort, and particularly the Mustangs, began to account for accuracy and punch of the 75mm gun allowed the Panther to to the gates of Moscow. river obstacles such as the Vistula in the 1944 offensives. attack into the Russians’ flank. The early capture of Berlin widened to include the elimination of the Axis forces in only two weeks of round-the-clock work before production more enemy aircraft with every passing week. destroy any enemy tank at distances from 2011m (2200yds). All along the front, Soviet forces moved forward in a The Germans fell back. Warsaw, the capital of Poland, was impossible. North Africa and the capture of the entire southern coast was back to normal. At an aircraft factory near Leipzig 160 On 6 March 1944 Mustangs appeared for the first time over The Panther was also deployed across the Panzer units and series of set-piece battles which took advantage of their soon fell to the tanks of the Red Army which were now of the Mediterranean. By May 1943 the last pockets of Axis crated fighters were salvaged from the ruins; almost all were Berlin and took part in one of the most bitterly contested air OPERATION ‘SPRING AWAKENING’ not in special formations like the Tiger tank. During 1944– limitless manpower and huge tank forces. Typically, after advancing at a rate of 80.5km (50 miles) a day. However, resistance in Tunisia had been wiped out, and General Erwin found to be repairable. Under the direction of Albert Speer, battles of the war. When it ended the Americans had lost 69 45, the Soviets gained a very healthy respect for its combat a heavy bombardment, an attack would be spearheaded by Berlin was not taken in this advance and the advance on The Germans continued to organise a bitter rearguard action. Rommel’s once proud Afrika Korps had ceased to exist. Vast the minister of munitions and war production, factories bombers – 15 of them belonging to the ill-fated 100th BG power, and made great efforts to recover and repair disabled heavy tanks which would penetrate the German defences Berlin was not resumed until April 1945. The Russian Army’s In the west, this involved the Ardennes counter-offensive Allied land and air forces now stood idle in North Africa, and were hastily dispersed to make it more difficult for the Allies – and 11 fighters, but the Germans lost 80 aircraft, almost vehicles so that the Red Army could deploy several Panther- and force an opening for the following T-34s and infantry. halt before Berlin has been the subject of hot debate. One (Battle of the ‘Bulge’) in late 1944. The collapse of the 1944 the question of their future employment became a matter of to attempt another knockout blow. half the defending force. Another heavily escorted attack equipped tank companies against the vehicle’s inventors. The problem for the Germans was that there were too few explanation was the need to bring the logistical train forward Ardennes counter-offensive did not bring any respite for urgent priority. on Berlin by 590 bombers on 8 March, when several key Panthers available to halt the Soviets. The Soviets had the to supply the men and tanks. Fuel was short and ammunition the battle-weary German troops and tank crews. In 1945, With no prospect of launching an invasion of Occupied LUFTWAFFE LOSSES factories were destroyed, cost the Americans 37 bombers THE PANTHER AND THE SOVIET resources to attack again and again over the same ground was needed to replenish the tanks, as well as guns. The Hitler turned to the Waffen-SS formations of the Sixth SS Europe from England in 1943, there remained two Although in the final analysis the ‘Big Week’ offensive made and 17 fighters; but when 669 bombers again struck at the SUMMER OFFENSIVES OF 1944 and eventually wear down the German defenders. usually reliable tanks within the Soviet tank armies suffered Panzer Army for a new counter-offensive in the east. After a alternatives: either the forces in North Africa could be little difference to the output of single-seat fighters for the German capital on the 22nd they encountered almost no On 22 June 1944, the third anniversary of Operation Against these attacks, the Germans organised the Panthers mechanical breakdowns, as with the Panther, and cut down few days’ rest and receipt of newly produced Panthers, he transferred to Burma and the Pacific to take part in the Luftwaffe, which reached the level of 2000 per month by opposition. Twelve bombers were shot down, but all of Barbarossa, Soviet T-34s spearheaded a huge attack on the into mobile counter-attack units. These units would slice on Soviet effectiveness, as the rapid advances took their toll ordered the Sixth SS Panzer Army to Hungary to participate war against Japan, or they could follow up their African the middle of 1944, the daylight offensive of January–April them were victims of the flak. German lines, pushing the Germans back 724.2km (450 into the flank of any Soviet attack once the attack was on tracks and moving parts. There was also the question in the 10 February 1945 ‘Spring Awakening’ offensive. The victory by invading Sicily and Italy. In the latter event the 1944 cost the Luftwaffe more than 1000 pilots, many of During this period many long-range missions were flown miles) and destroying 25 German divisions. This advance underway. As many Soviet tanks were without radios, the of the increasingly desperate German resistance in front SS Hitlerjugend, for example, received 16 new Panther Ausf objective would be to eliminate Italy from the war and open them experienced veterans. Although the claims of the by the Fifteenth Air Force’s B-17s and B-24s to targets in proved how much Russian armour had improved, both in Soviets relied on their tank crews following pre-arranged of their capital. Units of every type – including Volkssturm G tanks, raising its Panzer strength to 44. After four weeks’ their tactics and standard of equipment. The Russians now tactics in which each tank was only prepared for its part in units composed of the very old and very young – fought to bitter, but futile, fighting in Hungary against overwhelming Fortress and Liberator gunners were vastly inflated in the the Balkans, the main strategic aim being to inflict as much Left: Escorted by P-51 Mustang fighters, B-17Gs head for Berlin. The confusion of air battle, there was no escaping the fact that damage as possible on that sector of the enemy’s air power 60 61 62 63 long-range Mustang was able to escort the bombers all the way to the Luftwaffe lost an average of 50 fighter pilots every time which could be brought to bear on the Italian war zone. their targets and back, engaging the German fighters. the Americans mounted a major raid. The Allied fighter Another aim was to delay the arrival of troop reinforcements 59 66 67

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THE MP36 brace in place of the traditional wooden buttstock. This was now made primarily from metal tubing and plastic that, GREENLAND Although little is known of its history, by 1936 ERMA had when folded, reduced the overall length of the MP38 to Erma MP38 developed the prototype of a completely new machine just 60cm (23.6in). To fold it, pressure was applied to the pistol that was a direct forerunner of the MP38, which large knurled button above and behind the pistol grip. This Denmark Strait 4 Bismarck and Prinz Eugen it closely resembles. The key differences was that the allowed the frame to swing down and forwards. The frame 5 MP36 had wooden furniture, including the pistol grip, a pivoted at its centre to lie horizontally below the gun. To 1 ICELAND spring-loaded firing pin, and a two-part bolt joined by a save weight, the solid pistol grip behind the trigger was 3 3 locking screw. Unlike its successors, it was select-fire, the replaced with one made from phenolic resin (a crude early 8 Prince of Wales/Hood selector being located just above the trigger . It had the plastic) with paper-fibre filling instead of the traditional 4 2 SWEDEN characteristic folding stock of the MP38 and 40 that were wood. A further weight-reducing measure was a circular 6 7 33 5 34 52 50 Faroe Islands to follow, though it was not lockable, and the butt plate hole cut into both sides of the magazine housing. 53 47 NORWAY had grooves machined into it. Unlike all previous designs, Another new innovation was the bar, with its hooklike 9 10 54 35 the cocking handle is located on the left-hand side. This projection at the front end of the barrel, which on early 32 36 38 6 Orkney Islands • Bergen 58 2 allowed the firer to keep his hand on the pistol grip at all models was made from cast aluminium or sheet steel. It 37 48 55 56 Norfolk/Suffolk 11 12 times. The magazine housing was also unique in that it has been described as both a cooling aid or a barrel rest to 51 57 was canted 30 degrees to the left. prevent the weapon being pulled, still firing, back into a Home Fleet: Victorious/Repulse/King George V 49 Rodney moving vehicle while traversing rough terrain. Unlike the 40 41 42 1 13

15 Below: German reconnaissance unit in Russia in 1941 wearing Right: A German squad taking a rest outside Rostov. They are 14 16 7 59 8 camouflage made from bed linen. In the Russian winter, temperatures equipped with the standard infantry weapons: visible from left to 39 12 17 18 31 were so low that metal became brittle and lubrication oil froze solid. right are two MP38s, an MG34 and several KAR 98K rifles. 19 20 ZIG-ZAG PATTERN Above: The British King George V class battleship Prince of Wales at water, passing through several bulkheads and coming to rest Above: The battleship Bismarck firing a salvo from her main 43 At 0630 hours on Wednesday 21 May, the B-Dienst (wireless anchor. Launched in May 1939, she was not yet fully completed when 11 BRITISH ISLES without exploding near the diesel dynamo room. It was only armament. The photo was taken in daylight; the dark effect is caused 61 9 Bismarck 21 22 intelligence service) office on the Prinz Eugen decoded the Bismarck and Prinz Eugen made their breakout into the Atlantic. 10 discovered after the battleship returned to harbour. Two of by the vivid flash of the warship’s guns. 60 62 63 64 some British signals traffic indicating that reconnaissance destroyer flotilla the 20.3cm (8in) shells had pierced the ship’s side aft, on the aircraft had been despatched to hunt for the German naval SLIPPED AWAY waterline, allowing 500 tons of water to pour in. The third and Ramillies and the cruiser Edinburgh were also released Brest

Sheffield/Renown Royal Ark H) (Force • force.Throughout the night of 20–21 May, the force steamed Less than two hours after Suckling had walked into Bowhill’s OCCUPIED FRANCE entered one of the 13.3cm (5.25in) shell handling rooms, from escort duties to take part in the chase. The main concern 24 northwards up the Norwegian coast, following a zigzag office, aircraft of Coastal Command were on their way to bounced round the confined space like a streak of lightning, now was to reduce the Bismarck’s speed, giving the hunters 23 St Nazaire • pattern to avoid British submarines. At 0900 hours on 21 attack the German warships, but their operations were Prinz Eugen then expended its energy and fell to the floor, also without a chance to close in for the kill, and at 1440 hours on 24 May, 44 65 May, Lütjens ordered the task force to enter the Norwegian frustrated by bad weather. Shortly before nightfall on the exploding. By some miracle, no one was hurt. Admiral Tovey ordered the carrier Victorious to race ahead to 45 fjords instead of making for the Atlantic with all speed. The 22nd, a Martin Maryland reconnaissance aircraft of No. 771 The Prince of Wales was so newly completed that she a flying-off point 185km (100nm) from the enemy ships and 26 Bismarck entered Korsfjord and then Grimstad fjord, just Naval Air Squadron from Hatston in the Orkneys penetrated had not yet finished working-up; the contractors were still launch a Swordfish strike against them. 25 27 south of Bergen, while the Prinz Eugen went into Kalvanes Korsfjord, but its crew, Lt N.E. Goddard RNVR (pilot) and working on her 35.5cm (14in) turrets when she sailed, and At 2210 hours, Victorious flew off nine Swordfish of No. Bay, to the north-west; the destroyer escorts went to Bergen. Commander G.A. Rotherham (observer) returned with the she was therefore not fully battleworthy, a fact of which 825 Squadron, led by Lt Cdr Eugene Esmonde. Flying through 28 46 67 30 Lütjens signalled the cruiser to take on oil from the tanker news that the Bismarck and the Prinz Eugen were gone. Captain Leach was obviously conscious. The additional rain and sleet, they obtained radar contact with the enemy at 66 Wollin and to be ready to sail in the evening. Meanwhile, In fact, they had already slipped away at 2200 hours the THE HUNT FOR THE BISMARCK damage had made her even more vulnerable, and Leach’s 2337 hours and briefly sighted the Bismarck, only to lose her 29 four merchant ships were ordered alongside each of the big previous evening, continuing on a northerly heading in the intention now was to use his damaged ship to assist Wake- again. Twenty minutes later, the shadowing British cruisers warships, one on each beam and quarter, as anti-torpedo company of their three destroyer escorts. Walker’s cuisers in maintaining contact with the enemy until redirected the Swordfish on to their target and they made 68 69 70 71 protection for the engine rooms, propellers and rudders. At 2245 hours, Admiral Tovey left Scapa Flow with the 1. The Bismarck and the Prinz Eugen break out into the 6. British cruisers continue to shadow enemy warships Admiral Tovey’s main force could reach the scene. their attack through heavy defensive fire. One torpedo hit That same afternoon, the Bismarck and her consort main body of the Home Fleet, heading for Icelandic waters North Sea, 20 May 1941; Norwegian agents report until contact lost the Bismarck amidships without causing significant damage; 72 were photographed by a Photographic Reconnaissance to reinforce the heavy cruisers HMS Norfolk and Suffolk, their movement to the British Admiralty 7. Warships of the Home Fleet, including aircraft carrier THREE HITS the other eight missed. All the attacking Swordfish recovered Unit Spitfire, one of two sent out to look for the ships. The which were patrolling the Denmark Strait. Three more 2. The Bismarck and the Prinz Eugen detected at Bergen Victorious, sail to intercept enemy warships What Leach had no means of knowing was that his gunners safely to the carrier, although two reconnaissance Fulmars 1 barrel 10 collar 19 sear 28 dismounting screw 37 rear sight leaf spring 46 attachment 55 bolt handle pin 64 recoil spring Spitfire pilot, Fg Off Michael Suckling, landed at Wick in cruisers were guarding Lütjens’ alternative breakout route, by air reconnaissance, but succeed in escaping, 8. The Prince Eugen detached on lone raiding sortie; had obtained three hits on the Bismarck, causing two of her out of six despatched failed to return. The returning crews 2 barrel cap 11 barrel nut 20 trigger axis screw 29 receiver lock screw retainer 38 chamber cover 47 buffer spring tube 56 bolt handle pin 65 buffer housing north-east Scotland, where his film was developed; he then between Iceland and the Faeroes. First to arrive were the 22 May 1941 German Fleet Commander decides to make for Brest fuel tanks to leak oil and contaminating others. As a result, reported no sign of the Prinz Eugen, which had in fact been made a high-speed dash south with the precious prints, but Home Fleet’s two fastest ships, HMS Prince of Wales and the 3. British cruisers Arethusa, Birmingham and with the Bismarck, 24 May 1941 Lütjens had decided to abandon the sortie and steer south- detached by Admiral Lütjens to continue on her way alone. 3 front sight cover 12 barrel nut washer 21 sear lever 30 shoulder piece pivot 39 magazine 48 recoil spring second tube 57 firing pin 66 fore-end was forced to make an emergency landing near his home Hood, which had set out in advance of the main force; behind Manchester patrol Iceland–Faroes passage 9. The Bismarck unsuccessfully attacked by Swordfish west for St Nazaire, the only port on the Atlantic coast of 4 front sight retainer 13 stock pivot 22 trigger spring 31 main spring 40 magazine release cap 49 recoil spring tube large 58 recoil spring tube end 67 trigger guard town of Nottingham because of dense cloud. Rousing a them came Tovey’s Fleet Flagship, the new battleship King 4. The Bismarck and the Prinz Eugen detected and torpedo-bombers from HMS Victorious, 25 May 1941 France with a dry dock large enough to accommodate his THE FAIREY SWORDFISH 5 cover retainer 14 stock release 23 receiver lock 32 magazine guide 41 magazine release spring 50 extractor 59 chamber cover 68 lock frame screw friend who was a garage proprietor, Suckling continued George V, the aircraft carrier Victorious, four cruisers and shadowed by cruisers Suffolk and Norfolk in Denmark 10. The Bismarck sighted by Catalina flying boat of No. flagship while repairs were carried out. The Fairey Swordfish, known universally as the ‘Stringbag’, his journey in the latter’s car, driving through the blackout six destroyers. The carrier was not yet fully worked up, and Strait, 23 May 1941 209 Squadron, RAF Coastal Command, 26 May 1941 Tovey’s ships were still 612km (330nm) to the south- appeared to be an anachronism from the moment of its 6 front sight 15 spring 24 bar 33 magazine release screw 42 magazine release catch 51 bolt 60 pistol grip 69 grip screw at dangerous speeds. Eventually, at 0100 hours on 22 May, her air group comprised only nine Fairey Swordfish torpedo/ 5. The Bismarck and the Prinz Eugen engaged by 11. Ark Royal launches a successful torpedo attack on the east and could not expect to make contact until 0700 hours conception; a slow, lumbering biplane that seemed to have 7 resting bar pin 16 pin 25 receiver lock spring 34 washer 43 sling 52 bolt handle 61 buffer spring 70 frame screw unshaven and still wearing his flying kit, he arrived at the battlecruiser Hood and battleship Prince of Wales Bismarck. One torpedo hit jams the battleship’s rudders on 25 May at the earliest. However, other ships were also no place in the increasingly streamlined world of 1930s resting bar stock arm attachment bolt handle pin Air Ministry in London, where he handed over the package Right: The Prinz Eugen survived the war, seeing service in the Baltic (Battle of the Denmark Strait). Hood sunk, Prince of 12. The Bismarck attacked by destroyers during the heading for the scene. Admiral Somerville’s Force H had been aviation. Yet the design of the Swordfish was exactly right 8 17 26 shoulder piece 35 rear sight leaf 44 53 62 recoil guide 71 frame screw of photographs to Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Bowhill, during the final months. Handed over to the Americans, she also survived Wales and Bismarck damaged, 24 May 1941 night, 27 May 1941 ordered north from Gibraltar by the Admiralty to intercept for the principal tasks it had to perform, and its rugged 9 barrel threads 18 stock arm 27 retainer 36 rear sight leaf 45 muzzle cap 54 firing pin retaining pin 63 recoil guide 72 grip screw AOC-in-C Coastal Command. the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in 1946, but was sunk in 1947. the German squadron, and the battleships Rodney, Revenge structure made it ideal for aircraft carrier operations. It was 44 45 46 47 38 39 44 45

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THE ROMAN RELIGION THE ROMAN RELIGION remains in German hands. THE KINGS OF ROME The Russian front on the river Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, now extends from Zehden, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do 80km (50 miles) south of Sherman Crab Dimensions: 6.35m (20ft 10in) Stettin, down to the Czech eiusmod tempor ut labore et dolore est Storming into Germany border. The Medium Tank M4, popularly known as the x 2.81m (9ft 3in) x 3.96m (13ft) magna dolore il magna aliqua enim Sherman, has been adapted for specialized service Weight: 32.28 tonnes (31.7 estan ad exminim veniam, quis nostrud. February 5th more than any other tank. 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Army Group A and Army against the defences of East February 15th 373kW (500hp) language is related to any other living or dead language that is Quirino and Mars. They were joined by two-faced Janus – adipisicing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor The next stage was the push into Germany itself and Group Centre in East Prussia Prussia. Breslau is encircled by Soviet mines with a system of rotating lengths of chain, Speed: 46km/h (28.75mph) The Greek ut labore et dolore magna aliqua enim reach the Oder less than 80km (50 miles) from Berlin. and Poland. The main Soviet troops, though the city will beating the ground in front of the vehicle, had known today. However, its alphabet is a western variant of the one face for the past, one for the future – and Vesta, the thrust is made by the 1st, 2nd January 16th hold out against the Soviets ad minim veniam, quis nostrud. resulted in some promising prototypes. 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Sed do resistance at Krustin. dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing Domesticpuis eiusmod cults tempor ut labore et tempor ut estan labore et il dolore puis eiusmod tempor ut labore et dolore magna eiusmod tempor ut estan labore et il dolore 1 TEMPLE OF JUPITER 2 TEMPLE OF JUNO 3 TEMPLE OF APOLLO 4 TEMPLE OF SATURN 5 TEMPLE OF BELLONA elit, sed do eiusmod tempor ut labore dolore magna dolore magna aliqua magna aliqua enim ad minim veniam, February 3rd dolore magna aliqua enim ad minim veniam, ils magna aliqua enim ad minim veniam, quis Begun by Lucius MONETA Solve sacrae infinitum et Solve sacrae infinitum et AND FORTUNE et dolore magna aliqua enim ad minim enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud. quis nostrud. Zhukov’s 1st Belorussian Tarquinius Priscus and dminums eiusmod tempor dminums eiusmod tempor quis nostrud. Dolores dies irae est illium solve nostrud. Dolores dies irae est illium solve sacrae Solve sacrae infinitum et Solve sacrae infinitum et veniam, quis nostrud. Dolores dies irae Dolores dies irae est illium solve sacrae Ssolve sacrae infinitum et dminums. Front joins Konev’s forces on completed by Lucius dminums eiusmod tempor amet, consectetur. Sed do eiusmod tempor ut labore dminums eiusmod tempor the Oder, though Küstrin sacrae infinitum et dminums, lorem ipsum infinitum et dminums. elit, sed do eiusmod. ETRUSCAN HELMET Tarquinius Superbus in amet, consectetur. Sed do eiusmod tempor ut labore et dolore magna aliqua amet, consectetur. Sed est illium solve sacrae infinitum exe et infinitum et dminums, lorem ipsum elit, sed do eiusmod tempor ut labore Made in a Greek style, the 5th century BCE the early 6th century BCE, et dolore magna aliqua enim ad minim veniam, quis German civilian labourers watch dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed Olores dies exe irae est illium solve sacrae eiusmod tempor ut labore do et dolore magna aliqua dminums nsectetur estod et adipisicing dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing et dolore magna aliqua enim ad minim flights of Allied aircraft heading do eiusmod tempor ut labore et dolore magna infinitum et dminums, lorem solores ipsum helmet is based on the Corinthian calcídico the Temple of Jupiter, on enim ad minim veniam, quis est illium solv solve sacrae est illium solv solve sacrae enim ad minim veniam, quis elit, seddo od tempor ut labore et elit. Rem ipsum dolor sit amet, veniam, quis nostrud. 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Ships Modern Military Aircraft Aircraft of World War II Supercars CHRIS BISHOP ROBERT JACKSON ROBERT JACKSON RICHARD GUNN 120 x 161mm (4¾ x 6¼”) 120 x 161mm (4¾ x 6½”) 120 x 161mm (4¾ x 6½”) 120 x 161mm (4¾ x 6½”) Guitar Chords Minerals and Gemstones Stars and Planets Mammals 320 pages 320 pages; 40,000 words 320 pages; 40,000 words 320pp; 40,000 words TED FULLER DAVID COOK & WENDY KIRK GILES SPARROW CHRIS McNAB 40,000 words 225 colour artworks and 120 colour 225 colour artworks and 120 colour 225 colour photographs 163 x 123mm (6½ x 4¾”) 163 x 123mm (6½ x 4¾”) 163 x 123mm (6½ x 4¾”) 163 x 123mm (6½ x 4¾”) 300 colour artworks and black-&-white photographs and black-&-white photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-554-9 320pp, 60,000 words 320pp, 60,000 words 320pp, 60,000 words 320pp, 60,000 words ISBN: 978-1-78274-551-8 ISBN: 978-1-78274-552-5 ISBN: 978-1-78274-555-6 £9.99 Flexibound 300 col a/ws 300 col a/ws 300 col a/ws 300 col a/ws £9.99 Flexibound £9.99 Flexibound £9.99 Flexibound ISBN: 978-1-78274-378-1 ISBN: 978-1-78274-259-3 ISBN: 978-1-78274-260-9 ISBN: 978-1-78274-385-9 £9.99 Flexibound £9.99 Flexibound £9.99 Flexibound £9.99 Flexibound

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Dinosaurs Bugs The World of Birds Marine Life GERRIE McCALL PAULA HAMMOND MICHAEL WRIGHT GILES SPARROW Civil Aircraft Best-Selling Albums Ukulele for Beginners Guitar Chords 163 x 123mm (6½ x 4¾”) 163 x 123mm (6½ x 4¾”) 163 x 123mm (6½ x 4¾”) 163 x 123mm (6½ x 4¾”) ROBERT JACKSON DAN AUTY & OTHERS TOM FLEMING TED FULLER 320pp, 60,000 words 320pp, 60,000 words 320pp, 60,000 words 320pp, 60,000 words 163 x 123mm (6½ x 4¾”) 266 x 266mm (10½ x 10½”) 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾”) 163 x 123mm (6½ x 4¾”) 300 col a/ws 300 col a/ws 300 col a/ws 300 col a/ws 320pp 256pp, 60,000 words 144pp, 20,000 words 320pp, 60,000 words ISBN: 978-1-78274-384-2 ISBN: 978-1-78274-324-8 ISBN: 978-1-78274-323-1 ISBN: 978-1-78274-445-0 60,000 words 220 col photos 150 col artworks and photos 300 col a/ws £9.99 Flexibound £9.99 Flexibound £9.99 Flexibound £9.99 Flexibound 300 colour artworks ISBN: 978-1-78274-298-2 ISBN: 978-1-78274-518-1 ISBN: 978-1-78274-378-1 ISBN: 978-1-78274-556-3 £19.99 Hardback £14.99 paperback £9.99 Flexibound £9.99 Flexibound

20 21 The Guitar Book 100 Best-Selling Albums 100 Best-Selling Albums 100 Best-Selling Albums Abandoned Wrecks World War II Abandoned Places Haunted Places Ireland CHARLOTTE GREIG of the 70s of the 90s of the 80s CHRIS McNAB MICHAEL KERRIGAN ROBERT GRENVILLE MARTIN J. DOUGHERTY 295 x 234mm (11½ x 9¼”) HAMISH CHAMP AND OTHERS DAN AUTY AND OTHERS PETER DODD AND OTHERS 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 496pp, 100,000 words 184 x 210mm (7¼ x 8¼”) 184 x 210mm (7¼ x 8¼”) 184 x 210mm (7¼ x 8¼”) 224pp; 10,000 words 224pp 224pp 224pp 1,500 col photos & 1,000 diagrams 224pp; 45,000 words 224pp; 45,000 words 224pp; 45,000 words 170 colour photographs 10,000 words 10,000 words 10,000 words ISBN: 9781782744726 100 colour photographs 100 colour photographs 100 colour photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-520-4 150 colour photographs 150 photographs 150 colour photographs £24.99 Paperback ISBN: 978-1-78274-620-1 ISBN: 978-1-78274-622-5 ISBN: 978-1-78274-621-8 £19.99 Hardback 978-1-78274-549-5 ISBN: 978-1-78274-521-1 ISBN: 978-1-78274-656-0 £12.99 Hardback £12.99 Hardback £12.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback

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Understanding Brain Function, Thought, and Personality

General Editor: Professor Peter Abrahams Italy Paris Lighthouses Bridges CLAUDIA MARTIN ALASTAIR HORNE DAVID ROSS DAVID ROSS The Human Body How the Brain Works Human Body How the Body Works 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 213 x 290mm (8¼ x 11½”) 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 213 x 290mm (8¼ x 11½”) PETER ABRAHAMS (EDITOR) PETER ABRAHAMS JANE de BURGH PETER ABRAHAMS (EDITOR) 224pp 224pp 224pp 224pp

244 x 186mm (9¾ x 7½”) 285 x 225mm (11¼ x 9”) 163 x 123mm (6½ x 4¾”) 285 x 227mm (11¼ x 9”) 10,000 words 10,000 words; 150 colour photos 10,000 words; 150 colour photos 10,000 words; 200 colour photos 256pp, 90,000 words 176pp, 90,000 words 320pp, 60,000 words 512pp, 260,000 words 150 colour photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-658-4 ISBN: 978-1-78274-659-1 ISBN: 978-1-78274-576-1 250 col a/ws 430 col photos & a/ws 300 col a/ws 1,250 col photos & a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-657-7 £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback ISBN: 978-1-78274-516-7 ISBN: 978-1-78274-517-4 ISBN: 978-1-78274-377-4 ISBN: 978-1-78274-435-1 £19.99 Hardback £14.99 Paperback £16.99 Hardback £9.99 Flexibound £24.99 Paperback

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The Orient Express The Zeppelin The Pan Am Clipper Abandoned Places Ghost Towns Celtic Castles Abandoned Castles ANTHONY BURTON CHRISTOPHER CHANT ROY ALLEN KIERON CONNOLLY CHRIS McNAB MARTIN J. DOUGHERTY KIERON CONNOLLY 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 297 x 225mm (11¾ x 9”) 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 112pp 112pp 112pp 224pp, 10,000 words 224pp 224pp 224pp 35,000 words 35,000 words; 90 b/w photos and 100 b/w photos & 10 line a/ws 150 colour photographs 10,000 words 10,000 words 10,000 words 90 b/w photos, 10 line artworks 10 line artworks 35,000 words ISBN: 978-1-78274-394-1 150 colour photographs 150 colour photographs 150 colour photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-602-7 ISBN: 978-1-78274-603-4 ISBN: 978-1-78274-604-1 £19.99 Hardback ISBN: 978-1-78274-550-1 ISBN: 978-1-78274-623-2 ISBN: 978-1-78274-522-8 £14.99 Paperback £14.99 Paperback £14.99 Paperback £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback

22 23 History

The History of Punishment The Instruments of Torture The History of Pirates The History of Death LEWIS LYONS MICHAEL KERRIGAN BRENDA RALPH LEWIS MICHAEL KERRIGAN 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) Bloody History of London Bloody History of Paris Bloody History of America Kings and Queens of Europe 192pp, 60,000 words 192pp, 60,000 words 192pp, 60,000 words 192pp, 60,000 words JOHN D. WRIGHT BEN HUBBARD KIERON CONNOLLY BRENDA RALPH LEWIS 110 b/w photos 110 b/w photos 120 b/w photos 110 b/w photos 3 1 3 1 3 1 244 x 186mm (9 ⁄4 x 7 ⁄2”) 244 x 186mm (9 ⁄4 x 7 ⁄2”) 244 x 186mm (9 ⁄4 x 7 ⁄2”) 285 x 213mm (11¼ x 8¼”) ISBN: 978-1-78274-489-4 ISBN: 978-1-78274-426-9 ISBN: 978-1-78274-490-0 ISBN: 978-1-78274-491-7 224pp, 58,000 words 224pp, 58,000 words 224pp, 58,000 words 512pp, 140,000 words £19.99 Paperback £19.99 Paperback £19.99 Paperback £19.99 Paperback 180 b/w and colour photos, 180 b/w and colour photos, 180 b/w and colour photos, 400 col photos diagrams and maps diagrams and maps diagrams and maps ISBN: 9781782744719 ISBN: 978-1-78274-496-2 ISBN: 978-1-78274-495-5 ISBN: 978-1-78274-497-9 £24.99 Paperback £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback

Kings & Queens The Victorians The Encyclopedia of the Medieval World JOHN D. WRIGHT of Ancient Egypt MARTIN J. DOUGHERTY 244 x 186mm (9½ x 7¼”) HELEN STRUDWICK (EDITOR) 244 x 186mm (9½ x 7¼”) 224pp 285 x 255mm (11¼ x 9”) Celts Vikings: A History of the Norse Celtic Legends Norse Myths 224pp 50,000 words 512pp, 245,000 words MARTIN J. DOUGHERTY People MICHAEL KERRIGAN MARTIN J. DOUGHERTY 50,000 words; 180 colour and b/w 180 colour and b/w photographs and 2,000 colour photos & a/ws 3 3 244 x 186mm (9½ x 7¼”) MARTIN J. DOUGHERTY 244 x 186mm (9 ⁄4 x 7½”) 244 x 186mm (9 ⁄4 x 7½”) photographs, artworks and maps artworks ISBN: 978-1-78274-436-8 224pp 242 x 185mm (9½ x 7¼”) 224pp 224pp ISBN: 978-1-78274-589-1 ISBN: 978-1-78274-588-4 £24.99 Paperback 58,000 words 224pp 58,000 words 58,000 words £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback 180 colour and b/w photographs, 62,000 words 180 b/w and colour photographs, 180 b/w and colour photographs, artworks, maps and illustrations 200 colour and b/w photographs, artworks and maps artworks and maps ISBN: 978-1-78274-166-4 artworks, maps and illustrations ISBN: 978-1-78274-331-6 ISBN: 978-1-78274-332-3 £19.99 Hardback ISBN: 978-1-78274-061-2 £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback Biographies Encyclopedias

Hitler Rommel The World’s Greatest Cars Kings and Queens of Europe MICHAEL KERRIGAN In His Own Words CRAIG CHEETHAM BRENDA RALPH LEWIS Dark History of Hollywood Dark History of the American Dark History of the Tudors Troy 264 x 208mm (10½ x 8¼”) JOHN PIMLOTT (EDITOR) 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾ ”) 285 x 213mm (11¼ x 8¼”) KIERON CONNOLLY Presidents JUDITH JOHN BEN HUBBARD 224pp, 60,000 words 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 512pp, 110,000 words 512pp, 140,000 words 244 x 186mm (9½ x 7¼”) MICHAEL KERRIGAN 244 x 186mm (9½ x 7¼”) 268 x 205mm (10½ x 8”) 200 col & b/w photos & a/ws 192pp, 60,000 words 1,750 col photos 400 col photos 224pp 244 x 186mm (9½ x 7¼”) 224pp 224pp ISBN: 978-1-78274-494-8 120 b/w photographs ISBN: 9781782744702 ISBN: 9781782744719 53,000 words; 180 colour and b/w 256pp 53,000 words; 180 colour and b/w 50,000 words £19.99 Hardback ISBN: 9781782743163 £24.99 Paperback £24.99 Paperback photographs and artworks 60,000 words; 190 colour and b/w photographs and illustrations 180 b/w and colour photographs, £19.99 Paperback ISBN: 978-1-78274-109-1 illustrations and photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-133-6 diagrams and maps £19.99 Hardback ISBN: 978-1-78274-027-8 £19.99 Hardback ISBN: 978-1-78274-590-7 £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback

24 25 The Illustrated Encyclopedia Birds Animals Visual Military Uniforms Small Arms How the Body Works Dinosaurs of Weapons of World War II PAULA HAMMOND Encyclopedia Visual Encyclopedia Visual Encyclopedia PETER ABRAHAMS CARL MEHLING (CONSULTANT EDITOR) CHRIS BISHOP (EDITOR) 305 x 227mm (12 x 9”) TOM JACKSON CHRIS McNAB MARTIN J DOUGHERTY 285 x 227mm (11¼ x 9”) 305 x 227mm (12 x 9”) 608pp 448 pages 285 x 225mm (11¼ x 9”) 285 x 225mm (11¼ x 9”) 285 x 225mm (11¼ x 9”) 512pp, 260,000 words 448 pages 276 x 220mm (11 x 8¾”) 150,000 words 448pp, 90,000 words 448pp, 50,000 words 448pp, 80,000 words 1,250 col photos & a/ws 750 col a/ws and photos 1,600 colour & b/w photos and More than 1000 colour artworks and 750 col a/ws 600 col a/ws 800 col a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-435-1 90,000 words artworks; 220,000 words photographs ISBN: 9781908273017 ISBN: 978-1-907446-99-3 ISBN: 978-1-907446-98-6 £24.99 Paperback ISBN: 978-1-78274-541-9 ISBN: 978-1-78274-167-1 ISBN: 978-1-78274-526-6 £24.99 Paperback £24.99 Paperback £24.99 Paperback £24.99 Paperback £35 Hardback £24.99 Paperback

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The Encyclopedia The Encyclopedia of Warfare Encyclopedia The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft of World War II DENNIS SHOWALTER (FOREWORD) of Classic Warfare of Space & Space Exploration PAUL E. EDEN 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) JACK WATKINS (EDITOR) GILES SPARROW (EDITOR) How to Look After Your Horse Military Quiz Book Tracking a Serial Killer The Purrfect Guide to Thinking 297 x 228mm (11¾ x 9”) 1,024pp, 350,000 words 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 285 x 225mm (11¾ x 9”) PETER BROOKESMITH JOHN PIMLOTT CHRIS McNAB Like a Cat 512pp, 190,000 words 600 col maps 320pp, 100,000 words 512pp, 225,000 words 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 235 x 153mm (9¼ x 6”) 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) EMMA MILNE and KAREN WILD 1,200 col & b/w photos & a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-023-0 400pp b/w & col photos and a/ws 5,000 photographs and illustrations 192pp 128pp 192pp 214 x 154mm (8¼ x 6”) ISBN: 9781782744733 £49.99 Hardback ISBN: 9781907446917 ISBN: 9781782741640 120 black & white artworks 45,000 words 50,000 words 208pp £24.99 Paperback £24.99 Hardback £24.99 Paperback 60,000 words ISBN: 978-1-78274-605-8 100 b/w photographs 22,000 words; 110 colour photos ISBN: 978-1-78274-591-4 £12.99 Paperback ISBN: 978-1-78274-613-3 ISBN: 978-1-78274-614-0 £19.99 Paperback £16.99 Hardback £9.99 Paperback

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regular contributor to publications such THE GREATEST battles in history THE GREATEST as BBC History, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, Heritage Today and National Trust Magazine, writing on history, the BATTLES arts and conservation. He is also the author of The World’s Worst Inventions. THE GREATEST IN HISTORY He lives in southern England. Spanning more than three millennia of Picture Credits history, The Greatest Battles in History is an Front cover: The Battle of Hastings fought on 14 authoritative, fully illustrated history of October 1066 © National Geographic Creative/Alamy. Combat, Survival and Fitness 170 key battles, campaigns and wars from Back cover: A map of the siege of Friedland (1807) the ancient Egyptians to the end of the © Amber Books Ltd. The siege saw the French, led by Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon Bonaparte, decisively defeat the Russians. Arranged chronologically, The Greatest Other titles of interest: BATTLES Battles in History addresses ancient, Encyclopedia of Warfare medieval and early modern military action Dennis Showalter 978-1-78274-023-0 from all around the world, beginning with the Egyptian defeat of the Canaanites Battles That Changed History at the battle of Megiddo in 1457bc (one Dougherty, Rice, et al. IN HISTORY of the first properly recorded battles) and 978-1-906626-80-8 encompassing, among other conflicts, AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF classic warfare Roman campaigns, the Crusades, the Hundred Years’ War, Chinese and from megiddo to waterloo Japanese conflicts, the Seven Years’ War, the American Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars. From the battle of Megiddo in 1457bc to the battle of Waterloo in 1815ad, from GENERAL EDITOR: JACK WATKINS Combatants who appear include the chariot charges to cavalry encounters, from naval battles to sieges, The Greatest Persians, the Athenians, the Greeks, Battles in History tells the stories of 170 key battles, campaigns and wars from the the Teutonic Knights, the Huns, the GENERAL EDITOR:GENERAL JACK WATKINS Vikings, the Mongols and Saracens, ancient, medieval, early modern and revolutionary periods while Alexander the Great, Hannibal, Genghis Khan, Saladin, Joan of Arc, George Washington, Horatio Nelson • and Napoleon Bonaparte are among the Includes 150 annotated, colour maps of battles or campaigns, as well as colour military leaders featured. and black-&-white photographs, paintings and illustrations From javelins to cannons, from chariots to cavalry charges, from war elephants • to naval encounters, from Roman battle formations to sieges, The Greatest Battles Each featured battle or campaign includes a locator map, a key facts box for in History takes the reader through an quick and easy reference, and a timeline placing the battle into historical context immense history of the strategies, tactics, machinery and weaponry used in major military conflicts.

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The Encyclopedia Battles that Changed History The Greatest Battles in History Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt PHYLLIS G. JESTICE (EDITOR) JACK WATKINS (EDITOR) Weapons of World War I HELEN STRUDWICK (EDITOR) 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 264 x 202mm (10½ x 8”) CHRIS BISHOP (EDITOR) 285 x 255mm (11¼ x 9”) 448pp, 160,000 words 320pp 276 x 220mm (10¾ x 8¾”) 501 Unarmed The Ultimate Survival Guide Surviving Extreme Weather 512pp, 245,000 words 600 col & b/w photos & a/ws 125,000 words 272pp 65,000 words The Pawfect Guide to Thinking Self-Defence Skills CHRIS McNAB GERRIE McCALL 2,000 colour photos & a/ws ISBN: 978-1-906626-80-8 More than 400 maps, illustrations 600 col a/ws and photos Like a Dog EMMA MILNE and KAREN WILD CHRIS McNAB 285 x 225mm (11¼ x 9”) 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) ISBN: 978-1-78274-436-8 £24.99 Paperback and photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-141-1 214 x 154mm (8½ x 6”) 210 x 128mm (8¼ x 5”) 448pp, 150,000 words 192pp, 60,000 words £24.99 Paperback ISBN: 978-1-78274-544-0 £24.99 Hardback 208pp 208pp, 20,000 words 750 b/w a/ws 120 b/w line drawings £19.99 Hardback 22,000 words; 110 colour photos 100 b/w a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-142-8 ISBN: 978-1-78274-493-1 ISBN: 978-1-78274-615-7 ISBN: 978-1-78274-507-5 £24.99 Paperback Paperback £19.99 £9.99 Paperback £19.99 Hardback

26 27 How to Survive at Sea How to Survive in the City How to Track and Navigate First Aid Survival Guide SAS and Elite Forces Guide: SAS and Elite Forces SAS and Elite Forces Guide: SAS and Elite Forces Guide: CHRIS BEESON CHRIS McNAB and JOANNA RABIGER NEIL WILSON CHRIS McNAB Extreme Fitness Guide: Armed Combat Unarmed Combat Ropes and Knots 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) CHRIS McNAB MARTIN J. DOUGHERTY MARTIN J. DOUGHERTY ALEXANDER STILWELL 192pp 192pp 192pp 192pp 178 x 127mm (7 x 5”) 178 x 127mm (7 x 5”) 178 x 127mm (7 x 5”) 178 x 127mm (7 x 5”) 60,000 words 120 b/w artworks 120 b/w artworks 150 b/w artworks 320pp, 45,000 words 320pp, 45,000 words 320pp, 59,500 words 320pp, 35,000 words 120 b/w artworks 50,000 words 50,000 words 60,000 words 150 b/w artworks 150 b/w a/ws 150 b/w a/ws 150 b/w a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-534-1 ISBN: 978-1-78274-537-2 ISBN: 978-1-78274-539-6 ISBN: 978-1-78274-538-9 ISBN: 9781782741060 ISBN: 978-1-78274-024-7 ISBN: 9781906626815 ISBN: 9781907446948 £19.99 Paperback £14.99 Flexibound £14.99 Flexibound £14.99 Flexibound £14.99 Paperback £14.99 Paperback £14.99 Paperback £14.99 Paperback

How to Sail How to Survive a Disaster Survival Techniques How to Fight Like SAS and Elite Forces Guide: SAS and Elite Forces Guide: SAS and Elite Forces Guide: SAS and Elite Forces Guide: TWAIN BRADEN ALEXANDER STILWELL ALEXANDER STILWELL a Special Forces Soldier Prisioner of War Escape Manhunt Preparing to Survive Sniper 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 188 x 137mm (7½ x 5½”) 188 x 137mm (7½ x 5½”) STEVE CRAWFORD & Evasion ALEXANDER STILWELL CHRIS McNAB MARTIN J. DOUGHERTY 192pp 320pp 320pp 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) CHRIS McNAB 178 x 127mm (7 x 5”) 178 x 127mm (7 x 5”) 178 x 127mm (7 x 5”) 120 b/w artworks 45,000 words 45,000 words 192pp, 60,000 words 178 x 127mm (7 x 5”) 320pp, 40,000 words 320pp ,45,000 words 320pp, 45,000 words 60,000 words 300 b/w artworks 150 b/w artworks 180 b/w photographs 320pp, 45,000 words 150 b/w artworks 160 b/w artworks 160 b/w artworks ISBN: 978-1-78274-533-4 ISBN: 978-1-78274-548-8 978-1-78274-242-5 and artworks 150 b/w artworks ISBN: 9781908273185 ISBN: 9781908696618 ISBN: 978-1-908696-63-2 £19.99 Paperback £14.99 Hardback £14.99 Hardback ISBN: 978-1-78274-448-1 ISBN: 9781908273154 £14.99 Paperback £14.99 Paperback £14.99 Paperback £14.99 Flexibound £14.99 Paperback

How to Pass the SAS and SAS and Special Forces SAS and Special Forces Self SAS and Special Forces SAS and Elite Forces Guide: Special Forces in Action Self-Defence: Self-Defence: Special Forces Selection Course Fitness Training Defence Handbook Mental Toughness Training Special Forces in Action ALEXANDER STILWELL How to Punch How to Defend Yourself CHRIS McNAB JOHN ‘LOFTY’ WISEMAN JOHN ‘LOFTY’ WISEMAN CHRIS McNAB ALEXANDER STILWELL 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) MARTIN J. DOUGHERTY MARTIN J.DOUGHERTY 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 178 x 127mm (7 x 5”) 224pp, 70,000 words 240 x 160mm (9½ x 6½”) 240 x 160mm (9½ x 6½”) 192pp, 60,000 words 192pp, 60,000 words 160pp, 60,000 words 192pp, 60,000 words 320pp, 60,000 words 180 col & b/w photos & a/ws 48pp, 10,000 words 48pp, 10,000 words 180 b/w photographs 180 b/w photographs and artworks 180 b/w photographs and artworks 180 b/w photographs and artworks 150 b/w photos & artworks ISBN: 978-1-78274-254-8 50 line drawings 50 line drawings and artworks ISBN: 978-1-78274-451-1 ISBN: 978-1-78274-432-0 ISBN: 978-1-78274-449-8 ISBN: 978-1-908696-62-5 £19.99 Hardback ISBN: 978-1-78274-088-9 ISBN: 978-1-78274-089-6 ISBN: 978-1-78274-450-4 £14.99 Flexibound £14.99 Flexibound £14.99 Flexibound £14.99 Paperback £4.99 Paperback £4.99 Paperback £14.99 Flexibound

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The Samurai Warrior Warriors of the World: Encyclopedia Battles of the Bible BEN HUBBARD The Ancient Warrior of Classic Warfare PHYLLIS G. JESTICE & OTHERS Camouflage at War The Illustrated History The Illustrated History 285 x 213mm (11¼ x 8¼”) MARTIN J. DOUGHERTY JACK WATKINS (GENERAL EDITOR) 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) Amphibious Warfare MARTIN J. DOUGHERTY of World War I of the Vietnam War 224 pages 246 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾”) 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 224pp, 60,000 words IAN SPELLER & CHRISTOPHER TUCK 268 x 205mm (10½ x 8”) ANDREW WIEST ANDREW WIEST & CHRIS MCNAB 50,000 words 224pp, 65,000 words 320pp, 100,000 words 20 col maps, 50 line drawings 245 x 183mm (9¾ x 7¼”) 224pp, 60,000 words 244 x 186mm (9¾ x 7½”) 244 x 186mm (9¾ x 7½”) More than 200 colour illustrations, 35 col & b/w photos, 110 col 400pp b/w & col photos and a/ws 160 col & b/w photos, 192pp, 60,000 words 200 col & b/w photos and a/ws 256pp, 60,000 words 256pp, 60,000 words photographs and maps & b/w a/ws ISBN: 9781907446917 ISBN: 9781905704668 150 b/w photographs, 25 b/w line ISBN: 978-1-78274-498-6 270 b/w photos & 60 col a/ws 250 colour photos and 30 colour a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-499-3 ISBN: 9781906626600 £24.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback drawings £19.99 Hardback ISBN: 978-1-78274-137-4 ISBN: 978-1-78274-288-3 £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback ISBN: 978-1-78274-140-4 £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback

General editor Jack Watkins is a

regular contributor to publications such THE GREATEST battles in history THE GREATEST as BBC History, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, Heritage Today and National Trust Magazine, writing on history, the BATTLES arts and conservation. He is also the author of The World’s Worst Inventions. THE GREATEST IN HISTORY He lives in southern England. Spanning more than three millennia of Picture Credits history, The Greatest Battles in History is an Front cover: The Battle of Hastings fought on 14 authoritative, fully illustrated history of October 1066 © National Geographic Creative/Alamy. 170 key battles, campaigns and wars from Back cover: A map of the siege of Friedland (1807) the ancient Egyptians to the end of the © Amber Books Ltd. The siege saw the French, led by Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon Bonaparte, decisively defeat the Russians. Arranged chronologically, The Greatest Other titles of interest: BATTLES Battles in History addresses ancient, Encyclopedia of Warfare medieval and early modern military action Dennis Showalter 978-1-78274-023-0 from all around the world, beginning with the Egyptian defeat of the Canaanites Battles That Changed History at the battle of Megiddo in 1457bc (one Dougherty, Rice, et al. IN HISTORY of the first properly recorded battles) and 978-1-906626-80-8 encompassing, among other conflicts, AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF classic warfare Roman campaigns, the Crusades, the Hundred Years’ War, Chinese and from megiddo to waterloo Japanese conflicts, the Seven Years’ War, the American Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars. From the battle of Megiddo in 1457bc to the battle of Waterloo in 1815ad, from GENERAL EDITOR: JACK WATKINS Combatants who appear include the chariot charges to cavalry encounters, from naval battles to sieges, The Greatest Persians, the Athenians, the Greeks, Battles in History tells the stories of 170 key battles, campaigns and wars from the the Teutonic Knights, the Huns, the GENERAL EDITOR:GENERAL JACK WATKINS Vikings, the Mongols and Saracens, ancient, medieval, early modern and revolutionary periods while Alexander the Great, Hannibal, Genghis Khan, Saladin, Joan of Arc, George Washington, Horatio Nelson • and Napoleon Bonaparte are among the Includes 150 annotated, colour maps of battles or campaigns, as well as colour military leaders featured. and black-&-white photographs, paintings and illustrations From javelins to cannons, from chariots to cavalry charges, from war elephants • to naval encounters, from Roman battle formations to sieges, The Greatest Battles Each featured battle or campaign includes a locator map, a key facts box for in History takes the reader through an quick and easy reference, and a timeline placing the battle into historical context immense history of the strategies, tactics, machinery and weaponry used in major military conflicts.

Website: www.amberbooks.co.uk Each entry includes full-colour Appstore: itunes.com/apps/amberbooksltd illustrations – either maps or artworks – Facebook: www.facebook.com/amberbooks as well as information boxes containing key facts and figures and a description Twitter: @amberbooks of the course of the battle. An easily accessible guide, The Greatest Battles in History is essential reading for enthusiasts and general readers alike. ISBN: 978-1-78274-544-0

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Fighting Techniques Fighting Techniques Fighting Techniques The Greatest Battles in History Cold War Plans American Battles Great Commanders of the Medieval World of the Oriental World of Naval Warfare JACK WATKINS (GENERAL EDITOR) World War II Plans That Never Happened & Campaigns of the American Civil War KELLY DEVRIES & OTHERS CHRISTER JORGENSEN & OTHERS ROB S. RICE & OTHERS 264 x 202mm (10½ x 8”) That Never Happened MICHAEL KERRIGAN KEVIN J. DOUGHERTY & OTHERS KEVIN J. DOUGHERTY 246 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾”) 246 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾”) 246 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾”) 320pp MICHAEL KERRIGAN 240 x 189 (9½ x 7½”) 264 x 208mm (9½ x 7½”) 264 x 202mm (10 x 8”) 256pp, 80,000 words 256pp, 80,000 words 256pp, 80,000 words 125,000 words 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 50,000 words 240pp, 70,000 words 224pp, 60,000 words 20 col maps, 25 col & b/w photos, 100 20 col maps, 25 col & b/w photos, 20 col maps, 25 col & b/w photos, More than 400 maps, illustrations 192pp, 50,000 words 50 b/w & col illus, 180 photos, 100 maps, 25 colour photos 160 col & b/w photos b/w a/ws 100 b/w a/ws 100 b/w a/ws and photographs 220 b/w & col photos and documents ISBN: 9781908273789 ISBN: 9781782743767 50 line drawings & 10 col maps ISBN: 9781906626624 ISBN: 9781905704965 ISBN: 9781906626235 ISBN: 978-1-78274-544-0 ISBN: 9781907446641 £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback ISBN: 978-1-78274-513-6 £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback

30 31 World War I World War II

Battles that Changed History Air Combat Land Combat The Illustrated History Hitler Rommel World War II Plans Chronology of World War II KELLY DEVRIES & OTHERS THOMAS NEWDICK MARTIN J. DOUGHERTY of World War I MICHAEL KERRIGAN In His Own Words That Never Happened DAVID JORDAN 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 285 x 211mm (11¼ x 8¼”) 285 x 211mm (11¼ x 8¼”) ANDREW WIEST 264 x 208mm (10½ x 8¼”) JOHN PIMLOTT (EDITOR) MICHAEL KERRIGAN 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 448pp, 160,000 words 320pp, 80,000 words 320pp, 80,000 words 244 x 186mm (9¾ x 7½”) 224pp, 60,000 words 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 160pp, 70,000 words 600 col & b/w photos & a/ws 300 col a/ws and photographs 300 col a/ws and photographs 256pp, 60,000 words 200 col & b/w photos & a/ws 192pp, 60,000 words 192pp, 50,000 words 300 col & b/w photos & a/ws ISBN: 978-1-906626-80-8 ISBN: 978-1-78274-333-0 ISBN: 978-1-78274-334-7 270 b/w photos & 60 col a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-494-8 120 b/w photographs 220 b/w & col photos and documents ISBN: 978-1-78274-068-1 £24.99 Paperback £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback ISBN: 978-1-78274-137-4 £19.99 Hardback ISBN: 9781782743163 ISBN: 9781907446641 £14.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Paperback £19.99 Hardback

The Western Front The Western Front The Eastern Front Naval Warfare Uniforms of World War II Stalin’s Secret Police The Downfall Hitler Youth 1917–1918 1914–1916 1914–1920 1914–1918 PETER DARMAN RUPERT BUTLER of the Third Reich BRENDA RALPH LEWIS ANDREW WIEST MICHAEL S. NEIBERG DAVID JORDAN & MICHAEL S. NEIBERG TIM BENBOW 285 x 213mm (11¼ x 8½”) 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) DUNCAN ANDERSON 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 246 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾”) 246 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾”) 246 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾”) 246 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾”) 288pp, 80,000 words 192pp, 65,000 words 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 192pp, 60,000 words 224pp, 75,000 words 224pp, 75,000 words 224pp, 75,000 words 224pp,75,000 words 270 col a/ws 100 b/w photographs 256pp, 70,000 words 120 b/w photos 150 b/w photos, 100 a/ws 150 b/w photos, 100 a/ws 150 b/w photos, 100 a/ws 150 b/w photos, 100 a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-329-3 ISBN: 9781782743170 275 photos, artworks and maps ISBN: 9781782743682 ISBN: 9781906626136 ISBN: 9781906626129 ISBN: 9781906626112 ISBN: 9781906626167 £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Paperback ISBN: 978-1-908696-53-3 £19.99 Paperback £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback £14.99 Paperback

Gallipoli & the Middle East The Balkans, Italy & Africa Illustrated Encyclopedia The Essential Aircraft 1914–1818 1914–1918 Weapons of World War I Identification Guide: Aircraft The German Soldier The Gestapo World War II Data Book: EDWARD J. ERICKSON DAVID JORDAN CHRIS BISHOP of World War I 1914–1918 in World War II RUPERT BUTLER The Third Reich 246 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾”) 246 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾”) 276 x 220mm (10¾ x 8¾”) JACK HERRIS & BOB PEARSON STEPHEN HART 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) pb CHRIS MCNAB 224pp, 75,000 words 224pp, 75,000 words 272pp, 65,000 words 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp; 50,000 words 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 150 b/w photos, 100 a/ws 150 b/w photos, 100 a/ws 600 col a/ws and photographs 192pp, 50,000 words 192pp, 60,000 words 120 black and white photos 192pp; 50,000 words ISBN: 9781906626150 ISBN: 9781906626143 ISBN: 978-1-78274-141-1 200 col & b/w a/ws & photos 120 b/w photos ISBN: 9781782743156 170 b/w photos, diagrams and maps £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback £24.99 Hardback ISBN: 9781906626655 ISBN: 9781782743712 £19.99 Paperback ISBN: 9781906626501 £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Paperback £19.99 Paperback

32 33 7th Armoured Division 1st SS Panzer Corps Visual Battle Guide: Visual Battle Guide: CAMPAIGNS OF WORLD WAR II: CAMPAIGNS OF WORLD WAR II: CAMPAIGNS OF WORLD WAR II: at Villers-Bocage at Villers-Bocage FIfth Guards Tank Army at Kursk Das Reich at Kursk The Eastern Front The Italian Front The Pacific War DAVID PORTER DAVID PORTER DAVID PORTER DAVID PORTER DUNCAN ANDERSON & OTHERS MICHAEL E. HASKEW ANDREW WIEST 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9in) 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9in) 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 192pp, 50,000 words 192pp 50,000 words 192pp, 50,000 words 192pp, 50,000 words 256 pages 256 pages 256 pages 150 col a/ws & b/w photos 150 col a/ws & b/w photos 100 col & b/w a/ws & photos 100 col & b/w a/ws & photos 70,000 words; 45 a/ws, 230 photos, 70,000 words; 45 a/ws, 230 b/w 70,000 words; 65 maps and a/s, ISBN: 9781908273772 ISBN: 9781908273765 ISBN: 9781907446610 ISBN: 9781907446627 10 colour maps photos, 10 colour maps 210 b/w photos £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback ISBN: 978-1-78274-608-9 ISBN: 978-1-78274-606-5 ISBN: 978-1-78274-607-2 £22.99 Paperback £22.99 Paperback £22.99 Paperback

Order of Battle: German Order of Battle: The Red Order of Battle: Western Allied Fighting Techniques of a Army in WWII Forces of WWII Luftwaffe in WWII Panzergrenadier 1941–45 Stalingrad - The Infernal Kursk - The Greatest Tank Battle The Battle of the Bulge: Hitler’s Berlin: The Final Reckoning DAVID PORTER MICHAEL E. HASKEW CHRIS BISHOP MATTHEW HUGHES & CHRIS MANN Cauldron M. K. BARBIER Last Hope KARL BAHM 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 285 x 213mm (11¼ x 8¼in) STEPHEN WALSH 285 x 213mm (11½ x 8½”) ROBIN CROSS 246 x 183mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 50,000 words 192pp, 50,000 words 192pp, 50,000 words 96 pages 246 x 183mm (11½ x 8½”) 176pp 246 x 183mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp 150 col & b/w photos & a/ws 150 col & b/w photos & a/ws 150 col & b/w photos & a/ws 35,000 words; 50 artworks, 40 photos 176pp 60,000 words; 150 b/w photos and 192pp 60,000 words ISBN: 9781906626525 ISBN: 9781906626549 ISBN: 9781906626204 ISBN: 978-1-78274-599-0 60,000 words; 190 b/w photos and artworks 60,000 words; 150 b/w photos, 10 b/w 150 b/w photographs, 16-page colour £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback £14.99 Paperback colour artworks ISBN: 978-1-78274-022-3 maps, 16-page colour insert of a/ws insert ISBN: 978-1-909160-58-3 £19.99 Hardback ISBN: 978-1-78274-136-7 ISBN: 978-1-78274-135-0 £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback

Fighting Techniques of a Fighting Techniques Enigma: How Breaking the Women at War in World War II Japanese Infantryman 1941–45 of a U.S. Marine 1941–1945 Code Helped Win World War II BRENDA RALPH LEWIS The SS: Hitler’s Instrument of Eastern Front in World War II Blitzkrieg: Hitler’s Lightning War LEO J. DAUGHERTY III LEO J. DAUGHERTY III MICHAEL KERRIGAN 268 x 205mm (10½ x 8”) Waffen-SS: Hitler’s Elite in Terror WILL FOWLER in Photographs 285 x 213mm (11¼ x 8¼in) 285 x 213mm (11¼ x 8¼in) 244 x 186mm (9½ x 7½”) 256 pages Photographs GORDON WILLIAMSON 245 x 204mm (9¾ x 8”) IAN BAXTER CHRISTOPHER AILSBY 96 pages 96 pages 224pp 60,000 words 295 x 234mm (11½ x 9¾”) 224pp 245 x 204mm (9¾ x 8”) 245 x 204mm (9¾ x 8”) 35,000 words; 50 artworks, 40 photos 35,000 words; 50 artworks, 40 50,000 words; 180 b/w and colour 300 colour and black-&-white photo- 304pp 50,000 words 224 pages 224 pages ISBN: 978-1-78274-600-3 photos photographs and artworks graphs 110,000 words; 50 col & 220 b/w 450 black-and-white photographs 50,000 words 50,000 words; 500 b/w photographs £14.99 Paperback ISBN: 978-1-78274-601-0 ISBN: 978-1-78274-587-7 ISBN: 978-1-78274-547-1 photos, artworks and maps ISBN: 978-1-78274-559-4 350 black-and-white photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-543-3 £14.99 Paperback £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback ISBN: 978-1-78274-028-5 £19.99 Paperback ISBN: 978-1-78274-542-6 £19.99 Paperback £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Paperback

34 35 SS Divisional Histories Aviation

Germany’s Secret Weapons of Germany’s Secret Masterplan in SS: Totenkopf SS: Wiking Personal Accounts of the Battles of the Waffen-SS Drones Technical Guide: World War II World War II CHRIS MANN RUPERT BUTLER Waffen SS at War GORDON WILLAMSON MARTIN J. DOUGHERTY Japanese Aircraft of World War II ROGER FORD CHRIS McNAB 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) GORDON WILLAMSON 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) THOMAS NEWDICK 1 264 x 208mm (10½ x 8¼”) 264 x 208mm (10½ x 8¼”) 192pp, 60,000 words 192pp, 60,000 words 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 60,000 words 224pp, 55,000 words 216 x 170mm (8 ⁄2 x 6¾”) 224pp 224pp 110 b/w photos 110 b/w photos 192pp, 60,000 words 120 b/w photos 200 col a/ws and photographs 128 pages, 25,000 words 60,000 words; 200 b/w and colour 200 col & b/w photos and a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-251-7 ISBN: 978-1-78274-248-7 120 b/w photos ISBN: 9781782743705 ISBN: 978-1-78274-255-5 120 artworks and 15 photos photographs, diagrams and maps 60,000 words £19.99 Paperback £19.99 Paperback ISBN: 9781782743699 £19.99 Paperback £19.99 Hardback ISBN: 978-1-78274-474-0 ISBN: 978-1-909160-56-9 ISBN: 978-1-78274-244-9 £19.99 Paperback £16.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback

FLYING THE WORLD’S GREATEST COMBAT AIRCRAFT

FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS FROM THE PILOTS WHO FLEW THEM IN ACTION

Flying the World’s Greatest Aviation Fact File: Aviation Fact File: Technical Drawings Combat Aircraft Classic Military Aircraft Helicopters of Aircraft of World War II SS: Leibstandarte SS: Das Reich SS: Hitlerjugend SS: Hitler’s Foreign Divisions JAMES BENNETT (EDITOR) JIM WINCHESTER (EDITOR) JIM WINCHESTER (EDITOR) PAUL E. EDEN (EDITOR) RUPERT BUTLER GREGORY L. MATTSON RUPERT BUTLER CHRIS BISHOP 297 x 224mm (11¾ x 9”) 213 x 290mm (8½ x 11¾”) 213 x 290mm (8½ x 11½”) 297 x 228mm (11¾ x 9”) 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 224pp 90,000 words 448pp; 120,000 words 256pp, 145,000 words 256pp, 50,000 words 192pp, 60,000 words 192pp, 60,000 words 192pp, 60,000 words 192pp, 60,000 words 375 col & b/w photos 2000 colour photos and a/ws 2000 col & b/w photos & artworks 385 col photos and 116 line artworks 110 b/w photos 110 b/w photos 110 b/w photos 110 b/w photos ISBN: 9781782744696 ISBN: 9781907446399 ISBN: 978-1-782740-87-2 ISBN: 978-1905704323 ISBN: 978-1-78274-249-4 ISBN: 978-1-78274-250-0 ISBN: 978-1-78274-247-0 ISBN: 978-1-78274-246-3 £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Paperback £19.99 Paperback £19.99 Paperback £19.99 Paperback

Chronology of Aviation World’s Greatest Military Aircraft Military Atlas Allied Aircraft JIM WINCHESTER THOMAS NEWDICK of Air Warfare of World War II SS: Hell on the Western Front Weapons and Fighting Tactics SS: Roll of Infamy SS: Hell on the Eastern Front 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) MARTIN J. DOUGHERTY CHRIS CHANT CHRIS BISHOP of the Waffen-SS CHRISTOPHER AILSBY CHRISTOPHER AILSBY 160pp, 70,000 words 224pp, 65,000 words 360 x 280mm (14¼ x 11”) 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) STEPHEN HART & RUSSELL HART 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 300 col & b/w photos & a/ws 200 col a/ws and photographs 176pp, 37,000 words 384pp, 100,000 words 192pp 60,000 words 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 60,000 words 192pp, 60,000 words ISBN: 978-1-78274-067-4 ISBN: 978-1-78274-263-0 120 col maps and 100 photographs 400 col & b/w a/ws & photos 120 b/w photographs 192pp, 60,000 words 150 b/w photographs 120 b/w photos £14.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback ISBN: 978-1-78274-138-1 ISBN: 978-1-78274-207-4 ISBN: 9781782743149 70 b/w photographs & 50 b/w a/ws ISBN: 9781782743132 ISBN: 9781782743675 £24.99 Hardback £29.99 Hardback £19.99 Paperback ISBN: 9781782743125 £19.99 Paperback £19.99 Paperback £19.99 Paperback

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Essential Submarine Collector’s Guides: Collector’s Guides: Collector’s Guides: Modern Military Aircraft The Essential Aircraft The Essential Aircraft The Essential Aircraft Identification Guide: Glock Colt Pistols & Revolvers THOMAS NEWDICK & TOM COOPER Identification Guide: Identification Guide: Identification Guide: Aircraft Kriegsmarine U-Boats CHRIS McNAB MICHAEL E. HASKEW MARTIN J. DOUGHERTY 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) Allied Fighters 1939–45 Allied Bombers 1939–45 of the Cold War 1945–1991 1939–45 244 x 186mm (9½ x 7¼”) 244 x 186mm (9½ x 7¼”) 244 x 186mm (9½ x 7¼”) 384pp, 100,000 words CHRISTOPHER CHANT CHRISTOPHER CHANT THOMAS NEWDICK CHRIS BISHOP 224pp, 50,000 words 224pp, 50,000 words 224pp 50,000 words 400 col & b/w a/ws & photos 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 200 colour and b/w photos & a/ws 200 colour and b/w photos & a/ws 200 colour and b/w photos & a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-066-7 192pp, 50,000 words 192pp, 50,000 words 192pp, 50,000 words 192pp, 50,000 words ISBN: 978-1-78274-256-2 ISBN: 978-1-78274-257-9 ISBN: 978-1-78274-150-3 £29.99 Hardback 200 col & b/w a/ws & photos 200 col & b/w a/ws & photos 200 col & b/w a/ws & photos 200 col & b/w a/ws & photos £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback ISBN: 9781905704699 ISBN: 9781905704705 ISBN: 9781906626631 ISBN: 9781904687962 £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback

The Essential Aircraft The Essential Aircraft Air Combat Top 50 Military Aircraft Identification Guide: Aircraft Identification Guide: THOMAS NEWDICK 264 x 208mm (10½ x 8¼”) Collector’s Guides: World’s Greatest Small Arms Small Arms: Small Arms: 285 x 211mm (11¼ x 8¼”) 208 pages of World War I 1914–1918 Carrier Aircraft 1917–Present Rifles & Muskets CHRIS McNAB Compared and Contrasted 17th Century to the Present Day THOMAS NEWDICK 320pp, 80,000 words 40,000 words JACK HERRIS & BOB PEARSON MICHAEL E. HASKEW 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) MARTIN J DOUGHERTY MARTIN J. DOUGHERTY 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 300 col a/ws and photographs 300 artworks and photographs 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 244 x 186mm (9½ x 7¼”) 224pp, 65,000 words 213 x 290mm (8½ x 11½”) 213 x 290mm (8½ x 11½”) 192pp, 50,000 words ISBN: 978-1-78274-333-0 ISBN: 978-1-78274-529-7 192pp, 50,000 words 224pp, 50,000 words 200 colour and b/w photos & a/ws 224pp, 70,000 words 224pp; 15,000 words 200 col a/ws & 50 photos £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback 200 col & b/w a/ws & photos 200 colour and b/w photos & a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-262-3 300 col photos and illustrations 250 col a/ws, 35 col & b/w photos ISBN: 9781907446979 ISBN: 9781906626655 ISBN: 978-1-78274-151-0 £19.99 Hardback ISBN: 978-1-78274-206-7 ISBN: 9781907446801 £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback

Naval Military Technology

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38 39 Camouflage at War Compared and Contrasted Compared and Contrasted Red Army Tanks of World War II MARTIN J. DOUGHERTY Weapons of World War II Modern Weapons TIM BEAN & WILL FOWLER WORLD WAR II GERMANY: WORLD WAR II GERMANY: WORLD WAR II GERMANY: WORLD WAR II GERMANY: 268 x 205mm (10½ x 8”) MICHAEL E. HASKEW MARTIN J DOUGHERTY 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) Hitler’s Secret Weapons The Luftwaffe The Third Reich Hitler’s Masterplan 224pp, 60,000 words 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 176pp, 70,000 words DAVID PORTER S. MIKE PAVELIC CHRIS McNAB CHRIS McNAB 200 col & b/w photos and a/ws 224pp, 40,000 words 224pp, 40,000 words 120 b/w photos, 50 b/w a/ws 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) ISBN: 978-1-78274-498-6 100 colour photos and a/ws 100 colour photos and a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-492-4 192pp 192pp 192pp 192pp £19.99 Hardback ISBN: 978-1-908696-69-4 ISBN: 978-1-908696-68-7 £19.99 Paperback 50,000 words 50,000 words; 150 photos, 50,000 words; 150 photographs, 50,000 words; 150 photographs, £19.99 Hardback £19.99 Hardback 150 photos, diagrams and maps diagrams and maps diagrams and maps diagrams and maps ISBN: 978-1-78274-595-2 ISBN: 978-1-78274-597-6 ISBN: 978-1-78274-598-3 ISBN: 9781782745945 £19.99 Paperback £19.99 Paperback £19.99 Paperback £19.99 Paperback

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42 C 1939–45 42 Index Camouflage at War 31, 40 Essential Weapons Identification Guide: Postwar Artillery Campaigns of World War II: The Eastern Front 35 1945–Present 42 1st SS Panzer Corps at Villers-Bocage 34 Campaigns of World War II: The Italian Front 35 Essential Weapons Identification Guide: Small Arms 7th Armoured Division at Villers-Bocage 34 Campaigns of World War II: The Pacific War 35 1914–1945 39, 42 100 Best-Selling Albums of the 70s 22 Carrier Aircraft 1917–Present 38, 42 Essential Weapons Identification Guide: Small Arms 1945– 100 Best-Selling Albums of the 80s 22 Cats Gone Bad 19 Present 39, 42 100 Best-Selling Albums of the 90s 22 Cats in Baskets 20 501 Unarmed Self-Defence Skills 27 Cats in Hats 19 F Celtic Castles 22 Fat Cats 19 A Celtic Legends 24 Fifth Guards Tank Army at Kursk 34 A-Z of Animals 18 Celts 24 Fighting Techniques of a Japanese Infantryman 1941–45 34 A-Z of Dinosaurs 18 Chronology of Aviation 37 Fighting Techniques of a Panzergrenadier 1941–45 34 A-Z of Sharks 18 Chronology of World War II 33 Fighting Techniques of a U.S. Marine 1941–1945 34 A-Z of Snakes 18 Civil Aircraft 21 Fighting Techniques of Naval Warfare 30 Abandoned Castles 22 Classic Military Aircraft 37 Fighting Techniques of the Medieval World 30 Abandoned Civilisations 3 Classic Warfare, The Encyclopedia of 26, 30 Fighting Techniques of the Oriental World 30 Abandoned Places 22 Cold War Plans that Never Happened 31 First Aid Survival Guide 28 Abandoned Wrecks 23 Collector’s Guides series Flying the World’s Greatest Combat Aircraft 37 Air Combat 32, 38 Colt 39 Air Warfare, Military Atlas of 37, 40 Glock 39 G Aircraft Anatomy 2 Pistols & Revolvers 39 German Soldier in World War II 33 Aircraft Carriers 38 Rifles & Muskets 39 German Weapons of World War II 9 Aircraft of the Cold War 1945–1991 38, 42 Compared and Contrasted: Modern Weapons 40 Germany’s Secret Masterplan in World War II 36 Aircraft of World War I 1914–1918 38 Compared and Contrasted: Weapons of World War II 40 Germany’s Secret Weapons of World War II 36 Aircraft of World War I: Essential Identification Guide 32, 42 Gestapo, The 33 Aircraft of World War II 21, 26 D Ghost Towns 22 Allied Aircraft of World War II 37, 41 Dark History of Hollywood 24 Golden Age of Sail, The 38 Allied Bombers 1939–45 38, 42 Dark History of Russia 3 Great Commanders of the American Civil War 31 Allied Fighters 1939–45 38, 41 Dark History of the American Presidents 24 Great World War II Weapons: B-17 Flying Fortress 15 Allied Tanks of World War II 41 Dark History of the Tudors 24 Great World War II Weapons: The Bismarck 15 American Battles and Campaigns 31 Das Reich at Kursk 34 Great World War II Weapons: The MP40 ‘Schmeisser’ 14 American Classic Cars 7 Dinosaurs 27 Great World War II Weapons: Panther Tank 14 Amphibious Warfare 31 Dinosaurs, A-Z 18 Great World War II Weapons: Tiger Tank 13 Ancient Egypt, The Encyclopedia of 25, 26 Dinosaurs (Mini Encyclopedia) 20 Greatest Battles in History, The 26, 30 Ancient Greece 17 Dinosaurs: The World’s Most Terrifying Creatures 18 Guitar Book 22 Ancient Rome 17 Dogs Gone Bad 19 Guitar Chords 20, 21 Ancient Warrior, The 30 Dogs in Cars 20 Animals, A-Z 18 Downfall of the Third Reich, The 33 H Animals Visual Encyclopedia 26 Drones 37 Haiku 19 Art of War (Illustrated), The 11 Halloween Hauntings 8 Art of War, The (New Translation) 19 E Haunted Places 23 Astrology 12 Eastern Front 1914–1920 32 Helicopters 37 Aviation Fact File: Classic Military Aircraft 37 Eastern Front (Campaigns of World War II) 35 History of Death, The 25 Aviation Fact File: Helicopters 37 Eastern Front in World War II 35 History of Pirates, The 25 Aztecs, Inca and Mayan Civilisations 11 Encyclopedia of Aircraft of Classic Warfare 26 History of Punishment, The 25 Encyclopedia of Aircraft of World War II 26 History of World War II, The 16 B Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt 25, 26 Hitler 25, 33 B-17 Flying Fortress 15 Encyclopedia of Classic Warfare 26, 30 Hitler Youth 33 Battle of the Bulge: Hitler’s Last Hope 35 Encyclopedia of Warfare 26 Hitler’s Masterplan 41 Battles of the Bible 30 Enigma: How Breaking the Code Helped Win World War II 34 Hitler’s Secret Weapons 41 Battles of the Waffen-SS 37 Essential Aircraft Identification Guide: Aircraft of the Cold How the Body Works 22, 26 Battles that Changed History 26, 32 War 1945–1991 38, 42 How the Brain Works 22 Berlin: The Final Reckoning 35 Essential Aircraft Identification Guide: Aircraft of World War I How to Fight Like a Special Forces Soldier 28 Best-Selling Albums 21 1914–1918 32, 38, 42 How to Look After Your Horse 27 Best-Selling Albums of the 70s 22 Essential Aircraft Identification Guide: Allied Bombers How to Pass the SAS and Special Forces Selection Course 28 Best-Selling Albums of the 80s 22 1939–45 38, 42 How to Sail 28 Best-Selling Albums of the 90s 22 Essential Aircraft Identification Guide: Allied Fighters How to Survive a Disaster 28 Birds 27 1939–45 38, 41 How to Survive Anything, Anywhere 6 Birds, World of 20 Essential Aircraft Identification Guide: Carrier Aircraft 1917– How to Survive at Sea 28 Bismarck, The 15 Present 38, 42 How to Survive in the City 28 Blitzkrieg: Hitler’s Lightning War in Photographs 35 Essential Submarine Identification Guide: Kriegsmarine How to Track and Navigate 28 Bloody History of America 24 U-Boats 1939–45 39, 42 Human Body, The 21, 22 Bloody History of London 24 Essential Tank Identification Guide: Wehrmacht Panzer Bloody History of Paris 24 Divisions 1939-45 42 I Bridges 23 Essential Vehicle Identification Guide: Panzergrenadier Illustrated Art of War 11 Bugs 20 Divisions 1939–45 42 Illustrated Encyclopedia of Space & Space Exploration 26 Bushido: The Code of the Samurai 19 Essential Vehicle Identification Guide: Waffen-SS Divisions Illustrated Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War I 26, 32 1939-45 42 Illustrated Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II 27 Essential Vehicle Identification Guide: Western Allied Tanks Illustrated History of the Vietnam War 31

43 Illustrated History of World War I 31, 32 R Top 50 Military Aircraft 38, 41 In The Footsteps of Alexander 30 Red Army in WWII, The 34 Top 50 Tanks 41 Infantry Combat 31 Red Army Tanks of World War II 40 Tracking a Serial Killer 27 Instruments of Torture 25 Rommel in His Own Words 25, 33 Troy 24 Ireland 23 Russian Tanks of World War II 39 Italian Front (Campaigns of World War II) 35 U Italy 23 S Ukulele for Beginners 21 Samurai Warrior, The 30 Ultimate Survival Guide 27 J SAS and Elite Forces Guide: Armed Combat 29 Unarmed Self-Defence Skills 27 Japanese Aircraft of World War II 37, 39 SAS and Elite Forces Guide: Extreme Fitness 29 Uniforms of World War II 33 SAS and Elite Forces Guide: Manhunt 29 K SAS and Elite Forces Guide: Preparing to Survive 29 V Kama Sutra, The 19 SAS and Elite Forces Guide: Prisoner of War Escape & Victorians, The 25 Kings & Queens of Europe 24, 25 Evasion 29 Vietnam War, The Illustrated History of 31 Kings & Queens of the Medieval World 25 SAS and Elite Forces Guide: Ropes and Knots 29 Viking Warrior, The 10, 30 Kriegsmarine, The 41 SAS and Elite Forces Guide: Sniper 29 Vikings: A History of the Norse People 24 Kriegsmarine U-Boats 1939–45 39, 42 SAS and Elite Forces Guide: Special Forces in Action 29 Visual Battle Guides 34 Kursk – The Greatest Tank Battle 35 SAS and Elite Forces Guide: Unarmed Combat 29 SAS and Special Forces Fitness Training 28 W L SAS and Special Forces Mental Toughness Training 28 Waffen-SS Divisions 1939–45 42 Land Combat 32 SAS and Special Forces Self Defence Handbook 28 Waffen-SS: Hitler’s Elite in Photographs 35 Lighthouses 23 Secret Operations of World War II 5 Warfare, The Encyclopedia of 26 Luftwaffe in WWII, The 34 Self-Defence: How to Defend Yourself 29 Warplanes of World War II 6 Luftwaffe, The 33, 41 Self-Defence: How to Punch 29 Warriors of the Ancient World 18 Sharks & Predators of the Deep 18 Warriors of the Medieval World 18 M Sharks, A–Z 18 Warriors of the World: The Ancient Warrior 30 Mammals 20 Ships 21 Wars of the Roses, The 31 Marine Life 20 Small Arms: 17th Century to the Present Day 39 Weapons 16 Medieval Knight, The 13 Small Arms 1914–1945 39, 42 Weapons and Fighting Tactics of the Waffen-SS 36 Military Aircraft, Tanks & Warships Visual Encyclopedia 4 Small Arms 1945–Present 39, 42 Weapons of World War I, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft, Top 50 38, 41 Small Arms: Compared and Contrasted 39 26, 32 Military Aircraft, World’s Greatest 37, 40 Small Arms Visual Encyclopedia 26 Weapons of World War II (Compared and Contrasted) 40 Military Atlas of Air Warfare 37, 40 Small Arms: World’s Greatest 39, 40 Weapons of World War II, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of 27 Military Atlas of Tank Warfare 40 Snakes, A-Z 18 Wehrmacht, The 40 Military Jet Aircraft 9 Space Exploration, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of 26 Wehrmacht Panzer Divisions 1939–45 42 Military Quiz Book 27 Special Forces in Action 29 Western Allied Forces of WWII 34 Military Uniforms Visual Encyclopedia 26 SS, The 40 Western Allied Tanks 1939–45 42 Minerals and Gemstones 20 SS: Das Reich 36 Western Front 1914–1916 32 Modern Military Aircraft 21, 38, 41 SS: Hell on the Eastern Front 36 Western Front 1917–1918 32 Modern Small Arms 7 SS: Hell on the Western Front 36 Women at War in World War II 34 Modern Weapons (Compared and Contrasted) 40 SS: Hitlerjugend 36 World of Birds, The 20 MP40 ‘Schmeisser’ 14 SS: Hitler’s Foreign Divisions 36 World War I, The Illustrated History of 31, 32 SS: Hitler’s Instrument of Terror 35 World War II Abandoned Places 23 N SS: Leibstandarte 36 World War II Data Book: The Luftwaffe 33 Native American Myths & Legends 2 SS: Roll of Infamy 36 World War II Data Book: The Third Reich 33 Native American Warriors 4 SS: Totenkopf 36 World War II Plans that Never Happened 31, 33 Naval Warfare 1914–1918 32 SS: Wiking 36 World War II Weapons: B-17 Flying Fortress 15 Norse Myths 24 Stalin 12 World War II Weapons: The Bismarck 15 Stalingrad – The Infernal Cauldron 35 World War II Weapons: MP40 ‘Schmeisser’ 14 O Stalin’s Secret Police 33 World War II Weapons: Panther Tank 14 Order of Battle: German Luftwaffe in WWII 34 Stars and Planets 20 World War II Weapons: Tiger Tank 13 Order of Battle: The Red Army in WWII 34 Submarines 38, 39, 40 World’s Greatest Aircraft Carriers 38 Order of Battle: Western Allied Forces of WWII 34 Supercars 21 World’s Greatest Cars 25 Orient Express, The 23 Survival Techniques 28 World’s Greatest Military Aircraft 37, 40 Surviving Extreme Weather 27 World’s Greatest Small Arms 39, 40 P World’s Greatest Submarines 38, 40 Pacific War (Campaigns of World War II) 35 T World’s Greatest Tanks 40 Pan Am Clipper, The 23 Tank Combat 31 World’s Worst Cars 21 Panther Tank 14 Tank Warfare 40 World’s Worst Inventions 21 Panzergrenadier Divisions 1939–45 42 Tanks & Military Vehicles 10 World’s Worst Weapons 21 Paris 23 Tanks, Top 50 41 Pawfect Friends 19 Tanks, Wehrmacht Panzer Divisions 1939–45 42 Z Pawfect Guide to Thinking Like a Dog, The 27 Tanks, Western Allied Tanks 1939–45 42 Zeppelin, The 23 Personal Accounts of the Waffen SS at War 37 Tanks, World’s Greatest 40 Plantagenets, The 5 Tao Te Ching 19 Postwar Artillery 1945-present 42 Technical Drawings of Aircraft of World War II 37 Prince, The 19 Technical Guide: Japanese Aircraft of World War II 37, 39 Pugs in Space 20 Technical Guide: Russian Tanks of World War II 39 Pugs on Rugs 19 Third Reich, The 33, 41 Purrfect Guide to Thinking Like a Cat, The 27 Tiger Tank 13

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