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Hall of Mirrors War and Warfare in the Twentieth Century

Storr Jim

ISBN: HB: 9781912390854, Casemate, Helion and Company, September 2018
256 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 8 colour plates, 10 maps, 12 charts

The 20th Century was hugely violent. It was possibly the most violent century in history. It is a clearly-defined period in the past. A huge amount has been written about war, and warfare, in that period. So, what can we learn from war, and warfare,...

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Hundred Thousand Sons of St Louis The French Campaign in Spain April to October 1823

Weaver Ralph

ISBN: HB: 9781912174096, Casemate, Helion and Company, February 2018
120 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 30 colour & 25 black&white illus., maps

This book sheds light on an almost unknown military campaign conducted by a French army, 100,000 men strong. The army was referred to by the French king as the 'Sons of St. Louis' and was pitted against parts of the regular Spanish army and a numerou...

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Hot Skies Over Yemen Volume 1: Aerial Warfare over the Southern Arabian Peninsula, 1962-1994

Cooper Tom

ISBN: PB: 9781912174232, Casemate, Helion and Company, August 2017
80 pp., 29.7x21 cm, 120 photos, 15-18 colour profiles, 3 maps

Since September 1962, hardly a week passed without a major armed confrontation or an outright war in Yemen. The number of long-lasting insurgencies, mutinies, rebellions, or terrorism-related activities that took place during this period is going int...

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Hey for Old Robin! The Campaigns and Armies of the Earl of Essex During the First Civil War, 1642-44

Scott Chris, Turton Alan

ISBN: PB: 9781911512219, Casemate, Helion and Company, March 2017
256 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 70 black&white illus., 8 colour illus.

"Hey For Old Robin!" was the cry of the Earl of Essex's army during the First Civil War as, contrary to modern popular belief, Robert Devereux was well-liked by the men he led. This book fills a gap in the literature of the Civil Wars, taking up the...

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Honoring Those They Led Decorated Field Commanders of the Third Reich: Command Authorities, Award Parameters, and Ranks

Yerger Mark C., Fiorenza Leslie

ISBN: HB: 9781911512226, Casemate, Helion and Company, February 2017
264 pp., 27.6x21.9 cm, 300 black&white illus.

"Honoring Those They Led" examines specific points and groups within a massive subject; Commanding Generals of WW II German field commands with those primarily studied being among those presented one or more of their highest combat decorations by Ado...

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Hawker Hunters at War Iraq and Jordan, 1958-1967

Cooper Tom, Salti Patricia

ISBN: PB: 9781911096252, Casemate, Helion and Company, December 2016
104 pp., 29.7x21 cm, 113 black&white photos, 12 colour photos, 15 colour profiles

Designed by Sydney Camm as a swept wing, daytime interceptor with excellent manoeuvrability, the Hunter became the first jet aircraft manufactured by Hawker for the Royal Air Force. It set numerous aviation records and saw widespread service with a l...

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Hear their Footsteps King Edward VII School, Sheffield, and the Old Edwardians in the Great War 1914-18

Cornwell John

ISBN: PB: 9781911096269, Casemate, Helion and Company, October 2016
76 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 44 photos

The book recounts the story of an elite Yorkshire day school – and its "Old Boys" who joined the forces – in the First World War. The school was founded by Sheffield City Council in 1905, who finessed an amalgamation of two much older institutions as...

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Military

Half-Shilling Curate A Personal Account of War and Faith 1914-1918

Reay Sarah

ISBN: HB: 9781911096467, Casemate, Helion and Company, October 2016
168 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 40 black&white illus., 2 maps

"The Half-Shilling Curate", as he was affectionately known by his family, tells the very personal story of an army chaplain – The Reverend Herbert Butler Cowl – from Christmas Eve 1914 to the end of hostilities in 1919. His descriptive account, from...

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Hold at All Costs! The Epic Battle of Delville Wood 1916

Uys Ian

ISBN: HB: 9781910294376, Casemate, Helion and Company, September 2015
320 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 8 colour maps, 200 black&white illus.

Delville Wood in the Somme was the most famous battle ever fought by South Africans. Through this action other nations learnt to respect the fighting qualities of the men from the fledgling Union of South Africa. Erstwhile foes, Boer and Briton, foug...

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Hitler's Last Levy in East Prussia Volkssturm Einsatz Batallion Goldap (25/235), 1944-45

Just Bruno

ISBN: PB: 9781909982727, Casemate, Helion and Company, March 2015
72 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 2 black&white photos, 1 map

On 16 October, 1944, the 3rd White Russian Front launched its massive offensive against Heeresgruppe Mitte. The German 4th Armee, whose line of defense stretched from Nowograd on the Narew to Memel, was quickly broken through. This is the very pers...

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