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Special Forces Berlin Clandestine Cold War Operations of the US Army's Elite, 1956-1990

Stejskal James

ISBN: HB: 9781612004440, Casemate, March 2017
336 pp., 23.6x15.9 cm

It is a little-known fact that during the Cold War, two U.S. Army Special Forces detachments were stationed far behind the Iron Curtain in West Berlin. The existence and missions of the two detachments were highly classified secrets. The massive arm...

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Confronting Case Blue Briansk Front's Attempt to Derail the German Drive to the Caucasus, July 1942

Sdvizhkov Igor'

ISBN: HB: 9781911096436, Casemate, Helion and Company, February 2017
384 pp., 24.5x17 cm, 10 maps, 3 colour photos, 6 black&white photos

The author, Igor' Sdvizhkov, takes a close look at the attempt by the Briansk Front's Operational Group Chibisov to collapse the northern shoulder of the German drive to the Caucasus – north-west of Voronezh – in July 1942. Using both previously clas...

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White Sniper Simo Hayha

Saarelainen Tapio

ISBN: HB: 9781612004297, Casemate, November 2016
192 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

Simo Hنyhن (1905-2002) is the most famous sniper in the world. During the Winter War fought between Russia and Finland in 1939-1940 he had 542 confirmed kills with iron sights, a record that still stands today. He has been a role model for snipers al...

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Tigers in Combat, Volume III Operation, Training, Tactics

Schneider Wolfgang

ISBN: HB: 9781910777978, Casemate, Helion and Company, November 2016
520 pp., 30.5x21.8 cm, 1200 photos

"Tigers in Combat, Volume 3" closes the gap between the unit histories of volumes 1 and 2 and the technical descriptions in the Jentz and Spielberger books. For the first time, efforts are described in detail of what was taken to create units and wha...

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Vanished Hero The Life, War, and Mysterious Disappearance of America's WWII Strafing King

Stout Jay A.

ISBN: HB: 9781612003955, Casemate, November 2016
288 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 16 illus.

A hell-bent-for-leather fighter pilot, Elwyn G. Righetti remains one of the most elusive, yet compelling, colorful and controversial commanders of World War II. Arriving late to the war, he led the England-based 55th Fighter Group against the Nazis d...

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Africa

First Victory The Second World War and the East Africa Campaign

Stewart Andrew

ISBN: HB: 9780300208559, Yale University Press, October 2016
328 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 20 black&white illus.

A riveting new account of the long-overlooked achievement of British-led forces who, against all odds, scored the first major Allied victory of the Second World War Surprisingly neglected in accounts of Allied wartime triumphs, in 1941 British and Co...

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Ancient World

Caesar's Greatest Victory The Battle of Alesia, Gaul 52 BC

Sadler John, Serdiville Rosie

ISBN: HB: 9781612004051, Casemate, October 2016
320 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 27 illus.

The Battle for Alesia was a decisive moment in world history. It determined whether Rome would finally conquer Gaul or whether Celtic chieftain Vercingetorix would throw off the yoke and consequently whether a number of independent Celtic tribal king...

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Backroom Boys Alfred Conlon and Army's Directorate of Research and Civil Affairs,1942-46

Sligo Graeme

ISBN: HB: 9781921941122, Casemate, Big Sky Publishing, October 2016
416 pp., 23.2x15.5 cm

"The Backroom Boys" is the remarkable, but little known, story of how a varied group of talented intellectuals, drafted into the Australian Army in the dark days of 1942, provided high-level policy advice to Australia's most senior soldier, General B...

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Do Unto Others Counter Bombardment in Australia's Military Campaigns

Smith Alan H.

ISBN: HB: 9780987057440, Casemate, Big Sky Publishing, October 2016
448 pp., 23.2x15.5 cm

Since 1899, the significant role Australian gunners have played in supporting the Australian Military Forces' campaigns has been well-documented. They have gallantly and whole-heartedly supported Australian, British, New Zealand and Indian armies in...

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101st Airborne Market Garden 1944

Smith Stephen, Forty Simon

ISBN: PB: 9781612004235, Casemate, Past & Present, October 2016
64 pp., 23.4x18.4 cm, 140 illus.

After its operations in the Cotentin and around Carentan, the 101st was withdrawn from the lines in late June and sailed back to England on LSTs in July. After several false alerts, they invaded by air again into the Netherlands on September 17, 1944...

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