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Imperial Japanese Navy Heavy Cruisers 1941-45 by Mark Stille Publisher Comments Designed with little more than a passing nod to the international naval treaties of the inter-war period, the Imperial Japanese Navy's heavy cruisers were fast and heavily armed. Like the other vessels of the Japanese Navy, the heavy cruisers were... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $12.38 Google eBooks - Electronic 
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The Texan Army 1835-46 by Stuart Reid Publisher Comments The volunteer army that fought the Mexican dictator Santa Anna from 1835 to 1836 was immortalized in the epic battle of the Alamo. Taking arms initially to fight for the restoration of the liberal Mexican constitution of 1824, the volunteers were... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $12.38 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Gothic Serpent - Black Hawk Down Mogadishu 1993 (Raid) by Clayton Chun Publisher Comments The United States had demonstrated its military superiority worldwide with its lightning victory over Iraq in 1991. As the only superpower in the world, few would argue that Washington could not prevail in a conventional conflict. Humanitarian missions... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Trade Paper
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US Navy Aircraft Carriers 1942-45 by Mark Stille Publisher Comments Dominating the seas during World War II, the US aircraft carrier played a crucial role in every major naval combat of the war. Development of the Essex class began in 1941, and was the largest class of carrier ever built. During the Pacific War it formed... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $12.38 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Omar Bradley (Command) by Steven J. Zaloga Publisher Comments General Omar Bradley was the premier US Army tactical commander in the European Theater of Operations in 1944-45. A West Point classmate of Dwight Eisenhower, Bradley was the quintessential US field commander of World War II, elevated to high command... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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Churchill Crocodile Flamethrower by David Fletcher Publisher Comments A fire-breathing 'monster' on the battlefield, the Churchill Crocodile flamethrower was one of the most devastating and awe-inspiring weapons of the Second World War. Tank expert David Fletcher chronicles the development of the flamethrower tank... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $12.38 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Duel #43: M4 Sherman Vs Type 97 Chi-Ha: The Pacific 1945 by Steven J. Zaloga Publisher Comments While the Pacific campaign is not well known as a theater for tank combat, the US Army deployed nearly a third of its tank battalions to the Pacific, and Japan was among the top five tank manufacturers during the war. The obscurity of Pacific tank... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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Men-At-Arms #461: The French Foreign Legion 1872-1914 by Martin Windrow Publisher Comments This volume covers the classic 'Beau Geste' period, of the French Foreign Legion when the corps was expanded during the most dynamic years of French imperial expansion. Legion battalions fought in the deserts and mountains of southern Algeria and Morocco,... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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Men-At-Arms #471: Armies of the Adowa Campaign 1896: The Italian Disaster in Ethiopia by Sean Mclachlan Publisher Comments In the late 19th century, the new nation-state of Italy was eager to join her European neighbors in creating an international empire. Italy's eyes turned towards Africa as a source of potential colonies. Most of the continent had already been carved up... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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Campaign #243: The Fall of the Philippines 1941-42 by Clayton Chun Publisher Comments The Philippine Islands were one of two major US bases in the Pacific, the other being Pearl Harbor. The Japanese considered the capture of the Philippines crucial for its efforts to control resource-laden Southeast Asia. As opposed to its attack on Pearl... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Elite #028: Medieval Siege Warfare by Christopher Gravett Publisher Comments During the Middle Ages siege warfare played a vital role in military strategy. Sieges were far more numerous than pitched battles, ranging from small-scale affairs against palisaded earthworks to full-scale assaults on vast strongholds. Needless to say... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Campaign #240: Wabash 1791: St Clair's Defeat by John F. Winkler Publisher Comments Osprey's Campaign title for the battle that marked Major General Arthur St. Clair's downfall in the Northwest Indian War (1785-1795). In 1791, the US Army conducted its first important operation. St. Clair led an American army of about 2,000 into... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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US Marine Corps Tank Crewman 1965-70 by Oscar Gilbert Publisher Comments By 1960, following Korea, tanks and their crews had proved themselves to be a fundamental part of the Marine Corps' combined arms team. When the Marines were ordered to Vietnam in 1965, they took their tanks with them. This book explores this decision... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $13.27 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Men-At-Arms #480: Napoleon's Dragoons of the Imperial Guard by Ronald Pawly Publisher Comments Dressed in distinctive green uniforms and classically inspired copper helmets, the Dragoons of the Imperial Guard were raised in 1806 by the same criteria as other Guard units - by selection of picked, literate veterans from Line regiments who had six to... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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US Navy SEALs by Mir Bahmanyar Publisher Comments After the United States' failures in special operations missions during the late 1970s and 1980, a decision was made to revamp its unconventional military capabilities. The subsequent reorganization and redesignation in 1983 created the SEALs as they are... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $13.27 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Warrior #162: Roman Republican Legionary 298-105 BC by Nic Fields Publisher Comments Soon after the Caudine Forks fiasco, where Roman citizens had suffered the humiliation of being forced to pass under the yoke, an act symbolising their loss of warrior status, the tactical formation adopted by the Roman army underwent a radical change... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Trade Paper
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Raid #30: Red Christmas: The Tatsinskaya Airfield Raid 1942 by Robert Forczyk Publisher Comments In mid-December 1942, the Soviets had surrounded the German 6th Army in Stalingrad but the Wehrmacht was engaged in a desperate relief effort with Operation Winter Storm and an airlift. The Soviet Stavka moved to defeat both these German efforts in order... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Trade Paper
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Command #21: George Washington by Mark Lardas Publisher Comments George Washington may be one of history's most underrated commanders. Overlooked in favour of his contemporaries such as Napoleon Bonaparte and Frederick the Great, Washington's achievements are arguably more impressive. Frederick and Napoleon inherited... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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Men-At-Arms #315: The French Army, 1939-1945 by Ian Sumner Publisher Comments The French Army of 1939 was considered by contemporaries to be the strongest army in the world at that time. In fact, as the events of the next ten months soon revealed, the Army was riddled with fatal weaknesses. In this book, the first of two volumes... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Elite #075: The Indian Army 1914-1947 by Ian Sumner Publisher Comments Osprey's examination of the Indian army during World War I (1914-1918), World War II (1939-1945), and the interwar years. At the height of its strength and confidence the army of British India was a unique organisation, whose officers and other ranks... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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