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: 256

ISBN: 9781636243559

Pub Date: 05 Aug 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: 40-50 b/w photographs plus captioning

Description:

The most eye-opening, and terrifying, story in Chip Reid's career as a journalist was the six weeks he spent with 3d Battalion, 5th Marines, during the invasion of Iraq in 2003, as a correspondent for NBC News. Traveling shoulder-to-shoulder with the young Marines, he had unparalleled access, witnessing them in combat, and interviewing as many as he could persuade his bosses to put on air, allowing them to tell their war stories in their own words. It took only 22 days for the Marines of 3/5 to fight their way to Baghdad, but the effects on those who fought have lasted a lifetime.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 256

ISBN: 9781636241586

Pub Date: 05 Aug 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: B/w and colour

Description:

A month after her 24th birthday, Lt. Mary Elizabeth Balster collapses among the rubble of a shelled supply room. Has the young nurse finally succumbed to the mounting emotional toll caused from months of caring for the sick and wounded just behind the front lines of General Patton’s Third Army?

The Army Combat Historian And Combat History Operations Cover

Format: Hardback

Pages: 224

ISBN: 9781636243290

Pub Date: 05 Aug 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: B/W and color illustrations

Description:

In World War I, Major General Pershing proposed the idea of establishing a historical office within the AEF headquarters. The War Department reorganised the General Staff to include a Historical Branch. Evidence shows that soldiers acting as historians went "down range," albeit not into combat.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 288

ISBN: 9781636243498

Pub Date: 31 Jul 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: 25–30 photographs

Description:

Major General Charles A. Willoughby served as Douglas MacArthur's stalwart chief intelligence officer (G-2} for over a decade, throughout World War II and the Korean War. This first full biography examines Willoughby's shadowy origins in his native Germany, his curious arrival in the United States, and his military service in World War I, as well as his work during the interwar years as a junior diplomat, budding historian, and neophyte intelligence officer.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 208

ISBN: 9781636243412

Pub Date: 15 Jul 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: 10–20 photographs

Description:

Tank commander cadet Amir Bega is about to leave training for the Jewish High Holiday of Yom Kippur when a surprise attack on Israel by Egyptian and Syrian forces upends this peaceful reprieve, throwing the teenager into an unexpected war. A war in which the confidence and complacency of the Israeli army led to disaster. Believing himself well-trained and the Israeli army unstoppable, Bega struggles to accept the horrifying events surrounding him.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 288

ISBN: 9781636243535

Pub Date: 15 Jul 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: 75–100 photographs

Description:

Plying through the darkness at the very limit of the earth's atmosphere, the U-2's extrasensory intelligence-gathering sensors quietly intercept and redistribute mountains of information to a highly classified ground site, located at Osan Air Base, Korea. From there, the top-secret intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) products are distributed to the highest levels of command authority within the United States. Although the Dragon Lady has been in continuous service for nearly 70 years, she has always been considered a "National Asset," with technology so sophisticated that she outlasted her "replacement" – the SR-71 – decades ago.

Format: Paperback

Pages: 320

ISBN: 9781636243764

Pub Date: 15 Jul 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: Maps and b/w images

Description:

Although the ultimate prize of the Great Game played out between Great Britain and Imperial Russia in the 19th century was India, most of the intrigue and action took place along its northern frontier in Afghanistan, Turkestan and Tibet. Maps and knowledge of the enemy were crucial elements in Britain’s struggle to defend the ‘jewel in the crown.’The Great Trigonometrical Survey of India had been founded in the 18th century with the aim of creating a detailed map of the country.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 304

ISBN: 9781636242712

Pub Date: 15 Jul 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: B/W

Description:

The 597th Field Artillery Battalion, 92nd Division, was the first, last, and only all-black officered direct support field artillery battalion committed to combat in the history of the U.S. Army.

Format: Paperback

Pages: 128

ISBN: 9781636243252

Pub Date: 05 Jul 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Series: Casemate Illustrated

Illustrations: B/W & colour

Description:

Animals, especially dogs, have served in all the wars of men since time immemorial. During World War II, most combatant nations employed dogs on the battlefield in a number of ways, including searching for injured men or downed airmen, detecting mines, carrying messages between units or dragging communications wires, particularly in difficult terrain, transporting supplies, and sentry duty.This illustrated book is an overview of how dogs were trained and used in WWII by different countries, including the stories of some of the individual animals that served.

Format: Paperback

Pages: 128

ISBN: 9781636242385

Pub Date: 05 Jul 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Series: Casemate Illustrated

Illustrations: B/W illustrations

Description:

When the Soviet Union invaded Finland in late 1939, what transpired was a true “David and Goliath” conflict. When Finland refused a number of Soviet demands, including the ceding of substantial border territories ostensibly to enable the Soviets to protect Leningrad, the Soviets responded by launching an invasion. The invasion involved a large Soviet army, with several thousand tanks, and a large air force.

RRP: £24.95

Format: Hardback

Pages: 168

ISBN: 9781636242309

Pub Date: 30 Jun 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Series: Die Wehrmacht im Kampf

Description:

The Dragoon offensive in August 1944 was preceded by bombings and sabotage that hit hard the German forces located in the South of France – damaging communications, railroads and bridges. The landings were then overwhelmingly successful, despite localised German resistance. The following morning a German force the size of around four infantry battalions was able to launch a counterattack, but by the end of the day von Schwerin ordered a retreat under cover of night.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 288

ISBN: 9781636241340

Pub Date: 20 Jun 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: 20–30 photographs

Description:

To prevent German occupying forces in Norway from reinforcing their defences during the final months of World War II, the Office of Strategic Services launched Operation Rype, with the mission of sabotaging the Nordland Railway in Mid-Norway. Rype was led by Major William E. Colby, later director of the CIA.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 384

ISBN: 9781636243061

Pub Date: 20 Jun 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: B/W and colour

Description:

On December 6, 1941, despite his objections, James Lynch was discharged from the Army for being over age in grade. After the terrible events at Pearl Harbor, James Lynch was recalled to duty. Within a month he was part of the Air Corps, involved in a secret project to send air support to help General Montgomery and the Eighth Army.

Format: Paperback

Pages: 234

ISBN: 9781636243016

Pub Date: 15 Jun 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: 32 pages of b/w photos

Description:

Storm Clouds over the Pacific begins the story long before Pearl Harbor, showing how the war can only be understood if ancient hatreds and long-standing geopolitics are taken into account. Peter Harmsen demonstrates how Japan and China’s ancient enmity grew in the late 19th and early 20th centuries leading to increased tensions in the 1930s which exploded into conflict in 1937. The battles of Shanghai and Nanjing were followed by the battle of Taierzhuang in 1938, China’s only major victory.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 384

ISBN: 9781636243238

Pub Date: 15 Jun 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Illustrations: 50 photographs

Description:

Hidden in the crevasses of World War II history is the story of the 99th Infantry Battalion (Separate). A small unit that rarely gets any attention, it is part of a fascinating story. Alongside battalions of Austrian, Greek, Filipino and Japanese Americans, the Army decided to create an all Norwegian American battalion, originally trained at Camp Hale, Colorado, along with the 10th Mountain Division, with the original mission of liberating Norway.

Format: Paperback

Pages: 128

ISBN: 9781636242644

Pub Date: 31 May 2023

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Series: Casemate Illustrated

Illustrations: B/W

Description:

The British Army in North America conducted two campaigns in 1777. John Burgoyne led one army south from Canada to seize control of the Lake Champlain-Hudson River corridor resulting in the battle of Saratoga. Burgoyne’s defeat led to that army’s capture.

RRP: £24.95