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MINIATURES…
DEAD MAN'S HAND: 28mm Mounted Gunfighters Boxed Set
Contains ten multi-part plastic miniatures and ten plastic horses which can be made in more ways than it's possible for a reckless bandit to die in the West. Included are all the weapons you need, spare hats, loot, saddlebags, holstered rifles. lassos, etc. The mounted set may be made to mirror the Gunfighters plastic set on foot. 50mm x 25mm oval plastic bases included. Miniatures are supplied unassembled and unpainted. $40.00 USD
SKIRMISH ELITE SCENARIO BOOKS…
SKIRMISH ELITE #01: Screaming Eagles at Hamburger Hill
OMM has acquired the rights to reprint the Skirmish Elite series in a wirebound format – now easier to use with a game. Scale is one figure equals one man. Screaming Eagles at Hamburger Hill is a complete book for recreating skirmish-level battles and campaigns centered on the 101st Airborne's struggle to capture the NVA strongpoint at Dong Ap Bia (AKA Hamburger Hill) from the 29th NVA Regiment in May 1969. Includes eight scenarios and three campaigns. $30.00 USD
SKIRMISH ELITE #02: Invasion of Crete Volume 1 – Maleme
OMM has acquired the rights to reprint the Skirmish Elite series in a wirebound format – now easier to use with a game. Scale is one figure equals one man. Focuses on the German 7th Fliegerdivision Fallschirmjagers' invasion of Crete around the Allied airbase at Maleme on Crete in May 1941. Includes eight scenarios and three campaigns. $30.00 USD
SKIRMISH ELITE #03: Russo-Polish War 1919
OMM has acquired the rights to reprint the Skirmish Elite series in a wirebound format – now easier to use with a game. Scale is one figure equals one man. Focuses on the opening months of fighting in the borderlands between Poland and Soviet Russia in 1919. Includes eight scenarios and three campaigns: Brereza Kartuska, Wilno Operation, and Lida. $30.00 USD
SKIRMISH ELITE #04: Tanga 1914
OMM has acquired the rights to reprint the Skirmish Elite series in a wirebound format – now easier to use with a game. Scale is one figure equals one man. Focuses on the battles and campaigns around Longido and Tanga in East Africa in 1914. This book includes eleven scenarios and two campaigns. $30.00 USD
SKIRMISH ELITE #05: Crete – Stalemate in the East
OMM has acquired the rights to reprint the Skirmish Elite series in a wirebound format – now easier to use with a game. Scale is one figure equals one man. Focuses the battles and campaigns of the German Fallschirmjager units in their assault on Central and Eastern Group sectors on Crete in 1941. Includes eight scenarios and two campaigns. $30.00 USD
SKIRMISH ELITE #06: Aussies at Bardia 1941
OMM has acquired the rights to reprint the Skirmish Elite series in a wirebound format – now easier to use with a game. Scale is one figure equals one man. Focuses the battles and campaigns of the 6th Australian Division's struggle to capture the Fortress of Bardia. Includes eight scenarios and two campaigns: Northern and Southern Sectors. $30.00 USD
SKIRMISH ELITE #07: Combat Sicily Jump
OMM has acquired the rights to reprint the Skirmish Elite series in a wirebound format – now easier to use with a game. Scale is one figure equals one man. Focuses on the 82nd Airborne Division's capture of the strategic road junction Objective Y on the first day of the invasion of Sicily in 1943, and the struggle to hold off the massive counterattack of the Hermann Goring Division. The book includes eight scenarios that can be played alone or together in two linked campaigns: Objective Y and Hill 41. $30.00 USD
SKIRMISH ELITE #08: Falaise Firestorm Normandy '44
OMM has acquired the rights to reprint the Skirmish Elite series in a wirebound format – now easier to use with a game. Scale is one figure equals one man. Focuses on the Polish, U.S. and British efforts to close the Falaise Gap in Normandy. The book includes ten scenarios that can be played alone or together in three linked campaigns. $30.00 USD
SKIRMISH ELITE #09: Operation Overlord – 505th Paratroop Infantry Regiment
OMM has acquired the rights to reprint the Skirmish Elite series in a wirebound format – now easier to use with a game. Scale is one figure equals one man. Focuses on the U.S. 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (82nd Airborne Div) in Normandy on June 6-7, 1944. Includes ten scenarios that can be played alone or together in two linked campaigns.. $30.00 USD
RULES…
BOLT ACTION: Armies of Germany – 3rd Edition
Revised supplement for Bolt Action Third Edition. Contains detailed unit options and theater selectors that allow players to build armies for any of Germany's campaigns, from the Blitzkrieg against Poland and France, through North Africa and the Eastern Front, to the fall of Normandy and the defense of Germany. $35.00 USD
OMM Discount 15%: Now $29.75 USD
OSPREYS…
051 SOUTH ATLANTIC 1982: The Carrier Campaign in the Falklands War
Air Combat series. Offers a focused history of naval aviation in the Falklands War. The superbly maneuverable Harriers provided air cover during the ferociously contested landings, and later a Harrier Forward Operating Base on the islands was also made available. Explains how the British forces achieved their impressive Falklands air-to-air record, shooting down 21 Argentinian jets for no losses, while suffering more to anti-aircraft fire. Looks into the Harriers' ground-attack campaign, and explains the roles played by weapons technology, radar, electronic warfare, aerial reconnaissance, and support helicopters. $25.00 USD
OMM Discount 15%: Now $21.25 USD
139 U.S.N SUBMARINE VS IJN AIRCRAFT CARRIER: The Pacific 1942-44
Duel series. Pits U.S. Navy submarines against the aircraft carriers of the Imperial Japanese Navy at the height of World War II. Examines the successes and failures of both vessels. Explains how the technologies and procedures employed by both sides helped to determine the victor in five revealing clashes, from the battle of Midway in June 1942 to the November 1944 sinking of Shinano, the largest warship sunk by a submarine. $23.00 USD
OMM Discount 15%: Now $19.55 USD
140 AH-1 COBRA GUNSHIP VS NVA ARMOR: Vietnam 1967-73
A new study of how the first purpose-built anti-tank helicopter gunship – the Bell AH-1 Cobra – engaged communist armor and well-armed irregular fighters in the war for control of Vietnam. Examines the development and deployment of the Cobra, its engagements with Soviet- and Chinese-supplied tanks and heavy machineguns, and how it was adapted to counter devastating surface-to-air missile attacks in 1972. Numerous key clashes – including the Tet Offensive and actions at Loc Ninh and An Loc – are explored in detail, with first-hand accounts, newly commissioned artwork, and more than 50 photographs. $23.00 USD
OMM Discount 15%: Now $19.55 USD
411 THE KAMENETS-PODOLSKY POCKET 1944: Encirclement of Hube's 1st Panzer Army
Campaign series. A detailed exploration of a critical month-long battle, which set the stage for German strategic-level defeats on both the Eastern and Western fronts. Presents an examination of the initial Soviet encirclement operation, Hube's full-scale breakout operation to save his army, and the relief operation by 2nd SS-Panzer Corps (redeployed from the west) in April 1944. Although Hube's army managed to escape Zhukov's trap, it lost most of its equipment and was no longer fully combat capable. The German Army in the East had been seriously weakened, and the amount of German armor deployed in the West to counter any Allied landings in France had simultaneously been reduced. $25.00 USD
OMM Discount 15%: Now $21.25 USD
259 THE ATHENIAN ARMY 507-322 BC
Elite series. This fully illustrated study explores the formidable Athenian army, rivaled only by the Spartan army in terms of battlefield prowess and influence. Summarizes Athens' major wars and battles of the period. Examines aspects contributing to the Athenian army's battlefield prowess, influence, and legacy, ranging from mobilization and training to the evolution of arms and armor. The eight color plates reconstruct the appearance of components of the Athenian army at various stages of its development. $21.00 USD
OMM Discount 15%: Now $17.85 USD
BOOKS…
THE LION OF ROUND TOP: The Life and Military Service of Brigadier General Strong Vincent in the American Civil War
Restores Vincent to his rightful place among the heroes of the Battle of Gettysburg, by presenting his life story using never-before-published sources and archival material. Citizen-soldier Strong Vincent was many things: Harvard graduate, lawyer, political speaker, descendant of pilgrims and religious refugees, husband, father, brother. But his greatest contribution to history is as the savior of the Federal left on the second day at Gettysburg, when he and his men held Little Round Top against overwhelming Confederate numbers. Forgotten by history in favor of his subordinate, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Vincent has faded into relative obscurity in the decades since his death. $25.00 USD
OMM Discount 15%: Now $21.25 USD
LEYTE GULF: A New History of the World's Largest Sea Battle
The Battle of Leyte Gulf was a huge and complex action, actually consisting of four major battles, each of which are broken down in detail in this book. Critically examines the plans of both sides and how they dictated the events of the battle. Dismantles the myths surrounding the respective actions and overall performances of the two most important commanders in the battle, and the lost victory of the Japanese advance into Leyte Gulf that never happened. Contains 16-page photo section in black-and-white. $22.00 USD
OMM Discount 15%: Now $18.70 USD
THE ALLIED NEUTRALISATION OF RABAUL: Japan's Major South Pacific Base – Images of War
Details the 1943-1944 Allied strategy to neutralize Japan's Rabaul stronghold through fierce aerial sieges and targeted landings in the Pacific. Looks at how the American forces captured Japanese installations in Papua New Guinea before campaigning along Northeast New Guinea's northern coast ousting or bypassing enemy installations there. Yet the main Japanese southwest Pacific bastion at Rabaul on the northeastern tip of New Britain, the largest island of the Bismarck Archipelago, remained. This Images of War volume recounts the strategy during 1943 and 1944 and the December 1943 amphibious landings by the U.S. 1st Marine Division and U.S. Sixth Army units at Cape Gloucester and Arawe, respectively, which successfully isolated the Japanese fortress and satellite bases. Contains 220 mono illustrations. $30.00 USD
OMM Discount 15%: Now $25.50 USD
THE FINNISH VOLUNTEER BATTALION OF THE WAFFEN SS
Details the Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS. Its members volunteered and were spirited out of Finland to Germany under watch of the Russians. The Battalion joined the SS-Wiking Division in January 1942 and fought in southern Russia and the Caucasus, until its mission ended in April 1943 when it was recalled to the home front. Unlike other legions from various countries, the battalion did not fight until the end of the war, and upon its return home, its soldiers were immediately drafted into the Finnish army and fought against the Soviets. When Finland sued for peace, former Finnish SS-men fought against German troops as they retreated from Finland. Contains 49 black-and-white illustrations. $35.00 USD
OMM Discount 15%: Now $29.75 USD
FLYING BOAT PILOT IN WAR AND PEACE: Disaster and Survival: The Extraordinary Life of Captain M.J.R. 'Roly' Alderson
Details the life of Roly Alderson, a pilot who flew boats in WWII. Recruited by Imperial Airways in 1933, he was then selected to fly Lord Willingdon, the Viceroy and Governor General of India, on his farewell tour of India. Alderson wanted to 'fly boats,' and it was not long before he had joined these venerated ranks on the new route to South Africa. He served as a captain on Imperial Airways' prestigious New York-Bermuda service and ended up saving several passenger lives during a crash. Then he was transferred to the West Africa run, where he was tasked with ferrying General de Gaulle back to the U.K. from Nigeria. Later, he was promoted to a Boeing flying boat. Contains 150 mono illustrations. $55.00 USD
OMM Discount 15%: Now $46.75 USD
AIRBORNE TO ARNHEM VOLUME 1: Personal Reminiscences of the Battle of Arnhem, Operation Market, 17-26 September 1944
First of three volumes of reminiscences of the Battle of Arnhem, Operation MARKET, 17th-26th September 1944. The three volumes contain over 150 personal accounts received from veterans of the 1st Airborne Division alongside those from RAF aircrew and XXX Corps. Contains accounts from members of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Parachute Battalions; 1st Parachute Brigade; and their supporting units such as the 1st Parachute Squadron, Royal Engineers, 1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery Royal Artillery, the 1st Airlanding Light Regiment Royal Artillery, and the 16th Parachute Field Ambulance. Divisional units are also covered, such as the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1st Airborne Division Defense Platoon, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, and 261 Field Park Company, Royal Engineers, plus accounts from members of the Glider Pilot Regiment. Contains 134 black-and-white photos, two color photos, four color maps, and five black-and-white maps. $75.00 USD
OMM Discount 15%: Now $63.75 USD
AIRBORNE TO ARNHEM VOLUME 2: Personal Reminiscences of the Battle of Arnhem, Operation Market, 17-26 September 1944
Second of three volumes of reminiscences of the Battle of Arnhem, Operation MARKET, 17th-26th September 1944. The three volumes contain over 150 personal accounts received from veterans of the 1st Airborne Division alongside those from RAF aircrew and XXX Corps. Covers the participation of the glider-borne infantry of the 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment, 1st Battalion, Border Regiment and the 7th (Galloway) Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers of the 1st Airlanding Brigade, along with further accounts from the glider pilots that flew them into battle. Also begins coverage of the 4th Parachute Brigade, namely the 10th and 11th Parachute Battalions, including 133 Parachute Field Ambulance and the attached 2nd (Oban) Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery Royal Artillery. Of interest is an account by one of the United States Army Air Corps pilots that carried the 10th Parachute Battalion. Contains 161 black-and-white illustrations, photos, and maps; five color maps; nine black-and-white maps annotated with color; eight sketches; and three color photos. $90.00 USD
OMM Discount 15%: Now $76.50 USD
AIRBORNE TO ARNHEM VOLUME 3: Personal Reminiscences of the Battle of Arnhem, Operation Market, 17-26 September 1944
Third of three volumes of reminiscences of the Battle of Arnhem, Operation MARKET, 17th-26th September 1944. The three volumes contain over 150 personal accounts received from veterans of the 1st Airborne Division alongside those from RAF aircrew and XXX Corps. Completes the accounts from members of the 4th Parachute Brigade with 156 Parachute Battalion and the 4th Parachute Squadron, Royal Engineers. There are reminiscences from members of 250 (Airborne) Light Composite Company, Royal Army Service Corps responsible for collecting supplies dropped by the RAF. The Royal Artillery, both 1st Airborne Division and 2nd Army in the form of the 1st Airlanding Light Regiment, RA, the 1st Forward Observation Unit, RA and the 64th Medium Regiment, RA, XXX Corps are covered in detail. Interspersed throughout are additional accounts from glider pilots, including those that delivered the glider contingent of the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade and an account from the 3rd Polish Parachute Battalion dropped around Driel. Covers the major contribution to the entire operation made by the Royal Air Force including 38 and 46 Groups and the fighter aircraft tasked with ground support and resupply cover. Contains 135 black-and-white photos and 16 pages of color plate maps. $95.00 USD
OMM Discount 15%: Now $80.75 USD
DON'T FORGET THE MAGAZINES…
MINIATURE WARGAMES #501
Articles include: Paint A Sneakfeet: Guide to Painting the Wargames Atlantic Sci-fi Halfling Figures Using Rapid Painting Techniques; Send Three And Fourpence: Miscellaneous Ideas As Suggestions For All Wargamers; Lysander Down: Conclusion of WWII SOE Drop in France Scenario; Nordlingen: Bavaria in 1634 by Team For Historical Simulation at the Crisis Show; Out Of The Doorway The Bullets Rip: Conclusion of the Dodge City War of 1883; The Battle of Tumhalad: First Age Middle-Earth Battle Using Midgard Rules; Total Warfare: Show Report; Scratch Build: Star Wars Build Using 'found materials'; Last Word with James Morris: Author of Midgard Rules; Review Sections. $10.00 USD
ANCIENT WARFARE: Volume 17.6: Single Combat in Antiquity
Theme: Single Combat in Antiquity: An Introduction to Single Combat – Honorable Scars; Heroic Duels of Mass Combat – Homeric Warfare; Rome's Greatest Soldier – Lucius Siccius Dentatus; Titus Manlius Versus the Latins – Single combat with Consequences; Valerius, the Gaul, and the Interpreter – Provocat per Interpretem; The End of Single Combat – A Final Blow; Features: 100 Times Ancient Warfare – Doing the Homework; Diomedes and Prophecy – The Hero's Fate; The Impact of Political Economy – Manpower Crisis; Roman Socii in the Middle Republic – Etruscan Style; Asserting Their Independence – The Lamian War; Three Standard-Bearers' Dedication – A Parting Gift. $12.00 USD
MEDIEVAL WORLD: Volume 14: Notre-Dame de Paris
Theme: Notre-Dame de Paris: Going Gothic: Notre-Dame de Paris; Crowning Paris: The Royal Procession of the Crown of Thorns in 1239; A Portal Through Time: The Last Judgment at Notre-Dame de Paris; The Gargoyles of Notre-Dame: Monsters to Watch Over Us All. Features: Chasing Chronos: Measuring Time in the Middle Ages; Ready to Fight and Die: The Battle of Antioch-on-the-Meander; Knightly Nostalgia: The Legacy of Medieval Armour; Catherine of Burgundy: An Exception to the Rule?; Righteous Fury: Northeast Asia's Fighting Monks; The Sign of the Cid: Heraldry, history, and Propaganda; The Might of Saint Margaret: Defeater of Dragons, Protector of Mothers; Book Review: Jewish Poetry and Cultural Coexistence in Late Medieval Spain; Book Review: Bastions of the Cross: Medieval Rock-Cut Cruciform Churches of Tigray, Ethiopia. $12.00 USD
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