Lock down the area and secure your position with the new Maison Forte Set Scenery Pack from Sarissa. View in Store As part of the defensive effort against the Axis forces, the French often fortified houses and turned them into a makeshift bunker. Usually seen apart of the Maginot Line, it took dedicated bunker clearing weaponry and…
Erwin Rommel View in Store Author: Pier Paolo Battistelli Illustrator: Peter Dennis Publication Date: 10 Jul 2010 Number of Pages: 64 Nicknamed ‘The Desert Fox’ for his cunning command of the Afrika Korps, Erwin Rommel remains one of the most popular and studied of Germany’s World War II commanders. He got his first taste of…
France 1940 View in Store Author: Alan Shepperd Publication Date: 24 May 1990 Number of Pages: 96 The German victory of 1940 stunned the world. France, major European power and owner of the world’s largest armies had fallen in less than seven weeks to the might of the German Wehrmacht. The secret of the Wehrmacht’s…
Dunkirk 1940 View in Store Author: Doug Dildy Illustrator: Howard Gerrard Publication Date: 10 Mar 2010 Number of Pages: 96 The evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) from Dunkirk is one of the most dramatic and famous episodes of the Second World War. Dunkirk 1940 assesses Operation Dynamo from start to finish, with reference…
Panzer III vs Somua S35 View in Store Author: Steven J. Zaloga Illustrator: Richard Chasemore Publication Date: 20 Nov 2014 Number of Pages: 80 The armour clashes in May 1940 were the biggest the world had yet seen, as the sweeping German advances of that period came to epitomize Blitzkrieg. The Wehrmacht’s Panzer III was…
Panzer IV vs Char B1 bis – France 1940 View in Store Author: Steven J. Zaloga Illustrator: Richard Chasemore Publication Date: 20 Jan 2011 Number of Pages: 80 The Battle of France in 1940 involved the first large-scale tank-against-tank battles in history. The massive clashes at Stonne, Hannant, and Gembloux involved hundreds of tanks on…
German E-boats 1939-45 View in Store Author: Gordon Williamson Illustrator: Ian Palmer Publication Date: 25 Sep 2002 Number of Pages: 48 By the outbreak of World War II, Germany had done much to replace the Kaiser’s High Seas Fleet, which was scuttled following their surrender at the end of World War I. Forced to build…
British Motor Gun Boat 1939-45 View in Store Author: Angus Konstam Illustrator: Tony Bryan Publication Date: 10 Apr 2010 Number of Pages: 48 Motor Gun Boats were the “Spitfires of the Seas” of the Royal Navy. Bristling with small-calibre guns and machine guns, they served in a variety of roles during the War. In the…
Kriegsmarine Coastal Forces View in Store Author: Gordon Williamson Illustrator: Ian Palmer Publication Date: 10 Jan 2009 Number of Pages: 48 Although often overlooked in favour of the U-boats or battleships, the vast majority of the Kriegsmarine was formed of the smaller vessels of the coastal forces. These ships and boats, which included minesweepers, torpedo…
US Patrol Torpedo boats View in Store Author: Gordon L. Rottman Illustrator: Peter Bull Publication Date: 10 Sep 2008 Number of Pages: 48 Motor torpedo boat development began in the early 1900s, and the vessels first saw service during World War I. However, it was not until the late 1930s that the US Navy commenced…