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  • US Soldier vs Afrikakorps Soldier

    Tunisia 1943

    Serier Bog 38 - Combat
    Operation Torch, launched on 8 November 1942, landed Anglo-American forces in Vichy-controlled Morocco and Algeria to create a second front against the Axis forces in North Africa, catching Rommel's German and Italian forces in the claws of a giant pincer.The US Army was powerfully well armoured and equipped, but fresh to war, and it showed. Organization suffered from a surfeit of peacetime ... Læs mere

    144,63 kr.

  • Roman Legionary vs Carthaginian Warrior

    Second Punic War 217–206 BC

    Serier Bog 35 - Combat
    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 primarily made up of a number of levies from Africa and around the Mediterranean augmented by mercenaries and allies, and these ... Læs mere

    144,63 kr.

  • Templar Knight vs Mamluk Warrior

    1218–50

    Serier Bog 16 - Combat
    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 the Mamluks, respectively. The Templars were the most famous and formidable of the European Military Orders, while the Mamluks were a ... Læs mere

    118,61 kr.

  • Roman Legionary vs Gallic Warrior

    58–52 BC

    Serier Bog 55 - Combat
    Caesar's governorship of Cisalpine Gaul gave him the opportunity to demonstrate the greatness of his character to the people of Rome through the subjugation of those outside Rome's borders.Well-armed and armoured, the Roman Army of the late Republic was trained to operate within self-supporting legions, with auxiliaries employed in roles the legions lacked such as light troops or cavalry. The ... Læs mere

    131,49 kr.

  • German Infantryman vs Soviet Rifleman

    Barbarossa 1941

    Serier Bog 7 - Combat
    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 – including the German Army's premier unit, Infanterie-Regiment (mot.) Großdeutschland. Opposing these German mobile forces, the Soviets ... Læs mere

    144,63 kr.

  • Longbowman vs Crossbowman

    Hundred Years’ War 1337–60

    Serier Bog 24 - Combat
    For centuries, the crossbow had played a key role on the battlefields of continental Europe, with mercenaries from Genoa and Brabant in particular filling the ranks of the French army.Yet on the outbreak of the Hundred Years' War they came up against a more powerful foe. To master the English longbow was a labour of years, requiring far greater skill to use than the crossbow, but it was much more ... Læs mere

    137,49 kr.

  • French Soldier vs German Soldier

    Verdun 1916

    Serier Bog 47 - Combat
    On 21 February 1916, the German Army launched a major attack on the French fortress of Verdun.The Germans were confident that the ensuing battle would compel France to expend its strategic reserves in a savage attritional battle, thereby wearing down Allied fighting power on the Western Front. However, initial German success in capturing a key early objective, Fort Douaumont, was swiftly stemmed ... Læs mere

    137,49 kr.

  • Russian Soldier vs Japanese Soldier

    Manchuria 1904–05

    Serier Bog 39 - Combat
    At the turn of the 20th century, the region of Manchuria sat atop a potentially catastrophic political fault line; the ancient strength of China was crumbling, leaving opportunities for both Russia and Japan to claw out new territories from the edges of that dying empire.Russian pride would contend with Japanese ambition in a conflict that ushered in the age of massed armies fighting on ... Læs mere

    137,49 kr.

  • US Airborne Soldier vs German Soldier

    Sicily, Normandy, and Operation Market Garden, 1943–44

    Serier Bog 33 - Combat
    The US Airborne force fielded some of the toughest, best-trained and most resourceful troops of World War II – all necessary qualities in a force that was lightly armed and would be surrounded from the moment it landed on the battlefield.The German Wehrmacht grew to rely on a series of defensive measures to combat the airborne threat, including fortifications, localized reserves, and special ... Læs mere

    137,49 kr.

  • Soviet Paratrooper vs Mujahideen Fighter

    Afghanistan 1979–89

    Serier Bog 29 - Combat
    In 1979 the Soviet Union moved from military 'help' to active intervention in Afghanistan.Four-fifths of the Afghan National Army deserted in the first year of the war, which, compounded with the spread and intensification of the rebellion led by the formidable guerrilla fighters of the Mujahideen, forced the Soviets to intensify their involvement.The Soviet army was in generally poor condition ... Læs mere

    144,63 kr.

  • Finnish Soldier vs Soviet Soldier

    Winter War 1939–40

    Serier Bog 21 - Combat
    The Winter War was supposed to be a quick and easy conflict; instead it proved to be a bitter war that destroyed the international reputation of the Soviet Red Army.The diminutive Finnish force was desperately outnumbered by almost half a million Russian troops, but rather than sweeping across their neighbours the Soviet troops stumbled blindly, constantly wrong-footed and then bloodied by their ... Læs mere

    144,63 kr.

  • Israeli Soldier vs Syrian Soldier

    Golan Heights 1967–73

    Serier Bog 18 - Combat
    Bound to appeal to all those interested in the evolving nature of warfare during the Arab–Israeli conflict, this fully illustrated study pits the soldiers of Israel and Syria against one another, analysing how the lessons learned changed the tactics and approach on both sides.Israel seized the strategically critical Golan Heights from Syria during the 1967 Six Day War in an audacious and ... Læs mere

    137,49 kr.