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MINIATURES…
THALASSA: One-Player Starter Set
Contains all the ships one person will need to play any casual or competitive games of Thalassa, with three triremes and two penteconters, all different and with multiple pieces and options to tailor them to your taste. Also comes with a set of five Fleet Command dice and ten ten-sided dice themed with the Thalassa logo in one of four different colors (blue, red, green or yellow). Includes the full-color softback rulebook, two quick-reference sheets, and two high quality punchboards containing all the templates and tokens needed for the game. $122.00 USD
OMM Discount 10%: Now $109.80 USD
MEDIEVAL CROSSBOWMEN AND ARCHERS: 28mm Figures
This is a 30-figure set, giving you 20 crossbowmen and 10 archers. Includes numerous arm and head options so that every figure can be made differently. Can be used in the Crusades and Europe from the late 12th to late 13th centuries, on the fields of France, Spain, Germany, and England during the Baron's Wars and conflicts with the Scots, Welsh and Irish. $46.00 USD
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MAGAZINES…
MINIATURE WARGAMES #514 w/ Armored Clash Sprue
Articles Include:
- To The Seine: WWII scenario for Bolt Action or Chain of Command
- Send Three And Fourpence: Command and Colours Napoleonic scenario
- Antietam: West Woods Massacre, September 17, 1862
- AI and The Boers: AI and its use with tabletop wargaming
- The Lure Of The Peninsular: Small-scale skirmish scenarios
- Ecorcheurs: New rules and new approach to medieval gaming
- The Battle of Ingalls: Tales of Derring Do Adventure
- Tiny Town: Scratch building roads using children's playmats
- Scratch Build: Finishing a barn
- Defence in Depth: Figure and rules reviews
- Quartermaster: Accessories
- Forward Observer: News
- Recce: Book reviews
$10.00 USD
WARGAMING…
WORLD AT WAR #106: France Overseas, 1940
Two-player alternative-history wargame that examines the possibilities inherent in the campaign that could have occurred in northwest Africa in 1940 if the French had resolved not to give up – if they chose to evacuate as much of the French Army as possible to Tunisia, Algeria and French Morocco. Both sides' orders of battle are historically based. Each game turn represents half a month. Each hex represents about ten days. Each hex is 20 miles (32.4 km) from side-to-side. Units are divisions. Contains 22 x 34-inch map and one counter sheet of 176 5/8-inch counters. $55.00 USD
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BOOKS…
WAR IS HELL: The Rise of Total War from Napoleon to the Present
Unravels the brutal rise of total war and its devastating impact on soldiers and civilians alike. Tracks the rise of total war across two centuries of bloody warfare and pays special attention to the impact on civilians as they become more deeply enmeshed in armed conflict. Details how it rose from roots in ancient times but gained speed as the world industrialized at the beginning of the 19th Century. Focuses on figures such as Napoleon and Sherman, as well as events such as the Indian Wars on the American Plains, Belgium in World War I, Nanking in 1937, and the bombings of Japanese and German cities during World War II. Contains 35 black-and-white photos and 4 tables. $45.00 USD
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CONQUERING THE NORTH: China, Russia, Mongolia: 2,000 Years of Conflict
A panoramic history of the roots of China and Mongolia's historic rivalry, and why it matters today. Travels through China and Mongolia, tracing the contours of their uneasy shared histories. From the tumult of the Warring States Period to the present day, weaves a thrilling tale of battling warlords, imperial power plays, Soviet interference, and contemporary political maneuvering. Canvasses the still fractious interplay of two rival cultures and the continuing struggle for Mongolian sovereignty as China continues to edge north. $30.00 USD
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ON ANCIENT WARFARE: Perspectives on Aspects of War in Antiquity – 4000 BC to AD 637
Presents thoughts and perspectives on various aspects of ancient warfare. It does not aim to be a comprehensive overview nor a coherent narrative of ancient military history, but includes topics such as the origins of war, logistics, military medicine, psychiatry, origins of jihad, and the generalship of Alexander the Great, Scipio, and Hannibal. $27.00 USD
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GREAT BATTLES OF THE PUNIC WARS: Rome versus Carthage
Studies over 20 battles from these epic conflicts, including some of the most famous battles in history, such as Cannae and Zama, including naval battles as well as sieges and field battles. Thoroughly researched but written in a lively narrative style, each account gives the strategic context of the battle, analyzes the forces involved, their deployments, and the course of the fighting before considering its aftermath. Dozens of clear tactical maps make the action easy to follow. Contains 36 mono illustrations. $40.00 USD
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THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT ROME: An illustrated military and political history of the world's mightiest power from the rise of the Republic and the growth of the Empire to the fall of the West
Offers a fascinating insight into the rise of Rome, which ruled almost the whole known world, from Britain in the west to North Africa and the Middle East. Examines the people, places, and events of Rome's military and political empire. Over 470 photographs, specially commissioned illustrations, family trees, maps, battle plans, and timecharts build up a panoramic picture of the political strength of the Roman Empire and its policy of ruthless conquest. Contains 500 color images. $25.00 USD
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IMAGES OF WAR: The Cultural Construction of Qing Martial Prowess
The mechanisms by which the Manchu rulers of Qing dynasty China maintained their hegemony over a vast empire have long fascinated scholars, with New Qing History models challenging older Sinicization models. This publication adds a new dimension to these debates through art history. Two seemingly disparate fields of inquiry are brought together in this innovative work, which presents Ming and Qing painting and visual culture in dialogue with Ming and Qing military history, offering a fresh new way of understanding the establishment and operation of imperial Qing cultural hegemony. Contains 94 color plates. $72.00 USD
ENGLISH LIBERATOR: William Miller and the Independence of Spanish South America
An expansive biography of William Miller, a soldier well-recognized and loved not just in modern Peru, but across the swath of nations liberated from Spanish rule during the 19th Century. Spans Miller's time as a teenage soldier in Wellington's Peninsular War, his contribution to the liberation of the new nations of Chile and Peru, and his years in diplomacy thereafter. Drawing on written accounts by many of Miller's contemporaries, in addition to a wealth of modern research, the anti-imperialist, anti-slavery soldier was highly regarded by all the leaders of independence, and popular with ordinary people and peasant farmers due to his own humble origins. Contains 26 halftones. $35.00 USD
ARMED FRONTIER: Warfare and Military Culture in the Texas-Northeastern Mexico
Deeply researched history of border skirmishes from mid-colonial times to the first Texas secession. Explores the topic through an examination of the inhabitants of four settlements: San Antonio and Laredo in Texas, as well as Lampazos and Bustamante in northeastern Mexico. All four of those settlements had Hispanic, Mesoamerican and Native American elements that intermingled, adapted and evolved over several centuries, creating a distinctive society in which armed service and military culture played a central role in social organization. Places the local and micro historical aspects of borderlands military culture into the broader context of the Spanish Empire, Mexican nationalism, and the Atlantic World. Focuses on how military organization and methods of warfare in these regions were influenced by the heritage of medieval Iberian martial traditions. Provides an analysis of borderland societies through several historical periods, including the Reconquista, the conquest of Mexico, the colonial period, the wars of independence, the Mexican Republic, and the age of federalism and centralism, all against the backdrop of a burgeoning geopolitical rivalry with the United States. $30.00 USD
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LIEUTENANTS AND LIGHT: Mapping the U.S. Army Heliograph Networks in Late Nineteenth-Century Arizona and New Mexico
Provides a detailed historical study of the U.S. Army's use of the heliograph as a tactical means of communication and command-and-control in the desert environment of Arizona and New Mexico in the late 19th Century. The heliograph network in the Southwest, which began development in 1882, used mirror-based signaling devices to facilitate communication across remote outposts, forts, and detachments. Heliographs enabled soldiers to send messages over long distances using Morse code transmitted through sunlight reflections. Details how many of the officers who helmed these stations went on to distinguished careers in the military, business or public service. Some had served in the Civil War, and most were veterans of the Indian Wars. Almost a third of these young officers would go on to become general officers, several serving in leadership roles during World War I. $35.00 USD
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LINCOLN'S ROAD TO WAR: A Day-by-Day Account of the First 60 Days of Abraham Lincoln's Presidency
Follows Lincoln's day-by-day path from peacemaker to war leader as the Union edged toward Civil War. Unpacks each day's events, both personal and political, from Lincoln's inauguration through the attack on Fort Sumter and toward the march to the Battle of Bull Run/Manassas. Primarily told through Lincoln's daily journal that captures his evolution from an inexperienced, newly installed president trying desperately to avoid a war, to a reluctant commander-in-chief resolved to defend Fort Sumter against rebel aggression, and finally to a war president determined to see the fighting through to the end and to restore the Union. Contains 15 black-and-white photos. $30.00 USD
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WITNESS TO WAR: The Story of the Civil War Told By Those Who Lived It
Details the events of the Civil War from those that lived through it. The widespread literacy of the mid-nineteenth century made it possible for an unprecedented number of Americans to record their thoughts, observations, descriptions, and opinions of the war. Contains more than 500 letters, all of them in print for the first time, to reveal life during the Civil War. Presented chronologically from Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860 through his assassination in 1865, the letters follow the entire arc of the Civil War as it unfolds in real time through the words of everyday people: military and civilian, Union and Confederate, white and black, men, women, and even a few children. $25.00 USD
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INDIAN YELL: The Heart of an American Insurgency
Grounded in meticulous research and written with an uncanny understanding of the military and of American Indian culture, offers soulful profiles of the participants, both Indian and cavalry. Filled with accounts of sacrifice and misdeeds of real people; tells of their lives, their bravery, and their shortcomings. Some of the stories are well-documented in the annals of history, while others are more obscure. Contains 76 black-and-white photos. $23.00 USD
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SITTING BULL'S WAR: The Battle of Little Big Horn and the Fight for Buffalo and Freedom on the Plains
The story of America's greatest Indian war, told from perspective of the Lakotas and the Northern Cheyennes, as they fight for their way of life on the buffalo prairie. Details moments such as how they turned back George Crook at the Rosebud and wiped out Custer at Little Big Horn, among a dozen other clashes. Focuses on Sitting Bull, but is supported by Crazy Horse, Spotted Eagle, Big Road, Little Wolf, and a host of other kindred traditional chiefs and headmen. Utilizes an array of Lakota and Cheyenne accounts, pictographic renderings, and original interviews. Contains 16 pages of black-and-white photographs with maps. $35.00 USD
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THE CONSOLIDATED B-25 LIBERATOR: Reuben Fleet, the Factories, and the Product
A comprehensive history of the B-24 Liberator, its designer Reuben Fleet, and its mass production during World War II. Presents a meticulously researched look, from the drawing board to its emergence as America's preeminent blue-collar bomber. In addition to his personal 25,000-book library and microfilm collection, the author made extensive use of the massive document and photo collections at the NMUSAF, the Pima Aerospace Museum, and Consolidated and Ford Company design and production information. The design evolution of the Liberator and the Davis Wing are highlighted. The different manufacturers are described, contrasted, and pictured in detail. Also describes the various B-24 models and variants along with detailing today's surviving B-24s. Contains 450 mono images. $60.00 USD
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SKYHOOKERS: An Illustrated History of Hook-on Aircraft and Their Dirigible Motherships
Details how Zeppelins and large bombers were vulnerable to fast, maneuverable interceptors – and to combat this, a solution was the use of composite aircraft, where larger bombers carried smaller, short-range fighters which could be launched and retrieved as needed. Analyzes how the Germans briefly experimented with carrying parasite aircraft, while the British conducted post-war trials, and the U.S. Navy and Army further developed this concept. The U.S. perfected the carry/launch/retrieval method for airship defense and scouting, notably with the U.S.S. Los Angeles. Contains 175 mono illustrations. $50.00 USD
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SUBMARINE AIRCRAFT CARRIERS: From World War I to the Age of Drones
Details how the submarine aircraft carrier was born from the fusion of the diesel-powered submarine and the fixed-wing aircraft. Draws on more than sixty years of researching and writing about the world's naval vessels to uncover the development of submarine aircraft carriers. Details how all of the major naval powers sought the creation of the carrier, but only Japan and France had seagoing submarine aircraft carriers when World War II erupted. France's single such vessel disappeared at sea in 1942, but Japan built forty-seven, including three of its massive I-400 class, the largest submarines of World War II. Details how after World War II, both the United States and the Soviet Union pursued further development of submarine aircraft carriers as part of their nuclear strike capabilities, but the advent of guided cruise missiles quickly ended interest in these vessels. Contains 15 black-and-white illustrations, 63 black-and-white photos, and 39 tables. $40.00 USD
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THUNDER OVER NORMANDY: How Allied Airmen Helped Liberate France from D-Day to Paris and Beyond
Tells the story of the air campaign that began on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and culminated in the liberation of France. Details how in April 1944, Allied air forces in Europe – including the vaunted U.S. Eighth Air Force and RAF Bomber Command – were placed under Dwight Eisenhower's Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force and given a twofold mission to lay the groundwork for D-Day: destroy the Luftwaffe's battle strength and isolate Normandy from reinforcements. Details the air operations that made the liberation of Paris possible, from thundering bomb runs and low-level strafing attacks to paratrooper drops, glider flights, and wheeling dogfights with the Luftwaffe. Contains 133 black-and-white photos and 8 tables. $35.00 USD
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THE GERMAN WAY OF WAR IN THE NORTH AFRICA CAMPAIGN: A Lesson in Tactical Management
Examines both the historical events and the organizational structure of the armies involved in the North Africa Campaign. Argues that the course and outcome of military actions can only be understood if one has a clear picture of the organizational dimensions of the armies involved. This includes elements such as the organizational structure, the degree of decentralization, the leadership style, the training level of the troops, team building, the command, control and intelligence structure, etc. Begins with a sketch of the organizational dimensions of the German and British armies, but also looks at the dynamics of the fighting in North Africa and the demands it placed on men, officers, equipment, leadership, training, logistics, and planning. Contains 60 mono illustrations. $50.00 USD
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THE FIRST BATTLE FOR KESTERNICH: Hurtgen Forest, The Ardennes, Roer/Urft Dams, December 1944
A detailed study of the Battle of Kesternich, revealing its strategic impact during the Ardennes Offensive. Drawing on both American and German archival sources, including untranslated German Foreign Military Studies and firsthand oral histories, re-examines the complexity and strategic implications of this little-known battle. Through a tapestry of combat reports, personal recollections, and previously inaccessible documentation, restores Kesternich to its rightful place in the narrative of the European Theater. It reveals not only a forgotten battle but also the evolving nature of mid-war tactics, training, and organization on both sides of the front. Contains over 100 photographs and maps. $38.00 USD
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THEN ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE: The Odyssey of a Marine Corps Photographer in Vietnam
Visual journey through the Vietnam War. Follows a young Marine photographer through seven large operations and numerous smaller actions, his wounding and two-month hospital stay, and his return to Vietnam just as the Tet Offensive broke out. Photographs display the trials and tribulations of combat, and the humanity of the men fighting day in and day out. Some have been featured by the National Archives, but most are published here for the first time. $30.00 USD
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