This book covers the period between the creation in 1936 of Fighter Command and the end of WWII. It purports to demonstrate how a dangerously outmoded structure was transformed through the impetus of a feral aerial conflict into an operational force that effectively challenged and finally helped bring about the Luftwaffe's comprehensive demise.

With over 200 photos, Kriegsmarine provides a full pictorial history of the German naval forces in WWII, from the U-boat campaigns of the Atlantic to the battleships of the surface fleet.

With over 200 photos, Luftwaffe provides a full pictorial history of the aircraft and key figures of the German Air Force in WWII, from the Blitzkrieg invasions of Poland and France to the defence of Germany.

With over 200 photos, Panzer provides a full pictorial history of the vehicles and key figures of the German armoured forces in WWII, from the Blitzkrieg invasions of Poland and France to the last stand in Berlin.

When did the Allies know about the Holocaust and why didn't they act earlier.

Detailed, highly illustrated history of the M48 Patton main battle tank. Examples of scale models and reviews of modelling kits.

Fold-out scale plans in 1/72 and 1/48 scale of the famous Russian WWII Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik, two-seater versions.

USS Iowa (BB-61) was the lead ship in one of the most famous classes of battleships ever commissioned into the US Navy. Transferred to the Pacific Fleet in 1944, the Iowa first fired her guns in anger in the Marshall Islands campaign, and sunk her first enemy ship, the Katori. The Iowa went on to serve across a number of pivotal Pacific War ......

This book is a compilation of 4-view colour profiles, scale plans and photographic details of the G-2 variant of the Messerschmitt Bf 109, featuring scale plans in 1/72 and 1/48 scales plus drawings from wartime technical manuals and also photographs of the details in b&w and colour.

Exploring the successes and setbacks for the British aviation industry from 1945-1975

This latest photo album in the "Camera On" series shows in detail the German army's anti-aircraft weapon used during WWII.

and when he realised that the war was lost, he embarked on the annihilation of Germany itself in punishment of the German people who had failed to hand him victory.

Design and development of an extreme high-altitude fighter for the Luftwaffe during WW2.

In 1902, Japan signed an Alliance Pact with Britain, which was then a leading sea power. It ordered modern ships at British shipyards, and Japanese shipyards were to co-operate. After the new class of battlecruisers had emerged, Japan decided to design them for its navy. They were to be ships with a displacement of 19,000 tons and a main armament ......

The signal of need of such kind of vehicles extension occurred when the struggle against the Soviet Union began. Another ones came from North Africa. In both cases few times turned out that hard-to-eliminate foible of the units equipped with towed guns was its mobility when the tanks and short-barreled assault guns, engaged often and often as the ......

A compilation for aero modellers of 4-view colour profiles, scale plans and photo details of the single variant of the Messerschmitt Me 163 B-1 Komet, with scale plans in 1/72 and 1/48 scales plus drawings from wartime technical manuals.

A vivid and insightful account of the early World War Two air war from a bomber pilot's perspective.

The 2019 Flying Legends Airshow at Duxford saw one of the greatest warbird airshows in the world.

This DVD/Blu-ray, features all the action from the show and was filmed using broadcast quality cameras.

The programme gets you right in the pilots seat with a number of "in-cockpit" minicams. There were also cameras on the ......

The 2019 Flying Legends Airshow at Duxford saw one of the greatest warbird airshows in the world.

This DVD, features all the action from the show and was filmed using broadcast quality cameras.

The programme gets you right in the pilots seat with a number of "in-cockpit" minicams. There were also cameras on the flightline ......

In the '30s, Americans began working on a modern vehicle for cavalry reconnaissance and artillery units in freshly formed armoured and motorized units. The American command became interested in French half-track vehicle designs. On their basis the American industry proposed its own solutions. In 1938, White Motor Company created a vehicle called ......

Winning World War II was about more than military force. It required guile, and tremendous acts of bravery by Special Forces and intelligence operatives who had the odds stacked against them. Using hundreds of documents and images from The National Archives, including some that have never been seen in print before, this book reveals some of World ......

During World War II's battle for control of the Mediterranean, both the British and Italian navies planned to bring their battle fleets into play. At the centre of both of these fleets was a core of battleships which both sides expected to play a decisive role in the conflict. On 9 July 1940, the two navies met in the central Mediterranean, as ......

The designation of Nieuport is linked with the origins of aviation. Edouard de Nieport (August 24, 1879-September 16, 1911) a pilot and designer was one of the aviation pioneers. In 1909 he established the Societe d'Aerolocomotion aircraft factory in Suresnes, manufacturing airplanes of his design. He was one of the few designers who preferred ......

The first two volumes of the History of the Panzerwaffe have described how the Germans transformed armoured warfare from a lumbering and ponderous experiment in World War I into something that could decide the outcome of conflicts, and how the legendary Panzerwaffe overran Western Europe and reached the gates of Moscow to the east, before taking ......

This book, the last in a four-part series on British Battle Tanks covering the whole history of British armoured warfare, concentrates on those vehicles that have served following the end of World War II up to the present day. Starting with the Centurion, the title explores those types that equipped the armoured divisions lined up on the German ......

A narrative history of the United States naval air operations against German U-Boats and Italian submarines in the Atlantic and Caribbean, 1941-45.

Blind Bombing explores the influence of microwave radar on World War II and tells the stories of those who worked on the invention. Without microwave radar, the outcome of D-Day would have been vastly different

The AMX30 Char de Bataille was the standard French Main Battle Tank during the Cold War era. Armed with a smoothbore 105mm main armament (the OBUS-G), AMX30 was lighter and more mobile than other main battle tanks, with excellent acceleration and cross-country agility, which later came into its own during the First Gulf War.

This book explains in detail the procedures and tactics that enabled the British people to survive the Blitz, and describes the individual and coordinated workings of the numerous organisations involved. Lavishly lllustrated throughout the book brings to life the incredible response of the Civil Defence services and the British people themselves.

"As British and American forces closed in from the west, the Russians pushed in hard from the east, and the RAF and USAAF bombed Germany every night and day, the beleaguered Luftwaffe went all-out in a last effort to defend the Fatherland during the last months of the Second World War."

During World War II, Allied bombing obliterated every major German and Japanese city. Based on extensive archival sources, interviews with bombing survivors, airmen, and published first-hand accounts, the book looks at the bombing campaign from an avowedly human perspective - Allied, German and Japanese.

This comprehensive directory provides a lavishly illustrated, in-depth analysis and overview of the historical gestation of the PLAAF and its path to becoming the modern air arm we know today.

Amphibious assault ships have been at the centre of nearly all of Britain's expeditionary campaigns since World War II, from the Suez crisis of 1956 to operations as far afield as Borneo (1963-66), the Falklands (1982), Sierra Leone (2000) and Iraq (2003). In major operations such as Suez and the Falklands, the use of amphibious assault ships was ......

"The West was stunned when the Soviet Union dropped its first atomic bomb in August 1949 and a year later the Korean War showcased Russia's incredible technological progress in the form of the MiG-15 "

This is the story of the first ever drones, invented during World War I by maverick inventor Dr Archibald Low and his genius backroom boys for the Royal Flying Corps.

This Casemate Illustrated illustrates US Army and Marine Corps' amor operations during the Pacific Campaign of WWII, from 1942-45.