505th Bombardment Group, USAAF

The 505th Bombardment Group, USAAF, was a B-29 unit that took part in the strategic bombing campaign against Japan and the mining campaign that cut off the Japanese Home Islands.

504th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy)

The 504th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy) was a B-29 Superfortress group that took part in the bombing campaign against Japan and the mining campaign that helped to cut Japan off from the remnants of her empire.

Morane-Saulnier M.S.479 Vanneau

The Morane-Saulnier M.S.479 Vanneau was the last entry in the Vanneau family and was powered by a SNECMA 14X Super Mars engine.

Morane-Saulnier M.S.478 Vanneau

The Morane-Saulnier M.S.478 Vanneau was the designation given to a version of the Vanneau that was to have been powered by an Italian produced Isotta Fraschini Delta engine.

Morane-Saulnier M.S.477 Vanneau

The Morane-Saulnier M.S.477 Vanneau was an experimental variant of the M.S.475 Vanneau V that was given a Renault engine.

Morane-Saulnier M.S.476 Vanneau

The Morane-Saulnier M.S.476 Vanneau was an experimental variant of the M.S.475 Vanneau V, and was given a greatly modified wing.

British Army Uniforms from 1751 to 1783, Carl Franklin.

British Army Uniforms from 1751 to 1783, Carl Franklin.

A splendid visual guide to the uniforms of the British army during the period of the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence, with a full page of colour illustrations for each infantry, cavalry and guard regiment. A super guide for the modeller or painter, making it effortless to visualise each of the hundreds of units covered.
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Warfare in the Ancient World, Brian Todd Carey, Joseph B. Allfree & John Cairns.

Warfare in the Ancient World, Brian Todd Carey, Joseph B. Allfree & John Cairns.

Looks at twenty-one major battles and the armies that fought them, and traces how warfare developed over the long span of Ancient History. Written as an undergraduate textbook the result is a useful overview of four and a half thousand years of military history, supported by some excellent battle maps.
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Waterloo 1815 - Captain Mercer's Journal, ed. W.H. Fitchett.

Waterloo 1815 - Captain Mercer's Journal, ed. W.H. Fitchett.

A fascinating account of the Waterloo campaign as seen by an officer in the horse-artillery, focusing almost entirely on events as they were known to Mercer at the time. As a result we get a real idea of the fog of war and just how little an participant in a major battle might know about the wider events of the day.
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Cruiser HNLMS Tromp, Jantinus Mulder.

Cruiser HNLMS Tromp, Jantinus Mulder.

Looks at the design, construction and wartime career of the light cruiser HNLMS Tromp, one of the most famous Dutch ships of the Second World War and the ship the Japanese claimed to have sunk more often than any other. Contains a good selection of photographs and plans of the Tromp and an account of her wartime career that focuses on the more dramatic moments of her career in Far Eastern seas.
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