Combat
Combat pits history's adversaries against one another, from the snows of World War II's Eastern Front to the mud of the Somme. Combat's innovative split-screen artwork showing a key moment in battle from both sides' perspective offers a glimpse of war through the eyes of those who fought, while first hand accounts, expert analysis, photographs, maps and specially commissioned colour plates combine to immerse you in the experience of close quarter battles.
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Union Infantryman vs Confederate Infantryman
CBT 2 Multiple formatsThe enthusiastic but largely inexperienced soldiers serving on both sides in the Civil War had to adapt quickly to the appalling realities of warfare in the industrial age. Author Ron Field, an authority... -
British Paratrooper vs Fallschirmjäger
CBT 1 Multiple formatsThe airborne forces of Britain and Germany were among their best troops of World War II and when they met in battle the result was a brutal trial of strength. British paratroopers and German Fallschirmjäger... -
British Infantryman vs Zulu Warrior
CBT 3 Multiple formatsThe 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... -
French Guardsman vs Russian Jaeger
CBT 4 Multiple formatsThe Russian Jaeger regiments and Napoleon's Young Guard clashed repeatedly during the campaigns of 1812-14. The Russian Jaeger were light infantry who gained enormous experience and prestige during... -
British Infantryman vs German Infantryman
CBT 5 Multiple formatsThe mighty struggle for the Somme sector of the Western Front in the second half of 1916 has come to be remembered for the dreadful toll of casualties inflicted on Britain's ‘New Armies' by... -
Roman Soldier vs Germanic Warrior
CBT 6 Multiple formatsThe reigns of Augustus and his successor Tiberius saw an epic struggle between the Romans and local peoples for the territory between the Rhine and Elbe rivers in what is now Germany. Following two decades... -
German Infantryman vs Soviet Rifleman
CBT 7 Multiple formatsThe Axis invasion of the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941 pitted Nazi Germany and her allies against Stalin's forces in a mighty struggle for survival. Fighting alongside the spearhead Panzer divisions... -
US Marine vs Japanese Infantryman
CBT 8 Multiple formatsThe brutal fighting between US Marines and Japanese infantry on the island of Guadalcanal in many ways came to typify the island-hopping war in the Pacific. This book not only explores the differing tactics... -
Continental vs Redcoat
CBT 9 Multiple formatsThe American Revolutionary War pitched the newly formed Continental Army against the professional British Redcoats - a highly trained organization manned by long-serving and experienced infantrymen with... -
Chindit vs Japanese Infantryman
CBT 10 Multiple formatsIn order to keep China in the war against the Japanese, the Western Allies believed they had to return to Northern Burma. Colonel Orde Wingate, a military maverick and proponent of guerrilla warfare, knew...
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