Casemate Publishers

Casemate Publishers is a global publisher in the fields of military history, aviation and intelligence studies, covering all aspects of military history, and all periods of conflict – from ancient civilisations to modern warfare.
Their diverse list includes military autobiographies and memoirs, histories of specific events, and a growing list of leadership titles. Casemate Publishers is also the home of the renowned Casemate Illustrated series – loved by general readers, modellers and specialists alike, these books bring visual detail to key elements of military history, from campaigns, units and battles, to aircraft, ships and weapons. Their global team is passionate about the subject and the authors and experts they work with, and in bringing readers the best of military history.

Format: Paperback

Pages: 336

ISBN: 9781612009803

Pub Date: 15 Jun 2021

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: b/w photographs

Description:

The infamous Rape of Nanjing looms like a dark shadow over the history of Asia in the 20th century, and is among the most widely recognized chapters of World War II in China. By contrast, the story of the month-long campaign before this notorious massacre has never been told in its entirety. Nanjing 1937 by Peter Harmsen fills this gap.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 208

ISBN: 9781612009896

Pub Date: 25 May 2021

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Series: Die Wehrmacht im Kampf

Illustrations: 21 maps

Description:

This book discusses a number of raids undertaken by XXXXVIII Panzer Corps near the Black Sea in 1941/2 to explore the tactics used and why they were successful, based upon the detailed combat reports prepared by the corps staff immediately after each battle. "Die Wehrmacht im Kampf" Battles and Problems of the Second World War is a series published in Germany in the 1950s and 1960s. Written by ex-members of the German army in WWII, it provides important information not available elsewhere on the German army's perspective of many crucial campaigns and battles.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 512

ISBN: 9781612009858

Pub Date: 24 May 2021

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: 50 photographs

Description:

Major-General Eugene Vincent Michael Strickland CMG, DSO, OBE, MM, CStJ, Star of Jordan - Strick - rose from penniless hardship to great military distinction. He was a tank man, a war hero who fought in France, North Africa and Italy during World War II, and whose name is revered even today among regiments that he commanded. His is the extraordinary tale of a man who gained a Regular Commission in the Indian Army from Sandhurst, but resigned soon afterwards.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 192

ISBN: 9781612009483

Pub Date: 15 May 2021

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: 30 black and white photos and diagrams

Description:

Counterinsurgency is defined as efforts to defeat and confine a rebellion against a constituted authority. While it has become a buzz-word in the last twenty years, it is as old as society itself. This concise history discusses the development of modern counterinsurgency over the last two hundred years, beginning with the origins of modern insurgency from the concept of ‘small wars’ and colonial warfare, through the ideas of early insurgents including Clausewitz and the theories of Lawrence of Arabia, to the methods of 20th-century insurgents, including Mao and Che Guevara.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 192

ISBN: 9781612009506

Pub Date: 15 May 2021

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: 30 black and white photos and diagrams

Description:

Since the earliest recorded military history, scouting and reconnaissance have been key tools employed by military commanders to obtain a picture of the tactical situation and make informed decisions. Scouts known as sciritae were deployed by the Spartans and had a privileged position in their order of battle. The Spartans were so aware of the advantage their scouting operations gave them that they went to great lengths to keep them secret.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 208

ISBN: 9781612009520

Pub Date: 15 May 2021

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: 25-30

Description:

Winston Churchill famously instructed the head of the Special Operations Executive to “Set Europe ablaze!” Agents of both the British Special Operations Executive and the American Office of Strategic Services underwent rigorous training before making their way, undetected, into Occupied Europe. Working alone or in small cells, often cooperating with local resistance groups, agents undertook missions behind enemy lines involving sabotage, subversion, organizing resistance groups and intelligence-gathering.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 160

ISBN: 9781612009544

Pub Date: 15 May 2021

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: 25-30

Description:

The period covered by the Old Testament - beginning in approximately 3000 BC - was one of great technological development and innovation in warfare, as competing cultures clashed in the ancient Middle East. The Sumerians were the first to introduce the use of bronze into warfare, and were centuries ahead of the Egyptians in the use of the wheel. The Assyrians developed chariot warfare and set the standard for a new equine-based military culture.

Format: Paperback

Pages: 128

ISBN: 9781612009469

Pub Date: 15 Apr 2021

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Series: Casemate Illustrated

Illustrations: 150 photographs and illustrations

Description:

When World War II began, the Wehrmacht had fifteen mountain divisions and a multitude of small units, including some Austrian units that had been incorporated into the German army after the Anschluss. These mountain units would operate in hostile environments on all fronts during World War II. Due to their training, equipment and adaptability, the Gebirgstruppen would be deployed to fight in almost every theater.

Format: Paperback

Pages: 360

ISBN: 9781612009780

Pub Date: 15 Apr 2021

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Description:

In World War I the 30th Infantry Division earned more Medals of Honor than any other American division. In World War II it spent more consecutive days in combat than almost any other outfit. Recruited mainly from the Carolinas and George and Tennessee, they were one of the hardest-fighting units the U.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 264

ISBN: 9781612009766

Pub Date: 15 Apr 2021

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Series: Die Wehrmacht im Kampf

Description:

This volume in the Die Wehrmacht im Kampf series examines Erich Hoepner's leadership of panzer formations in Poland in 1939, France in 1940, and Russia in 1941. It is written by Walter Chales de Beaulieu, a general staff officer who fought alongside Hoepner. Erich Hoepner was one of the most competent tank commanders of World War II, playing a significant role in Germany’s early successes.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 192

ISBN: 9781612008813

Pub Date: 15 Apr 2021

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Series: Casemate Illustrated Special

Illustrations: 250 photos, profiles, and diagrams

Description:

World War I witnessed unprecedented growth and innovation in aircraft design, construction, and as the war progressed - mass production. Each country generated its own innovations sometimes in surprising ways - Albatros Fokker, Pfalz, and Junkers in Germany and Nieuport, Spad, Sopwith and Bristol in France and Britain. This book focuses on the British approach to fighter design, construction, and mass production.

RRP: £35.00

From the Realm of a Dying Sun. Volume 3 Cover

Format: Hardback

Pages: 352

ISBN: 9781612009568

Pub Date: 15 Apr 2021

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: 50 photographs, maps

Description:

In the closing months of World War II, with Budapest’s fall on 12 February 1945 and the breakout attempt by the IX SS-Gebirgskorps having failed, the only thing the IV. SS-Panzerkorps could do was fall back to a more defensible line and fortify the key city of Stuhlweissenburg. Exhausted after three relief attempts in January 1945 and outnumbered by the ever-increasing power of Marshal Tolbukhin’s Third Ukrainian Front, SS-Obergruppenführer Gille’s veterans dug in for a lengthy period of defensive warfare.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 216

ISBN: 9781612009629

Pub Date: 05 Apr 2021

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: B/w diagrams

Description:

The official document Amphibious Warfare Handbook No. 10a: The Organisation, Employment and Training of Commandos is a unique piece of post-war Royal Marines Commando doctrine, never before published, or quoted at length.Prepared in 1951 at the height of the Korean War by the Chief of Amphibious Warfare and the Commandant General Royal Marines, this seventy-page aide memoir is, in essence, the distillation of major lessons learned by the British wartime Combined Operations Headquarters regarding amphibious warfare, raiding, cliff assaults, sabotage, intelligence-gathering, specialized infantry work, guerrilla warfare and Commando tactics.

Alan Brooke: Churchill's Right-Hand Critic Cover

Format: Hardback

Pages: 368

ISBN: 9781612009681

Pub Date: 31 Mar 2021

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: 30 photographs

Description:

Lord Alanbrooke was Churchill's right-hand man during World War II, and as Chief of the Imperial General Staff he had an integral part in shaping the strategy of Britain and the Allies. Despite this crucial role, he is very little known compared to military commanders such as Montgomery, Alexander, Slim, Mountbatten, Patton, or Eisenhower. This new biography of Lord Alanbrooke uses archival material and his diaries to trace his life, including his experiences in World War I and the development of his military career in the interwar years, with a focus on his post as the Chief of the Imperial General Staff during World War II.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 240

ISBN: 9781612008301

Pub Date: 15 Mar 2021

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Description:

The generation of young men and women who joined the British Army during the mid to late 1980s would serve their country during an unprecedented period of history. Unlike the two world war generations, they would never face total war – there was never any declaration of war and there was no one single country to defeat. In fact, it was supposed to have been the end of a war, a time of peace and stability.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 216

ISBN: 9781612009728

Pub Date: 15 Mar 2021

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Series: Die Wehrmacht im Kampf

Illustrations: 20 maps

Description:

In 1941, military operations were conducted by large formations along the northern coast of Scandinavia – for the first time in history of warfare. A modern army suddenly swept into that isolated and inhospitable region that was yet to possess the level of importance it would later assume in Cold War polar strategy. The Arctic Front was the northernmost theatre in the war waged by Germany against Russia.