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  • The Lake Erie Campaign of 1813

    I Shall Fight Them This Day

    by Walter P Rybka ...
    On September 10, 1813, the hot, still air that hung over Lake Erie was broken by the sounds of sharp conflict. Led by Oliver Hazard Perry, the American fleet met the British, and though they sustained heavy losses, Perry and his men achieved one of the most stunning victories in the War of 1812. Author Walter Rybka traces the Lake Erie Campaign from the struggle to build the fleet in Erie, ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Coffins of the Brave

    Lake Shipwrecks of the War of 1812

    by Kevin J. Crisman, Walter Rybka, Kenneth Cassavoy, Christopher R. Sabick, LeeAnne Gordon, Sara Hoskins, Erich Heinold, Jonathan Moore, Christopher Amer, Eric Emery0, Erika Washburn1, Arthur B. Cohn2 ...
    Series series Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology Series
    In Coffins of the Brave: Lake Shipwrecks of the War of 1812, archaeologist Kevin J. Crisman and his fellow contributors examine sixteen different examples of 1812-era naval and commercial shipbuilding. They range from four small prewar vessels to four 16- or 20-gun brigs, three warships of much greater size, a steamboat hull converted into an armed schooner, two gunboats, and two postwar schooners ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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    Masterstrokes of War

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  • Battle Cry of Freedom

    The Civil War Era

    by James M. McPherson ...
    Series series Oxford History of the United States
    Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, Battle Cry of Freedom will unquestionably become the standard one-volume history of the Civil War. James McPherson's fast-paced narrative fully integrates the political, social, and military events that crowded the two decades from the outbreak of one war in Mexico to the ending of another at ... Read more

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  • British Infantryman vs Zulu Warrior

    Anglo-Zulu War 1879

    by Ian Knight ...
    Series Book 3 - Combat
    The short but savage Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 pitched well-equipped but complacent British soldiers into combat with the Zulu, one of history's finest fighting forces.The clashes between these two different armies prompted tactical innovation on both sides, as the British and their Zulu opponents sought to find the optimal combination of mobility, protection and firepower. This engrossing study ... Read more

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  • Napoleonic Heavy Cavalry & Dragoon Tactics

    by Philip Haythornthwaite ...
    Series Book 188 - Elite
    During the Napoleonic Wars the supreme battlefield shock weapon was the heavy cavalry – the French cuirassiers, and their British, Austrian, Prussian and Russian counterparts. Big men mounted on big horses, the heavy cavalry were armed with swords nearly a metre long, used for slashing or thrusting at their opponents; many wore steel armour, a practice revived by Napoleon. They were tasked with ... Read more

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  • German Battleships 1939–45

    by Gordon Williamson ...
    Series Book 71 - New Vanguard
    Gordon Williamson examines the design, development and operational use of the battleships used by the Kriegsmarine during World War II.The 'Schlesien' and 'Schleswig-Holstein' were used mostly as training ships until the end of the war when they took part in bombardment of Soviet troop movements in East Prussia. The 'Scharnhorst' had a successful career until her sinking at the battle of the North ... Read more

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  • The Sword of David

    The Israeli Air Force at War

    by Donald J. McCarthy ...
    Founded in 1948, the Israeli Air Force has seen involvement in some of the most dramatic and important conflicts of postWorld War II history. In action during the Suez crisis and on call during the Gulf War, the Force continued to see active deployment right through to the 2006 Lebanon War and beyond into recent conflicts in Gaza. This is a timely release, which sets recent events in historical ... Read more

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  • German E-boats 1939–45

    by Gordon Williamson ...
    Series Book 59 - New Vanguard
    By the outbreak of World War II, Germany had done much to replace the Kaiser's High Seas Fleet, which was scuttled following their surrender at the end of World War I.Forced to build anew, the Kriegsmarine possessed some of the most technically advanced warships in existence. Although the heavy units of the fleet were too small in number to pose much of a threat, Germany was particularly well ... Read more

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  • Russian Security and Paramilitary Forces since 1991

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    Series Book 197 - Elite
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  • Battle of Surigao Strait

    by Anthony P. Tully ...
    Series series Twentieth-Century Battles
    "[Tully] paints Admiral Nishimura's high-speed run into history with an entirely fresh palette of detail." —James D. Hornfischer, New York Times–bestselling author of Neptune's InfernoSurigao Strait in the Philippine Islands was the scene of a major battleship duel during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Because the battle was fought at night and had few survivors on the Japanese side, the events of ... Read more

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  • Civil War Pittsburgh

    Forge of the Union

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    Series series Civil War Series
    On Christmas Day 1860, the "Daily Pittsburgh Gazette "announced that more than one hundred cannons from the nearby U.S. Arsenal were to be shipped south. Fiercely loyal to the Union, Pittsburghers halted the movement of the artillery, which would have been seized by secessionist sympathizers. Over the course of the Civil War, Pittsburgh and Allegheny County provided both troops and equipment- ... Read more

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