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100 Greatest Battles by Angus Konstam
RRP: $19.34Booksplease Price: $16.33A highly illustrated introduction to some of the greatest battles in world history, from the iconic encounters of the Ancient World such as Thermopylae and Cannae, through to the major clashes of the... -
Confederate Ironclad by Angus Konstam 9781841763071
RRP: $25.80Booksplease Price: $16.25Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Tirpitz in Norway by Angus Konstam 9781472835857
RRP: $18.05Booksplease Price: $13.49In September 1943, under the cover of darkness, six British midget submarines crept into the heart of enemy territory, penetrating a heavily guarded Norwegian fjord in an attempt to eliminate the... -
American Privateers of the Revolutionary War by Angus Konstam
RRP: $15.47Booksplease Price: $13.44During the American War of Independence (1775-83), Congress issued almost 800 letters of marque, as a way of combating Britain's overwhelming naval and mercantile superiority. At first, it was only... -
British Gunboats of Victoria's Empire by Angus Konstam
RRP: $15.47Booksplease Price: $11.74A beautifully illustrated history of the iconic ocean-going gunboats of British 'gunboat diplomacy', the hundreds of little warships that for 50 years demonstrated the power of the Royal Navy... -
Warships in the Spanish Civil War by Angus Konstam
RRP: $15.47Booksplease Price: $13.44This detailed study of the naval Spanish Civil War describes how the Spanish Navy, torn in two and comprising a Republican and Nationalist part, fought a civil war at sea involving both Hitler's and... -
Ship Spotter's Guide Angus Konstam 9781472808691
RRP: $9.02Booksplease Price: $6.79Since the days of the Ancient Greeks, naval ships of all sizes have revolutionized warfare. From the Viking longship, pirate ships and super dreadnoughts to today's nuclear submarines and aircraft... -
The Spanish Galleon: 1530-1690 by Angus Konstam
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $15.27During the middle decade of the 16th century a new type of sailing vessel emerged, designed to carry the wealth of Americas to Spain. This was the galleon, and over the next century these vessels... -
Gunboats of World War I by Angus Konstam
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $15.27Naval action in World War I conjures up images of enormous dreadnoughts slugging it out in vast oceans. Yet the truth is that more sailors were killed serving on gunboats and monitors operating far... -
Pirate Ship 1660-1730 by Angus Konstam
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $12.89Although pirates have a fascination which has resulted in the production of numerous books and documentaries in recent years (including titles by Osprey), no detailed depiction of their ships has... -
Warships at Dunkirk 1940 Angus Konstam 9781472872555
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $12.62Illustrated throughout, this uncovers the hundreds of British and French warships in theDunkirk evacuation, whose actions have been overshadowed by the fame of the ‘Little Ships’. -
Union Monitor 1861-65 by Angus Konstam 9781841763064
RRP: $25.80Booksplease Price: $16.24The first seagoing ironclad was the USS Monitor, and its profile has made it one of the most easily recognised warships of all time. Following her inconclusive battle with the Confederate ironclad... -
British Escort Carriers 1941-45 by Angus Konstam
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $12.62In 1941, as the Battle of the Atlantic raged and ship losses mounted, the British Admiralty desperately tried to find ways to defeat the U-Boat threat to Britain's maritime lifeline. Facing a... -
Yangtze River Gunboats 1900-49 by Angus Konstam
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $15.27From the end of the 19th century through the first half of the 20th, most Western powers maintained a naval presence in China. These gunboats protected traders and missionaries, safeguarded national... -
British Battlecruisers 1939-45 Angus Konstam 9781841766331
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $12.89When war broke out in 1939, only three true battlecruisers remained in the Royal Navy including HMS 'Hood', the world's largest and fastest capital ship for much of her life, which would be destroyed... -
British Napoleonic Ship-of-the-Line Angus Konstam 9781841763088
RRP: $15.47Booksplease Price: $12.49The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars encompassed a period when rival European fleets vied for naval supremacy, and naval tactics were evolving. The British Royal Navy emerged triumphant as... -
British Aircraft Carriers 1945–2010 by Angus Konstam
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $12.62The history of the Royal Navy flagships that led the fleet through the Cold War, ensured victory in the Falklands War, and saw action in Iraq and the Balkans. In 1945, at the end of World War II,... -
British Commando 1940-45 by Angus Konstam 9781472814821
RRP: $19.34Booksplease Price: $17.34With Hitler's army rampaging across Europe, Winston Churchill ordered the creation of a special fighting force - the Commandos. These valiant men were volunteers drawn from the ranks of the British... -
North Cape 1943: The Sinking of the Scharnhorst by Angus Konstam
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $16.82The German battleship Scharnhorst had a reputation for being a lucky ship. Early in the war she fought off a British battlecruiser and sunk a carrier, before carrying out two successful forays into... -
British Aircraft Carriers 1939-45 by Angus Konstam 9781849080798
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $12.89With war against Germany looming, Britain pushed forward its carrier program in the late 1930s. In 1938, the Royal Navy launched the HMS Ark Royal, its first-ever purpose-built aircraft carrier. This... -
British Frigates and Escort Destroyers 1939–45 by Angus Konstam
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $12.62A history of the small, mass-produced warships that defended the Atlantic convoys from U-boats and secured Britain's lifeline to the United States. As the Battle of the Atlantic grew fiercer,... -
Blackbeard: America's Most Notorious Pirate by Angus Konstam 9780471758853
RRP: $32.24Booksplease Price: $31.17Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Cape Matapan 1941: Cunningham’s Mediterranean Triumph by Angus Konstam 9781472857231
RRP: $21.92Booksplease Price: $16.18The first ever illustrated study of the largest and most significant clash between the Royal Navy and the Italian Regia Marina. The Battle of Matapan witnessed the first use of decisive new... -
Hunt the Bismarck: The pursuit of Germany's most famous battleship by Angus Konstam
RRP: $21.92Booksplease Price: $16.98Hunt the Bismarck tells the story of Operation Rheinubung, the Atlantic sortie of Nazi Germany's largest battleship, Bismarck, in May 1941 and her subsequent pursuit by the Royal Navy. Bismarck... -
Operation Pedestal 1942: The Battle for Malta’s Lifeline by Angus Konstam 9781472855671
RRP: $21.92Booksplease Price: $16.18A fascinating story of a key turning point in the War in the Mediterranean, as the island of Malta was thrown a vital lifeline. Since 1940, the island of Malta had been a thorn in the Axis' side... -
Convoy Pq-17 1942: Disaster in the Arctic Angus Konstam 9781472864277
RRP: $21.92Booksplease Price: $18.41A gripping account of the most famous convoy operation of the war, which marked a high-water mark for the German naval campaign in the Arctic.The Arctic was a vital conduit for transporting supplies... -
British Destroyers 1939-45: Wartime-built classes by Angus Konstam
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $12.62As the possibility of war loomed in the 1930s, the British Admiralty looked to update their fleet of destroyers to compete with the new ships being built by Germany and Japan, resulting in the... -
The Pirate Menace: Uncovering the Golden Age of Piracy by Angus Konstam 9781472857736
RRP: $32.25Booksplease Price: $25.19Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
British Battleship vs German Battleship: 1941–43 by Angus Konstam
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.47At the outbreak of World War II, the four key Capital German ships comprised the Bismarck, Tirpitz, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. Their primary threats where the Royal Navy's King George V class... -
Battle of North Cape: the Death Ride of the Scharnhorst, 1943 by Angus Konstam 9781848845572
Booksplease Price: $16.98'Angus Konstam's gripping account tells the story of this crucial but under-studied naval battle, and explains why the hopes of the German Kriegsmarine went down with their last great ship; only 37... -
Okinawa 1945: The Royal Navy's biggest carrier campaign Angus Konstam 9781472866745
RRP: $21.92Booksplease Price: $18.41This fully illustrated study explains the British Pacific Fleet's campaign against the Japanese in the Sakishima Islands, its overlooked role in the battle for Okinawa.The invasion of Okinawa was,... -
British Destroyers 1939-45: Pre-war classes by Angus Konstam 9781472816368
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $13.38The Royal Navy entered World War II with a large but eclectic fleet of destroyers. Some of these were veterans of World War I, fit only for escort duties. Most though, had been built during the... -
Barents Sea 1942: The Battle for Russia's Arctic Lifeline Angus Konstam 9781472848451
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $16.09A gripping examination of the Battle of the Barents Sea, fought in the near darkness and icy cold of the northern winter, in which the Kriegsmarine sought to sever the crucial Allied Arctic Convoy... -
Naval Battle of Crete 1941: The Royal Navy at Breaking Point Angus Konstam 9781472854049
RRP: $21.92Booksplease Price: $16.18A fascinating account of an often overlooked naval action of World War II, and one of the bloodiest chapters in the history of the Royal Navy. In April 1941, following the Axis invasion of... -
Mississippi River Gunboats of the American Civil War 1861-65 by Angus Konstam 9781841764139
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $15.27At the start of the American Civil War, neither side had warships on either side of the Mississippi River and in the first few months of the war, both sides scrambled to gather a flotilla, converting... -
South Atlantic 1982: The carrier campaign in the Falklands War Angus Konstam 9781472864710
RRP: $21.92Booksplease Price: $16.18A detailed account of the war-winning role that a handful of Harrier squadrons played in the Falklands War. On 5 April 1982, the British aircraft carriers Hermes and Invincible sailed for the... -
British Battleships 1890–1905: Victoria's steel battlefleet and the road to Dreadnought by Angus Konstam
RRP: $15.47Booksplease Price: $11.74The Royal Navy's battleships at the turn of the 20th century were the most powerful battlefleet in the world, and embodied one of the key periods in warship development - the development of the... -
Warships in the Baltic Campaign 1918-20: The Royal Navy takes on the Bolsheviks by Angus Konstam
RRP: $15.47Booksplease Price: $11.74A fascinating look at the British naval intervention in the Baltic in 1918-20, and at the British, Soviet and Baltic nationalist fleets that fought. Following the Russian Revolution of October... -
British/Commonwealth Cruiser vs Italian Cruiser: The Mediterranean 1940-43 by Angus Konstam
RRP: $19.34Booksplease Price: $15.54This illustrated history explores the cruiser forces of the Italian and British Royal navies, the jack-of-all trades warships of the Mediterranean Naval War. In 1940, when Italy entered World War... -
Sinking Force Z 1941: The day the Imperial Japanese Navy killed the battleship by Angus Konstam
RRP: $19.34Booksplease Price: $14.65A history and analysis of one of the most dramatic moments in both air power and naval history. With the sinking of HMS Prince of Wales and Repulse, no battleship was safe on the open ocean, and the...