NEW BOOKS AUTUMN 2015 Art • Military • Aviation • Maritime & Naval History Welcome to the 2015 Casemate UK Autumn Catalogue OVERSEAS DISTRIBUTORS AND AGENTS With more publishers than ever before CONTENTS we present to you a vast and impressively Casemate UK ....................................................................1 diverse selection of military history Casemate ...........................................................................6 books this autumn. Alongside established Pool of London Press ................................................10 Casemate UK favourites we are pleased to 30 Degrees South ....................................................... 15 welcome new distributed publishers Big Amber Books ................................................................. 18 Sky Publishing, Fighting High Publishing, Harpia Publishing, Sabrestorm and WTM. Big Sky Publishing .......................................................22 Don’t forget to check out our bestsellers Enigma Books ...............................................................26 section on pages 38 to 42. Fighting High Publishing ..........................................28 With an excellent selection of new books Harpia Publishing ........................................................31 from our distributed publishers and two Heimdal ............................................................................35 new publishing imprints of our own it’s Casemate Bestsellers ...............................................38 an exciting time for Casemate UK – we Helion & Company .....................................................43 look forward to keeping you updated Histoire et Collections ..............................................60 throughout 2015. Kagero ...............................................................................62 Join the conversation! Ken Trotman Books ...................................................65 The Casemate UK team has a new military Model Centrum Progres ...........................................66 historyPOOL blog OF – do LONDON stop by to BRANDINGdiscover extra GUIDELINESOREP ..................................................................................67 content, our favourite books, and posts Paladin Press .................................................................68 fromCOLOURS: authors. Potomac Books ............................................................69 Presidio Press ................................................................72 www.casematepublishers.co.uk/blog RZM Publishing ..............................................................73 Facebook “f” Logo CMYK / .eps Facebook “f” Logo CMYK / .eps Sabrestorm .....................................................................74 100k /casemateuk40k Savas Beatie ..................................................................77 Stackpole Books ..........................................................79 LOGOS:@Casemate_UK WTM ....................................................................................82 Piano Nobile ...................................................................83 Anomie ..............................................................................83 Font: Futura Medium POOLOFLONDON Tracking 100Oxbow Books and partners ...................................84 outline version for use without font We are delighted to announce in this catalogue a Following the overwhelmingly positive reception new publishing venture for the Casemate Group for our first published titles, the CUK publishing namely the Pool of London Press which we programme continues to grow this autumn. willPOOL launch OFin SeptemberLONDON 2015. Focusing logoon withthe website In this catalogue you will find an entertaining specialistWWW.POOLOFLONDON.COM fields of naval, military and exploration history of the Long Range Desert Group; an history, the Pool of London Press will publish expert examination of the Battle of Britain; and beautifully produced printed books and digital an account of the previously unacknowledged products for a dedicated readership. Turn to page crucial role that that Netherland forces played in 10 to find out more. outline version the Battle of Waterloo. for use without font *[email protected] | (+44 (0)1865 241249 | 8www.casematepublishers.co.uk Cover image taken from ‘The Most Dangerous Moment of the War’, p. 2 © Bridgeman Images CASEMATE UK CASEMATE WELLINGTON’S HIDDEN HEROES The Dutch and the Belgians at Waterloo WELLINGTON’S By Veronica Baker-Smith • A fresh look at the impact and aid of the Dutch HIDDEN HEROES and the Belgians in Wellington’s campaign at The Dutch and the Belgians at Waterloo Waterloo The Dutch-Belgians have been variously described as inexperienced, incompetent and cowardly, a rogue element in the otherwise disciplined Allied Army. It is only now being tentatively acknowledged that they alone saved Wellington from disaster at Quatre Bras. He had committed a strategic error in that, as Napoleon advanced, his own troops were scattered over a hundred kilometres of southern Belgium. Outnumbered three to one, the Netherlanders gave him time to concentrate his forces, and save Brussels from French occupation. At Waterloo itself, on at least three occasions when the fate of the battle ‘hung upon the cusp’ their engagement with the enemy aided British recovery. For the first time, a full assessment is made of Veronica Baker-Smith the challenge which Willem I faced as King of a country hastily cobbled together by the Congress 19TH CENTURY | WATERLOO of Vienna, and of his achievement in assembling, equipping and training thirty thousand men from scratch in eighteen months, and the crucial role they 9781612003320 ■ July 2015 ■ £19.99 228 x 152 mm ■ Hardback ■ 208 pages played in the Waterloo campaign. This is a timely reassessment in the two hundredth anniversary year of the battle of Waterloo. The veneration which the Duke of Wellington justifiably enjoyed after the Waterloo Campaign should not be allowed to forgive his lifelong lack of acknowledgment of the debt he owed the Netherlanders. As he once said himself, ‘there should be glory enough for all’, and it is high time that they are allowed to claim their share. Related titles 9781936274192 9781909982963 9781932033731 June 2011 ■ £16.99 April 2015 ■ £37.50 January 2008 ■ £18.99 Enigma Books Helion & Company Casemate +44 (0) 1865 241249 ◆ WWW.CASEMATEPUBLISHERS.CO.UK ◆ SPRING 2015 AUTUMN 2015 ◆ WWW.CASEMATEPUBLISHERS.CO.UK ◆ +44 (0) 1865 241249 1 CASEMATE UK CASEMATE ‘THE MOST DANGEROUS MOMENT OF THE WAR’ Japan’s Attack on the Indian Ocean, 1942 By John Clancy • Tells the story of the events of this dramatic but little known episode in which a major catastrophe was only narrowly averted In early April 1942, a little-known chapter of World War II took place, said by Sir Winston Churchill to be ‘the most dangerous moment of the war’ when 'THE MOST the Japanese made their only major offensive westwards into the Indian Ocean. DANGEROUS War in the Far East had erupted with the attack MOMENT OF THE WAR' on Pearl Harbour on 7th December 1941 and it appeared that the British naval bases at Ceylon would be next. JAPAN’S ATTACK ON With the Japanese forces seeming unstoppable, the Indian Ocean lay open and undefended. So far the THE INDIAN OCEAN, Japanese had suffered no significant losses and the offensive continued unabated as they steamed JOHN CLANCY 1942 westward, unopposed. It was generally felt Ceylon would be next to fall. ASIAN HISTORY | WORLD WAR 2 After the war Churchill acknowledged that the potential disaster at Ceylon had been averted by 9781612003344 November 2015 £19.99 ■ ■ the brave actions of one pilot, Squadron Leader 228 x 152 mm ■ Hardback ■ 208 pages L.J. Birchall who flying his Catalina flying boat on a regular patrol, spotted the Japanese warships massing some 350 miles from Ceylon. He was spotted by the Japanese whose aircraft shot him down but before he crashed, Birchall managed to send a brief radio message back to his base. This gave the island’s defence forces sufficient time to prepare for the attack and to disperse the British fleet out to sea. Churchill acknowledged this pilot had made one of the most important single contributions to our victory. Related titles 9781612002996 9781612003078 9781612000107 June 2015 ■ £20.99 June 2015 ■ £20.99 April 2011 ■ £22.50 Casemate Casemate Casemate 2 +44 (0) 1865 241249 ◆ WWW.CASEMATEPUBLISHERS.CO.UK ◆ AUTUMN 2015 CASEMATE UK CASEMATE THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN An Epic Conflict Revisited THE BATTLE THE BATTLE By Christer Bergström • The most thorough, expert examination of the topic available. Illustrated with numerous OF BRITAIN maps and rare photos, it reviews the battle as seldom seen before Illustrated throughout with maps and rare photos, THE BATTLE plus a colour section closely depicting the aircraft, this work describes the battle in great detail and uncovers new conclusions. The Battle of Britain was a turning in point in military history, and arguably OF BRITAIN in the fate of the world. By late summer 1940 Nazi AN EPIC CONFLICT REVISITED Germany had conquered all its opponents on the Christer Bergström Christer continent, including the British Army itself, which was forced to scramble back aboard small boats to its shores. With a Non-Aggression Pact with the Soviet Union in hand, Hitler had only one remaining object that season – the British Isles themselves. However, before he could invade, his Luftwaffe needed to wipe the Royal Air Force from