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  • A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF AMPHIBIOUS WARFARE 1939–1945
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    A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF AMPHIBIOUS WARFARE 1939–1945
    SIMON FORTY / JONATHAN FORTY
    "...contains a plethora of after-action reports, diagrams and text which makes the work a thorough and engaging study of amphibious landings during the war." —WWII History Magazine Amphibious operations have always been an important element of warfare, but they reached their climax during the Second World War when they were carried out on a large scale in every theater of the c...

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  • INFANTRY WARFARE, 1939–1945
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    INFANTRY WARFARE, 1939–1945
    SIMON FORTY / JONATHAN FORTY
    The infantry can always be found at the sharp end of the battlefield. You may be able to crush an opponent with armour or artillery, but there's only one way to take and hold ground and that's with riflemen – the 'poor bloody infantry'. And it is the infantrymen of the Second World War – from all sides, Allied and Axis – who are the subject of this highly illustrated history. I...

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  • ARTILLERY WARFARE, 1939–1945
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    ARTILLERY WARFARE, 1939–1945
    SIMON FORTY / JONATHAN FORTY
    "From mountain warfare with guns on mules to V2 rockets and everything between makes it well worth a place on anyone's reference shelf." — Clash of Steel It is said that artillery won the Second World War for the Allies—that Soviet guns wore down German forces on the Eastern Front, negating their superior tactics and fighting ability, and that the accuracy and intensity of the ...

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  • TANK WARFARE, 1939–1945
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    TANK WARFARE, 1939–1945
    SIMON FORTY / JONATHAN FORTY
    Packed with archival photos, a fascinating account of armored warfare in WWII—and how tank design and tactics were transformed during the period. On the battlefields of Europe and North Africa during the Second World War, tanks played a key role, and the intense pressure of combat drove forward tank design and tactics at an extraordinary rate. In a few years, on all sides, tank...

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  • LIMITS OF EMPIRE
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    LIMITS OF EMPIRE
    SIMON FORTY / JONATHAN FORTY
    "The book is accessible to those who have no insightful knowledge and familiarity with the history of the Roman frontiers . . . an enjoyable read." — Bryn Mawr Classical Review The borders of the Roman Empire were frontiers that were often wild and dangerous. By AD 117 and the accession of Hadrian, the empire had reached its peak, and its wealth was coveted by those outside its...

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  • A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF AIRBORNE WARFARE, 1939–1945
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    A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF AIRBORNE WARFARE, 1939–1945
    SIMON FORTY / JONATHAN FORTY
    A pictorial account of the development and implementation of airborne forces during World War II. On ten May 1940 German Fallschirmjäger stormed the Dutch fort of Eben-Emael, south of Maastricht. The brilliantly executed operation was the first signal success by airborne troops in the Second World War and it made the military world sit up and take notice. Improved parachutes an...

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