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Royal Navy Monitors of World War II: New Vanguard 343

. . by Angus Konstam. Softcover (7.25×9.75 inches). 48 pages. 2025. Subtitle: Britain’s Battleship-Calibre Gunboats Every once in a while, you read about British monitors firing shells in support of D-Day and subsequent operations. Monitors were not battleships, but carried

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The United States Navy 1914-18: Men-at-Arms 565

. . by Brian Lane Herder. Softcover (7.25×9.75 inches). 56 pages. 2025. When I think of WWI naval warfare, the US Navy doesn’t leap to the forefront. That’s not a knock against the USN, just that most histories center on

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Hansando and Busan 1592: Campaign 423

. . by Yuhan Kim. Softcover (7.25×9.75 inches). 96 pages. 2025. Subtitle: Admiral Yi Sun-sin’s First Victories Against Japan Here’s a case of me knowing that Japan invaded Korea in Renaissance times, but of little else. This volume provides the

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Austro-Italian Naval War 1866: Maritime Series

. . by Piotr Olender. Softcover (8.3×11.8 inches). 182 pages. 2025. You don’t often think of Austria being a naval power, but a 19th Century navy it had and was based at Pola on the Adriatic Sea. The Italians, as

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Wings Over The Fleet: British Naval Aircraft Since 1945

. . by James Jackson. Hardback (8.5×12.0 inches). 400 pages. 2025. This nice, big compilation of British aircraft takes readers into the design and development of aircraft from propeller to jets. Each chapter is generally a type of aircraft: strike,

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The First World War in the Baltic Sea

. . by Mark Harris. Hardback (6.8×9.9 inches). 313 pages. 2025. Subtitle: Volume 1: Essen’s Triumph 1914 to February 1915 The first thing to know is that Essen is Admiral Nicolay fon Essen, the Russian commander. His triumph was partially

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A Bloody Business: Convoy PQ 17

. . by John Henshaw. Hardback (7.0×10.0 inches). 224 pages. 2025. The West sent 41 convoys and 13 individual sailings to the USSR during the war. Of the 865 merchant ships, 728 arrived (15.84% loss rate), much higher than trans-Atlantic

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Pearl Harbor: Japan’s Greatest Disaster

. . by Mark Stille. Hardback (6.4×9.5 inches). 328 pages. 2025. “December seventh, 1941, a date that will live in infamy…” Japan’s attack on the US fleet and aircraft at Pearl Harbor served as the event for the US to

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Midget Submarines 1939-45

. . by Charles C. Roberts jr. Hardback (8.2×10.2 inches). 176 pages. 2025. Subtitle: Casemate Illustrated Special This super-sized version, about double the page length of a typical Casemate Illustrated book, offers an overview of midget submarines produced in Germany,

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