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Paras Portugal's First Elite Force in Africa, 1961-1974

Cann John P.

ISBN: PB: 9781911512486, Casemate, Helion and Company, January 2017
72 pp., 29.7x21 cm, 27 colour illus., 73 black&white illus.

Portuguese paratroopers or "paras" began as a stepchild of the army and found a home in the Portuguese Air Force in 1955. Initially, the post-World War Two Portuguese Army seemed to have had mixed emotions about the need for elite, special-purpose fo...

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Portuguese Commandos Feared Insurgent Hunters, 1961-1974

Cann John P.

ISBN: PB: 9781911096320, Casemate, Helion and Company, January 2017
104 pp., 29.7x21 cm, 90 black&white illus., 10 colour photos, 10 tables, 15 maps

During the 13-year insurgency (1961-74) in Portuguese Africa, more than 800,000 men and women served in the Portuguese armed forces. Of this number, about 9,000 served as commandos (or about 1 percent). Yet their combat losses ? 357 dead, 28 missing...

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Iran-Iraq War Volume 2: Iran Strikes Back, June 1982 - December 1986

Hooton E. R., Nadimi Farzin, Cooper Tom

ISBN: PB: 9781911096573, Casemate, Helion and Company, January 2017
112 pp., 29.7x21 cm, 135 colour illus., 5 maps, 5 charts

The Iran-Iraq War was one of the bloodiest conflicts of the 20th century and accidentally created the current nightmare of Islamic fundamentalist terrorism. There have been many books on the conflict, but this is the first detailed military history u...

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Military

Crete: The Battle for Heraklion 1941 The Campaign Revealed through Allied and Axis Accounts

Prekatsounakis Yannis

ISBN: HB: 9781911096337, Casemate, Helion and Company, January 2017
352 pp., 24.5x17 cm, 400 black&white illus., 28 maps

Crete, 20 May 1941: the first campaign-sized airborne assault is launched. Many books have been written about this famous invasion, with the emphasis mainly on the battles for Maleme and Chania. The Battle for Heraklion – an epic struggle – remained...

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Europe

Children and War Volume 2: Past and Present

Prontera Grazia, Aschauer Wolfgang, Buckley John, Embachler Helga, Albert Albert

ISBN: PB: 9781911096917, Casemate, Helion and Company, January 2017
284 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 2 tables, 28 black&white illus.

The amount of international research on "Children and War" carried out by academics, governments and non-governmental organisations has continually increased in recent years. At the same time there has been growing public interest in how children exp...

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Military

Reconographers Intelligence and Reconnaissance in British Tank Operations on the Western Front 1916-18

Hardy Colin

ISBN: HB: 9781911096344, Casemate, Helion and Company, December 2016
144 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 34 photos, 9 maps, 10 pencil sketches, 3 diags

This is the first book devoted to the subject of reconnaissance in the nascent Tank Corps in the Great War. It is a neglected field in spite of passing references to reconnaissance in a number of early books on the history of the Tank Corps. This is...

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Military

Rout of the German Forces in Belorussia Operation Bagration, 23 June - 29 August 1944

Harrison Richard W.

ISBN: HB: 9781911096597, Casemate, Helion and Company, December 2016
416 pp., 24.4x17 cm, 4 maps

"The Rout of the German-Fascist Troops in Belorussia in 1944" covers the Red Army's Belorussian strategic operation: the linchpin of the 10 major Soviet offensive efforts launched that year to clear the country of the invader. During the course of th...

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Iran-Iraq War Volume 1: The Battle for Khuzestan, September 1980 - May 1982

Hooton E. R., Nadimi Farzin, Cooper Tom

ISBN: PB: 9781911096566, Casemate, Helion and Company, December 2016
80 pp., 29.7x21 cm, 135 colour illus., 5 maps, 5 charts

The Iran-Iraq War was one of the bloodiest conflicts of the 20th century and accidentally created the current nightmare of Islamic fundamentalist terrorism. There have been many books on the conflict, but this is the first detailed military history u...

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Aviation

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Hawker Hunters at War Iraq and Jordan, 1958-1967

Cooper Tom, Salti Patricia

ISBN: PB: 9781911096252, Casemate, Helion and Company, December 2016
104 pp., 29.7x21 cm, 113 black&white photos, 12 colour photos, 15 colour profiles

Designed by Sydney Camm as a swept wing, daytime interceptor with excellent manoeuvrability, the Hunter became the first jet aircraft manufactured by Hawker for the Royal Air Force. It set numerous aviation records and saw widespread service with a l...

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Military

Approach to Battle Training the Indian Army During the Second World War

Jeffreys Alan

ISBN: HB: 9781911096511, Casemate, Helion and Company, December 2016
224 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 8 maps

The Indian Army was the largest volunteer army during the Second World War. Indian Army divisions fought in the Middle East, North Africa and Italy – and went to make up the overwhelming majority of the troops in South East Asia. Over two million per...

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