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Allied Tanks at el Alamein 1942 by William E. Hiestand (Contribution by)
27.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: New Vanguard Ser.
When Eighth Army retired into its defensive line at El Alamein in mid-1942, it was tired, dispirited and had lost almost all its tanks during a string of defeats. After savage defensive fighting at First Alamein, the reinforced Desert Rats defeated Rommel's last offensive in a tank-to-tank clash at Alam ...Show more
Allied Tanks in Normandy 1944 by Steven J. Zaloga; Felipe Rodríguez (Illustrator)
25.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: New Vanguard Ser.
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 tanks began to roll off the landing craft on D-Day, it marked the start of one of the great periods of t ...Show more
British Aircraft Carriers 1945-2010 by Angus Konstam
27.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: New Vanguard Ser.
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 Royal Navy's carrier fleet proved essential to the post-war world. Royal Navy carriers fought in the Kore ...Show more
British Battleships 1890-1905 - Victoria's Steel Battlefleet and the Road to Dreadnought by Angus Konstam; Paul Wright (Illustrator)
28.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: New Vanguard Ser.
The Royal Navy's battleships at the turn of the 20th century were the most powerful battlefleet in the world, and embodied one of the key periods in warship development--the development of the dreadnought battleship. The term pre-dreadnought was applied in retrospect to describe the capital ships b ...Show more
British Frigates and Escort Destroyers 1939-45 by Angus Konstam; Adam Tooby (Illustrator)
27.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: New Vanguard Ser.
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 and the Commonwealth needed large quantities of new warships to defend their shipping which could be pro ...Show more
British Gunboats of Victoria's Empire by Angus Konstam; Paul Wright (Illustrator)
25.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: New Vanguard Ser.
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 worldwide, and which maintained and enforced the rule of the British Empire at its peak.In recent years the phra ...Show more
Churchill Infantry Tank by David Fletcher; Henry Morshead (Illustrator)
27.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: New Vanguard Ser.
The NVG covers all seven Marks of Churchill gun tank with variations and the curious self-propelled gun of 1941/42, but not the so-called 'Funnies' or the armoured recovery vehicle variants.It will begin with the prototype tank A20, which has not been covered in any detail before, then go on to look at ...Show more
Foreign Panthers - The Panzer V in British, Soviet, French and Other Service 1943-58 by Thomas Seignon; M. P. Robinson; Henry Morshead (Illustrator)
27.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: New Vanguard Ser.
A study of 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 of World War II, demonstrated by the number of Germany's enemies that used them after, and ev ...Show more
German Field Artillery of World War II by Steven J. Zaloga; Felipe Rodriguez (Illustrator)
29.99 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: New Vanguard Ser.
An illustrated study of the big guns of Hitler's army - the Wehrmacht's field artillery, its capabilities and its role in German fighting units of World War II. Often overshadowed in military history by the tanks and aircraft of Blitzkrieg, Germany's artillery was key to its methods of waging war throug ...Show more
German Tanks in Normandy 1946 by Steven J. Zaloga
29.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: New Vanguard Ser.
German Tanks In Normandy 1944, The Panzer, Sturmgeschütz and Panzerjäger forces that faced the D-Day invasion. The German tank forces in Normandy in June-August 1944 had the advantage of fighting on the defensive side, as well as fielding some of the most powerful tanks used by any army in the war. Yet ...Show more
German and Italian Aircraft Carriers of World War II by Ryan K. Noppen; Douglas C. Dildy; Paul Wright (Illustrator)
25.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: New Vanguard Ser.
The history of Nazi Germany's attempt to build a modern aircraft carrier, and the other aviation ships that Germany and Italy designed or operated. The quest for a modern aircraft carrier was the ultimate symbol of the Axis powers' challenge to Allied naval might, but fully-fledged carriers proved e ...Show more
SAS Combat Vehicles 1942-91 by Gavin Mortimer; Henry Morshead (Illustrator); Irene Cano Rodríguez (Illustrator)
25.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: New Vanguard Ser.
A history of the Special Air Service's lightweight, heavily armed vehicles and their combat use, ranging from the famous 1942 airfield raids of North Africa, the SAS Brigade's jeep-borne operations in Europe after D-Day, and 22 SAS's postwar adoption of much-modified Land Rovers for desert operations. T ...Show more