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War in the East A Military History of the Russo-Turkish War 1877-78

Barry Quintin

ISBN: PB: 9781911096696, ISBN: HB: 9781907677113, Casemate, Helion and Company, October 2016
576 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 266 black&white illus., 16 colour illus., 25 maps

When Russia declared war on the Ottoman Empire in April 1877, it was the fifth time during the nineteenth century that hostilities had broken out between the two empires. On this occasion the other Great Powers had done all they could to prevent it,...

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Eureka Stockade A Ferocious and Bloody Battle

Blake Gregory

ISBN: PB: 9781922132048, Casemate, Big Sky Publishing, October 2016
236 pp., 23.2x15.5 cm

"Eureka Stockade: A Ferocious and Bloody Battle", is the epic account of the battle for the Eureka Stockade, an iconic moment in Australian history. On the chilly dawn morning of 3 December 1854 British soldiers and police of the Victorian colonial g...

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6th Airborne Normandy 1944

Marriott Leo, Forty Simon

ISBN: PB: 9781612004211, Casemate, Past & Present, October 2016
64 pp., 23.4x18.4 cm, 140 illus.

Operation Tonga began at 22:56 on the night of 5 June, when six Halifax heavy bombers took off from Tarrant Rushton towing six Horsas carrying a coup-de-main force consisting of D Coy, Ox and Bucks LI reinforced with two extra platoons from B Coy and...

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Omaha Beach Normandy 1944

Marriott Leo, Forty Simon

ISBN: PB: 9781612004259, Casemate, Past & Present, October 2016
64 pp., 23.4x18.4 cm, 140 illus.

Of the five beaches attacked on 6 June, Omaha saw the sternest fighting. Well-placed defenders on the high ground and extensive beach defenses did their job. On top of this, so much had gone wrong with the first wave: many of the amphibious DD Sherma...

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Caesar's Greatest Victory The Battle of Alesia, Gaul 52 BC

Sadler John, Serdiville Rosie

ISBN: HB: 9781612004051, Casemate, October 2016
320 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 27 illus.

The Battle for Alesia was a decisive moment in world history. It determined whether Rome would finally conquer Gaul or whether Celtic chieftain Vercingetorix would throw off the yoke and consequently whether a number of independent Celtic tribal king...

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More Than Bombs and Bandages Australian Army Nurses at Work in World War I

Harris Kirsty

ISBN: HB: 9780980814057, Casemate, Big Sky Publishing, October 2016
352 pp., 23.2x15.5 cm

"More than Bombs and Bandages" exposes the false assumption that military nurses only nursed. Based on author Kirsty Harris' CEW Bean Prize winning PhD thesis, this is a book that is far removed from the 'devotion to duty' stereotyping offering an in...

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Backroom Boys Alfred Conlon and Army's Directorate of Research and Civil Affairs,1942-46

Sligo Graeme

ISBN: HB: 9781921941122, Casemate, Big Sky Publishing, October 2016
416 pp., 23.2x15.5 cm

"The Backroom Boys" is the remarkable, but little known, story of how a varied group of talented intellectuals, drafted into the Australian Army in the dark days of 1942, provided high-level policy advice to Australia's most senior soldier, General B...

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Do Unto Others Counter Bombardment in Australia's Military Campaigns

Smith Alan H.

ISBN: HB: 9780987057440, Casemate, Big Sky Publishing, October 2016
448 pp., 23.2x15.5 cm

Since 1899, the significant role Australian gunners have played in supporting the Australian Military Forces' campaigns has been well-documented. They have gallantly and whole-heartedly supported Australian, British, New Zealand and Indian armies in...

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101st Airborne Market Garden 1944

Smith Stephen, Forty Simon

ISBN: PB: 9781612004235, Casemate, Past & Present, October 2016
64 pp., 23.4x18.4 cm, 140 illus.

After its operations in the Cotentin and around Carentan, the 101st was withdrawn from the lines in late June and sailed back to England on LSTs in July. After several false alerts, they invaded by air again into the Netherlands on September 17, 1944...

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We Are All Flourishing The Letters and Diary of Captain Walter JJ Coats MC 1914-1919

Chojecki Jan, LoCicero Michael Stephen

ISBN: HB: 9781911096399, Casemate, Helion and Company, October 2016
288 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 50 photos

"There have been moments during the last week or so when I had grave doubts as to whether I should see tomorrow". Compiled from the almost daily letters home and a diary written in the immediate aftermath of the First World War, We are all Flourishin...

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