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  • Mers el-Kébir 1940

    Operation Catapult

    by Ryan K. Noppen ...
    Series Book 405 - Campaign
    A fascinating analysis of the World War II battle between Great Britain and France to ensure French ships were kept out of German hands during World War II.Following France's armistice with the Axis powers, Great Britain realized that if Germany or Italy insisted upon the transfer of battleships, cruisers, and destroyers from the French Navy to the control of their own navies, the balance in the ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Dakar 1940

    Operation Menace and the Allied Disaster in West Africa

    by Ryan K. Noppen ...
    Series Book 440 - Campaign
    A detailed analysis of the Allied failure in Dakar against Vichy France in September 1940.Amidst the onslaught of the Blitz, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was desperate to take the fight to the enemy and so he set his eyes on the French West African port of Dakar. Emboldened by the recent defection of some of the Vichy colonies to the Free French movement, Churchill asked Charles de ... Read more

    $21.19 CAD

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  • Holland 1940

    The Luftwaffe's first setback in the West

    by Ryan K. Noppen ...
    Series Book 23 - Air Campaign
    The history of how the Luftwaffe planned to knock out Holland, but instead suffered wounds against the Dutch that would come to haunt them in the Battle of Britain.The German invasion of the Netherlands was meant to be a lightning-fast surgical strike, aimed at shoring up the right flank of the assault on France and Belgium. With a bold plan based largely on Luftwaffe air power, air-landing troops ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Malta 1940–42

    The Axis' air battle for Mediterranean supremacy

    by Ryan K. Noppen ...
    Series Book 4 - Air Campaign
    The fascinating story of the Germans' and Italians' great aerial siege of the British colony of Malta, one of the longest air campaigns of World War II, alongside superb, specially commissioned artworkIn 1940, the strategically vital island of Malta was Britain's last toehold in the central Mediterranean, wreaking havoc among Axis shipping. Launching an air campaign to knock Malta out of the war, ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Ottoman Navy Warships 1914–18

    by Ryan K. Noppen ...
    Series Book 227 - New Vanguard
    A comprehensive, in-depth look at the warships of the Ottoman Navy of World War I, their specifications and operational history. The definitive English language work on the Aegean arms race.At the start of the 20th century the Ottoman Navy was a shadow of its former might. Years of defeat, nepotism, and neglect had left it with a mix of obsolete vessels, whilst the list of prospective enemies was ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • German Commerce Raiders 1914–18

    by Ryan K. Noppen ...
    Series Book 228 - New Vanguard
    This is the story of Germany's commerce raiders of World War I, the surface ships that were supposed to starve the British Isles of the vast cargoes of vital resources being shipped from the furthest reaches of the Empire.To that end pre-war German naval strategists allocated a number of cruisers and armed, fast ocean liners, as well as a complex and globe-spanning supply network to support them – ... Read more

    $17.29 CAD

  • US Navy Dreadnoughts 1914–45

    by Ryan K. Noppen ...
    Series Book 208 - New Vanguard
    The development of the US Navy's dreadnought battleships was a pivotal part of America's evolution into a true world power. By the beginning of World War I, the United States possessed the world's third largest navy, with ten dreadnoughts in service and four more under construction. By the end of World War II, the US Navy was the undoubted global superpower, despite initial crippling losses to its ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Ottoman Navy Warships 1914–18

    by Ryan K. Noppen ...
    Series Book 227 - New Vanguard
    A comprehensive, in-depth look at the warships of the Ottoman Navy of World War I, their specifications and operational history. The definitive English language work on the Aegean arms race.At the start of the 20th century the Ottoman Navy was a shadow of its former might. Years of defeat, nepotism, and neglect had left it with a mix of obsolete vessels, whilst the list of prospective enemies was ... Read more

    $17.29 CAD

  • German Commerce Raiders 1914–18

    by Ryan K. Noppen ...
    Series Book 228 - New Vanguard
    This is the story of Germany's commerce raiders of World War I, the surface ships that were supposed to starve the British Isles of the vast cargoes of vital resources being shipped from the furthest reaches of the Empire. To that end pre-war German naval strategists allocated a number of cruisers and armed, fast ocean liners, as well as a complex and globe-spanning supply network to support them ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • German and Italian Aircraft Carriers of World War II

    by Ryan K. Noppen, Douglas C. Dildy ...
    Series Book 306 - New Vanguard
    This fully illustrated study details Germany and Italy's failed development of World War II aircraft carriers, and the naval aviation ships that the two Axis powers sent into action in their place.The quest for a modern aircraft carrier was the ultimate symbol of the Axis powers' challenge to Allied naval might, but fully-fledged carriers proved either too difficult, expensive or politically ... Read more

    $17.29 CAD

  • French Battleships 1914–45

    by Ryan K. Noppen ...
    Series Book 266 - New Vanguard
    On September 1, 1910, France became the last great naval power to lay down a dreadnought battleship, the Courbet.The ensuing Courbet and Bretagne-class dreadnoughts had a relatively quiet World War I, spending most of it at anchor off the entrance to the Adriatic, keeping watch over the Austro-Hungarian fleet. The constraints of the Washington Naval Treaty prevented new battleships being built ... Read more

    $17.29 CAD

  • Austro-Hungarian Battleships 1914–18

    by Ryan K. Noppen ...
    Series Book 193 - New Vanguard
    The primary purpose of Austria-Hungary's navy until the beginning of the twentieth century was the defense of its coastline.As its merchant marine dramatically grew, admirals believed that the navy should take a more proactive policy of defense. The 1890s saw the beginning of a series of naval building programs that would create a well-balanced modern fleet, including a force of modern battleships ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD