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The Polish Army 1939-45 by Steven J. Zaloga
Category: Cap Link Damages SPECIALS | Series: Men-at-arms
Poland was the first of the Allied nations to succumb to German aggression in the Second World War, but by the most tortuous of routes her army managed to remain in the field through all five years of bloody fighting. Polish soldiers fought in nearly every major campaign in the European theatre, and the ...Show more
The Portuguese in the Age of Discovery, C.1340-1665 by David Nicolle
Category: Cap Link Damages SPECIALS | Series: Men-at-arms
From humble beginnings, in the course of three centuries the Portuguese built the world's first truly global empire, stretching from modern Brazil to sub-Saharan Africa and from India to the East Indies (Indonesia). Portugal had established its present-day borders by 1300 and the following century saw e ...Show more
The Red Army of the Great Patriotic War, 1941-45 by MAA216
Category: Military | Series: Men-at-arms
On the verge of war in the summer of 1941, the Red Army was the largest in the world; but its enormous size could not disguise its serious weaknesses. It had performed well against Japan in the Far East at Khalkin Gol in 1939, but its performance during its unopposed invasion of eastern Poland in Septem ...Show more
The Roman Army from Hadrian to Constantine by Michael Simkins; Ronald Embleton (Illustrator)
Category: History | Series: Men-At-Arms Ser.
The year AD 122 was the first time a Roman Emperor had set foot in the Province of Britannia since the invasion in AD 43. No doubt he had read many reports concerning the damage caused by marauding tribesmen crossing from what is now Scotland into the Province. Hadrian, therefore, decided in the words o ...Show more
The Royal Netherlands East Indies Army 1936-42 by Lohnstein, Marc
Category: Military | Series: Men-At-Arms Ser.
Until 1945, Indonesia was a Dutch colony known as the Netherlands East Indies. In 1930, the area had over 60 million inhabitants and was a major exporter of oil, rubber, tin and quinine. It was a particularly strong trading partner for Japan, providing some 13 percent of Japan's oil needs--second only a ...Show more
The Spanish Civil War 1936-39 (1) - Nationalist Forces by Alejandro de Quesada; Stephen Walsh (Illustrator)
Category: Military | Series: Men-At-Arms Ser.
The Spanish Civil War, 1936-39, was the curtain-raiser to World War II, and the major international event of the 1930s. It was the first great clash of 20th-century ideologies, between the rebel Nationalist army led by General Franco (right-wing, and aided by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy), and the Rep ...Show more
The Spanish Civil War 1936-39 (2) - Republican Forces by Alejandro de Quesada; Stephen Walsh (Illustrator)
Category: Military | Series: Men-At-Arms Ser.
This book offers an extensive overview of the myriad Republican forces during the Spanish Civil War, 1936-39. The conflict was the curtain-raiser to World War II, and the major international event of the 1930s. The study illustrates, textually and visually, how the Republican forces were initially varie ...Show more
The Special Air Service by James G. Stortt
Category: Military | Series: Men-at-arms
Since its birth at Kabrti in 1941, the Special Air Service has consistently captured the imagination of the military and public alike by the daring and unconventional nature of its operations. The nature of the tasks and the methods peculiar to the SAS have made it difficult to standardise items of equi ...Show more
The US Army in World War II (3) - Northwest Europe by Mark Henry; Mike Chappell (Illustrator)
Category: Military | Series: Men-At-Arms Ser.
The GIs who struggled ashore through the surf of Omaha and Utah Beaches on 6 June 1944 were members of the best-equipped army ever assembled up to that date. It was in the NW Europe campaign of June 1944-May 1945 that the US Army was finally able to show its full potential for fluent mechanised warfare. ...Show more
The Venetian Empire 1200-1670 by David Nicolle; Christopher Rothero (Illustrator)
Category: History | Series: Men-At-Arms Ser.
The story of Venice is, to some extent, separate from that of the rest of Europe. The same could be said of the city's military history and organisation. Early in the 9th century the Venetians defeated Pepin the Frank's attempts to overawe them, and they remained, at least in theory, subject to Byzantiu ...Show more
The Waffen-SS by Martin Windrow; Jeffrey Burn
Category: Military | Series: Men-at-Arms Ser.
In the early 1920s, a tiny group was formed within the SA to serve as Hitler's personal bodyguard. Originally labelled the "Stosstruppe Adolf Hitler," they later became known as the SS - Schutz Staffeln, or "protection squads." From these humble beginnings, the SS rose to a nominal strength of 38 divisi ...Show more
The Waffen-SS (1) - 1. to 5. Divisions by Gordon Williamson; Stephen Andrew (Translator, Illustrator)
Category: Military | Series: Men-At-Arms Ser.
Despite being disdained by the German Army's professional officer corps, the military branch of the Nazi SS security organisation grew from an initial strength of only a handful of battalions at the outbreak of war in 1939 to hundreds of thousands of troops in dozens of divisions. The battlefield reputa ...Show more