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: Paperback

Pages: 352

ISBN: 9781612008950

Pub Date: 15 Nov 2020

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: Illustrated throughout

Description:

In this fully revised edition of Finding Your Father's War, military historian Jonathan Gawne has written an easily accessible handbook for anyone seeking greater knowledge of their relatives' experience in World War II, or indeed anyone seeking a better understanding of the U.S. Army during World War II.

The Final Archives of the Führerbunker Cover

Format: Hardback

Pages: 160

ISBN: 9781612009049

Pub Date: 15 Oct 2020

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: 150 photographs

Description:

In November 1945, two French officers secretly entered the Führerbunker, the air raid shelter near the Chancellery in Berlin. The bunker was the last home of Adolf Hitler, the background of the last months of his life, and the war, where he married Eva Braun on April 29, 1945, and where he killed himself less than two days later. In the middle of a heap of furniture and broken objects, the two officers found hundreds of documents littering the ground.

RRP: £29.99

Special Operations in the American Revolution Cover

Format: Paperback

Pages: 288

ISBN: 9781612008936

Pub Date: 15 Oct 2020

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Description:

"What is unique about this book is the perspective. To a modern-day reader, specialops conjure images of highly trained and exotically equipped soldiers leaping out ofhelicopters and Zodiac boats to wipe out terrorists. .

RRP: £18.99

Format: Hardback

Pages: 304

ISBN: 9781612008851

Pub Date: 15 Oct 2020

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: Over 250 color and black-and-white photographs and illustrations

Description:

In Romans at War ground-breaking research is presented in an accessible, entertaining, and sumptuously illustrated format, including: • A new consideration of the nature of late Roman military leaders; the author argues they were effectively independent warlords.• Cutting edge research regarding the Severan campaigns to conquer Scotland in the early 3rd century AD.• A new analysis of the nature of late Roman troops, both mounted and foot.

RRP: £29.95

Format: Paperback

Pages: 128

ISBN: 9781612009230

Pub Date: 15 Oct 2020

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Series: Casemate Illustrated

Illustrations: Colour

Description:

Bagration was the code word that the Soviet Army gave for their summer offensive in 1944. This massive offensive led to the destruction of the German Army Group Center and was the greatest military defeat ever experienced by the German Army during World War Two. This book provides an absorbing insight into the German defeat and the Russian offensive using a wide variety of rare and previously unpublished photographs.

Format: Paperback

Pages: 128

ISBN: 9781612009100

Pub Date: 15 Oct 2020

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Series: Casemate Illustrated

Illustrations: 150 photographs and illustrations

Description:

Fifteen elite mountain divisions and a multitude of small units fought for the Wehrmacht during World War II. They fought on all fronts, operating in hostile environments ranging from the far north to Libya, the Atlantic to the Caucasus - serving in all the “hot spots.” This book, the culmination of some four decades of research and the support of many veterans and collectors, describes the life, operations and equipment of these specialist units.

Format: Paperback

Pages: 552

ISBN: 9781612009148

Pub Date: 15 Oct 2020

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Description:

In this unique, interactive story, you are the leader of a U.S. Army M1 Abrams tank platoon.

RRP: £24.99

Format: Paperback

Pages: 128

ISBN: 9781612009087

Pub Date: 15 Oct 2020

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Series: Casemate Illustrated

Illustrations: 150 photographs and illustrations

Description:

The Red Air Force versus the Luftwaffe in the skies over Eastern Europe. June 1941: Having conquered most of Western Europe, Adolf Hitler turned his attention to the vast Soviet Union. Disregarding his Non-Aggression Pact with Joseph Stalin, Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa, a full-scale invasion of the Soviet homeland.

RRP: £19.99

Format: Hardback

Pages: 384

ISBN: 9781612008981

Pub Date: 01 Oct 2020

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: Over 100 black-and-white photographs

Description:

B-1-5 was a unique company in the Korean War. The Baker Bandits fought at Inchon, Naktong, Chosin Reservoir, Guerrilla Hunts and the many numbered hills. Theyinspired one B Company Commander, Gen.

RRP: £27.50

Format: Hardback

Pages: 256

ISBN: 9781612009001

Pub Date: 01 Oct 2020

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: 16 illustrations

Description:

“Few people are as uniquely well equipped as Anthony Wells to write an account of these close and special relationships. His penetrating and informed analysis offers us all hope for the continuance of an alliance which makes the world a safer place." - VICE ADMIRAL SIR JEREMY BLACKHAM, Knight Commander of the Bath, editor, The Naval Review UK-US intelligence and the wider Five Eyes community of Canada, Australia and New Zealand is primarily about one main thing, relationships.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 216

ISBN: 9781612008264

Pub Date: 01 Oct 2020

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Description:

Major General James A. Ulio helped win World War II, though his war was fought from the desk. As adjutant-general throughout the war years, many American families would have recognized his name from one of nearly 900,000 telegrams he signed - all of which began with the words: "…regret to inform you. ..” However, his role was far wider than overseeing these sad communications. Ulio faced the task of building an Army large enough to fight wars in Europe, North Africa and the Pacific. Through his efforts, the Army increased in size from around 200,000 soldiers to eight million—in less than five years. He advocated and navigated around lowering the draft age to eighteen. He led and oversaw training efforts that quickly and efficiently prepared soldiers. The general correctly projected that those methods would be a positive outcome of the war. His team identified the appropriate allocation for incoming troops. In order to field sufficient troops to ensure an Allied victory, Ulio had to address and challenge commonly held beliefs on race and gender. It was his order in 1944 that ended segregation on military transportation and in recreational facilities on Army posts. In many ways, Ulio became the face of the Army during the war, through radio addresses, newspaper interviews, and public appearances. He served as troop morale booster, advocate, and cheerleader for the war effort. Finally, he led demobilization planning to bring home millions of soldiers after the war, transitioning them back into civilian life. The son of an immigrant career soldier, General Ulio grew up on Army posts and had an eleventh-grade education. A West Point alternate, Ulio enlisted as a private in the U.S. Army in 1900. In 1904, he earned his commission as a lieutenant, and served in France during World War I. Without a college degree, he graduated from the Army's Command and Staff School and the Army War College and five colleges would eventually award him honorary doctorates. Ulio’s military career spanned 45 years and he served as military aide to two presidents. Despite his lengthy career and success in two major wars, General Ulio remains a little-known figure in military history and is not yet included on the Adjutant General's Hall of Fame at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. This biography sets Ulio’s achievements in context and explores the magnitude of his part in facilitating an Allied victory World War II.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 214

ISBN: 9781612009124

Pub Date: 01 Oct 2020

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: 200 b/w and colour photographs

Description:

“Despite everything I felt very lucky to have flown Corsairs, they were the best you know even though it took me sometime to realise this when so many friends died flying them.” (Colin Facer, Corsair pilot, HMS Illustrious) The Vought-Sikorsky Corsair was one of the most potent fighters of the Second World War. It was also one of the most flawed.

RRP: £25.00

Format: Paperback

Pages: 288

ISBN: 9781612008943

Pub Date: 15 Sep 2020

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: 32 b/w and colour photographs

Description:

During the Cold War, nuclear submarines performed the greatest public service of all: prevention of a third world war. History shows that they succeeded; the Cold War ended peacefully, but for security reasons, only now can this story be told. Eric Thompson is a career nuclear submarine officer who served from the first days of the Polaris missile boats until after the end of the Cold War.

Format: Paperback

Pages: 408

ISBN: 9781612008929

Pub Date: 15 Aug 2020

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: b/w photographs

Description:

In July 1944 the Allies were stunned by the appearance of the Messerschmitt Me-262, the world’s first operational jet warplane. This new German fighter was more than 100mph faster than any other aircraft in the skies. Although always greatly outnumbered, the Me-262 gained scores of victories over Allied fighters and bombers, and by the end of the war, many of the Luftwaffe’s greatest aces had clamored to be in their cockpits.

RRP: £18.99

Format: Hardback

Pages: 336

ISBN: 9781612008776

Pub Date: 15 Aug 2020

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: diagrams

Description:

Phoenix Rising recounts the paradoxical birth of SOF through the prism of Operation Eagle Claw, the failed attempt to rescue fifty-two Americans held hostage in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.

RRP: £27.50

Format:

Hardback Paperback

Pages: 240

ISBN: 9781612008837

Pub Date: 15 Aug 2020

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: photographs and maps

Pages: 264

ISBN: 9781636243047

Pub Date: 31 Mar 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: photographs and maps

Description:

Born in the Philippines to an American father and a Filipina mother, George Cooper is one of the few surviving veteran pilots who saw action over such fearsome targets as Rabaul and Wewak. Not just another flag-waving story of air combat, Jayhawk describes the war as it really was - a conflict with far-reaching tentacles that gripped and tore at not only the combatants, but also their families, friends and the way they lived their lives. Stout examines the story of Cooper’s growing up in gentle and idyllic pre-war Manila and how he grew to be the man he is.