Storm-333, the operation to seize Kabul and assassinate Afghan leader Hafizullah Amin, was at once a textbook success and the start of a terrible blunder. It heralded the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, an operation intended to be a short, largely symbolic show of force, yet whi…
Between 1887 and 1895, the British art student Miles Vandercroft travelled around the world, sketching and painting the soldiers of the countries through which he passed. In this age of dramatic technological advancement, Vandercroft was fascinated by how the rise of steam techn…
Ostensibly the work of British art student Miles Vandercroft, who supposedly travelled around the world between 1887 and 1895, sketching and painting the soldiers of the countries through which he passed, this collaboration looks at a way Victorian-era fighting men's uniforms an…
Battles of the lost age
by Stacey, M., (Mark), Mccullough, Joseph A., Horsley, Ralph, Pospíšil, Jan, (Illustrator)
fromOathmark
Battles of the lost age
by Stacey, M., (Mark), Mccullough, Joseph A., Horsley, Ralph, Pospíšil, Jan, (Illustrator)
fromOathmark
Chosen Men is a set of fast-action skirmish rules detailing the bloody skirmishes between light troops in the Napoleonic Wars. The primary focus of the game is on soldiers and NCOs in light 'flank' companies, as they scout ahead of larger forces and take part in man-to-man actio…
Colt single-action revolvers
by Gilliland, Alan, Stacey, M., (Mark), Pegler, Martin
fromWeapon (Osprey Publishing)
"In 1836, Samuel Colt changed the face of warfare with the production of the first of a series of iconic and influential single-action revolvers, including the .44-calibre Colt Walker and the seminal .45-calibre Colt Single Action Army, which remains in production today. These w…
"The first 'bushrangers' or frontier outlaws were escaped or time-expired convicts, who took to the wilderness - 'the bush' - in New South Wales and on the island of Tasmania. Initially, the only Crown forces available were redcoats from the small, scattered garrisons, but by 18…
French naval & colonial troops 1872-1914
by Stacey, M., (Mark), Chartrand, René
fromMen-at-arms
"France's colonial wars in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia were very largely fought by an organization completely separate from both the home-defense Metropolitan Army and the Armée d'Afrique in Algeria. The Naval Troops (Troupes de la Marine) were volunteers, and earned a…
French naval & colonial troops 1872-1914
by Stacey, M., (Mark), Chartrand, René
fromMen-at-arms
"After the Fall of France in 1940, a new puppet state was set up in the south. Officially known as the French State, it is better known as Vichy France. This collaborationist Vichy regime's armed forces were more active and usually more numerous than German troops in the task of…
In May 1941, the Norwegian Section of SOE received a dossier warning of the dangers of a hydroelectric fertilizer plant in Norway. Vemork produced heavy water, an essential part of making plutonium for nuclear weapons. When the Germans overran Norway the entire stock had been sm…
The War of Horus and Set
by McIntee, David A., Stacey, M., (Mark)
fromMyths and legends (Oxford, England)
"Long ago the brother gods Osiris and Set ruled peacefully over the lands of Upper and Lower Egypt, each in his own kingdom. But over time Set came to covet his brother's lands and crown, and eventually the temptation overwhelmed him. Usurping Osiris' throne, Set began a blood f…