Osprey Publishing imprint: 2000 books
by Terrance McGovern, Nikolai Bogdanovic, Dr Edward C. Harris
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018
Due to its location in the western North Atlantic some 600 miles off the Carolinas and halfway between Halifax in Canada and Jamaica in the West Indies, the island of Bermuda was a key naval haven for the Royal Navy over the centuries. It was vital for the Navy first in the development of its American...
by Christopher Orlebar
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2017
From her first commercial flight in 1976, and throughout 27 years of service, Concorde was hailed as a technological wonder. The only passenger airliner capable of maintaining speeds in excess of Mach 2 for more than two hours at a time, she became one of the most iconic aircraft ever built.
Drawing...
by Nic Fields
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2015
One of the most powerful men in late antiquity, Attila's peerless Hunnic empire stretched from the Ural mountains to the Rhine river. In a series of epic campaigns dating from the AD 430s until his death in AD 453, he ravaged first the Eastern and later the Western Roman Empire, invading Italy in...
Soldier ‘I’
The story of an SAS Hero
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
No publicity, no media. We move in silently, do our job, and melt away into the background. If you have the stamina, the willpower and the guts, we'll welcome you with open arms and you one of us. And if you haven't, then it's been very nice knowing you. Eighteen years in the SAS saw Pete Winner,...
Israel’s Lightning Strike
The raid on Entebbe 1976
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2012
The Israeli Special Forces' operation at Entebbe goes down in history as one of the most audacious counter-terrorist assaults ever conducted. On 27 June 1976, four terrorists – two of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and two of the German Baader-Meinhof terrorist group – highjacked...
SAS Heroes
Remarkable Soldiers, Extraordinary Men
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
SAS Heroes contains former SAS member Pete Scholey's memories of 20 soldiers who were genuine heroes, although many were never recognised as such during their lives or even in death. It is a book of stories about soldiers who fought for their country with no desire to be famous, feted or rewarded,...
The Regiment
15 Years in the SAS
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
From its early beginnings in World War II, the Special Air Service (SAS) has won renown in some of the most dramatic, dangerous and controversial military special operations of the 20th century. It is a secretive and mysterious unit, whose operations and internal structures are hidden from the public...
Tonight We Die As Men PB
The Untold Story of Third Batallion 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment from Toccoa to D-Day
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2011
The exploits of the 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment have long been overshadowed by those of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion. Yet the actions of the 3rd Battalion during the D-Day landings were every bit as incredible. This is the astounding story of how, after suffering many immediate...
Hell in the Pacific
The Battle for Iwo Jima
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2011
The battle of Iwo Jima saw one hundred thousand men fighting over a tiny volcanic island of just 8 square miles. The island was of major strategic importance to the US Air Force. However, it was also of supreme importance to the 20,000 Japanese troops who were deeply entrenched in the island when...
The Chaco War 1932–35
South America’s greatest modern conflict
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2011
The Chaco War was massive territorial war between Bolivia and Paraguay, which cost almost a 100,000 lives. An old fashioned territorial dispute, the contested area was the Gran Chaco Boreal, a 100,000-square mile region of swamp, jungle and pampas with isolated fortified towns. The wilderness terrain...
by Wayne Stack
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011
The New Zealand Expeditionary Force earned an elite reputation on the Western Front In World War I, and the New Zealanders' war effort was a defining moment in their national history. The statistics are astonishing: of the total population of New Zealand of 1 million, no fewer than 100,000 men enlisted,...
The Hunt for Pancho Villa
The Columbus Raid and Pershing’s Punitive Expedition 1916–17
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
On March 9, 1916, troops under the command of Pancho Villa attacked Columbus, New Mexico and its local detachment of the US 13th Cavalry Regiment, killing 18 people and burning the town. Six days later, on orders from President Woodrow Wilson, General John J. "Black Jack†? Pershing led an expeditionary...
The Bay of Pigs
Cuba 1961
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011
ALSO AVAILABLE TO BUY AS AN E-BOOK. The landings by the Cuban exile Assault Brigade 2506 at the Bay of Pigs on April 17, 1961 led to three days of savage but unequal combat. Before they even sailed for Cuba, a White House decision had condemned them to constant attacks by Castro's air force, which...
by J. Kenneth Eward
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2016
In the age of modern warfare the changing landscape of the 21st century battlefield has demanded a transformation within the US Marine Corps Special Operations. Adapting to a huge range of combat environments, an enormous array of specialist uniforms, protective armour and battlefield electronic devices...