Osprey Publishing - OSP

NVG261 - Italian Armoured & Reconnaissance Cars 1911–45

The first Italian armored cars were used in the war in Libya in 1911–12 against the Ottoman Empire. With few tanks being developed during World War I, the Italians relied instead on the development...

NVG264 - South American Battleships 1908–59

In 1908 the most incredible naval arms race in history began. Flush with cash from rubber and coffee, Brazil decided to order three of the latest, greatest category of warship available--the...

NVG271 - US Navy Battleships 1886–98: The pre-dreadnoughts and monitors that fought the Spanish-American War

The story of how the US Navy developed its first battleship fleet, their first combat test in the Spanish-American War, and the battleships' careers through World War I.This fully illustrated study...

NVG294 - Allied Tanks in Normandy 1944

A concisely detailed guide to the Allied tanks that fought from D-Day to the breakout from Normandy, their qualities, numbers, and performance, and how they were used on the battlefield. When Allied...

NVG294 - The Royal Netherlands Navy of World War II

A new history of the development of the Dutch fleet in the early 20th century, and the role these warships played in World War II, from the defense of Rotterdam to the Battle of the Java Sea and...

NVG299 - Kurdish Armour Against ISIS

The US-backed Kurdish YPG/SDF fought on the front line of the war against Islamic State for five years. This study reveals how they developed their own armored force using captured tanks, homebuilt...

NVG300 - Warships in the Spanish Civil War

This detailed study of the naval Spanish Civil War describes how the Spanish Navy, torn in two and comprising a Republican and Nationalist part, fought a civil war at sea involving both Hitler's and...

NVG301 - Tanks at the Iron Curtain 1946–60: Early Cold War armor in Central Europe

A study of the Soviet and NATO armored forces that faced each other off in Central Europe in the early Cold War, and how their technology, tactics, and doctrine were all rapidly developed. For 45...

NVG302 - Tanks in the Battle of Germany 1945: Western Front

A new study and analysis of the final months of tank warfare in World War II, as the Allied armies rolled into Germany and fought the Wehrmacht's tanks on home soil.The crossing of the river Rhine...

NVG303 - Tanks in the Easter Offensive 1972: The Vietnam War's great conventional clash

This study explains how the armies of North and South Vietnam, newly equipped with the most modern Soviet and US tanks and weaponry, fought the decisive armored battles of the Easter Offensive...

NVG304 - British Gunboats of Victoria's Empire

A beautifully illustrated history of the iconic ocean-going gunboats of British 'gunboat diplomacy', the hundreds of little warships that for 50 years demonstrated the power of the Royal Navy...

NVG305 - Warships in the Baltic Campaign 1918-20: The Royal Navy Takes on the Bolsheviks

A fascinating look at the British naval intervention in the Baltic in 1918–20, and at the British, Soviet and Baltic nationalist fleets that fought. Following the Russian Revolution of October 1917,...

NVG307 - The Polish Navy 1918-45: From the Polish-Soviet War to World War II

Packed with illustrations, this is a study of the Polish warships such as the Grom-class destroyers that were developed and built in the interwar years.Newly independent Poland's naval force was...

NVG310 - Essex-Class Aircraft Carriers 1945-91

A history of the enduring Essex-class ships, the US Navy's finest and most numerous fleet carrier during World War II, which were modernized repeatedly and served with distinction.The Essex class was...

NVG312 - TANKS IN THE BATTLE OF GERMANY 1945: EASTERN FRONT

A new history and analysis of the German and Soviet tank forces that battled on eastern German soil in the final months of World War II.The final months of World War II on the Eastern Front saw the...

NVG313 - Foreign Panthers: The Panzer V in British, Soviet, French and other service 1943–58

The little-known career of Germany's Panther, perhaps the greatest tank of World War II, in foreign hands both during and after the war.The Panther was arguably the most successful medium tank design...

NVG314 - Super-Battleships of World War II

An illustrated study of the design, development and eventual fates of the uncompleted super-battleships intended to be built before and during World War II. Before the start of World War II, the...

NVG315 - The Russian S-300 and S-400 Missile Systems

An expert account of the development, role, and capabilities of the S-300 and S-400 air defence missile systems, key strategic weapons in Putin's Russia.Few modern missile systems have had such...

NVG316 - Soviet Tanks in Manchuria 1945: The Red Army's ruthless last Blitzkrieg of World War II

A new illustrated study of the devastating, but little-known, Soviet armored blitzkrieg against the Japanese in the last weeks of World War II, and how it influenced Soviet tank doctrine as the Cold...

NVG317 - British Aircraft Carriers 1945-2010

The history of the Royal Navy flagships that led the fleet through the Cold War, ensured victory in the Falklands War, and saw action in Iraq and the Balkans. In 1945, at the end of World War II, the...

NVG318 - Tanks in Operation Bagration 1944: The demolition of Army Group Center

A new study of tank warfare used in the Soviet offensive of Operation Bagration, which destroyed Army Group Center. Operation Bagration, the 1944 summer campaign on the Russian Front, has been called...

NVG319 - British Frigates and Escort Destroyers 1939–45

A history of the small, mass-produced warships that defended the Atlantic convoys from U-boats and secured Britain's lifeline to the United States.As the Battle of the Atlantic grew fiercer, Britain...

NVG320 - US Navy Protected Cruisers 1883–1918

Explores the history of the US Navy's 11 new steel warships, built during the late 19th century to advance American naval supremacy. After the American Civil War, the powerful US Navy was allowed to...

NVG321 - Allied Tanks at El Alamein 1942

Examines Eighth Army's 1,000-strong tank force – rebuilt, reorganized, and equipped with brand-new Sherman and Churchill tanks – that secured victory at the Second Battle of El Alamein. When Eighth...

NVG322 - US Navy Gun Destroyers 1945–88: Fletcher class to Forrest Sherman class

An illustrated history of the long Cold War careers of the US Navy's last gun destroyers, from the modernized World War II-era Fletcher-class to the Forrest Sherman-class. The finest American...

NVG323 - Tanks at the Iron Curtain 1975–90: The ultimate generation of Cold War heavy armor

A comprehensive, illustrated account of the new generation of advanced tanks to emerge during the last 15 years of the Cold War, showcasing major improvements in armor protection, gunsights, and...

NVG324 - Soviet Motor Gunboats of World War II: The Red Army's 'river tanks' from Stalingrad to Berlin

A compelling account of the heavily armed and highly mobile Soviet river gunboats which took on the Germans during World War II. Russia's enormous river system has long been its highway and, as early...

NVG326 - Soviet Cruisers 1917–45

A history of the Soviet Navy's cruisers, from the opening shots of the October Revolution through to the combat they saw during World War II. The Soviet Navy of World War II boasted a cruiser fleet...

NVG327 - German Tanks in France 1940: Armor in the Wehrmacht's greatest Blitzkrieg victory

A fully illustrated new assessment of the German tank force that won its greatest victory in France during 1940. The German conquest of France in 1940 was arguably the Wehrmacht's greatest military...

NVG329 - Tanks on Iwo Jima 1945

An award-winning US Marine Corps armor historian's account of the role of US and Japanese tanks on Iwo Jima. The battle of Iwo Jima is iconic and known for its brutality: this was the only battle in...

NVG330 - British Lend-Lease Warships 1940–45: The Royal Navy's American-built destroyers and frigates

An illustrated history of the American-built destroyers and frigates supplied to the Royal Navy under Lend-Lease, which played a crucial role in Britain's war in the Atlantic. As U-boat attacks on...

NVG331 - Midway-Class Aircraft Carriers 1945–92

The history of the US Navy's biggest aircraft carriers to be built during World War II, which found a second life as the backbone of the Cold War fleet. Entering service in September 1945, the...

NVG332 - Beutepanzers of World War II: Captured tanks and AFVs in German service

Illustrated with original artwork and archive photos, this is the history of Germany's extensive use of captured tanks in World War II. In this book Steven J. Zaloga, one of the world's leading armor...

NVG334 - Tanks in the Philippines 1944–45: The biggest armored clashes of the Pacific War

The first book to examine the Japanese and American tank forces in the Philippines campaigns, which saw the biggest armored clashes of the Pacific War. The Philippines saw the most extensive tank...

NVG335 - Soviet Tanks at Kursk 1943

Illustrated throughout, this book explains the composition and qualities of the Soviet tank force that fought Germany's mighty Panzers at the biggest tank battle in history. In the summer of 1943,...

NVG336 - Soviet Motor Torpedo Boats of World War II: Tupolev's aircraft-inspired fast attack craft

In the 1920s and 30s, aircraft designer Andrey Tupolev designed a series of advanced torpedo boats for the USSR. Superbly illustrated, this is their first history in English. The Soviet Navy's fast...

NVG337 - Tanks in the Gulf War 1991

An essential guide to the tanks that fought the greatest armored clashes of modern times, between Saddam Hussein's Soviet-supplied army and the advanced tanks fielded by the Coalition. The Gulf War...

NVG382 - Warships in the War of the Pacific 1879–83: South America's ironclad naval campaign

Superbly illustrated with original artwork throughout, this book explores the ironclad warships that fought the little-known battles of South America's War of the Pacific. In the late 19th century, a...

OWG001 - Dux Bellorum: Arthurian Wargaming Rules AD367–793

The Dark Age of Britain, from the middle of the 4th century to the end of the 8th, was a time of violence and warfare, when charismatic warlords such as the fabled King Arthur could gather together...

OWG014 - Dragon Rampant: Fantasy Wargaming Rules

Whether you're a nameless Dark Lord looking to conquer the known world, a Champion of Light holding out against the forces of evil or a Northern barbarian facing claimants to a stolen throne, Dragon...

OWG019 - Rogue Stars: Skirmish Wargaming in a Science Fiction Underworld

Rogue Stars is a character-based, science fiction skirmish wargame, where players command crews of bounty hunters, space pirates, merchants, prospectors, smugglers, mercenary outfits, planetary...

RAID002 - Israel's Lightning Strike The RAIDd on Entebbe 1976

The Israeli Special Forces' operation at Entebbe goes down in history as one of the most audacious counter-terrorist assaults ever conducted. On 27 June 1976, four terrorists – two of the Popular...

RAID015 - A Far-Flung Gamble

At the height of the Seven Years' War, Great Britain made an audacious strike at the heart of Spanish colonial power in the Caribbean. Gathering troops from bases in Britain and Canada and sailing...

RAID024 - The Last Boarding Party: The USMC and the SS Mayaguez 1975

On April 30, 1975, the final curtain of America's long involvement in the Vietnam War fell. North Vietnamese forces captured Saigon while thousands of South Vietnamese refugees attempted to flee on...

RAID033 - U-47 in Scapa Flow: The Sinking of HMS Royal Oak 1939

Even with Germany in the ascendency at the beginning of World War II, Scapa Flow was supposed to be the safe home base of the British Navy. Nothing and nobody could penetrate the defences of this...

RAID044 - Carlson's Marine Raiders: Makin Island 1942

After the Guadalcanal landings, Admiral Nimitz wanted to distract Japanese attention by launching an amphibious raid elswhere. Foreshadowing Bloody Tarawa, Iwo Jima, Okinawa and countless other...

RAID059 - Putin Takes Crimea 2014: Grey-zone warfare opens the Russia-Ukraine conflict

An authoritative analysis of how Putin's Russia conquered the Crimea in 2014 using 'grey zone' warfare techniques, blending operations by anonymous special forces with cyber, sabotage, and propaganda...

RAID060 - Son Tay 1970: The Operation Ivory Coast POW rescue mission

A superbly illustrated account of one of the key milestones in the development of modern US Special Operations Forces, the hugely complex POW rescue at Son Tay. On November 21, 1970, a meticulously...

RAID58 - CAPTURE OF U-505

U-505 was the first enemy warship the US Navy captured at sea since 1812. This is a new account of how Captain Gallery planned and executed the raid on his own initiative, and how his success almost...

SGV001 - Stargrave

A skirmish wargame set in a dangerous galaxy where players command a small crew of adventurers hunting for loot, while trying not to call too much attention to their activities. In a galaxy torn...

Stargrave: the last prospector

WAR021 - Highland Clansman 1689-1746

For nearly 60 years the clans of Highland Scotland proved to be an almost constant thorn in the side of a series of British monarchs. Fiercely independent, the clans comprised an agricultural...