BLACK CROSS, RED
STAR - AIR WAR OVER THE EASTERN FRONT: VOL 4 STALINGRAD TO KUBAN 1942 -
1943
by Christer Bergstrom
Regarded as the standard work on
the air war over the Eastern Front during World War II, this
unique series covers the history of the air war on the
Eastern Front in close detail, with the perspectives of both
sides. Based on an in depth study of German and Russian
archive material, as well as interviews with a large number
of the airmen who participated in this aerial conflict, it
has established itself as the main source on the Eastern
Front air war. This volume covers the air war along the
entire front during winter 1942/1943 and through to the
spring of 1943, with a balance between German and Soviet
archive sources. With many first-hand accounts, it contains
numerous color profiles of the aircraft involved.
New d/w - large format, 360pp, numerous colour profiles,
photos, maps etc.
This battlefield guide is the
companion work to Merville Battery and The Dives Bridges.
Together, these two books form the fully revised and updated
edition of the previous best selling Battleground Europe
Series book Pegasus Bridge and Merville Battery.This book
examines, in great detail, the attack by the British 6th
Airborne Division, in six gliders, on the Caen Canal and
River Orne bridges in the early hours of D-Day, 6 June 1944.
It also describes part of the battle for the village of
Benouville by 7 Para and Ranville by 13 Para. It was the
combination of these actions that allowed the link-up
between the commandos and airborne troops on D-Day, thereby,
forming a bridgehead to help secure the eastern flank of the
greatest combined military operation in history; Operation
Overlord.
In spite of the relatively small numbers produced, the
Tiger I and Tiger II tanks were arguably the most famous
armoured fighting vehicles of the Second World War. This
book uses archive photos and extensively researched colour
illustrations to examine the tanks and units of the German
Army and Waffen-SS heavy panzer battalions that attempted to
hold back the Red Army during 1944. A large part of the
book showcases available model kits and aftermarket
products, complemented by a gallery of beautifully
constructed and painted models. Technical details as well as
modifications introduced during production and in the field
are also examined providing everything the modeller needs to
recreate an accurate representation of the tanks that fought
from the snow covered fields of Byelorussia and the Ukraine,
through the Baltic States and into Poland and Hungary.
New in card cover - A4 format, 64pp, numerous b/w & colour
photo & illustrations
A study of the fixed defences constructed in Norfolk during
WWI and WWII. Norfolk is a part of the UK which has always
been considered vulnerable to invasion. The book looks at
Pillboxes and why they were constructed, how they differ,
what they cost and where they are.
The first of three volumes
describes development of the tank from Harland & Wolff's A20
project, the A22 tank by Vauxhall, leading to design and
development of the Churchill. Chapters deal with special
variants of the vehicle including flamethrowers, combat
engineers' versions, engineering and recovery vehicles, Gun
Carriers etc. Includes 9 pages of 1/35 scale plans and 28 3D
colour plates.
Anglo/Polish text
New in card cover
- A4 format, 176pp, 190 b/w photos, 3 colour photos,
scale plans, 28 colour plates
