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![Mauser Military Rifles](https://s2.adlibris.com/images/13573396/mauser-military-rifles.jpg)
Mauser Military Rifles
This volume offers an insight into the iconic Mauser family of German bolt-action rifles. Drawing on first-hand accounts of the weapons in combat and primary sources regarding …
![Longbowman vs Crossbowman](https://s1.adlibris.com/images/27163417/longbowman-vs-crossbowman.jpg)
Longbowman vs Crossbowman
For centuries, the crossbow had played a key role on the battlefields of continental Europe, with mercenaries from Genoa and Brabant in particular filling the ranks of the French …
![The Longbow](https://s1.adlibris.com/images/4620806/the-longbow.jpg)
The Longbow
An iconic medieval missile weapon, the deadly longbow made possible the English victories at Crecy and Poitiers at the height of the Hundred Years’ War. The longbow was the weapon …
![The Cavalry Lance](https://s2.adlibris.com/images/29021976/the-cavalry-lance.jpg)
The Cavalry Lance
The development of cavalry firearms and the widespread disappearance of armour from the European battlefield saw a decline in the use of the cavalry lance in early modern warfare. …
![The Army of Pyrrhus of Epirus](https://s2.adlibris.com/images/45347312/the-army-of-pyrrhus-of-epirus.jpg)
The Army of Pyrrhus of Epirus
Pyrrhus was one of the most tireless and famous warriors of the Hellenistic Age that followed the dispersal of Alexander the Great's brief empire. After inheriting the throne as a …
![Stirling’s Desert Triumph](https://s1.adlibris.com/images/13789638/stirlings-desert-triumph.jpg)
Stirling’s Desert Triumph
Specially commissioned artwork, archive photographs and expert analysis combine to tell the absorbing story of the SAS’s legendary raid on Sidi Haneish at the height of World War …
![Dien Bien Phu 1954](https://s2.adlibris.com/images/58262519/dien-bien-phu-1954.jpg)
Dien Bien Phu 1954
A highly illustrated study of the battle at Dien Bien Phu, the 56-day siege that eventually led to the surrender of the remaining French-led forces, this iconic battle provided the …
![Macedonian Phalangite vs Persian Warrior](https://s2.adlibris.com/images/45245518/macedonian-phalangite-vs-persian-warrior.jpg)
Macedonian Phalangite vs Persian Warrior
In August 334 BC, Alexander the Great invaded the Persian Empire and systematically set about its conquest. At the core of Alexander’s army were 10,000 members of the phalanx, the …
![Catalaunian Fields AD 451](https://s1.adlibris.com/images/15661558/catalaunian-fields-ad-451.jpg)
Catalaunian Fields AD 451
A description of Attila the Hun’s invasion of Gaul in AD 451, the Roman response and the eventual battle of Chalons. The battle of the Catalaunian Fields saw two massive, powerful …
![Demyansk 1942–43](https://s2.adlibris.com/images/1909269/demyansk-1942-43.jpg)
Demyansk 1942–43
A highly illustrated account of the battle for the Demyansk Pocket on the Eastern Front in World War II. The fighting around the town of Demyansk was one of the longest …
![M1 Carbine](https://s1.adlibris.com/images/20168951/m1-carbine.jpg)
M1 Carbine
In 1938 the US Chief of Infantry requested that the Ordnance Department develop a carbine to be used by service and support troops, artillerymen, machine-gun crews, tankers, mortar …