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: 240

ISBN: 9781636242606

Pub Date: 15 Nov 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Series: Casemate Illustrated Special

Illustrations: B/W

Description:

During the Revolutionary War, forts in New York were instrumental in initiating and maintaining America’s desire for independence and helped the nascent nation to eventually prevail. These forts saw crucial, campaign-determining naval battles, and pivotal land engagements between battle-hardened well-led British troops and unproven American militia. In both land and sea engagements the garrisons deployed a range of weapons including different calibers of smooth-bore cannon, howitzers, musket, bayonets, and even tomahawks.

Format: Paperback

Pages: 128

ISBN: 9781636243597

Pub Date: 15 Nov 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Series: Casemate Illustrated

Illustrations: 120–150 photographs plus maps

Description:

The Vistula-Oder offensive was a massive Soviet Army operation on the Eastern Front which was launched on 12 January 1945 and paved the way for the Battle of Berlin. Its main objective was a major advance from the River Vistula to the River Oder, bringing Soviet forces within fifty miles of the gates of Berlin. The offensive faced a German defensive line east of Warsaw.

RRP: £24.95

Format: Hardback

Pages: 256

ISBN: 9781636243658

Pub Date: 31 Oct 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: 30 b/w photographs

Description:

“DAMN THE VALLEY” was a phrase regularly uttered by the men that spent any amount of time in the Arghandab River Valley during the deployment of 2 Fury to Afghanistan in 2009–2010. The valley has claimed bodies from the troops of Alexander the Great, the British Empire, and more recently, the Russian Army. Operating in the valley was like nothing the men could have envisaged, they called it the “meat grinder.

RRP: £32.95

Format: Hardback

Pages: 408

ISBN: 9781636243801

Pub Date: 15 Oct 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: around 100 photographs

Description:

The world’s oldest still-active war correspondent, Al J. Venter has reported from the front lines for well over half a century, witnessing the horrors humanity visits upon itself in twenty-five conflict zones across Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia.In this memoir, Venter masterfully recounts his experiences, sharing the real stories behind the headlines and the sharp lessons he learned that enabled him to survive his countless exploits, ranging from exposing a major KGB operative in Rhodesia entirely by accident, and accompanying an Israeli force led by Ariel Sharon into Beirut, to gun-running into the United States.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 208

ISBN: 9781636243825

Pub Date: 10 Oct 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: 30–40 photographs and illustrations

Description:

During World War II, the US Army Air Forces (USAAF) projected American military might across distances and with destructive force unimaginable just a decade previously. The B-17s and B-24s of the US Eighth Air Force turned much of Germany’s infrastructure to twisted steel and burnt rubble between 1943 and 1945. B-29 Superfortresses unleashed conventional raids on Japan of even greater area destruction than that created by the atomic bomb attacks (also delivered by USAAF crews).

Format: Paperback

Pages: 216

ISBN: 9781636243511

Pub Date: 10 Oct 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: 20 photographs

Description:

A compelling look at US Navy SEALs through a true-to-life lens focused on the triumphs and challenges of the elite warriors of the Special Forces community. Master Chief (SEAL) Rick Kaiser (Ret.) captures over 45 years of events in and around the SEAL Teams.

RRP: £22.50

Format: Hardback

Pages: 288

ISBN: 9781636243672

Pub Date: 30 Sep 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: 1 map, 1 photograph

Description:

Ten years after the end of the American involvement in the Vietnam War, a career Foreign Service officer, Thomas J. Corcoran, set down in writing his thoughts on the history of U.S.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 256

ISBN: 9781636243436

Pub Date: 15 Sep 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: 50–60 images

Description:

“A comprehensively researched historic document on one year’s activities for the 9th Cav and the 1st Cavalry Division, worthy of gracing their unit libraries. That the book simultaneously succeeds on the individual soldier level makes it a standout for any reader with an interest in the airmobile aspect of the Vietnam War.” - Vietnam Magazine The Gunner and the Grunt is written in the voices of two soldiers who fought in the same battles as members of the same recon unit but from different angles.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 192

ISBN: 9781636242521

Pub Date: 15 Sep 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Series: Casemate Illustrated Special

Illustrations: B/W

Description:

Developed in response to the 1899 Hague Convention, the 37-mm gun met the restrictions on the size of weapons that could fire explosive shells, yet was also light and lethal enough to be used in battle. After World War I, in which the French Model 1916 37-mm was used extensively, several countries developed or adopted the 37-mm gun. Behind in their development of an anti-tank gun, the United States relied on the German Pak 36 37-mm design as a basis for development.

U.S. Army Ford M8 and M20 Armored Cars Cover

Format: Hardback

Pages: 160

ISBN: 9781636243108

Pub Date: 15 Sep 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Series: Casemate Illustrated Special

Illustrations: B/W

Description:

Specifically designed as a reconnaissance vehicle, the Ford M8 Light Armored Car was intended primarily for use by mechanized cavalry units. A total of 8,523 units were built. Able to move quickly and cover long distances without refuelling, they supported the advance of armored columns by undertaking reconnaissance.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 352

ISBN: 9781636242118

Pub Date: 31 Aug 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: B/W and colour

Description:

One of the most notorious yet least understood body of troops that fought for the Third Reich during World War II was the infamous Sondereinheit Dirlewanger, or the “Dirlewanger Special Unit.” Formed initially as a company-sized formation in June 1940 from convicted poachers, it served under the command of SS-Obersturmführer Oskar Dirlewanger, one of the most infamous criminals in military history. First used to guard the Jewish ghetto in Lublin and support security operations carried out in occupied Poland by SS and Police forces, the unit was soon transferred to Belarus to combat the increasingly active Soviet partisan movement.

Format: Paperback

Pages: 196

ISBN: 9781636243351

Pub Date: 15 Aug 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Description:

The nature of war is constant change. We live in an era of exponential technological acceleration which is transforming how wars are waged. Today, the battlespace is transparent; multi-domain sensors can see anything, and long-range precision fire can target everything that is observed.

RRP: £22.50

Format: Hardback

Pages: 320

ISBN: 9781636243399

Pub Date: 15 Aug 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Description:

In the past decade, heroes and villains spawned from the pages of comic books have upended popular culture and revolutionised the entertainment industry. The narratives weave together a multitude of complementary and sometimes competing storylines, spun across decades, generations, and mediums, forming a complex tapestry that simultaneously captures the imagination and captivates the mind. These stories reveal our own vulnerabilities while casting an ideal to which we aspire.

RRP: £32.95

The Army Combat Historian And Combat History Operations Cover

Format: Hardback

Pages: 224

ISBN: 9781636243290

Pub Date: 05 Aug 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: B/W and color illustrations

Description:

In World War I, Major General Pershing proposed the idea of establishing a historical office within the AEF headquarters. The War Department reorganised the General Staff to include a Historical Branch. Evidence shows that soldiers acting as historians went "down range," albeit not into combat.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 256

ISBN: 9781636243559

Pub Date: 05 Aug 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: 40-50 b/w photographs plus captioning

Description:

The most eye-opening, and terrifying, story in Chip Reid's career as a journalist was the six weeks he spent with 3d Battalion, 5th Marines, during the invasion of Iraq in 2003, as a correspondent for NBC News. Traveling shoulder-to-shoulder with the young Marines, he had unparalleled access, witnessing them in combat, and interviewing as many as he could persuade his bosses to put on air, allowing them to tell their war stories in their own words. It took only 22 days for the Marines of 3/5 to fight their way to Baghdad, but the effects on those who fought have lasted a lifetime.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 256

ISBN: 9781636241586

Pub Date: 05 Aug 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: B/w and colour

Description:

A month after her 24th birthday, Lt. Mary Elizabeth Balster collapses among the rubble of a shelled supply room. Has the young nurse finally succumbed to the mounting emotional toll caused from months of caring for the sick and wounded just behind the front lines of General Patton’s Third Army?