returns to Flintloque to paint an Ogre.
New uniform plates and books are coming to the On Military Matters shoppe in the next two or so weeks. We have new miniatures rules and other books coming, too.
Uniform Books…
Both Russian Cavalry books cover Russian cavalry regiments 1801 to 1825 during the Czar Alexander I era – originally called Historical Description of the Clothing and Arms of the Russian Army, Compiled at Saint Petersburg from 1837 and 1851. Mark Conrad translation to English. Topics discussed start from the early czars until the late 19th Century. Our new edition has revised the plates, including coloring many of the images so far available just in black-and-white. Also includes some rare color plates from private collectors.
Uniforms of Russian Army During the Napoleonic War: Volume 10 – Reign of Alexander I Cavalry: Cuirassier, Dragoons & Horse-Jager $46.00 USD
Uniforms of Russian Army During the Napoleonic War: Volume 11 – Reign of Alexander I Cavalry: Hussars, Lancers, Gendarmes and the Train $46.00 USD
Prussian & Austrian Army Uniforms 1742-1770 Shows mainly the uniforms and accoutrements of Prussian and Austrian army in the second part of XVIII Century. So, infantry, cavalry, artillery and other corps are well present in his color plates. Also includes some plates related the Saxon uniforms. $46.00 USD
Peter Bunde Uniform Plates…
326: Electorate of Hesse-Cassel: Lieb Dragoon Regiment 1813-1815 Uniform plate with 20+ color figures, flags or standards, facings, etc. Explanations on back of plate. $14.00 USD
327: Grand-Duchy of Wurzburg: Artillery 1806-1814 Uniform plate with 20+ color figures, flags or standards, facings, etc. Explanations on back of plate. $14.00 USD
Rules & Scenarios…
Comrades in Battle: ACW Skirmish Rules with Card Deck New card-driven rules for American Civil War 1861-1865 skirmishing. Based on Company Commander rules, with modifications to re-scale the game for more full skirmish actions. $65.00 USD
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Wargame the Roman Invasion: AD 43-84 This sourcebook shows you how to copy and make any number of colorful and durable stands of troops using traditional skills with glue and scissors. To play the game, you will need a tabletop playing surface, a tape measure, and a handful of dice. $30.00 USD
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Wargame the Spanish Armada 1588 This sourcebook shows you how to copy and make any number of colorful and durable stands of troops using traditional skills with glue and scissors. To play the game, you will need a tabletop playing surface, a tape measure, and a handful of dice. $30.00 USD
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Airborne: Book 3 – Les Drouries Book No. 3 in the WWII Airborne series takes the player to the infamous Dead Man's Corner via twelve scenarios. $24.00 USD
Airborne: Book 4 – The Battle of Carentan The final book in the Airborne Tetralogy is available now. In these twelve scenarios, the player can experience the futility on the causeway and take part in the ferocious fight for the Ingouf Farm, the action for which Lt. Colonel Robert Cole was awarded the Medal of Honor. Finally, see if you can repel the 17th SS Panzergrenadiers' counterattack at Carentan. $24.00 USD
Books…
The Battle of Montgomery 1644: The English Civil War In The Welsh Borderlands While the battle is the main subject, this also considers the wider war in Northerly Wales and the North-West and West Midlands of England. $40.00 USD
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Determined to Stand and Fight: The Battle of Monacacy July 1864 American Civil War battle just south of Frederick, Maryland. $15.00 USD
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Armored Trains: An Illustrated Encyclopedia 1825-2016 Oversized at 9.5 x 11.25 inches, this completely revised, expanded and translated edition since its French publication covers armored trains 1825-2016. Covers the range of fighting equipment that rode the rails country by country. Includes a vast array of photographs and the author's meticulous drawings. $75.00 USD
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British Destroyers & Frigates: The Second World War and After Oversized at 9.65 x 11.38 inches, this revised 3rd edition includes 200 black-and-white photos & ship profiles and covers the development of all the modern destroyer classes that fought in WWII. It looks at the emergency programs that produced vast numbers of trade protection vessels – sloops, corvettes and frigates – and analyzes the pressures that shaped the post-war fleet and, until recently, dominated design. It concentrates on the policy and strategy changes that drive design decisions. $40.00 USD
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America's Black Sea Fleet: The U.S. Navy Amidst War and Revolution 1919-1923 Home-ported in Constantinople, U.S. Navy ships helped evacuate some 150,000 White Russians during the last days of the Russian Revolution; coordinated the visits of the Hoover grain ships to ports in southern Russia where millions were suffering a horrendous famine; reported on the terrible death marches endured by the Greeks of the Pontus region of Turkey; and conducted the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of Greek and Armenian refugees from burning Smyrna, the cataclysmic conclusion of the Turkish Nationalist Revolution. After Smyrna, the destroyers escorted Greek steamers in their rescue of ethnic Christian civilians being expelled from all the ports of Anatolian Turkey. $35.00 USD
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Armored Hussars Volume 2: Images of the 1st Polish Armored Division, Normandy, August 1944 Highly-illustrated account of the 1st Polish Armored Division's baptism of fire in Normandy in August 1944, from Operations Totalise and Tractable to the victory at Falaise, culminating at the climactic battle on Mont Ormel – the site of this triumph was justly named A Polish Battlefield by the Canadians. Features many dramatic photographs and documents, numbering over 250 from the renowned Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum (PISM), as well as from the author's collection. It is also supplemented by eight pages of color plates featuring divisional armor, uniforms, maps and a center page-spread of a close-quarter action on Mont Ormel, based on the memoirs of a regimental commander. Illustrated by the renowned military artist, Peter Dennis, this depiction also features on the front cover. $60.00 USD
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White Water, Red Hot Lead: On Board U.S. Navy Swift Boats in Vietnam During the Vietnam War, 3,500 officers and men served in the Swift Boat program in a fleet of 130 boats with no armor plating. The boats patrolled the coast and rivers of South Vietnam, with the average age of the crew being 24. Their days consisted of deadly combat, intense lightning firefights, storms, and many hidden dangers. $33.00 USD
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Special Forces Berlin: Clandestine Cold War Operations of the U.S. Army's Elite, 1956-1990 During the Cold War, two U.S. Army Special Forces detachments were stationed behind the Iron Curtain in West Berlin. The existence and missions of the two detachments were classified secrets. The armies of the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies posed a threat to Western Europe. U.S. military planners decided they needed a plan to slow the juggernaut they expected when and if a war began. The plan was Special Forces Berlin. Special Forces Berlin was a one-of-a-kind unit that had no parallel. It left a legacy of a new type of soldier expert in unconventional warfare, one that was sought after for other deployments. $33.00 USD
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Wargames…
1809 Napoleon's Quagmire: The Campaign in Extremadura – Medellin, Talavera, Almonacid, and Ocana Boardgame covers four battles. $109.00 USD
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And Don't Forget the Magazines…
Wargames Soldiers & Strategy #89 Theme: The 1777 Campaign to Seize Philadelphia – The Year of the Hangman. Articles include: Introduction to Recreating the Campaign – To Philadelphia and Back Again; 11th September, 1777 – Birmingham Meeting House; 16th September, 1777 – The Battle of the Clouds; and 4th October, 1777 – Germantown. Other articles: Bite-size Battles Goes Medieval – The Battle of Rottingdean; The Battle of Chalgrove Field, 18 June 1643 – Death of the Patriot; and Knight's Move: Checkmate Tito? – Operation Rosselsprung.
More at the Website…
Please visit onmilitarymatters.com for all our offerings. Or you can email militarymatters@att.net or call (609-466-2329) for more specific information.
