Publications

Europe at War: Hot Skies of the Cold War: The Bulgarian Air Force in the 1950s

After the end of the Second World War, Bulgaria fell in total dependency upon the Soviet Union as a direct result of the 1944 Yalta agreement on the 'spheres of influence' division of Europe. The...

Europe at War: Operation Danube: Soviet and Warsaw Pact Intervention in Czechoslovakia, 1968

On 20 August 1968, hundreds of thousands of soldiers, dozens of thousands of tanks and armored vehicles, and hundreds of military aircraft of the Warsaw Pact armed forces invaded Czechoslovakia in an...

Europe at War: Ripped Apart: Volume 1 — The Cyprus Crisis 1963-64

An even-handed and richly illustrated account of the military history of Cyprus between independence from Britain and the events of 1964.The Cyprus Problem also known as the Cyprus dispute, Cyprus...

Europe at War: Tailships: The Hunt for Soviet Submarines in the Mediterranean, 1970-1973

"Both from the analytic description of the scientific background to that of the author’s firsthand human experience, to the historical development of the technology, to the political and strategic...

Europe at War: The Bosnian Serb Army at War 1992-95

The book describes the Bosnian Serb Army in the Bosnian War 1992–1995. It provides a detailed account on organization, personnel, equipment and combat activities during the years of war. It covers...

Europe at War: The Modern British Army The Path to Future Soldier, 2010s and Beyond

The Modern British Army: The Path to Future Soldier, 2010s and Beyond details the Army’s efforts to match ongoing reductions in strength with the organisation and equipment to meet the country’s...

Europe at War: The Yugoslav Air Force in the Battles for Slovenia Croatia and Bosnia & Herzegovina 1991-1992 Volume 2 - JRViPVO in the Yugoslav War, 1991-1992

Following a brief war in Slovenia, and months of skirmishes and minor fighting in Croatia, during the autumn of 1991 the crisis in Yugoslavia culminated in an all-out war. The task of the Yugoslav...

Europe at War: The Yugoslav Air Force in the Battles for Slovenia Croatia and Bosnia & Herzegovina 1991-1992: Volume 1 - JRViPVO in Yugoslav War, 1991-1992

During the late 1980s, the former Socialist Federal Republic of Jugoslavia (SFRJ) – a country dominating the Balkans – experienced a period of major crisis. Led by the Communist Party, the nation’s...

Europe at War: Tsar Bomba Live Testing of Soviet Nuclear Bombs, 1949-1962

On 30 October 1961, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR/Soviet Union) conducted a live test of the most powerful nuclear weapon ever created. Codenamed ‘Ivan’, and known in the West as the...

Europe at War: Wagner Group Volume 1 Private Military Company: Establishment, Profile and Operations 2013-2023

The Wagner Group is symbolic of Russia’s deployment of private military companies (PMCs) to exercise influence in Africa, the Middle East and Europe since the mid-2010s. Nominally an independent...

Europe at War: Wagner Group Volume 2 Private Military Company: Establishment, Profile and Operations 2013-2023

The Wagner Group is symbolic of Russia’s deployment of private military companies (PMCs) to exercise influence in Africa, the Middle East and Europe since the mid-2010s. Nominally an independent...

F.A.Q. - CIVIL VEHICLES SCALE MODELLING

360 Pages. Soft Cover. More than 1.900 images.   The most exhaustive guide for civil modellers ever published, containing all the modern techniques that the modeler needs, raise your modelling to the...

F.A.Q. 3 Military Vehicles

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS OF THE MODERN AFV PAINTING TECHNIQUES

FGA006 - Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago: Destiny's Call

Samir is a thief, a street-urchin from Yad Sha'Rib, greatest city in the Empire. Like the city itself, he carries a secret; Samir is descended from the Heritors, powerful warriors who once drank from...

FGA008 - Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago: Cities of Bronze

A supplement for Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago, focusing on the Dricheans, the Lost Isles' most powerful faction, and featuring new scenarios, creatures, crew options, and treasure.This supplement...

Flight Craft Series: Messerschmitt Bf109

The famous Messerschmitt Bf 109 single-seat fighter was one of the most important warplanes of the Second World War. Originally designed during the 1930s, and a contemporary of the equally-legendary...

Flightcraft 23: Airbus A380

On 27 April 2005, an aircraft lifted away from the runway of Toulouse-Blagnac Airport under the power of six massive Rolls-Royce Trent 900 turbofan engines. It carried a six-man crew, it was making...

Flightcraft Avro Lancaster 1945-1964 - In British, Canadian and French Military Service

The Avro Lancaster, such a stalwart of the skies during the Second World War, also enjoyed a colorful and exciting postwar career. It is this era that the authors have chosen to focus on here,...

Flightcraft Special 03: RAF Fighters Before the Storm

When the First World War ended the then recently established Royal Air Force was awash with aircraft of all descriptions. More surprising, perhaps, was the fact that despite an ongoing cull of...

Flightcraft: Douglas DC-3 - The Airliner that Revolutionised Air Transport

No airliner in the history of commercial aviation has had a more profound effect than the Douglas DC-3. It was reliable, easy to maintain and carried passengers in greater comfort than ever before...

Flightcraft: Hawker Hurricane and Sea Hurricane

When Sidney Camm’s masterpiece, the Hawker Hurricane, entered RAF service in late 1937 it quickly became one of the most important aircraft in Britain’s military arsenal, especially in the first...

Flightcraft: The Junkers Ju87 Stuka

The Junkers Ju 87 ‘Stuka’ (a contraction of the German word Sturzkampfflugzeug, ie dive bomber) was arguably the Luftwaffe’s most recognizable airplane, with its inverted gull wings and fixed spatted...

FLT002 - German High Seas Fleet 1914–18: The Kaiser’s challenge to the Royal Navy

A superbly illustrated new account of how Germany's High Seas Fleet was built, operated and fought, as it challenged the world's most powerful navy in World War I. Seven years before the outbreak of...

FLT003 - British Pacific Fleet 1944–45: The Royal Navy in the downfall of Japan

An illustration-packed new account of the powerful Royal Navy fleet that fought alongside the US Navy throughout the last year of the Pacific War. The British Pacific Fleet was the Royal Navy's...

FLT004 - US Seventh Fleet, Vietnam 1964–75: American naval power in Southeast Asia

"This is a terrific history of the Seventh Fleet's vital service to the United States in the Vietnam War... remarkably researched and interpreted"- Admiral Jonathan W. Greenert, Chief of Naval...

FLT006 - Italian Battle Fleet 1940–43: 'La Squadra', the pride of the Regia Marina

A comprehensive. illustrated account of the wartime Italian battle fleet, from its ships and technology to command structure, logistics, codebreaking and more. In the 1920s, the Italian Navy faced...

FLT009 - D-Day Fleet 1944, American Sector: The US Navy's Western Task Force

A fully illustrated study of how the US-led half of the Normandy invasion fleet was composed, commanded, and how it fought, from D-Day until the fall of Cherbourg. The D-Day landings and their...

FLT011 - Kriegsmarine Atlantic Command 1939–42: Naval Group West's surface menace

Germany's legendary Atlantic surface war was fought by Naval Group West. Superbly illustrated, this unpacks the details of how it operated and fought. Having spent the 1930s on an ambitious but...

FLT013 - Kriegsmarine North Sea Command 1939–42: Germany's coastal naval campaign

An authoritative, illustrated history of how Germany fought to dominate the North Sea in early World War II, and take the naval war to Britain's coasts. Britain's war economy relied not only on the...

FLT014 - Royal Navy Force H 1940–42: Britain's strike force at Gibraltar

Formed to project British naval power from Gibraltar, Force H was the Royal Navy's unique strategic task force. This fully illustrated study explains its roles, organization and history. In June...

FLT015 - Italian Adriatic Fleet 1915–18: The fierce naval war with Austria-Hungary

Fiercely fought with all the latest weaponry of World War I, Italy's Adriatic campaign is the forgotten war of the dreadnought era. Fully illustrated, this is its first history in English. Fought...

FLT016 - French Navy 1939–42: The Marine Nationale in World War II

An authoritative, illustrated analysis of the official French Navy in World War II, under the command of the Third Republic and of Vichy. At the outbreak of World War II, the Marine nationale was the...

FLT017 - D-Day Fleet 1944, British Sector: The Royal Navy's Eastern Task Force

This illustrated study explores the detail of the Royal Navy's huge operation on D-Day and in the weeks after, as the fleet went into action to support history's biggest amphibious landings. Although...

FLT018 - Kriegsmarine Southern Command 1941–45: The Adriatic, Aegean and Black Sea naval wars

Packed with illustrations, this is the first history of MarinegruppenkommandoSüd, Germany's southern naval command that fought a fast and furious war at the far end of the Mediterranean. As Germany...

FLT019 - ABDA Striking Force 1942: The joint Allied command lost at Java Sea

As Japan attacked in 1942, the reeling Allies formed a joint command, the first of the war, which fought until defeat

FLT10 - Royal Navy Grand Fleet 1914–18: Britain’s last supreme naval fleet

World War I was Britain's last moment as the world's naval superpower, and its Grand Fleet was then the most powerful ever seen. Fully illustrated, this explores its fighting power. At the start of...

FLT20 - Royal Navy Mediterranean Fleet 1793–1805: The war at sea against Napoleon

A fresh, all-encompassing study of the most active British fleet of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars: the Mediterranean Fleet, in which Horatio Nelson made his legendary name.When war...

Focke Wulf Fw 190 & Ta 152 - EURO0020

FOR003 - U-Boat Bases and Bunkers 1941–45

Few of the massive military structures built by Germany during World War II are as impressive as the U-Boat bases and bunkers in Germany, Norway and France. This title takes a close look at the...

FOR004 - American Defenses of Corregidor and Manila Bay 1898-1945

The Philippines were declared an American Territory on January 4, 1899, and fortification construction soon began on the islands in the mouth of Manila Bay. Among the sites built were Fort Mills...