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New Guinea 1943-44: Air Campaign 63

by John Rogers and Mark Stille. Softcover (7.25×9.75 inches). 96 pages. 2026. Subtitle: The Allies Assume the Offensive This is the sequel to New Guinea 1942-43: Air Campaign 56 by the same authors and carries the war in the air

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Man of Confidence

by Maureen Buick. Hardback (6.2×9.3 inches). 231 pages. 2026. Subtitle: WWII’s Longest-Serving American POW Camp Leader This biography of Kenneth “Kurt” J. Kurtenbach examines his life as a tail-gunner in a B-17 who became a WWII POW in Germany. Conditions

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US Tank Tactics in World War II: Elite 269

by Steven J. Zaloga. Softcover (7.25×9.75 inches). 64 pages. 2026. The title says one thing, but the text provides another. I was expecting explanations on, well, US tank tactics. What I got more often than not were long excerpts from

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The Commando Who Refused to Die

by Odd Bjerke. Hardback (6.3×9.3 inches). 221 pages. 2026. Subtitle: The World War II Story of Odd Bjerke, 5 Troop, No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando Oddeman Bjerke was a Norwegian who fled Norway into Sweden and then traveled to Britain to

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F4F Wildcat vs A6M2-N Rufe: Duel 155

by Michael John Claringbould. Softcover (7.25×9.75 inches). 80 pages. 2026. Subtitle: Solomon Islands 1942-43 Long-time readers of my AAR know of my fondness for Claringbould books and booklets. This one offers the usual Osprey Duel focus on two specific opponents

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Philippines 1941-42: Air Campaign 62

by Mark Lardas. Softcover (7.25×9.75 inches). 96 pages. 2026. Subtitle: America’s Disastrous Start to the Pacific War This broad overview covers the US deployment of air assets to the Philippines just prior to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor and

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Overshadowed: US Marines in World War II

by Isaac Lamberth. Hardback (8.0×9.8 inches). 288 pages. 2026. Subtitle: Europe, The Caribbean, and South America When I hear US Marines and WWII together, I think of island invasions in the Pacific. However, the Marines also saw service elsewhere on

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To War With the All-American

by Martin King and Steve Mrozek. Hardback (6.3×9.3 inches). 237 pages. 2026. Subtitle: A History of the 82nd Airborne Division The 82nd Division started in WWI with men from all over the US. Obviously, it wasn’t airborne in the beginning.

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The Second World War’s Military Legacy

by David Wragg. Softcover (6.2×9.2 inches). 205 pages. 2022 reprint of 2014 book. Subtitle: The Atomic Bomb and Much More I went back and forth about this book’s content. It discusses technology primarily developed in WWII and applied to Cold

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