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Kursk 1943 The Greatest Battle of the Second World War

Toeppel Roman

ISBN: HB: 9781912390038, Casemate, Helion and Company, March 2018
184 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 24 black&white photos, 8 colour maps, 1 table

The Battle of Kursk in the summer of 1943 was one of the greatest battles in military history involving more than 3 million soldiers, 10,000 tanks and 8,000 aircraft. While many books have been written on this allegedly most decisive battle of the Se...

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Asia

Khe Sanh Siege in the Clouds. An Oral History

Hammel Eric

ISBN: PB: 9781612005904, Casemate, February 2018
512 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 16 pages of photos

In late 1967 as part of the Tet offensive, U.S. commanders hoped to lure the North Vietnamese Army into exposing large numbers of soldiers to their overwhelming air power. But in January 1968, a U.S. Marine Corps force found themselves surrounded by...

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Short History

Knights Chivalry and Violence

Sadler John, Serdiville Rosie

ISBN: PB: 9781612005171, Casemate, September 2017
160 pp., 19.8x12.5 cm, 30 black&white illus.

Originally warriors mounted on horseback, knights became associated with the concept of chivalry as it was popularised in medieval European literature. Knights were expected to fight bravely and honourably and be loyal to their lord until death if ne...

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Killer Butterflies Combat, Psychology and Morale in the British 19th (Western) Division 1915-18

Roberts James

ISBN: HB: 9781911512240, Casemate, Helion and Company, June 2017
168 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 8 black&white illus.

In this ground-breaking work, James Roberts examines the willingness and ability of British volunteer and conscript infantrymen of the Great War to perform the soldier's fundamental role: to kill or maim the enemy, and accept the attendant chance of...

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Military

Kubelwagen and Schwimmwagen A Visual History of the German Army's Multi-Purpose Vehicle

Doyle David

ISBN: PB: 9781944367039, Casemate, The Ampersand Group, January 2016
120 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 250 illus.

The vehicle that was to become the Type 82 Kubelwagen had its roots in the development of the Volkswagen "People's Car". With war clouds gathering over Europe, the efforts of the Volkswagen facility were turned to the production of military vehicles....

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Military

Kangzhan Guide to Chinese Ground Forces 1937-1945

Ness Leland, Shih Bin

ISBN: PB: 9781910294420, Casemate, Helion and Company, March 2015
624 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 15 maps, 100 tables, 300 black&white illus.

"Kangzhan: Guide to Chinese Ground Forces 1937-1945" is the first ready reference to the organization and armament of Chinese ground forces during the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945. The work integrates Chinese, Japanese and Western sources to examin...

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Military

Kosova Liberation Army Underground War to Balkan Insurgency, 1948-2001

Pettifer James

ISBN: PB: 9781849043748, Hurst Publishers, January 2014
320 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! The Kosova Liberation Army (KLA) was the first successful insurgent movement in Europe since the Second World War. In the struggle against Milosevic's Serbia it developed from a tiny group in the Swiss political underground in...

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Kharkov 1943

Naud Philippe

ISBN: PB: 9782352502371, Casemate, Histoire et Collections, January 2013
80 pp., 24x20 cm, illustrated throughout

Between February and March 1943 Ukraine's second town, Kharkov, was the scene of a fierce struggle between the Red Army and Axis troops. Feeling optimistic after the Stalingrad triumph, Stalin thought that his adversaries were in full flight. But Fel...

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Military

Killing Civilians Method, Madness and Morality in War

Slim Hugo

ISBN: PB: 9781850659143, ISBN: HB: 9781850658818, Hurst Publishers, May 2008
300 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! This is a book about how civilians suffer in war and why people decide that they should. Most civilian suffering in war is deliberate and always has been. Massacres, rape, displacement, famine and disease are usually designed....

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