"The peace that followed the First Punic War was shallow and fractious, with the resumption of hostilities in 218 BC sparked by Carthaginian expansion in Iberia seeing Rome suffer some of the worst defeats in her entire history. The Carthaginian army was a composite affair prima…
German infantryman vs Soviet rifleman: Barbarossa 1941
by Shumate, Johnny, Campbell, D., (David)
fromCombat
The Axis invasion of the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941 pitted Nazi Germany and her allies against Stalin's forces in a mighty struggle for survival. Fighting alongside the spearhead Panzer divisions were Germany's highly skilled and veteran motorized infantrymen. Opposing these G…
Step into the violent world of the 13th century, where the European states of the Levant battled with Muslim powers for control of Jerusalem. At the cutting edge of the conflict were the elite fighting men of the Crusader and Egyptian armies - the Knights Templar and Mamluk warr…
"During the 1967 Six-Day War ... Israel seized the strategically critical Golan Heights, routing the whole Syrian Army in little more than a single day. Yet when the Yom Kippur War broke out in 1973 the Israeli military found itself in immediate danger of being overwhelmed, suff…
Israeli paratroopers 1954-2016
by Dennis, Peter, Campbell, D., (David)
fromElite series
"From the creation of the first volunteer paratroop unit shortly after the birth of Israel and of the Israeli Defense Force, this arm of service has been recognized as elite. They have also been the first choice for daring special missions, and it is mainly from their ranks that…
"In June 1941, Finnish troops invaded the Soviet Union alongside the forces of Nazi Germany, sparking a bitter three-year conflict. This absorbing study examines the composition, tactics, and training of both sides. In a bid to recapture territory conceded following the Winter W…
