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: Hardback

Pages: 288

ISBN: 9781612003955

Pub Date: 04 Nov 2016

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: 16 pages of photos

Description:

A hell-bent-for-leather fighter pilot, Elwyn G. Righetti remains one of the most elusive, yet compelling, colorful and controversial commanders of World War II. Arriving late to the war, he led the England-based 55th Fighter Group against the Nazis during the closing months of the fight with a no-holds-barred aggressiveness that transformed the group from a middling organization of no reputation into a headline-grabbing team that had to make excuses to no one.

RRP: £25.00

Format: Paperback

Pages: 64

ISBN: 9781612004211

Pub Date: 31 Oct 2016

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Series: Past & Present

Illustrations: 140 illus.

Description:

Operation Tonga began at 22:56 on the night of 5 June, when six Halifax heavy bombers took off from Tarrant Rushton towing six Horsas carrying a coup–de–main force consisting of D Coy, Ox and Bucks LI reinforced with two extra platoons from B Coy and a party of sappers, who were tasked with capturing the bridges over the Caen Canal and the River Orne. 6th Airborne Division—which included 1st Canadian Para Bn–had been allotted three specific tasks to achieve, apart from protecting the eastern flank of the Allied seaborne landings. First, it was to capture intact the two bridges over the Caen Canal and the Orne River at Benouville and Ranville.

RRP: £9.99

Format: Paperback

Pages: 160

ISBN: 9781612004082

Pub Date: 20 Oct 2016

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: 300 photos

Description:

This remarkable work pulls the lid off one of the legendary air forces in history at the very peak of its power–unveiling the and machines as they truly existed day–to–day, underneath the propaganda of their own regime and the scare stories of their enemies. In Hitler’s Germany, colour photography was primarily co-opted for state purposes, such as the military publication Signal, or the Luftwaffe’s own magazine, Der Adler (Eagle). But a number of men had cameras of their own, and in this painstakingly acquired collection, originally published in France, we can witness true life on Germany’s airfields during the period of the Luftwaffe’s ascendancy.

Format: Paperback

Pages: 64

ISBN: 9781612004235

Pub Date: 12 Oct 2016

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Series: Past & Present

Illustrations: 140 illus.

Description:

After its operations in the Cotentin and around Carentan, the 101st was withdrawn from the lines in late June and sailed back to England on LSTs in July. After several false alerts, they invaded by air again into the Netherlands on September 17, 1944, part of the airborne element of Operation 'Market Garden'. The mission was to hold open Hell’s Highway so that land forces could advance safely to Arnhem.

RRP: £9.99

Format: Paperback

Pages: 64

ISBN: 9781612004341

Pub Date: 12 Oct 2016

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Series: Past & Present

Illustrations: 140 illus.

Description:

Bastogne will live forever in the annals of American military history. From the resounding 'Nuts', in response to the German demand for surrender, to the breaking of the siege by Patton’s Third Army – brilliantly disengaged from its positions on the Saar, wheeled 90 degrees and marched northwards faster than any thought possible – the defense of Bastogne and victory in the Ardennes was one of the greatest feats of American arms in the European Theatre. This title in the Past & Present series looks at the encirclement, siege, and relief with then and now photographs; specially commissioned aerial photos, and a wealth of detail.

Format: Paperback

Pages: 64

ISBN: 9781612004259

Pub Date: 12 Oct 2016

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Series: Past & Present

Illustrations: 140 illus.

Description:

Of the five beaches attacked on 6 June, Omaha saw the sternest fighting. Well-placed defenders on the high ground and extensive beach defenses did their job. On top of this, so much had gone wrong with the first wave: many of the amphibious DD Sherman tanks didn’t reach the beach.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 244

ISBN: 9781612003863

Pub Date: 11 Oct 2016

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Description:

Here is an authentic memoir of a remarkably wide range of Western Front experience from the very beginning of the Great War until the end. Strange was 23 years old when he learned to fly, and was at the Central Flying School when war broke out. He hurriedly packed his kit and reported to Royal Flying Corps headquarters, to join No.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 348

ISBN: 9781612003900

Pub Date: 11 Oct 2016

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Description:

In The Way of the Eagle, Philadelphia native Charles Biddle ’s account of flying in World War I, we have a classic aviation memoir, long out of print, that provides new insights into America’s participation in the Great War.Biddle volunteered and was active in France from 1917, where he flew as a volunteer, initially for the French in Escadrille 73, and then in the American 103rd Aero Squadron (the Lafayette Escadrille), and then the 13th Aero Squadron and 4th Pursuit Group (which he commanded).His memoir was published shortly after his return to the United States and so provides an immediacy that is lacking in other books that were written later.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 320

ISBN: 9781612004051

Pub Date: 07 Oct 2016

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: 27

Description:

The Battle for Alesia was a decisive moment in world history. It determined whether Rome would finally conquer Gaul or whether Celtic chieftain Vercingetorix would throw off the yoke and consequently whether a number of independent Celtic tribal kingdoms could resist the might of Rome. Failure would have been a total defeat for Julius Caesar, not just in Gaul but in the Senate.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 165

ISBN: 9781612003849

Pub Date: 26 Sep 2016

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Description:

Sixty Squadron RAF, which covers the period from the disastrous maelstrom of the Somme offensive to final victory, 1916-1919, is one of the classic histories of the Great War. It is the story of a squadron whose members were awarded 1 Victoria Cross, 5 Distinguished Service Orders, 1 Bar to the DSO, 37 Military Crosses and 5 Distinguished Flying Crosses. Pilots of No.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 320

ISBN: 9781612003979

Pub Date: 19 Sep 2016

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: 16 pages of photos

Description:

John J. Pershing considered Fox Conner to have been "a brilliant soldier" and “one of the finest characters our Army has ever produced.” During World War I, General Conner served as chief of operations for the American Expeditionary Force in Europe.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 220

ISBN: 9781612003504

Pub Date: 08 Sep 2016

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: b&w and colour photos

Description:

The Lafayette Escadrille was an all-volunteer squadron of Americans who flew for France during World War I. One hundred years later, it is still arguably the best-known fighter squadron ever to take to the skies. In this work the entire history of these gallant volunteers – who named themselves after the Marquis Lafayette, who came to America’s aid during its Revolution – is laid out in both text and pictorial form.

The Liberation of Europe 1944-1945 Cover

Format: Hardback

Pages: 336

ISBN: 9781612004020

Pub Date: 01 Sep 2016

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: 400

Description:

The Second World War presented a huge range of challenges to press photography both in terms of its execution and getting the results in print. Life on the home front was the main subject until the invasion of France changed everything in 1944. Photographers from The Times were part of a talented group who were there to capture the momentous events taking place from the moment the troops stepped ashore, as the Allies fought their way from the D-Day beaches all the way to Berlin.

RRP: £25.00

Format: Hardback

Pages: 320

ISBN: 9781612003887

Pub Date: 26 Aug 2016

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: 16pp photos

Description:

When Mao Zedong proclaimed The People’s Republic of China in 1949, China was a poor and wrecked society after years of continuous wars. For centuries, in fact, China had been seen as a sort of plunder-zone to be invaded, and then a backwater until the late 1980s, when domestic policy brought about monumental changes. The result was that in the past quarter-century China has grown to be the second largest economy in the world, and its military has grown proportionately.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 192

ISBN: 9781612003757

Pub Date: 25 Aug 2016

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Series: WWII Historic Battlefields

Illustrations: colour photos

Description:

Masters of the continent, the Nazis realized that they would have to defend their gains, and once the United States entered the war, redoubled their efforts. Using forced and slave labor they built a chain of defensive positions, coastal batteries, and beach defenses from the top of Norway to the Franco-Spanish border. However, as was so typical of the Nazis, while the bunkers and batteries seem impressively constructed, and the Atlantic Wall has left a permanent reminder of the years of Nazi domination, it was crippled by lack of strategic planning, internal bickering, and a multitude of command structures that did not communicate with each other effectively.

Format: Paperback

Pages: 314

ISBN: 9781612004136

Pub Date: 18 Aug 2016

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Series: Casemate Classic War Fiction

Description:

‘I never saw the man again, alive or dead. One will say that I saw him only for a moment, that it was misty at the time, and that even I did not recognise the features, covered as they were with grime and stubble. Yet I am sure that the taller of the two ragged civilians I saw in the chalk quarry that misty March morning of 1918 was that Lieutenant Peter Rawley, R.

RRP: £8.99