Osprey Publishing, 2024. — 51 p. — ISBN: 9781472861016. The armed forces of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK, aka North Korea) celebrate two birthdays. February 8, 1948, was the date the Korean People’s Army (KPA) was founded, while April 25, 1932, is the date associated with the establishment of Kim Il-sung’s guerrilla group in Antu, northeast China, which...
Illustrator: Raffaele Ruggeri. — Osprey Publishing, 2024. — 48 p. A fully illustrated account of the large-scale reformation of the Roman Army from the reign of Diocletian to the fall of the Western Empire in AD 476. After the 50-year chaos of the mid-3rd century AD, Emperor Diocletian (r. AD 284 – 305) and his successor, Constantine I (r. AD 306 – 37), the first Christian...
Osprey Publishing, 2024. — 50 p. It is little known that, in late 1941, French volunteer units were among Wehrmacht troops defending Germany in the first bitter winter on the Eastern Front, and also among the last fighting for Berlin in April 1945. After Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, some 13,000 Frenchmen enlisted in the 'Légion des volontaires français contre...
Osprey Publishing, 2024. — 50 p. — ISBN: 9781472863003. It is little known that, in late 1941, French volunteer units were among Wehrmacht troops defending Germany in the first bitter winter on the Eastern Front, and also among the last fighting for Berlin in April 1945. After Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, some 13,000 Frenchmen enlisted in the 'Légion des...
Illustrator: Marco Capparoni. — Osprey Publishing, 2024. — 48 p. This fully illustrated study investigates the uniforms and equipment of the US regular troops and volunteers from the territories fighting for the Union during the American Civil War. During the American Civil War, the United States Army, pitted against the forces of the fledgling Confederacy, fought to defend and...
Illustrator: Graham Turner. — Osprey Publishing, 2023. — 48 p. From 1206, much of what is now India as well as parts of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal were ruled by a succession of Islamic dynasties that had their origins in the Ghurid forces that conquered parts of northern India in the 12th century. Although it was never complete, the Islamic domination of this huge region...
Illustrator: Johnny Shumate . — Osprey Publishing, 2024. — 48 p. Featuring rare photos, detailed colour illustrations and insignia tables, this study explores the contribution made by Czech and Slovak troops fighting alongside Allied forces during World War II. Following the Anglo-French failure at the Munich Conference in March 1938 to prevent a Nazi take-over of...
Illustrator: Johnny Shumate . — Osprey Publishing, 2024. — 48 p. Featuring rare photos, detailed colour illustrations and insignia tables, this study explores the contribution made by Czech and Slovak troops fighting alongside Allied forces during World War II. Following the Anglo-French failure at the Munich Conference in March 1938 to prevent a Nazi take-over of...
Illustrator: Stephen Walsh. — Osprey Publishing, 2022. — 48 p. This study explores the organization, history and uniforms of the Soviet Red Army during the 20 years between its victory in the Civil War and the invasion of the USSR by Germany in 1941. The two decades following the Bolshevik victory over the 'Whites' in the Russian Civil War saw widespread and fundamental...
Osprey Publishing, 2009. — 52 p. Contrary to popular belief, the capture of India was not accomplished by the British Army, but by the private armies of the East India Company, which grew in size to become larger than that of any European sovereign state. This is the history of its army, examining the many conflicts they fought, their equipment and training, with its regiments...
Osprey Publishing, 2014. — 50 p. Initially thrown into the doomed campaign to halt the German blitzkrieg on Greece and Crete (1941), the division was rebuilt under the leadership of Major General Sir Bernard Freyberg, and became the elite corps within Montgomery's Eighth Army in the desert. After playing a vital role in the victory at El Alamein (1942) the ‘Kiwis' were the...
Illustrator: Draghici Catalin. — Osprey Publishing, 2023. — 48 p. Formidable warriors, able to field tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry and led by a military aristocracy, the Dacians and Getae presented a real threat to Rome's north-eastern frontier. They inflicted several defeats on Rome, crossing the Danube to invade the province of Moesia, and later stubbornly...
Illustrator: Giuseppe Rava. — Osprey Publishing, 2023. — 48 p. This book describes and illustrates the armies of the embattled Ottoman Turkish Empire involved in 19th-century wars during the Empire's long spiral of decline. During the so called 'long 19th century', between the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 and the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the difficulties faced by...
Illustrator: Rava Giuseppe. — Osprey Publishing, 2023. — 48 p. During the so called 'long 19th century', between the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 and the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the difficulties faced by the Ottoman Turkish Empire were a recurrent factor in international geopolitics. Against a background of Russian–Ottoman rivalry, France and Britain supported...
Illustrator: Hook Adam. — Osprey Publishing, 2023. — 51 p. Following on from MAA 521 Royal Netherlands East Indies Army 1936–42 and completing the coverage of the post-World War II wars of decolonization, The Dutch–Indonesian War 1945–49 describes the Japanese surrender in September 1945 which left a power vacuum in the colonial Dutch East Indies (Indonesia). Using vivid colour...
Illustrator: Draghici Catalin. — Osprey Publishing, 2023. — 48 p. Formidable warriors, able to field tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry and led by a military aristocracy, the Dacians and Getae presented a real threat to Rome's north-eastern frontier. They inflicted several defeats on Rome, crossing the Danube to invade the province of Moesia, and later stubbornly...
Illustrator: Ruggeri Raffaele. — Osprey Publishing, 2022. — 48 p. — ISBN13 9781472850492. — ISBN10 1472850491. In this book, eminent Roman historian, Dr Raffaele D'Amato, looks at the notoriously under-represented history of the Roman armies during the middle 3rd Century whose records have been obscured by the chaotic civil wars of that period between usurpers to the Imperial...
Illustrator: Rava Giuseppe. — Osprey Publishing, 2022. — 48 p. After the Meiji restoration of the Japanese imperial regime in 1868–77, modernization along Western lines of Japan's industry, communications and land and naval forces advanced with remarkable speed and, by the 1890s, the rejuvenated nation was ready to flex its muscles overseas. The obvious opponent was the huge...
Illustrator: Stephen Walsh. — Osprey Publishing, 2022. — 48 p. This study explores the organization, history and uniforms of the Soviet Red Army during the 20 years between its victory in the Civil War and the invasion of the USSR by Germany in 1941. The two decades following the Bolshevik victory over the 'Whites' in the Russian Civil War saw widespread and fundamental...
Illustrator: Stephen Walsh. — Osprey Publishing, 2022. — 48 p. This study explores the organization, history and uniforms of the Soviet Red Army during the 20 years between its victory in the Civil War and the invasion of the USSR by Germany in 1941. The two decades following the Bolshevik victory over the 'Whites' in the Russian Civil War saw widespread and fundamental...
Illustrator: Rava Giuseppe. — Osprey Publishing, 2022. — 48 p. A complete illustrated study of the varied range of Italian colonial units who served in East and North Africa. Italy only unified as a nation in 1870 and was late, and therefore impatient, in the 'scramble' for Africa. An initial foothold in Eritrea/Somalia, north-east Africa, led to a disastrous defeat in Ethiopia...
Illustrator: Graham Turner. — Osprey Publishing, 2022. — 48 p. This fully illustrated study explores the armies of the Hindu, Buddhist and Jain states within what are now India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal during the period AD 500-1500, as well as Afghanistan until the early 13th century AD. Following the emergence of a distinct ‘medieval Indian' civilization in...
Illustrator: Giuseppe Rava. — Osprey Publishing, 2022. — 48 p. A complete illustrated study of the varied range of Italian colonial units who served in East and North Africa. Italy only unified as a nation in 1870 and was late, and therefore impatient, in the 'scramble' for Africa. An initial foothold in Eritrea/Somalia, north-east Africa, led to a disastrous defeat in Ethiopia...
Illustrator: Shumate Johnny — Osprey Publishing, 2022. — 48 p. In March 1941, an anti-German coup in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia prompted Hitler to order an invasion using allied Italian, Hungarian, Bulgarian and Romanian forces. Operation Marita was an invasion of Yugoslavia and simultaneously Greece. At the same time, the constituent region of Croatia broke away from Yugoslavia...
Illustrator: Giuseppe Rava — Osprey Publishing, 2021. — 48 p. Formed in 1689, the 'Grand Alliance' or League of Augsburg was a military coalition of the Holy Roman Empire, the Dutch Republic, Britain, Spain and the Duchy of Savoy, to resist Louis XIV's rich, powerful and expansionist France. The first stage of the nine year conflict that followed also coincided with the...
Illustrator: Dennis Peter — Osprey Publishing, 2021. — 48 p. An important aspect of the Russian Civil War were the several Allied expeditions immediately following World War I in support of the disunited Russian 'White' armies resisting the Bolshevik Revolution. Although they ended in failure, these ventures were long resented, and were the origin of the 70-year-long Soviet...
Illustrator: Dennis Peter — Osprey Publishing, 2021. — 48 p. An important aspect of the Russian Civil War were the several Allied expeditions immediately following World War I in support of the disunited Russian 'White' armies resisting the Bolshevik Revolution. Although they ended in failure, these ventures were long resented, and were the origin of the 70-year-long Soviet...
Illustrator: Christa Hook. — Osprey Publishing, 2021. — 48 p. The cantinières who accompanied Napoleon's armies to war have an iconic status in the history of the Grande Armée. Sutler-women and laundresses were officially sanctioned members of the regiment performing a vital support role. In a period when the supply and pay services were haphazard, their canteen wagons and...
Illustrator: Ramiro Bujeiro. — Osprey Publishing, 2021. — 48 p. From the German occupation of Belgium in May 1940, Flemish recruits from northern Belgium - considered by the Nazis to be 'Germanic' - were accepted individually into Waffen-SS units. From Hitler's invasion of the USSR in June 1941, additional recruits from the French-speaking south (Wallonia) were drafted. Both...
Illustrator: Ramiro Bujeiro. — Osprey Publishing, 2021. — 48 p. From the German occupation of Belgium in May 1940, Flemish recruits from northern Belgium - considered by the Nazis to be 'Germanic' - were accepted individually into Waffen-SS units. From Hitler's invasion of the USSR in June 1941, additional recruits from the French-speaking south (Wallonia) were drafted. Both...
Illustrator: Trexler Jeff — Osprey Publishing, 2021. — 48 p. During the American Revolution (1775-83), German auxiliary troops provided a vital element of the British war effort. Some 30,000 German troops served in North America, continuing a long-established relationship between Britain and various German principalities. These troops were widely referred to as mercenaries,...
Illustrator: Andrea Salimbeti, Florent Vincent — Osprey Publishing, 2020. — 48 p. Preceding and simultaneously with the conquest of England by Duke William, other ambitious and aggressive Norman noblemen (notably the Drengot, De Hauteville and Guiscard families) found it prudent to leave Normandy. At first taking mercenary employment with Lombard rulers then fighting the...
Illustrator: Christa Hook. — Osprey Publishing, 2021. — 48 p. The cantinières who accompanied Napoleon's armies to war have an iconic status in the history of the Grande Armée. Sutler-women and laundresses were officially sanctioned members of the regiment performing a vital support role. In a period when the supply and pay services were haphazard, their canteen wagons and...
Illustrator: Adam Hook. — Osprey Publishing, 2021. — 48 p. The Numidian light cavalry were among the best-known horsemen in the ancient world: riding without saddles or bridle, carrying only hide shields for defense and clutching a handful of light javelins, they were renowned for their darting attacks, swift retreats, and skirmishing prowess. Yet, as much as they were...
Illustrator: Giuseppe Rava — Osprey Publishing, 2020. — 48 p. The Italian Renaissance marked a period of political and military turmoil. Many regional wars were fought between the states ruled by Milan, Venice, Genoa, Florence, the Papacy, Siena and Naples. For more than 50 years starting in 1494, major foreign powers also exploited these divisions to invade Italy; both France...
Illustrator: Stephen Walsh — Osprey Publishing, 2020. — 48 p. During the Japanese occupation of large parts of Asia and the Pacific in 1941-45, Japan raised significant numbers of troops to fight alongside them, as well as militias to guard their conquests. The total number of these soldiers is estimated at no fewer than 600,000 men. These ranged from the regular troops of...
Revised edition. — Osprey Publishing, 2002. — 48 p. This revised edition of Mike Chappell's original Men-at-Arms 138 represents nearly 20 years' new research. It covers the saddlery, horse furniture, and personal equipment of the British horsed cavalryman from the early stages of the Napoleonic Wars until the final disappearance of the mounted arm during World War II. Such...
Illustrator: Giuseppe Rava. — Osprey Publishing, 2020. — 48 p. In the early 1900s, the decaying Ottoman Turkish Empire had lost some of its Balkan territories, but still nominally ruled all of North Africa between British Egypt in the east and French Algeria in the west. Libya had fertile coastal territory, and was the last North African (almost, the last African) region not...
Illustrator: Andrea Salimbeti, Florent Vincent — Osprey Publishing, 2020. — 48 p. Preceding and simultaneously with the conquest of England by Duke William, other ambitious and aggressive Norman noblemen (notably the Drengot, De Hauteville and Guiscard families) found it prudent to leave Normandy. At first taking mercenary employment with Lombard rulers then fighting the...
Illustrator: Ramiro Bujeiro. — Osprey Publishing, 2020. — 48 p. Goebbels' 1941 propaganda campaign to present Germany's invasion of the USSR as a battle for European civilization against Asian barbarism convinced many men in occupied 'Germanic' European countries, such as Scandinavia and the Low Countries, to volunteer to fight on the Russian Front. One of the strongest...
Illustrator: Stephen Walsh — Osprey Publishing, 2020. — 48 p. During the Japanese occupation of large parts of Asia and the Pacific in 1941-45, Japan raised significant numbers of troops to fight alongside them, as well as militias to guard their conquests. The total number of these soldiers is estimated at no fewer than 600,000 men. These ranged from the regular troops of...
Osprey Publishing, 1996. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1996. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1996. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1996. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1996. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1996. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1996. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1996. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1996. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1996. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1996. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1996. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1996. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1996. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1996. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1996. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1996. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1996. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1996. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1995. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1995. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1995. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1995. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1995. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1995. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1995. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1995. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1995. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1995. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1995. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1995. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1995. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1995. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Illustrator: Angus McBride — Osprey Publishing, 1995. — 48 p. From the 13th century until early in the 17th century the Border Marches of England and Scotland were torn by a vicious and almost continuous cycle of raid, reprisal and blood feud. The Border Reiver was a professional cattle thief, a guerilla soldier skilled at raiding, tracking and ambush and a well organised...
Osprey Publishing, 1995. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1993. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1993. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1993. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1993. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1993. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1993. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1993. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1993. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1993. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1993. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1993. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1993. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1992. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1992. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1992. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1992. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1992. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1992. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1992. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1992. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1992. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1991. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1991. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1991. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1991. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1991. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1991. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1991. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1991. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1991. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1991. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1991. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1991. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1991. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1991. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1991. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1991. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1991. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1991. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1991. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Osprey Publishing, 1988. — 48 p. A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of famous warriors past and present, as well as other aspects of military history.
Unofficial (?) Ukrainian translation. — From the original: Osprey Publishing, 2004. — 48 p. The book was written by the American historian P. Abbott and the Ukrainian historian E. Pinak, as part of the American series “Men-at-Arms” (a series dedicated to uniforms, equipment and organization of the army and military uniforms of various peoples of the world) speaks about the...
Oxford — New York: Osprey Publishing Ltd., 2011. — 49 p. — (Men-at-Arms). — ISBN: 978-1-84908-416-1. This book sheds light on a vicious territorial war that waged in the jungles and swamps of the Gran Chaco. The Chaca War (1932 - 1935) - a war between Paraguay and Bolivia for the possession of part of the Gran Chaco region - was the largest of all the armed conflicts that broke...
A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of armies, units and famous warriors from ancient times to modern conflicts. A huge number of color drawings of military uniforms, banners, insignia, etc. Men-at-Arms #014 is dedicated to George Washington's Army.
A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of armies, units and famous warriors from ancient times to modern conflicts. A huge number of color drawings of military uniforms, banners, insignia, etc. Men-at-Arms issue #017 is dedicated to the French Foreign Legion.
A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of armies, units and famous warriors from ancient times to modern conflicts. A huge number of color drawings of military uniforms, banners, insignia, etc. Men-at-Arms issue #016 is dedicated to the Prussian army of Frederick II the Great.
A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of armies, units and famous warriors from ancient times to modern conflicts. A huge number of color drawings of military uniforms, banners, insignia, etc. Men-at-Arms issue #015 is dedicated to the grenadiers of Napoleon's Imperial Guard.
A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of armies, units and famous warriors from ancient times to modern conflicts. A huge number of color drawings of military uniforms, banners, insignia, etc. Men-at-Arms issue #014 is dedicated to the English Revolution of the 17th century.
A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of armies, units and famous warriors from ancient times to modern conflicts. A huge number of color drawings of military uniforms, banners, insignia, etc. Men-at-Arms issue No. 013 is dedicated to the Cossacks of Russia and Ukraine.
A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of armies, units and famous warriors from ancient times to modern conflicts. A huge number of color drawings of military uniforms, banners, insignia, etc. Men-at-Arms issue #012 is dedicated to the Irish Regiment Connaught Rangers.
A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of armies, units and famous warriors from ancient times to modern conflicts. A huge number of color drawings of military uniforms, banners, insignia, etc. Men-at-Arms issue No. 011 is dedicated to the chasseurs of Napoleon's Imperial Guard.
A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of armies, units and famous warriors from ancient times to modern conflicts. A huge number of color drawings of military uniforms, banners, insignia, etc. Men-at-Arms issue #010 is dedicated to the East Kent Infantry Regiment Buffs.
A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of armies, units and famous warriors from ancient times to modern conflicts. A huge number of color drawings of military uniforms, banners, insignia, etc. Men-at-Arms issue #009 is dedicated to the Prussian army under the command of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher 1813 - 1815.
A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of armies, units and famous warriors from ancient times to modern conflicts. A huge number of color drawings of military uniforms, banners, insignia, etc. Men-at-Arms issue #008 is dedicated to the Scottish Infantry Battalion Black Watch.
A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of armies, units and famous warriors from ancient times to modern conflicts. A huge number of color drawings of military uniforms, banners, insignia, etc. Men-at-Arms issue #007 is dedicated to the Brunswick Black Corps.
A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of armies, units and famous warriors from ancient times to modern conflicts. A huge number of color drawings of military uniforms, banners, insignia, etc. Men-at-Arms issue No. 006 is dedicated to the Austro-Hungarian troops of the Seven Years' War (1756 - 1763)).
A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of armies, units and famous warriors from ancient times to modern conflicts. A huge number of color drawings of military uniforms, banners, insignia, etc. Men-at-Arms issue #005 is dedicated to the Austro-Hungarian troops of the Napoleonic Wars.
A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of armies, units and famous warriors from ancient times to modern conflicts. A huge number of color drawings of military uniforms, banners, insignia, etc. Men-at-Arms issue No. 004 is dedicated to the German troops of 1870 - 1888.
A series of books on the history, organization, appearance and equipment of armies, units and famous warriors from ancient times to modern conflicts. A huge number of color drawings of military uniforms, banners, insignia, etc. Men-at-Arms issue #003 is dedicated to the Scottish Infantry Regiment Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
Osprey publishing, 2001. — 49 p. - (Osprey Men-at-Arms). English language, Uniforms, insignia, orders and medals, history and organization of aviation of the 3rd Reich. Many rare photographs of historical figures and German aviation aces.
Osprey Publishing Ltd, 1986. — 50 p. This beautifully illustrated book by Mike Chappell presents the widest range of badges used by the British Army during the First World War..
Illustrations by Giuseppe Rava — Osprey Publishing, 2020. — 48 p. The restoration of the Meiji Imperial dynasty in 1868, after 250 years of the Tokugawa Shogunate, decisively opened Japan to the outside world and the monarchy embraced modernization, including the creation of a new Westernized army. However, this modernization process was resisted by the traditional Samurai...
Illustrations by Giuseppe Rava — Osprey Publishing, 2019. — 48 p. The Great Northern War was a long series of campaigns in which Russia, linked with several other countries in temporary alliances, confronted and eventually replaced Sweden as the predominant power in Northern Europe. While contemporary with the Duke of Marlborough's pivotal campaigns against France, the Great...
Osprey Publishing. — 48 p. The Seven Years' War in Germany was characterised by an increasing use of 'light' troops in conjunction with regular infantry and cavalry as part of an ongoing evolution in military tactics. This book draws attention to these tactical developments and also provides an analysis of the allied army that fought alongside Frederick the Great in Germany....
Osprey Publishing, 2019. — 48 p. The Khazars were one of the most important Turkic peoples in European history, dominating vast areas of southeastern Europe and the western reaches of the Central Asian steppes from the 4th to the 11th centuries AD. They were also unique in that their aristocratic and military elites converted to Judaism, creating what would be territorially the...
Osprey Publishing, 2019. — 48 p. The first "bushrangers" or frontier outlaws were escaped or time-expired convicts, who took to the wilderness - "the bush" - in New South Wales and on the island of Tasmania. Initially, the only Crown forces available were redcoats from the small, scattered garrisons, but by 1825 the problem of outlawry led to the formation of the first Mounted...
Osprey Publishing, 2019. — 48 p. Pyrrhus was one of the most tireless and famous warriors of the Hellenistic Age that followed the dispersal of Alexander the Great's brief empire. After inheriting the throne as a boy, and a period of exile, he began a career of alliances and expansion, in particular against the region's rising power: Rome. Gathering both Greek and Italian...
Osprey Publishing, 2019. — 48 p. Pyrrhus was one of the most tireless and famous warriors of the Hellenistic Age that followed the dispersal of Alexander the Great's brief empire. After inheriting the throne as a boy, and a period of exile, he began a career of alliances and expansion, in particular against the region's rising power: Rome. Gathering both Greek and Italian...
Illustrator: Raffaele Ruggeri. — Osprey Publishing , 2019. — 48 p. The appearance of Roman soldiers in the 3rd century AD has long been a matter of debate and uncertainty, largely thanks to the collapse of central control and perpetual civil war between the assassination of Severus Alexander in 235 and the accession of the great Diocletian in 284. During those years no fewer...
Osprey Publishing , 2019. — 48 p. The Australian Army at War 1976-2016 , written by an Australian author who has written extensively about modern warfare, traces the development of the Army's organization, combat uniforms, load-bearing equipment, small arms and major weapon systems using specially commissioned artwork and photographs. Since the end of their involvement in the...
Illustrator: Ramiro Bujeiro. — Osprey Publishing , 2019. — 50 p. Following the Nazi occupation of Norway in 1941, the Waffen-SS began recruiting volunteers to serve in their ranks. Initially formed into small volunteer units, these developed into large divisions by 1943, referred to as ‘Legions' in Nazi propaganda. Early volunteers were promised that they would not leave...
Osprey Publishing , 2019. — 48 p. The great powers of medieval Europe fought continuously in the Italian peninsula between the 12th and 14th centuries as they sought to expand their territory. Invading armies from Germany - the Holy Roman Empire - saw the creation of the defensive Lombard League of northern Italian city-states. These struggles resulted in conflicts between...
Osprey Publishing, 2018. — 48 p. — ISBN: 9781472833754 Until 1945, Indonesia was a Dutch colony known as the Netherlands East Indies. In 1930, the area had over 60 million inhabitants and was a major exporter to Japan, providing some 13 per cent of its oil needs - second only after the United States. Following Germany's occupation of the Netherlands in May 1940, Japan decided...
Osprey Publishing, 2018. — 95 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4728-2-544-5 Due to its partitions and dissolution in the late eighteenth century, hundreds of thousands of Polish soldiers enlisted in distinct units in the armies of many countries - primarily those of the Russian and Austro-Hungarian empires, but also that of the German Reich and the French Republic. All these forces were...
Osprey Publishing, 2018. — 48 p. — ISBN: 9781472827753 After the Fall of France in 1940, a new puppet state was set up in the south. Officially known as the French State, it is better known as Vichy France. This collaborationist Vichy regime's armed forces were more active and usually more numerous than German troops in the task of hunting down and crushing the maquis - the...
Osprey Publishing, 2016. — 52 p. — ISBN: 978-1-47282-523-0 The First Carlist War broke out after the death of King Ferdinand VII, the king restored at the end of the Peninsular War thanks to Wellington's victory. The crown was claimed by both his daughter Isabella, backed by the Liberal party and his brother Don Carlos, at the head of northern ultra-conservatives centred in the...
Osprey Publishing, 2017. — 48 p. — ISBN: 978-1-47281-917-8 In October 1940 an Italian army some 200,000 strong invaded Greece across its largely undefended border with Albania. Although supported by Great Britain, at first by sea and in the air and later by landing British and ANZAC troops from North Africa, Greece bore the main brunt of the six-month war. Outclassed in...
Osprey Publishing, 2017. — 48 p. — ISBN: 978-1-47281-914-7 Throughout the 16th Century, the Spanish had an aura of invincibility. They controlled a vast colonial empire that stretched across the Americas and the Pacific, and held considerable territories in Europe, centring on the so-called ‘Spanish Road'. The Dutch War of Independence (also known as the 80 Years' War) was a...
Osprey Publishing, 2017. — 48 p. — ISBN: 978-1-47281-949-9 In the 1840s, post-Napoleonic Italy was 'a geographical expression' - not a country, but a patchwork of states, divided between the Austrian-occupied north, and a Spanish-descended Bourbon monarchy, who ruled the south from Naples. Two decades later, it was a nation united under a single king and government, thanks...
Osprey Publishing, 2017. — 48 p. — ISBN: 978-1-47282-176-8 Between the reigns of Augustus and Septimius Severus, the Eastern provinces of the Roman Empire frequently saw brutal fighting, most notably during the conquest of Dacia by Trajan, the suppression of the Great Revolt in Judea and intermittent clashes with Rome's great rival Parthia. In these wars, Roman soldiers had to...
Osprey Publishing, 2017. — 48 p. — ISBN: 978-1-47281-911-6 The 80 Years' War (also known as the Dutch War of Independence) was the foundation of Dutch nationhood, and during the course of the conflict one of its main leaders - Maurice of Orange-Nassau - created an army and a tactical system that became a model throughout Europe. This study, the first of a two-part series,...
Osprey Publishing, 2016. — 48 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4728-1770-9 Concluding his bestselling series on the French Foreign Legion, Martin Windrow explores the formation and development of the Legion during its 'first generation'. Raised in 1831, the Legion's formative years would see it fight continuous and savage campaigns in Algeria, aid the Spanish government in the Carlist War,...
Osprey Publishing, 2003 — 48 p. — ISBN: 1-84176508-2 The legendary Dutch 'Red' Lancers - the 2nd Light Horse Lancers of Napoleon's Imperial Guard - were formed in 1810 after the emperor annexed Holland and its army to France. The former hussars of the Dutch Royal Guard got a handsome new uniform, a new weapon, and a hard-driving new colonel in Baron Edouard Colbert. His lancers...
Osprey Publishing , 2018. — 50 p. In the 1840s, Italy was a patchwork of states. The North was ruled by the Austrian Empire, the South by the Spanish-descended monarchy of the Two Sicilies. Over the next two decades, after wars led by Savoy/Piedmont and volunteers such as Garibaldi, an independent Kingdom of Italy emerged. These conflicts saw foreign interventions and shifting...