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For Queen and Company Vignettes of the Irish Soldier in the Indian Mutiny

Truesdale David

ISBN: PB: 9781911512790, Casemate, Helion and Company, September 2018
112 pp., 24.8x18 cm, 60 illus.

This book records the actions of those Irish soldiers (and others) who were awarded the Victoria Cross in the event known to the British public in 1857 as "The Indian Mutiny". Since then, revisionist historians have applied other names to what occurr...

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Secret Expedition The Anglo-Russian Invasion of Holland 1799

van Uythoven Geert

ISBN: HB: 9781912390205, Casemate, Helion and Company, September 2018
304 pp., 24.5x17 cm, 23 images, 20 photos, 8 colour maps

In 1799, as part of the Second Coalition against France, an Anglo-Russian army landed in Holland to overthrow the Batavian Republic and to reinstate the Stadtholder William V of Orange. Initially called "The Secret Expedition", although not really a...

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Battle of Cherkassy

von Vormann Nikolaus

ISBN: HB: 9781612006031, Casemate, September 2018
208 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 11 maps

In 1943 the tide began to turn against Germany on the Eastern Front. Their summer offensive, Operation Citadel, was a failure, and the Red Army seized the initiative, despite appallingly high losses. Waging a war of attrition, the Russians gradually...

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Gallipoli New Perspectives on the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 1915-16

LoCicero Michael, Crawley Rhys

ISBN: HB: 9781911512189, Casemate, Helion and Company, September 2018
656 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 24 maps, 50 black&white illus.

Generally conceded to be doomed from the outset by the most recent historiography, the Gallipoli campaign still arouses heated controversy. In a new compendium of original research by an impressive array of established and up-and-coming scholars, Gal...

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First Bridge Too Far The Battle of Primosole Bridge 1943

Saliger Mark

ISBN: HB: 9781612006895, Casemate, July 2018
256 pp., 22.9x15 cm

The full story of the British airborne forces attempt to take the strategically important Primosole Bridge, published for the 75th anniversary of the battle Shows how this battle was a precursor to the Battle of Arnhem – and the lessons that were and...

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Castles Fortresses of Power

Sadler John, Serdiville Rosie

ISBN: PB: 9781612006130, Casemate, June 2018
160 pp., 19.8x12.5 cm, 30 black&white illus.

Fortified structures have been in existence for thousands of years. In ancient and medieval times castles were the ultimate symbol of power, dominating their surroundings, and marking the landscape with their imposing size and impregnable designs. Af...

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Days of Battle Armoured Operations North of the River Danube, Hungary 1944-45

Szamveber Norbert

ISBN: PB: 9781912174263, ISBN: HB: 9781907677649, Casemate, Helion and Company, June 2018
288 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 24 black&white photos, 16 maps

"Days of Battle" describes a hitherto neglected part of the military history of Hungary during World War II. In three separate studies, Dr Norbert Szamveber, drawing from files and documentation from German, Hungarian and Soviet sources, presents det...

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Ancient World

Roman Legionary Soldiers of Empire

Elliott Simon

ISBN: PB: 9781612006116, Casemate, June 2018
160 pp., 19.8x12.5 cm, 30 black&white illus.

The might of Rome rested on the back of its legions; the superbly trained and equipped fighting force with which the imperial Roman army conquered, subdued and ruled an empire for centuries. The legionary soldier served for 20 years, was rigorously t...

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Amphibious Warfare Battle on the Beaches

Gilbert Oscar E., Cansiere Romain

ISBN: PB: 9781612006154, Casemate, June 2018
160 pp., 19.8x12.5 cm, 30 black&white illus.

One of the most difficult types of warfare to master, landing on a hostile beach requires scrupulous planning and intense coordination between the forces in the air, sea and land. With a history reaching back to the Persians landing on the Greek s...

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From Moscow to Stalingrad The Eastern Front, 1941-1942

Buffetaut Yves

ISBN: PB: 9781612006093, Casemate, May 2018
160 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 150 black&white and colour photos

The path from Moscow to Stalingrad was littered with successes and losses for both the Red Army and the Wehrmacht, with tensions remaining high and culminating in one of the harshest battles of the Second World War. Part of the Casemate Illustrated s...

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