One of the most enduring and vivid images of Vietnam is the helicopter. There is little doubt tha...

Covering all Pacific islands involved in World War II military operations, this book is a detaile...

Using historical files kept by each of the armed services and nations involved in the Korean War,...

Including extensive information only found in scattered sources or official documents and archive...

Rottman's latest title discusses the original reorganization of Vietnam forces, from the original...

The German Army of World War II considered itself an offensive, mobile force. The experiences in ...

While the US Marine Corps was one of the smallest of American armed services in World War II, its...

The 1944 invasion of Saipan was the first two-division amphibious assault conducted by US forces ...

The island of Guam was the first Allied territory lost to the Japanese onslaught in 1941. On 10 D...

This book reveals the evolving US, Viet Cong and NVA tactics at battalion level and below through...

The brutal fighting between US Marines and Japanese infantry on the island of Guadalcanal in many...

The parallel stories of a young American farmboy and a Japanese student, who end up in a deadly g...

Osprey's elite series title for all cavalry units that participated in World War II (1939-1945). ...

The M16 was first introduced in 1958 and was revolutionary for its time as it was made of lightwe...

Over the eight years of the Vietnam War, US forces used three major types of equipment sets, with...

On January 27, 1945, the 6th Ranger Battalion and the 6th Army Special Reconnaissance Unit (the A...

Just about every war movie - famously, Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers - includes dramat...

The US armed forces were responsible for many tactical innovations during the years 1941-45, but ...

On the southwest shore of Laguna de Bay in the Philippines stood the Los Banos Internment Camp. H...

As infantry units advanced across Europe the only support they could rely on from day to day was ...

Inch'on was probably the most significant campaign in the Korean theater, as well as being the la...

The Browning '50-cal' has become the longest serving weapon in the US inventory. The 'fifty' has ...

Described by one soldier as 'a metal box designed by a sadist to move soldiers across the water,'...

The bazooka was the popular name given to the innovative US rocket-propelled, man-portable antita...

In June 1941 the US Army's air organisations were consolidated under a single command, the Army A...

This was a duel between the stalwart of the Wehrmacht armored divisions - the Panzerkampfwagen II...

By January 1944 the US Marine Corps had grown to a total of 405,169 personnel, comprising 28,193 ...

The Japanese conquest of the Pacific comprised of a complex series of widely scattered operations...

Osprey's examination of Japan's parachute units of World War II (1939-1945). For the first time i...

Vietnam was the US Special Forces most complex and controversial mission, one that began in 1957 ...

The US Army and Marine Corps in World War II considered themselves highly mobile, offensive force...

The delivery of entire divisions to battlefields behind enemy lines by parachute and glider playe...

Osprey's new Weapon series provides a highly-detailed yet affordable overview of the development,...

Even when Western Allied troops gained a foothold in Normandy, World War II in Europe was far fro...

The cavalry regiments of the US Army were in the process of being transformed into a mechanized f...

In many ways the end of the Vietnam War left the US army a spent force. Plagued by low morale, dr...

ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN E-BOOK. Motor torpedo boat development began in the early 1900s, and the ves...

During the Vietnam War, the Viet Cong (VC) main forces and North Vietnamese Army (NVA) were force...

On August 17-18, 1942, 211 men of the US Marine Corps' 2nd Raider Battalion conducted a daring am...

This book examines the wide variety of airborne units that served in the Pacific Theater. Among t...

The outbreak of World War II set in motion a massive expansion of the United States Marine Corps,...

In late1944 the US Marine Corps prepared for the toughest battles of the war. It had grown to 35,...

In this book the author - an Army veteran of Vietnam - explains the composition, capabilities, eq...

While the most conspicuous components of the US Army Air Forces in World War II were the air unit...

At its peak in World War II, the United States Army contained over 700 engineer battalions, along...

By the spring of 1945 the Allies were sweeping all before them in the Pacific War against Japan, ...

A soldier's 'web gear' is as important to his ability to live and fight on the battlefield as are...

The eight-wheeled (8x8) Stryker combat light armored vehicle was adopted by the US Army in 2002.I...