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C ATA L O G U E J A N UA RY – J U N E 2 0 2 0
Greetings from Osprey! 2020 is set to be a very exciting year for Osprey, with a host of fantastic titles publishing throughout the year. Our new military fitness title Be Para Fit (p.1) and its accompanying app are set to inspire beginners and aspiring Paras alike to journey towards elite fitness alongside former leader of Paratrooper selection Major Sam McGrath. In the gripping Blood, Metal and Dust (p.2), Brigadier Ben Barry offers an explosive insight into the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, providing a detailed account of events on the ground during the conflicts. Given the ongoing scrutiny of the role of female soldiers in these and other conflicts, Julie Wheelwright’s Sisters in Arms (p.2) is a timely and relevant exploration of the history of female soldiers across the centuries which challenges the contemporary relationship between masculinity and combat. Tapping into the desire for alternative perspectives in military history, both The Devil’s Bridge (p.4) and To Defeat the Few (p.4) explore key aspects of World War II through the eyes of German forces. In the former, Anthony Tucker-Jones examines the battle for Arnhem, the result of the disastrous Allied Operation Market Garden, whilst the latter, by Paul Crickmore and Doug Dildy is a fascinating analysis of the Battle of Britain from the perspective of the Luftwaffe. Osprey Games also has a selection of exciting new releases this year, including Oathmark (p.26), a mass-battle fantasy wargame, and Letterpress (p.24). a clever card game for witty wordsmiths. Fans of Frostgrave (p.27) are set to enter the Frozen City once again with a revised and expanded edition of the multi-award-winning wargame, whilst Judge Dredd: Helter Skelter players will be able to adventure solo with the new Dark Judges expansion (p.25). Enjoy! Marcus Cowper, Publisher CONTENTS New General Military 1-6 New Vanguard 18-19 New in Paperback 7 Combat Aircraft & Raid 20 Gift Books 8-9 Weapon 21 Under Fire 10 Also Available 22 Air Campaign 11 Board Games 23-26 Campaign 12-13 War Games 27-29 Combat 14 Contact & Sales Information 30-31 Duel 15 Stocklist 32 Elite 16 Spinners 33 Men-at-Arms 17
SPRING HIGHLIGHTS
Be Para Fit
The 4-Week Formula for Elite Physical Fitness
Sam McGrath SUPPORTED BY A FULLY
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CONQUER your fears and unlock a ‘Paratrooper Mindset’, with a focus on WHEREVER APPS
progress, not perfection, and the confidence to embody the PARA maxim ARE SOLD
Available: January 2020
ISBN: 9781472839701 ‘Ready for Anything’.
Price: £14.99 / US $20 / CAN $26.99
Format: Paperback, 176pp Sam McGrath was the youngest soldier since World War II to achieve
Fully illustrated in colour and b&w the rank of major and ran the selection course for the crack Parachute
Regiment for three years. He left the military to enter the world of
business and is now Managing Director of a FTSE 100 company in
Singapore, a dedicated father of four, and an elite endurance athlete.
In Good Faith
A history of the Vietnam War Volume 1: 1945–65
Sergio Miller
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The first of a two-volume history of America’s involvement in
Indochina, from the end of World War II to the Fall of Saigon in 1975.
This volume tells the story from the Japanese surrender in 1945
through America’s involvement in the French Indochina War and the
initial advisory missions that followed. It describes how these missions
gradually grew in both scope and scale, and how America became ever
more committed to the region, especially following the Gulf of Tonkin
incident in 1964, which led to the first bombing missions over North
Vietnam. It finishes at the climax of Operation Rolling Thunder, just prior
ISBN: 9781472803337
to the first commitment of US ground forces to the war in Vietnam in the
spring of 1965. Examining in depth both the events and the key figures
of the conflict, this is a definitive new narrative of American engagement
in Vietnam.
Sergio Miller is a former British Army Intelligence Corps officer who
served in Special Forces. He was deployed to Northern Ireland and
Available: February 2020 undertook assignments in South America and East Asia. In the first Gulf
ISBN: 9781472838469 War he served as an intelligence briefer to the UK Joint Commander.
Price: £25 / US $35 / CAN $47.50 Since leaving the armed forces he has worked in the defence industry.
Period: Vietnam War He continues to support the Reserves and writes regularly on defence
ISBN: 9781472819369
Format: Hardback, 416pp subjects.
32pp plate section in colour and b&w
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Sisters in Arms
Female warriors from antiquity to the new millennium
Julie Wheelwright RELATED TITLES
A timely study that illuminates the neglected history of female soldiers
from the ancient warriors of antiquity to the present day.
Beginning with the founding myth of the Amazons, Julie Wheelwright
explores the history of women in arms. She traces our fascination with
these figures, many of whom successfully disguised themselves as men,
using primary sources and their own words to bring their experiences
vividly to light. Among these forgotten heroines are Christian Davies,
Ireland’s most famous 18th-century soldier, who received poems from
ISBN: 9781472827463
adoring women claiming that she represented a resurgence of ‘the
Amazonian race’; Sarah Edmonds, who left her native Canada and was
among hundreds of women to enlisted on both sides during the American
Civil War; Maria Bochkareva, a private in the Tsar’s army and leader of
the Women’s Battalion of Death in 1917; and Captain Flora Sandes, hero
of the Serbian Army who toured Australia, thrilling her audiences with
tales of bravery and patriotism.
Available: February 2020 Dr Julie Wheelwright is the programme director of the MA Creative Writing
ISBN: 9781472838001 (non-fiction) which she founded in 2007 at City, University of London. She
Price: £18.99 / US $24 / CAN $32.50 is a prolific author and, as a former print and broadcast journalist whose ISBN: 9781472835444
Period: Multi-period career included producing and contributing to documentaries for BBC
Format: Hardback, 288pp radio and television, Channel 4, and the History Channel, she has written
16pp plate section in b&w widely on women in the intelligence services and in the military.
Blood, Metal and Dust
The Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq 2001–14
Ben Barry
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The first authoritative military history of the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan to tell the detailed story of what happened on the ground.
Inextricably linked to the ongoing ‘War on Terror’, the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan dominated more than a decade of international politics,
and their influence is felt to this day. Blood, Metal and Dust is the
first military history to offer a comprehensive overview of both wars,
providing in-depth accounts of the operations undertaken by both US
and UK forces. Brigadier Ben Barry explores the wars which shaped the
modern Middle East, providing a detailed narrative of operations as
ISBN: 9781472824257
they unfolded. With unparalleled access to official military accounts and
extensive contacts in both the UK and the US militaries, Brigadier Barry is
uniquely placed to tell the story of these controversial conflicts, and offers
a rounded account of the international campaigns which irrevocably
changed the global geopolitical landscape.
Available: April 2020 Ben Barry led the British Army’s analysis of the lessons of the Iraq
ISBN: 9781472831019 campaign, which, though classified, informs Blood, Metal and Dust.
Price: £20 / US $28 / CAN $37 Before leaving the Army in October 2010, he wrote A Cold War: Front-
Period: Modern Warfare line Operations in Bosnia 1995–1996, which was shortlisted for the
Format: Hardback, 352pp British Army Book of the Year award. He has written extensively for IISS
ISBN: 9781472827067
64pp plate section in colour publications, and is one of the authors of the annual Military Balance.
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In Cold War Skies
Michael Napier
A highly illustrated survey of the air power deployed by NATO and RELATED TITLES
Warsaw Pact countries throughout the Cold War.
In Cold War Skies examines the air power of the major powers both at a
strategic and at a tactical level throughout the 40 years of the Cold War.
In this fascinating book, acclaimed historian Michael Napier looks at
each decade of the war in turn, examining the deployment of strategic
offensive and defensive forces in North America and Northern Russia as
well as the situation in Europe. He details the strategic forces and land-
ISBN: 9781472823007
based tactical aircraft used by the air forces of the USA, USSR, NATO,
Warsaw Pact countries and the European non-aligned nations. He also
describes the aircraft types in the context of the units that operated them
and the roles in which they were used. The text is supported by a wide
range of first-hand accounts of operational flying during the Cold War, as
well as numerous high-quality images.
Available: May 2020
ISBN: 9781472836885 Michael Napier is an acclaimed author with six published titles to
Price: £30 / US $40 / CAN $54.50 his name – including The Royal Air Force: A Centenary of Operations
Period: Modern Warfare published by Osprey – and an ex-RAF Tornado pilot who saw front-line
Format: Hardback, 340pp service during the Cold War as well as combat experience over Iraq. He ISBN: 9781472825407
Fully illustrated in colour and b&w is thorough in his research and, due to his knowledge of air warfare, is
highly qualified to write on the subject.
Rome
City in Terror, 1943–44
Victor ‘Tory’ Failmezger
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The gripping story of the German occupation of Rome from the Italian
armistice in September 1943 until the liberation of the city in 1944.
In September 1943, after the announcement of the Italian Armistice, the
German Army disarmed Italian forces and overran Rome. The Gestapo
wasted no time enforcing an iron grip on the city, but resistance remained
strong throughout the nine-month-long occupation that followed. Priests
and diplomats operating out of the Vatican aided escaped POWs whilst
Italian partisan fighters launched attack after attack on German military
units in the city, with the threat of execution never far away.
ISBN: 9781472809353
Rome: City in Terror, 1943–44 tells the compelling story of an Eternal
City brought low, of the terror and hardship of occupation, and of the
disparate army of partisan fighters, displaced aristocrats, Vatican
priests, Allied POWs and ordinary citizens who battled for the liberation
of Rome.
Available: May 2020 Victor ‘Tory’ Failmezger is a retired US Naval Officer. In the early 1970s, he
ISBN: 9781472841285 was stationed at NATO in Naples and in the early 1980s he served as the
Price: £25 / US $35 / CAN $47.50 Assistant Naval Attaché in Rome, where he participated in the celebration
Period: World War II marking the 40th anniversary of the city’s liberation. He was later Director
ISBN: 9781472829450
Format: Hardback, 488pp of the US Navy Science and Technology Group, Europe. His recent works
32pp plate section in colour and b&w include the popular American Knights (2015).
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The Devil's Bridge
Arnhem 1944
Anthony Tucker-Jones
RELATED TITLES
A new look at Operation Market Garden and the Arnhem campaign from
the perspective of the German forces who defended against the Allies.
Operation Market Garden, the 17 September 1944 launch of the largest
airborne and glider operation in the history of warfare, was intended to
outflank the German West Wall and ‘bounce’ the Rhine at Arnhem, from
where the Allies could strike into the Ruhr, Nazi Germany’s industrial
heartland. Such a move could have ended the war. However, the operation
and the subsequent battle for Arnhem were a disaster for the Allies. Put
together in little over a week and lacking in flexibility, Market Garden
ISBN: 9781472824424
became an all-or-nothing race against time. This new book explores the
operation from the perspective of the Germans, examining how they were
able to mobilise so swiftly and effectively in spite of depleted troops and
limited intelligence.
Anthony Tucker-Jones started his career writing for Jane’s Defence Weekly
and Jane’s Intelligence Review. He has written a number of books on
Available: June 2020 aspects of World War II and regularly appears on Sky News, ITV, Channel 4,
ISBN: 9781472839862 BBC television, BBC radio and the History Channel.
Price: £20 / US $28 / CAN $38
Period: World War II ISBN: 9781472816818
Format: Hardback, 320pp
16pp plate section in b&w
To Defeat the Few
The Luftwaffe’s campaign to destroy RAF Fighter Command,
August–September 1940
Douglas C. Dildy and Paul F. Crickmore RELATED TITLES
This new history, based on an exhaustive study of German records,
explores the Battle of Britain through the eyes of the Luftwaffe.
Successful air campaigns are those that achieve their intended aims
or stated objectives. Victory in the Battle of Britain was determined by
whether the Luftwaffe achieved its objectives; of course, they did not, and
this detailed and rigorous study explains why. Analysing the battle in its
entirety in the context of what it was – history’s first independent offensive
counter-air campaign against the world’s first integrated air defence
ISBN: 9781472814852
system – Douglas Dildy and Paul Crickmore set out to re-examine this
remarkable conflict. Presenting the events of the Battle of Britain in the
context of the Luftwaffe’s campaign and RAF Fighter Command’s battles
against it, this title is a new and innovative history of the world’s most
Available: June 2020 famous air campaign.
ISBN: 9781472839183
Price: £30 / US $40 / CAN $54.50 Douglas C. Dildy is a retired US Air Force colonel who has authored
Period: World War II several campaign studies and is a regular contributor to Small Air Forces
Format: Hardback, 384pp Observer. ISBN: 9781472808721
Fully illustrated in colour and b&w Paul F. Crickmore is the author both of the first detailed book to be
published on the SR-71 Blackbird and of the much-acclaimed Lockheed
SR-71: The Secret Missions Exposed, as well as the first detailed book
about the F-117.
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Audacious Missions British Battle Tanks
of World War II Post-war Tanks 1946–2016
Author: The National Archives Author: Simon Dunstan
Available: January 2020 Available: January 2020
ISBN: 9781472829955 ISBN: 9781472833365
Price: £25 / US $35 / CAN $47.50 Price: £25 / US $30 / CAN $39.99
Period: World War II Period: Modern Warfare
Format: Hardback, 256pp Format: Hardback, 304pp
Fully illustrated in colour and b&w Fully illustrated in colour and b&w
Victory in World War II required more This book, the last in a four-part series,
than military force. It required guile and concentrates on those vehicles that have
tremendous acts of bravery by operatives who had the odds stacked against them. served following the end of World War II, including the Chieftain, Centurion and
Using documents and images from The National Archives, including some that Conqueror. Covering the variants of these and others, as well as their deployments
have never been published before, this book reveals some of World War II’s most around the world, this illustrated volume is a comprehensive guide to British tanks
incredible missions. since 1945.
The History of the The Battleship
Panzerwaffe USS Iowa
Volume 3: The Panzer Division
Author: Stefan Draminski
Author: Thomas Anderson Available: January 2020
Available: January 2020 ISBN: 9781472827296
ISBN: 9781472833891 Price: £40 / US $60 / CAN $81.50
Price: £30 / US $40 / CAN $54.50 Period: World War II
Period: World War II Format: Hardback, 320pp
Format: Hardback, 304pp Fully illustrated in colour and b&w
Fully illustrated in b&w
USS Iowa (BB-61) served across a number of pivotal Pacific War campaigns,
The first two volumes covered the story including the battles of the Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf. This title explores her
of this legendary fighting force throughout World War II: this third volume details structure and history with contemporary photographs, scaled plans of the ship and
the organization and development of some of its most famous units – the German hundreds of superb 3D illustrations which bring every detail vividly to life.
Panzer Divisions. The title is illustrated throughout with many rare and previously
unpublished images and the text draws heavily on original German documents.
The Warship Tyger Flying Tiger Ace
The master shipwright's secrets The story of Bill Reed, China’s
behind a Restoration warship Shining Mark
Author: Richard Endsor Author: Carl Molesworth
Available: January 2020 Available: February 2020
ISBN: 9781472838384 ISBN: 9781472840035
Price: £60 / US $80 / CAN $105 Price: £25 / US $35 / CAN $47.50
Period: 17th Century Period: World War II
Format: Hardback, 256pp Format: Hardback, 320pp
Fully illustrated in colour and b&w 32pp plate section in colour and b&w
Inspired by the recent discovery of At the outbreak of World War II Bill
mathematically calculated digital plans for a fourth-rate ship and written by Reed travelled to China to fly for the
the Deptford master shipwright, John Shish, this book is replete with beautiful legendary Flying Tigers. After a brief but
illustrations of the construction of HMS Tyger and explores both its complicated outstanding career, he died a fighter ace
history and its complex rebuilding, complete with deck plans, internal sections, with nine confirmed aerial victories. This is a biography of his extraordinary life,
and large-scale external shaded drawings. drawing heavily on Reed’s own words to tell his compelling story.
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Hitler's Tanks P-51B Mustang
German Panzers of World War II North American’s Bastard Stepchild
that Saved the Eighth Air Force
Author: Chris McNab Authors: Bill Marshall & Lowell Ford
Available: February 2020 Available: March 2020
ISBN: 9781472839763 ISBN: 9781472839664
Price: £30 / US $40 / CAN $54.50 Price: £40 / US $50 / CAN $68
Period: World War II Period: World War II
Format: Hardback, 336pp Format: Hardback, 352pp
Fully illustrated in colour and b&w Fully illustrated in colour and b&w
Hitler’s Tanks details the development The P-51B emerged as the ‘The Bastard
and operational history of the light Stepchild’ that USAAF Material Division
Panzer I and II, the Panzer III, IV and the Panther, the 35(t) and the 38(t), the did not want and became the key Long-
Tiger, and the formidable King Tiger. Drawing on Osprey’s extensive armour archive Range Escort fighter that defeated the Luftwaffe prior to D-Day. This title explores
and supported by detailed illustrations and contemporary photography, Chris the history, technical developments, and operational leadership of the fighter and
McNab skilfully weaves together the story of the fearsome tanks that transformed the Luftwaffe it faced..
armoured warfare forever.
Lawrence of Arabia The History of the
and the War in the Panzerjäger
Desert 1916–18 Volume 2: From Stalingrad to Berlin
1943–45
Author: Robert Johnson
Available: April 2020 Author: Thomas Anderson
ISBN: 9781472834911 Available: May 2020
Price: £20 / US $30 / CAN $39.99 ISBN: 9781472836847
Period: World War I Price: £30 / US $40 / CAN $54.50
Format: Hardback, 256pp Period: World War II
16pp plate section in colour Format: Hardback, 304pp
Fully illustrated in b&w
This title offers a high-paced evaluation
of T. E. Lawrence and British military The second of two volumes that trace, for the first time, the whole story of
operations in the Near East, revising the development and organization of Nazi Germany's Panzerjäger. Previously
and adding to conventional narratives to tell his full story. It sets Lawrence in unpublished wartime photographs, combat reports, and detailed charts and
context, examines the peace settlement he participated in, and describes how his statistics combine to give an unparalleled account of this unique arm of the
legacy has inspired those working with local forces. Wehrmacht.
Warship 2020 Blazing Star,
Available: May 2020
Setting Sun
ISBN: 9781472840714 The Conclusion of the Guadalcanal–
Price: £40 / US $60 / CAN $81.50 Solomons Naval Campaign of World War II
Period: Multi-Period
Format: Hardback, 224pp Author: Jeffrey Cox
Fully illustrated in b&w Available: June 2020
ISBN: 9781472840462
Warship is the leading annual resource Price: £25 / US $35 / CAN $47.50
on the design, development, and Period: World War II
deployment of the world’s combat ships. Format: Hardback, 448pp
Featuring a broad range of articles 16pp plate section in b&w
from a select panel of distinguished
international contributors, this latest volume combines original research, new book An insightful new history, this second
reviews, warship notes, an image gallery, and much more. volume completes Cox’s history of this
critical campaign, combining detailed research with an accessible, lively narrative to
reveal exactly how, despite missteps and misfortunes, the tide of war finally turned.
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Legion versus Run to the Sound
Phalanx of the Guns
The Epic Struggle for Infantry The True Story of an American Ranger
Supremacy in the Ancient World at War in Afghanistan and Iraq
Author: Myke Cole Authors: Nicholas Moore & Mir Bahmanyar
Available: January 2020 Available: February 2020
ISBN: 9781472841124 ISBN: 9781472827098
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Period: Ancient Warfare Period: Modern Warfare
Format: Paperback, 288pp Format: Paperback, 304pp
32pp plate section in colour 32pp plate section in colour
Combining his novelist’s flair for In this compelling biography, a detailed
drama with an ancient historian’s narrative of gruelling life on the ground
eye for detail, Myke Cole presents a lively history of the Ancient World’s defining combines with accounts of some of the
clash of military formations. Covering the period 280–168 BC, he shows how and most dramatic search and rescue operations of the period to tell the true story of life
why the Roman legion came to eclipse the untouchable Hellenistic phalanx and as a Ranger on the front lines of the War on Terror.
dominate the ancient battlefield.
‘A highly entertaining and yet worthy look into 'A riveting foxhole-level view of more than a
how and why the Roman Legion was so effective decade of modern war.’
against the Phalanx.’ – The Armourer – General Stanley A. McChrystal (Ret.)
Holding the Line Pilgrim Days
The Naval Air Campaign In Korea From Vietnam to the SAS
Author: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver Author: Alastair MacKenzie
Available: March 2020 Available: March 2020
ISBN: 9781472831736 ISBN: 9781472833198
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Period: 20th Century Period: Modern Warfare
Format: Paperback, 320pp Format: Paperback, 224pp
32pp plate section in b&w 16pp plate section in colour
Holding the Line chronicles the carrier The extraordinary autobiography of Alastair
war in Korea from the first day of the MacKenzie, who, during a 30-year career,
war to the last, focusing on front-line served uniquely with the New Zealand
combat, while also describing the Army in Vietnam, the British Parachute
technical development of aircraft and shipboard operations, and how these all Regiment, the SAS, the South African Defence Force’s famed ParaBats, the Sultan
affected the broader strategic situation on the Korean Peninsula. of Oman’s Special Forces and a host of private security agencies and defence
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detailed and documented study.’ and inherently riveting read that is unreservedly
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9UNDER FIRE
VOLUMES
A NEW GRAPHIC NOVEL SERIES EXPLORING
HISTORY’S MOST DRAMATIC BATTLES THROUGH
THE EYES OF THE MEN WHO WERE THERE.
Each graphic novel provides authentic historical detail
1, 2 & 3 combined with vivid illustration and expert storytelling to
capture the heroism and despair, loss and comradeship
of bold offensives and desperate last stands.
VOLUME 1 VOLUME 3
UNDER FIRE
D-DAY THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
Authors: Jack Chambers & Erik Hendrix Authors: Dale Carothers & Daniel
Available: January 2020 DeVargas
ISBN: 9781472838780 Available: 2020
Price: £20 / US $26 / CAN $35 ISBN: 9781472838698
Period: World War II Price: £20 / US $26 / CAN $35
Format: Paperback, 328pp Period: World War II
Format: Paperback, 328pp
6 June, 1944: a vast armada stands off
the coast of Normandy; in the pre-dawn In the summer of 1940, the bombs began to
gloom gliders carrying British airborne fall over Britain. Seeking to pave the way for
troops approach their target. The Normandy a full-frontal invasion, Luftwaffe bombers
landings are brought alive in this flew over the Channel, dropping their deadly
electrifying graphic novel that tells the story of that Longest Day through the payload on key targets across the south of England. Revealing the Battle of
eyes of the men who were there. Discover an epic struggle as the Allies sought Britain through the eyes of the pilots who lived through it, this vibrant graphic
to overwhelm the German defenders by land, sea and air, who in turn battled novel combines expert knowledge and master storytelling to bring the campaign
desperately to drive the invasion back into the sea. to life, from the epic dogfights along the coast to the terror of the London Blitz.
VOLUME 2
GUADALCANAL
Author: Georgia Ball
Available: February 2020
ISBN: 9781472838735
Price: £20 / US $26 / CAN $35
Period: World War II
Format: Paperback, 328pp
A New World power facing off against
an ancient empire. A desperate struggle
to control a Pacific archipelago.
On 7 August, 1942, Guadalcanal was
invaded, signalling the beginning of a
campaign which would last over six months. This graphic novel follows the stories
of the troops on the ground, bringing the campaign to life through the eyes of the
soldiers, sailors, and pilots who fought on both sides. Combining an authentic
historical story with striking visuals and expert storytelling, Guadalcanal reveals a
campaign that changed the course of the War in the Pacific.
10AIR CAMPAIGN Each book contains:
Packed with artwork, maps and diagrams, the Air Campaign series examines • Battlescene artwork
how the world’s greatest air wars have been fought. Analyzing the goals of the • Aerial bird’s-eye views
attacking air commanders, the aircraft they had to work with, the opposing air • Maps & 3D diagrams
defences, how they planned the attack and how the pilots actually fought it,
this series sheds light on why air campaigns have been won and lost. Price: £14.99 / US $24 / CAN $32.50
ACM 14 ACM 15
Schweinfurt– Battle of the Atlantic
Regensburg 1943 1939–41
Eighth Air Force's costly early daylight RAF Coastal Command's hardest fight
battles against the U-boats
Author: Marshall L. Michel III Author: Mark Lardas
Illustrator: Jim Laurier Illustrator: Edouard A. Groult
Available: January 2020 Available: February 2020
ISBN: 9781472838674 ISBN: 9781472836038
Period: World War II Period: World War II
ACM 16 ACM 17
Legion Condor 1936–39 The Italian Blitz 1940–43
The Luftwaffe learns Blitzkrieg in the Bomber Command's strategic campaign
Spanish Civil War south of the Alps
Author: James S. Corum Author: Richard Worrall
Illustrator: Graham Turner Illustrator: Graham Turner
Available: April 2020 Available: June 2020
ISBN: 9781472840073 ISBN: 9781472841452
Period: 20th Century Period: World War II
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For these men, the end of the
battle for Kos was the start of a
long journey to prison camps in
the Reich. (Author’s collection) On the night of 10–11 November, Leros, 12 November 1943
Allied warships targeted German invasion
craft assembling for the expected invasion
of Leros. The British destroyers Petard
BRITISH FORCES KOS, 3 OCTOBER 1943 and Rockwood and the Polish Krakowiak
1. Kos landing ground is defended
by the DLI Anti-tank Platoon (soon Situation in and around Kos town on bombarded Kalymnos harbour, where AEGEAN SEA ••
joined by additional personnel 3 October 1943 escort vessels sustained splinter damage; I
LRDG
including RAF and RE) and Bofors of C 1 KORR
1st LAA Regiment. Trapani, damaged in a previous attack, ••• M Clidi
CAPE FOCA Tripiti 15 1 KORR
2 2. Two companies of 10° reggimento was set on fire and capsized. While 0 500 yds
di fanteria remain in the Platani No. 4
(Gherme) area throughout the day. withdrawing, HMS Rockwood was Arcangelo Gp
4 Buffs
0 500m
3. B Company ordered to take up struck by a glide bomb that, luckily, failed
1 defensive position astride main road Strongilo
leading to Kos town. to explode. HM ships Faulknor, Beaufort 8
I
(-)
2/22
4. Thinly held line formed with HQ and the Greek Pindos also bombarded I
II
(-)
Company moving up on the right of (-) 2
B Company and covering the ground Kos harbour, albeit with little effect. 5
2/65 II
65
PARTHENI 2 (-)
between that point and the sea. 22
5. A Company (about 40 all-ranks) held BAY
Hardly any images have BLEFUTI PALMA/VAGHIA BAY I
(-)
2
ENIGMA AND ULTRA
•
in reserve. emerged showing Allied I
8 4 Buffs 22
BAY •••
6. Battalion HQ held in olive grove just B 4 Buffs
south-west of A Company.
forces on Kos or Leros. This 18 4 Buffs
I
Pasta di Sopra Point/Pano Zymi
commander of Kos, Col. B rare photograph taken atop
Among those taken prisoner was the British
7. C Company in reserve for left and D 4 Buffs
right flanks in Kos town. Scumbarda shows New Winston Churchill was kept well informed with regard to German intentions, M Vedetta
Kenyon. Many managed to escape, using whatever means were available. Zealander Second Lieutenant knowing in advance such crucial details as enemy shipping movements. Likely
long
Isolated parties of Allied soldiers and airmen also remained in hiding
••
•• LRDG
Frank White (second from right) Route
Since the beginning of hostilities, the Germans had relied on Enigma,
LRDG I
C 1 KORR
a
•••
with members of his LRDG
15 1 KORR
after the fighting had ended. FORBICI POINT/CAPE LOUROS ASKLEPION machine designed for the encryption and decryption of secret messages. 4 Buffs M Clidi
GRIFO/KRYFOS BAY
3,145 callsign, apparently observing
No. 4
Müller would record that his battle group ultimately took prisoner
4 Buffs
2 Gp
aerial activity above their But transmissions were being intercepted and passed on to cryptanalysts S Quirico
14 or 15
‘Badoglio Italians’ and 1,388 British. German losses amounted to position. (Brendan O’Carroll) and translators at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire, England.
I
When, I 1 1/2 I Villa Belleni
dead and at least 70 wounded. during the night of 6–7 November, a German signaller advised C 4 Buffs 3 1/2 ALINDA BAY
that the
I
LRDG/ 2 1/2
•••
1943 (PP. 36–37) code word ‘Leopard’ had been replaced with ‘Taifun’, it was duly SBS
4 18 2 RIrF
MAJOR BILL LEVERETTE ATTACKING JU 87 STUKAS, MIDDAY 9 OCTOBER noted by ••• •••
British Intelligence and passed on to the British prime minister. ‘Ultra’, 17 2 RIrF 9 2 RIrF
WAR AT SEA AND ON LAND: 4–11 OCTOBER as Germano Pandeli Castle
I
A (-)
I
After he had engaged six Stukas, Leverette closed on a seventh, the decoding operation was called, had to remain a closely guarded
2 RIrF
M Rachi Leros/Platanos
Credential Force was a naval unit comprising the cruiser HMS
1
secret. 2 RIrF
KJA Brandenburg
Carlisle, and destroyers HMS Petard, Panther, and, initially, Aldenham firing a full burst into the bottom of the fuselage and setting the Being seen to act on information that could have derived only from X
on the GHERME/PLATANI
Enigma Searchlight Hill M Appetici
On Wednesday, 6 October, IX./Festungsinfanteriebataillon embarked
II Main
I
engine on fire. The Stuka dived abruptly. Leverette was unable
I
(-)
would also inform the Germans that their supposedly indecipherable
HQ
and the Greek Themistocles, both of which were relieved on Friday,
1 KORR
1 •••
B 2 RIrF
2
Piraeus means
steamship Olympos and six Marinefährprähme and set sail from
16 2 RIrF
to break away upward and in attempting to pass under the
2 GURNA BAY
I
8 October by HMS Rockwood and the Greek Miaoulis. On Saturday of communication had been compromised. M Meraviglia
C 2 RlrF
COO/KOS
right wing, the P-38’s left propeller sliced through the enemy over
with UJ 2111 as escort. The battalion was destined for Kos, to take
I
morning, Credential Force was retiring southward on a course of
4 B 2 RWK PANDELI BAY
machine. The P-38 survived. A running fight continued for some 3 On 11 November, air reconnaissance observed considerable movement •••
from the combat units there, enabling them to prepare for the forthcoming
9
160 degrees, some 70 miles north-east of Crete. RAF Beaufighters 7 I 2 RIrF
1
15 minutes, until the Ju 87s had passed over the south coast of of landing craft between Kos and Kalymnos. It was also known A (-) Pandeli Castle 1 KORR S. Domenica/
and American P-38 Lightnings provided air cover. Close to midday, sighted through
invasion of Leros. Early the next day, the British submarine Unruly
3 2 RIrF Agia Kyriaki
Rhodes. Although some Stukas had struck at the convoy, no ships Ultra that Taifun was to commence the following day. However, British
5 6 Portolago/Lakki
P-38s of 94th FS withdrew shortly before the arrival of a relief flight surfaced relief
the convoy off Kos. After an unsuccessful torpedo attack, Unruly
5 Searchlight
from 37th FS. At the same time, Ju 87 Stukas of I./St.G. 3 arrived and, were lost. destroyers were not expected to arrive in the area of operations Hill 2 RIrF Leros/
away until late
II
veered
I
American pilots were credited with destroying 17 enemy and opened fire with her deck gun. Olympos was struck and X Platanos
facing no aerial opposition, dive-bombed the convoy. HMS Panther
HQ
1 DLI
INGIRLICHI
on 12–13 November, making it essential for those already there to Patella/Petalida
1 KORR
aircraft. In addition to Maj. Leverette’s seven Ju 87s, five were also conserve
received a direct hit, split in two and quickly sank. Several bombs and an F-lighter was set on fire and immobilized before the escort vessel fuel. HMS Faulknor and two Hunt-class destroyers were therefore Main M Meraviglia
claimed by Lt. Troy Hanna, three more and a probable by Lt. Homer
I
KIRBY diverted
I
aircraft.
began taking hits. UJ 2111 was saved by the appearance of four
A
struck HMS Carlisle aft, rendering her immobile. One Stuka and its
•••
I
HQ 1 RIrF B 1 KORR 18 1 KORR
Sprinkle and one by Lt. Robert Margison. Lieutenant Wayne Blue to an anchorage near the Kos Channel, from where the Hunts could B 2 RIrF
and be sent
crew fell to anti-aircraft fire.
Unruly broke off the attack and dived, following which the escort vessel
I
I. Gruppe departed, narrowly avoiding contact with approaching was credited with a Ju 88 (probably a misidentified 252 Squadron 1 to attack any landing craft that might be reported off Kos. The force C 2 RlrF
arrived
five of the six F-lighters continued at speed towards Kos.
XX
Beaufighter, three of which were attacked by three P-38s). Naval 4 0 500 yds
P-38s of 37th FS, led by squadron commander Major Bill Leverette
LAMBI LANDING GROUND at Alakishli
22 Bay in the early hours of Friday, 12 November, by which time
Meanwhile, the Royal Navy cruisers Sirius and Penelope in company
DERMEN VALLEY
(1). While orbiting the convoy, the P-38 pilots noticed an estimated gunners claimed three aircraft shot down. According to Luftwaffe I
OperationMÜLLER
Taifun was already under way. 0 500m
records, seven Ju 87D-3s fell to fighter attack. Another made an
D
scene. 1 KORR
25 (II. Gruppe) Stukas en route from the opposite direction. The with the destroyers Faulknor and Fury were racing towards the
emergency landing. One Ju 87D-4 was shot down by AA fire. In all,
I
in
P-38s changed course to pass behind and above the formation. The destroyers intercepted and sunk Olympos and rejoined the cruisers
A 1 KORR
With three P-38s providing high cover, Leverette’s flight of four 12 Luftwaffe aircrew died; 60 naval officers and ratings lost their that she
lives and about 55 were injured. attacking the rest of the convoy. UJ 2111 was so severely damaged OPERATION TAIFUN: 12 NOVEMBER N ••
aircraft dived on the Ju 87s (2). fire on
had to be abandoned by her crew. The warships then turned their
LRDG
Italian gun battery SEROCAMPO
targeted
survivors in the water. After withdrawing, the British warships were
F.A.M.-D.I.C.A.T. (Battery command centre) BAY
Embarkation of German forces destined for Leros had been completed
wounded. by
by German aircraft, resulting in substantial losses in dead and
British troop movements
EVENTS about 2000hrs on Thursday, 11 November. Meanwhile, some two German troop movements Lerica/Velona
to to three
At least one German vessel, a badly damaged landing craft, was able miles (3–5km) off Leros, BYMS 72 (British Yard Minesweeper) was 0
soon 1 DLIto become on a 1 mile
reach Astipalaea. On board were 80 or more personnel,at Marmari
1. 0445hrs. stood to. Fifteen minutes later, first troops of II./Gren.Rgt. 65 land
3. After linking up, Brandenburg units push towards Antimachia. In the north-east,
on the northern coast and establish a beachhead and II./Gren.Rgt. supply run to the island, when she was attacked by Dornier Do 217s
16 beginof
prisoners of the island’s resident Italian forces and M2 Patrol theinLRDG.
landing the south. 0630hrs, C Company ordered to cover east of
at 0900hrs, German forces push back A Company, causing 50 percent casualties.
and 0 1km
town to counter supposed threat from (non-existent) landing at Cape Foca. Two
OC A Company makes contact with OC Italian troops in the Platani area and
together they organize a local defence.
struck by a remote-controlled Henschel Hs 293 glide bomb. The explosion
platoons cover main entrances to town with one platoon in reserve. 2901 Sqn
brought down the ship’s mast, knocked out the port Oerlikon and damaged
RAF Regiment. and personnel of 1 LAA Regiment. (all having arrived the day
39LAA
before) are deployed as infantry. Also in the town/port area are Bofors of 1st
4. 0900–1200hrs. Thirty ORs of Anti-tank Platoon are redeployed from Kos landing
ground to cover terrain between A and B Companies. Detachment of RAF
the
Regiment. and Hispanos of 2909 Sqn RAF Regiment. Regiment also ordered to the area. GERMAN FORCES
38 2. 0700hrs. A Company deployed south of B Company on line of wadi. Soon after, 5. 1400hrs. Remnants of B Company withdraw to area of Bn HQ defence line, co- 50 A. II./Gren.Rgt. 65 with supporting
in the south-west, Brandenburg Fallschirmjäger land under fire and Brandenburg located with Bn HQ and other DLI personnel, joined at about 1430hrs by HQ units
Küstenjäger come ashore behind schedule due to unfavourable weather
conditions.
Company. From 1715hrs a general withdrawal begins towards Kos town and a
final defensive line.
B. II./Gren.Rgt. 16 51
30 31
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C USS JOHN D. EDWARDS (DD-216)
classified as a miscellaneous 33
auxiliary, as a prototype for
a destroyer-conversion high- 34
USS John D. Edwards was one of 156 Clemson-class destroyers
speed transport (APD). Manley The Navy Board decided the solution Edwards carried relief supplies to Japan after the 1923 earthquake,
built for the United States Navy. It was built by William Cramp &
was given a partial conversion, lay in mass producing destroyers to a Sons at Philadelphia. Laid down on May 21, 1919, it was
protected foreigners during the Chinese Civil War in 1924, and after
1937 guarded American interests during the Sino-Japanese War.
allowing it to carry 120 Marines. common design. The design used was launched on October 18, 1919. It has the distinction of being the After Pearl Harbor, Edwards was part of the ABDA Command in the
The experiment was successful. based on the Caldwell class. In many flush-deck destroyer which remained continuously in Java Sea. It fought at the battle of Balikpapan on February 20, 1942,
In 1939, Manley went ways, the Caldwell class represented the commission longest. Commissioned on April 20, 1920, it and the battle of Java Sea on February 27 the same year. One of
remained continuously in service until July 28, 1945.
through a more comprehensive pinnacle of destroyer design in 1915. four flush-deck destroyers to escape the Java Sea on March 1, 1942,
refit. The forward fire room was They would have been perfect destroyers Edwards spent a stretch in the Mediterranean and Black Sea Edwards spent the rest of the war escorting Atlantic convoys.
from May 1920 to May 1921, three years from 1925 to 1927
converted to accommodations for Jutland. They could scout out the
conducting training cruises out of Norfolk, and two years in
This plate shows John D. Edwards as it would have appeared in
for troops, with the front two area. They could dash in against the 1928–29 on the West Coast. Edwards was part of the Asiatic Fleet
the 1920s.
8
boilers and smokestacks removed enemy battle line to fire salvoes of six from 1921 to 1925 and from August 1929 until March 1942, 35 36
37
by davits 39
to make room. Also removed were all the torpedo tubes, replaced torpedoes each – twice – and then protect when the Asiatic Fleet was dissolved.
USS Little (APD-3) in an early 38
“Green Dragon” camouflage to hold landing craft and four 36-foot LCPL (Landing Craft, Personnel, their battle line from enemy torpedo 29 41
The two
scheme. It was probably one Large) or LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle Personnel) Higgins boats. attack with 4in. quick-firing guns. Displacement: 1,215 tons (normal), 1,308 tons (full load) 42
on
waist guns were altered: one was removed, and the second was mounted Yet a design that was perfect in 1915
applied extemporaneously Dimensions: 314ft 4.5in. x 30ft 11.5in. x 9ft 4in. 28
by the crew in August 1942. hours.
Little was lost on September the centerline. The ship could carry up to 200 Marines for up to 48 already held shortcomings by 1916. It Propulsion: 2 geared steam turbines (2 shafts),
Even with two boilers removed, the ADPs made a good turn of speed. had little antiaircraft strength and no 4 × 300psi boilers, 27,600shp (designed) 24
5, trapped in the Slot off Speed:
a flush-
Water resistance increases as the cube of the speed; nearly half of The Wickes-class was the first antisubmarine capability. The main battery used low-angle guns, incapable 35 knots 12
Guadalcanal by a Japanese
Fuel:
surface force. (AC) went to give it its final 6 knots of speed. In theory, mass-produced United States of being used against aircraft, and the two planned 1.1in. machine guns were Oil
decker’s horsepower Navy destroyer. This shows four Crew:
22
hull and 8 officers, 8 petty officers, 106 sailors
an APD could make 29 knots, but time had taken its toll on both under construction at the New
inadequate even in World War I. And by 1916 destroyers were emerging
Armament (1925): 4 × 4in./50-caliber guns, 1 × 3in./23-caliber 15
16
ships.
machinery, and 26 knots was a more typical top speed for these old York Shipbuilding Corporation as the most important ship for fighting submarines. But the design was antiaircraft gun, 12 × 21in. torpedo tubes 23
by
In May 1940, five more APD conversions were ordered, and shipyard in Camden, NJ. Left to available, and ships were needed quickly. The result was the Wickes class, (4 × 3), 2 depth charge racks 13
Gregory,
December 7, 1941, six were in commission: USS Manley, Colhoun, slightly modified versions of the Caldwell class.
right: Leary (Destroyer No. 158),
Atlantic Babbitt (Destroyer No. 128),
Little, McKean, and Stringham. Initially the six were split between the Dickerson (Destroyer No. 157),
Wickes retained the same general arrangements as the Caldwell-class
8
and the Pacific. When the Allies moved to the offensive in the Solomons and Jacob Jones (Destroyer destroyers. It was slightly longer – 314ft 4.5in. against the 308ft waterline
No. 130). All four were length of the Caldwells – and shared the same general arrangement of guns
completed after World War I, and torpedoes. To simplify construction, it reverted to the twin-screw design,
but played significant roles 4
abandoning the center propeller. It also had a knife-edge cruiser stern rather
THE MANLEY OFF CORREGIDOR during World War II. (USNHHC)
G One of the most popular uses for old flush-deck destroyers was as fast
attack transports. than the cutaway stern of the Caldwells.
converted and one of the
USS Manley, one of the six Caldwell-class destroyers, was the first ship
3 40
longest-lived in that role. 30
32
transport (APD) in 25
Manley, a combat veteran of World War I, had been outfitted as a fast troop USS STOCKTON (DD73) IN WORLD WAR I 31
February 1939. In September 1942, Manley was one of six APDs sent to
the Southwest Pacific to A USS Stockton was one of six Caldwell-class destroyers. Each Caldwell differed. Stockton may have 1
It landed troops on
support the first Allied offensive in the Pacific, the landing at Guadalcanal. been the most unusual flush-deck destroyer of them. It and its sister, USS Conner (DD-72), were 26
APDs to survive it. Later, it
Guadalcanal several times during that campaign, and was one of two built with three funnels; the exhaust for the center two boilers were trunked together in a single,
participated in landings at Kwajalein, Yap, Saipan, Leyte Gulf, and Luzon. fat, central funnel. 27
to recapture Corregidor,
In January 1945, Manley was one of four APDs assigned to land troops Additionally, they had three propellers; a center shaft was turned by a high-pressure geared KEY
to Manila Bay, and
captured by the Japanese in May 1942. Corregidor commanded the entrance turbine and two outer propellers ran off a direct-drive medium-pressure steam turbine. Stockton 21
its control was key to reopening Manila as a harbor. could run under the center propeller when cruising, to save fuel. Stockton was also experimentally 1. Flagstaff 12. Main Mast
stopped at the 22. Searchlight
This plate shows the opening of the landing. Shortly after sunrise, Manley armed with a twin 4in./50-cal. mount forward.
2. Rudder
33. Fore Mast
Each boat was 36ft long 13. Triple torpedo tubes
departure point and lowered its four LCVP Higgins boats into the water. Stockton was in commission with the US Navy from 1918 to 1922. It served in World War I, being 18
23. Searchlight Platform 34. Crow’s Nest
had been 3. Depth Charge Racks
and could carry 36 armed troops and its four-man crew. Although Corregidor stationed out of Brest, France. It was turned over to the Royal Navy as part of the Destroyers-for- 14. Fuel Tank 24. Boiler Room Grates 35. Sea Cabin
the invasion force,
bombarded and bombed, hidden gun emplacements survived and took Bases swap in 1940. It served in the Royal Navy as HMS Leeds from October 1940 to April 1945. 19 4. 3in. AA Gun 15. Engine Room Grates 25. Boiler Room 36. Forward Searchlight
fire. Manley responded by providing fire support with its broadside of
including Manley, under This plate shows Stockton as it appeared in 1918, painted in a distinctive dazzle camouflage 14 5. Propeller Guards 16. 24ft Motor Sailing 26. Boiler Platform
9 10 11
three 4in./50-cal. guns. pattern of that period. 20
17 6. Propeller Launch 37. Radio Room
27. Whale Boat
brown. This was one of a
The ship is shown in Camouflage Measure 31, a mixture of greens and 7 7. Propeller Shaft 17. Engine Room 38. Range Finder
fast attack transports. It 28. Galley
number of tropical green camouflage systems used for landing craft and 5 8. 4in. Gun 18. Life Rafts 39. Bridge
during the recapture of Displacement: 1,010 tons (normal), 1,125 tons (full load) 29. Smokestack
was adopted in 1943, and shows the Manley as it would have appeared 19. Engine
of tropical green 9. Crew Wash Room 40. Sound room
Corregidor on February 16, 1945. It probably sported several versions Dimensions: 315ft 6in. x 31ft 4in. x 8ft 1in. 2 30. Officer’s Quarters
10. Crew Quarters 20. Lube Oil Tank
camouflage during its service as a fast transport. Propulsion: 2 direct drive medium-pressure Parsons steam turbines, one geared high-pressure 6 31. Crew Quarters 41. Anchor
Parsons steam turbine (3 shafts), 4 × 300psi boilers, 18,500shp (designed) 11. Stores 21. Condenser
45 32. Fuel Oil 42. Jackstaff
Speed: 30 knots
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Crew: 146 officers, petty officers, and sailors
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