The author was embedded with the unit for its entire combat tour
in 2005–06 and tells this exclusive frontline story. Ronin
portrays Marines at war as they reconnoitre Iraqi villages, track
terrorist targets, grapple with unrealistic rules of engagement,
and get the kill. It also contains the only firsthand accounts of
such previously unreported actions as an Al Qaeda attack on a
police station and the “winter of the sniper” when terrorist
gunmen plagued Coalition forces in Fallujah.
The night airwar
over Europe, 1939-1945. The authors trace the parallel developments
of RAF night bombing, and night fighting in the Luftwaffe up to the
climax of the strategic bombing offensive in 1945 and the
introduction of the German Me 262 jet night fighter. They have
traced surviving aircrew from both sides and have matched many
Bomber Command losses to German night fighter claims. The narrative
is extensively illustrated with more than 400 rare and mostly
unpublished photographs from the personal collections of veterans.
New in d/w - Large format, 348pp
c 400 b/w illustrations
The most notorious,
but probably the least well documented element of the Nazi regime,
the SS grew from Adolf Hitler's bodyguard into an organisation
which set and enforced the agenda of the Third Reich. With the
help of photographs, many previously unpublished, and the words of
former SS men and their victims, the author evokes an organisation
whose fanaticism and violence shaped the identity of the Third
Reich
OSPREY AVIATION ELITE UNITS 16:
'RICHTOFEN'S CIRCUS' JAGDGESCHWADER NR. 1
by
Greg Van Wyngarden
Undoubtedly the most famous aviation unit in World War 1 was the
legendary Jagdgeschwader Nr 1, or ‘The Flying Circus’ as its
respectful foes labelled it. JG 1, which would always be
associated with its first commander, the charismatic and revered
Manfred von Richthofen, was formed in July 1917, and for sixteen
months the unit’s young pilots in their colourful aircraft battled
for aerial dominance of the Western Front. From its ranks emerged
many of Germany’s most successful airmen, including the Red
Baron’s brother Lothar, Ernst Udet, Werner Voss, Erich Löwenhardt
and Hermann Göring.
New in card cover - 128pp, 48 colour &
127 b/w illustrations
This is a revealing account of how Kosovo became the crucible
of one of the twentieth century’s most poisonous ethnic conflicts.
Written by a seasoned journalist who witnessed the Balkan
conflagration and its aftermath, the book presents a gripping
analysis of the origins of the Serb-Albanian conflict, the course
of the battle, the issues and personalities, and options for the
future. In this second edition Tim Judah updates the story to, and
beyond, the fall of Milosevic.
