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Author: Daniel Mersey Illustrator: José Daniel Cabrera Peña Pages: 64 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 Imperial Japanese Navy's Special Landing Force units enjoyed a reputation out of proportion to their small size. Often wrongly termed "Imperial Marines”, they were in fact sailors led by Naval officers, and traced their origins directly to landing parties...

Author: René Chartrand, Illustrators: Donato Spedaliere, Peter Dennis, Johnny Shumate About this book: In 1758, at the height of the French and Indian War, British Brigadier General John Forbes led his army on a methodical advance against Fort Duquesene, French...

Author: Duncan B Campbell, Illustrator: Brian Delf About this book: With the vast expansion of the Roman Empire came a need for more and more fortifications to defend it. The borders of the Empire stretched through wildly different terrains which...

Illustrator: Gary Zaboly About this book: This title examines the development of the Colonial Rangers in this period, and shows how they were taught to survive in the woods, to fight hand-to-hand, to scalp a fallen foe, and to fight...

Author: Ian Knight, Illustrator: Angus McBride About this book: Zulu military organisation was extremely sophisticated. Warriors were organised into regiments with some form of basic uniform and shields were state-manufactured and owned. Yet, in spite of this sophistication, much of...

Author: Nick van der Bijl, Illustrator: Rob Chapman About this book The largest, but least-known of all Britain's elite wartime Commando raiding units, No.10 (Inter-Allied) was recruited from volunteers from many nations who had fled to Britain after their own...

Cavalry Author: Richard Brzezinski, Illustrator: Richard Hook About this book: Much of the fame of Gustavus Adolphus has founded upon his cavalry. He is said to have reversed the stagnation of European cavalry warfare, giving it back fluidity and vigour....

Author: Alan Jeffreys, Illustrators: Kevin Lyles Jeff Vanelle About this book This title focuses on the experience, tactics, training and weapons of the British soldier from the Fall of Malaya and Singapore until the Reconquest of Burma. It takes a...

Author: Duncan B Campbell, Illustrator: Steve Noon About this book: Immortalized through their exploits at the battle of Thermopylae under the legendary Leonidas, as well as countless other victories throughout the classical period, the Spartans were some of the best-trained,...

Author: Ian Castle, Illustrator: Christa Hook About this book: For many people the epitome of the British soldier of the late Victorian period is the Redcoat who fought in southern Africa in the 1870s. This title covers the key period...

Author: Angus Konstam, Illustrator: Peter Bull About this book: Half a millennium before the Romans first arrived in Britain, an even more ferocious people, the Celts, arrived in what is now south-eastern England. The Celts remained in Britain long after...

Author: Gordon L. Rottman, Illustrator: Ian Palmer About this book: The prolonged and bloody fighting for control of the Japanese occupied Pacific islands in World War II is a key point in 20th-century warfare. No two islands were alike in...

German Paratrooper 1935-45 Author: Bruce Quarrie, Illustrator: Velimir Vuksic About this book: Few of the combatants of World War II have captured the imagination as compulsively as the Fallschirmjager. Boldness and courage were vital characteristics in the rigorous selection process,...

author: Philip Haythornthwaite, Illustrator: Bryan Fosten About this book: During the Napoleonic era, Russia possessed a vast force of cavalry, forming a greater percentage than that of most European armies. This stemmed partly from their service against the Turks, who...

Author: Philip Haythornthwaite, Illustrator: Paul Hannon About this book: In 1795 the Russian army was as vast as the territory from which it was drawn. The College of War calculated that the regular army amounted to 541,741 men, plus 46,601...

AD 14–193 Author: Nic Fields, Illustrator: Adam Hook About this book: Drawn from a wide range of warlike peoples throughout the provinces, especially on the fringes of the empire, auxiliaries were generally not citizens of the Roman empire. The cavalry...

Author: Chris Henry, Illustrator: Brian Delf About this book: At the beginning of the English Civil War it was clear that artillery was to play a significant part in the conflict, as so many battles were fought by siege. Both...