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: 344

ISBN: 9781636243184

Pub Date: 15 May 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: B/W and colour photographs

Description:

In March 2004, the unprovoked ambush, killing and desecration of the bodies of American civilian security contractors in Fallujah, Iraq, caused the National Command Authorities in Washington, DC. to demand that the newly arrived Marine Expeditionary Force there take action against the perpetrators and other insurgent forces. Planned Stability and Support Operations were cast aside as insurgent fighters dared the Marines to enter Fallujah.

RRP: £37.95

Format: Hardback

Pages: 240

ISBN: 9781636242811

Pub Date: 15 Apr 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: B/W

Description:

Most books gloss over submarines at Midway and, if they are mentioned at all, conclude they failed miserably and had little impact on the outcome of the battle. It is undeniable that carrier aviation and intelligence saved the day, but the role of the submarine was an important one in defence of an anticipated amphibious assault. Midway Submerged is a comprehensive examination of a little-known aspect of this pivotal naval battle, explaining how Nimitz used his submarines at Midway, and the Japanese misused theirs based on a flawed tactical plan.

RRP: £29.95

Format: Paperback

Pages: 286

ISBN: 9781636243085

Pub Date: 15 Apr 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Description:

Rescued in the Pacific after his utility tug is sunk north of Guadalcanal, a 20-day convalescent leave in Urbana, Illinois, first throws Ensign Hal Goff into a binding relationship with Bea Colombo before the war once again sends him to serve as executive officer aboard a U.S. Navy Rescue Tug, the ATR-3X, not long after the German surrender in North Africa.

Format: Paperback

Pages: 352

ISBN: 9781636242507

Pub Date: 15 Apr 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Series: Casemate Fiction

Description:

After decades of poising on the brink, the United States and China finally go to war when China invades the island of Taiwan. Deploying their most futuristic technologies in this grand strategic competition of the 21st century, the stakes could not be higher. Not only the future of the Taiwanese people but the fate of the world lies in the balance.

RRP: £17.95

Format: Paperback

Pages: 256

ISBN: 9781636243160

Pub Date: 31 Mar 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: B/W

Description:

As Allied air force bombers mercilessly pound Nazi Germany every night in late 1943, the decision is made to send a number of journalists on a mission to Berlin. One of them was a young American journalist Lowell Bennett, who had made his name reporting on the Allied invasion of Tunisia. When their Avro Lancaster is hit by Luftwaffe fighters, everyone is forced to bail out.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 288

ISBN: 9781636241029

Pub Date: 31 Mar 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: 40 photographs plus 3 maps

Description:

Ever since Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, the men who survived have sought to return, to honour their dead, and to teach others of what they went through to liberate Europe. Soldier Keith Nightingale has conducted terrain walks in Normandy for over forty years with veterans, active-duty military, and local French civilians. Over the decades Nightingale conducted dozens of formal interviews and informal conversations with many of the principals of the day, including Generals Bradley, Collins, Gavin, Ridgway and Hill.

Format: Paperback

Pages: 192

ISBN: 9781636242934

Pub Date: 15 Mar 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: B/W

Description:

The High Ground draws on the author’s personal experiences as a combat leader to illustrate examples of successful and inspiring leadership in military organisations at all levels. Many of the essays contained in this volume focus on specific military personalities that portray effective leader behaviours in both peacetime and combat settings from the tactical to the strategic. Others describe key leadership characteristics and attributes of successful leaders, from small-unit level to the Pentagon.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 304

ISBN: 9781636242996

Pub Date: 15 Mar 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: B/W

Description:

The Brooklyn-class light cruiser USS Boise (CL-47) was one of the most famous US combat ships of World War II, already internationally renowned following her participation in the naval battles in the Solomons in 1942. After repairs and modifications, in 1943 the Boise was sent to the Mediterranean theatre, there to participate in the invasions of Sicily, Taranto, and Salerno, and enhancing her fame by destroying enemy tanks during armoured counterattacks in both Sicily and Salerno.From the Mediterranean, Boise was sent to the Southwest Pacific theatre to join the US 7th Fleet for the campaign in New Guinea in 1943–44 and then the invasion of the Philippines.

Format: Paperback

Pages: 256

ISBN: 9781636241760

Pub Date: 15 Mar 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Description:

Richard “Rick” Blayne has a mission. One of the CIA’s top expert on Cambodia, who escaped the country’s fall to the Khmer Rouge and has monitored the ensuing genocide from Thailand ever since, he has been sent to Paris to further the CIA’s plan to infiltrate the Cambodian resistance to the Hanoi-controlled puppet government in Phnom Penh. Arriving in the middle of a Parisian summer, Rick feels out of place and uncertain if he can handle the assignment.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 240

ISBN: 9781636242583

Pub Date: 15 Mar 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: B/W and colour

Description:

Richard Edward Carey came from a broken home. Enlisting in the Corps in 1945 he later earned a commission, fighting at Inchon and Chosin in Korea before becoming a pilot – flying every aircraft in the Marine arsenal. During his 38-year military career, he witnessed and participated in major historical events, though a high school wrestling injury would eliminate him from the Mercury-7 space program.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 240

ISBN: 9781636242835

Pub Date: 15 Mar 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: B/W

Description:

Throughout history there has always been a need, in military forces, for special units. In the past, these units have usually been ad hoc formations that were disbanded after their mission was complete. It has only been since the early 1950s that such units have remained active, but even in recent times special purpose, special mission units have been organised and used for a period of time or for a specific mission and then either deactivated or replaced by other units.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 240

ISBN: 9781636242736

Pub Date: 15 Mar 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: B/w images

Description:

Hood’s Defeat near Fox’s Gap is an exceptional analysis of Confederate Brigadier General John Bell Hood’s troop movements during the battle of South Mountain. For the past 160 years, all other authors misplaced Hood’s troop positions on the Fox’s Gap battlefield by approximately half a mile. The actual location of Hood's attack reconfigures the entire placement of the competing forces in the battle and, thus, the conclusions one makes about the struggle.

Format: Paperback

Pages: 304

ISBN: 9781636242446

Pub Date: 15 Mar 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Description:

Phillip Parotti’s new novel chronicles the fast-paced action of a collection of American submarine chasers as they battle to reduce the German U-Boat menace in the English Channel during the last year of World War I. Lieutenant (junior grade) Ben Snow takes a commission in the United States Naval Reserve, and whips a dissolute crew into fighting shape. They then take their little submarine chaser, SC 65X, out into the English Channel to hunt for German U-boats in the midst of the worst winter in more than fifty years.

12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend Cover

Format: Paperback

Pages: 128

ISBN: 9781636243146

Pub Date: 28 Feb 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Series: Casemate Illustrated

Illustrations: B/W and colour

Description:

Formed in 1943 with the express purpose of blocking the forthcoming Allied invasion in the West, the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend carved out a reputation as one of the Wehrmacht’s foremost panzer divisions, as witnessed by its tenacious defense of Caen following the Allied invasion of Normandy. The British Operation Goodwood against Caen in July 1944 was followed by Totalize in August, which bypassed Caen and attacked the Hitlerjugend positions. Within a week thousands of German troops were encircled in the Falaise Pocket.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 256

ISBN: 9781636242972

Pub Date: 15 Feb 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: B/W and colour

Description:

Codenamed Operation Telic, the British component of the invasion of Iraq in 2003 was the largest gathering of British troops since the Second World War. Whilst the British public prepared for the worst as its soldiers were facing weapons of mass destruction, most servicemen and women were under no illusion that they were invading Iraq to rid the people of Saddam Hussein.While much has been said about WMD and Tony Blair’s government, not nearly enough has been heard from those men and women that took part in Operation Telic.

RRP: £29.95

Immigrant Warrior: A Memoir of Vietnam and Beyond Cover

Format: Hardback

Pages: 400

ISBN: 9781636241807

Pub Date: 15 Feb 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Description:

Henrik Lunde grew up in Norway and came to the United States with his parents as a young teenager. After completing high school, he attended the University of California at Berkeley, graduating in 1958 as the Honor Graduate in the History Department. He also received an appointment in the Regular Army.