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Luftwaffe Night Fighter Aces 1940–43 Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 128
ISBN: 9781636244907
Pub Date: 17 Jan 2025
Illustrations: 100+ photographs and artwork
Description:
On 10 May 1940, the Wehrmacht launched its assault on the West. One element of the West’s response was the dispatch of RAF Bomber Command ‘heavy’ bombers at night over German industrial centers. These raids had only limited effectiveness, but the inability of the Luftwaffe to chase down RAF bombers at night so annoyed Wolfgang Falck that it swiftly resulted in the creation of a credible night fighter force.
RRP: £24.95
Panzer Crewman Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 128
ISBN: 9781636244600
Pub Date: 17 Jan 2025
Illustrations: 150 photos
Description:
A fully illustrated introduction to the role, and experience, of the Panzer crewman.The German Panzerwaffe ripped up the rulebooks of war that had been laid down by the grinding slaughter of the trenches of World War I. Armored vehicles, close-air support, and bold leadership based on mission command, Auftragstaktik, cut a deadly swathe through the armies of east and west Europe.
RRP: £24.95
The East Pomeranian Offensive, 1945 Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 128
ISBN: 9781636243887
Pub Date: 17 Jan 2025
Illustrations: 120–150 illustrations
Description:
In early 1945, the Red Army marched into East Prussia. Having advanced across Poland, relentlessly pushing back German forces, the Red Army built up forces along the Oder River, preparing for the final push towards Berlin. But before that battle could take place, it was necessary to clear and destroy German forces in Pomerania and West Prussia.
RRP: £24.95
The Soviet Battle for Berlin, 1945 Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 128
ISBN: 9781636244372
Pub Date: 17 Jan 2025
Description:
In the spring of 1945, simultaneously with the battle of the Seelow Heights, powerful Red Army spearheads launched three sub-offensive operations to clear German resistance for the Berlin operation. Between April 13 and 17, 1945, elements of the 2nd Belorussian Front replaced parts of the 1st Belorussian Front and began to prepare their offensive operations. Bitter fighting ensued, as German units desperately tried to hold their positions.
RRP: £24.95
The Waffen-SS at Kharkov Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 128
ISBN: 9781636244396
Pub Date: 17 Jan 2025
Illustrations: photographs, maps and artwork
Description:
At the beginning of 1943, the German armed forces were in crisis on the southern front in Russia. The Soviets had launched a series of offensives from November 1942 that pushed the Germans back hundreds of kilometers. The Germans had no more significant reserves available, and enormous breaches had opened between defensive lines.
RRP: £24.95
Tripolitania in the Roman Empire and beyond Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
ISBN: 9781915808103
Pub Date: 17 Jan 2025
Imprint: British Institute for Libyan and Northen African Studies
Description:
This book provides an up-to-date account of the archaeology, history, economy, urbanism, art, and architecture of the North African region of Tripolitania during antiquity. The essays by international scholars outline current research and the most recent developments in the archaeology of this territory. The strong interdisciplinary character of the texts reflects the expertise of the different authors – from studies of the landscape and urban development, to funerary practices, architecture, military operations and food supply.
The Evolution of the Gospelettes Cover The Evolution of the Gospelettes Cover
Format: 
Pages: 304
ISBN: 9781950564446
Pub Date: 16 Jan 2025
Pages: 304
ISBN: 9781950564453
Pub Date: 16 Jan 2025
Description:
The Holliman sisters have voices like angels. In 1972, when their father, Garland, hears the girls' beautiful harmonies, he decides to start a family gospel group with his wife Big Jean and four teenage children: the twins, Jeannie and Junior, and their younger sisters, Debbie and Patty. The Gospelettes become a popular act, traveling throughout Kentucky and the surrounding states spreading the gospel in song.
Troublesome Rising Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
ISBN: 9781950564439
Pub Date: 16 Jan 2025
Illustrations: 1 map, 24 b&w illustrations
Description:
"The flood came at night, forcefully and quickly, destroying so many lives in its wake. Unfortunately, I'm afraid it will happen again and again." — Carter SickelsIn late July 2022, a catastrophic flash flood claimed the lives of more than forty people and devastated homes and communities in Central Appalachia.
Saving MacArthur Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 256
ISBN: 9781636245621
Pub Date: 15 Jan 2025
Illustrations: 16 pages of photographs
Description:
A photo in the New York Times on June 10, 1942 depicted a young naval officer, John Duncan Bulkeley, and his wife in the back of an open touring car as they were being treated to a New York ticker tape parade. Hundreds of thousands of people were cheering him in a hero’s welcome not seen since Charles Lindbergh returned from his solo flight across the Atlantic. The 30-year-old Bulkeley was just back from the Philippines, where he had pulled off one of the most spectacular rescues in U.
RRP: £29.95
The Douglas Boston in RAAF Service Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 150
ISBN: 9780975642344
Pub Date: 15 Jan 2025
Imprint: Avonmore Books
Illustrations: fully illustrated;colour
Description:
This volume presents the most detailed history and accurate profiles to date of the Douglas Boston light bomber (DB-7B and A-20 models) in RAAF Pacific service. Unusually just one unit, No. 22 Squadron, operated the type.