Intelligence Images from the Eastern Front (Looking Down on War)
by Roy M. Stanley
Despite the Luftwaffe being ordered to destroy millions of aerial photos in 1945, the Allies found no less than twenty tons of photos in eleven locations, including a hoard in a Bavarian barn. These together with vast numbers of photographs taken by German soldiers used for Intelligence analysis were put into classified Allied Intelligence files at a time when USAAF and RAF imagery was being destroyed. Covering Iron Curtain countries they were valuable for cartography and target intelligence du...
British and Commonwealth Warship Camouflage of WWI
by Malcolm Wright
During World War II navies developed low visibility, horizontal and vertical surface camouflage for their ships. The camouflage served to reduce the visibility of the ships by blending them in with the sea. It also made the identity of the ship confusing by applying more obtrusive patterns. In this the third volume by maritime artist Malcolm Wright, both the official and unofficial paint schemes that adorned the cruisers and minelayers of the Royal Navy and Commonwealth are depicted in detail. W...
Area 51 - Black Jets: A History of the Aircraft Developed at Groom Lake, America's Secret Aviation Base
by Bill Yenne
Assault on the Empire (Air Combat Photo History)
by John W. Lambert
Uniforms of Russian army during the Napoleonic war vol.16 (Soldiers, Weapons & Uniforms Nap, #21)
by Aleksandr Vasilevich Viskovatov
Uniforms of Russian army during the Napoleonic war vol.17 (Soldiers, Weapons & Uniforms Nap, #22)
by Aleksandr Vasilevich Viskovatov
Uniforms of Russian army during the years 1825-1855 - Vol. 11 (Soldiers, Weapons & Uniforms 800, #11)
by Aleksandr Vasilevich Viskovatov
The Naval Institute Press will publish the much sought after six volumes of the Kure Maritime Museum's The Japanese Naval Warship Photo Album series. Originally published in Japan in 2005, each album contains photographs officially taken by the Kure Maritime Museum, as well as those taken by private individuals. These pictorial records document the main types of Japanese vessels, from battleships to submarines, based on the best images from Shizuo Fukui, a former Imperial Japanese Navy commander...
In June 1944, Operation OVERLORD, the greatest ever amphibious invasion, initially overwhelmed German Normandy defences. To attempt to stabilise the situation, Hitler deployed his elite Waffen-SS divisions to avert the crisis. This classic Images of War book describes how the formidable Leibstandarte, Das Reich, Hitlerjugend, Hohenstaufen, and the Frundsberg SS divisions with supporting Wehrmacht divisions fought fanatically despite facing overwhelming enemy airpower and determined well-led All...
British Warship Recognition: The Perkins Identification Albums
by Richard Perkins
The Richard Perkins warship identification albums form one of the most detailed studies ever undertaken of the changes to the appearance of Royal Navy ships.As a result of collaboration with the National Maritime Museum, the publication of this monumental work in a superbly produced multi-volume edition that captures all thequalities of the original. Every page is reproduced at full size, making the extensive handwritten annotation readable, while the fine-line drawings retain all the colors tha...
Allied POWs in German Hands 1914 - 1918 (Images of War)
by David Bilton
In this first fully illustrated history of the Kaiser's unwanted guests, the author looks at the lives of the thousands of Allied men who became PoWs during the Great War. After making the decision to surrender, the soldier, sailor or airman was at the mercy of his captors. The book examines what it felt like to surrender, the dangers involved and then the often long journey to a camp in Germany. For some the there was no journey, they were kept at the Front to help the German war effort. Not a...
1717-LA GUERRA DI SARDEGNA E DI SICILIA1720 vol. 2/2. (Soldiers, Weapons & Uniforms 700, #14)
by Giancarlo Boeri, Paolo Giacomone Piana, and Guglielmo Aimaretti
"My greatest aim has been to advance the art of photography and to make it what I think I have, a great and truthful medium of history." -Mathew Brady Mathew Brady and his team of assistants risked their lives to capture up-close images of the fury of the American Civil War and its aftermath. Brady actually got so close to the action during the First Battle of Bull Run that he only narrowly avoided capture. Brady's Civil War Journal chronicles the events of the war by showcasing a selection of...
South Dakota Air National Guard's 114th Fighter Wing
by Lt Col George a Larson Usaf (Ret )
