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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Finnish Soldier vs Soviet Soldier
CBT 21 Multiple formatsThe Winter War was supposed to be a quick and easy conflict; instead it proved to be a bitter war that destroyed the international reputation of the Soviet Red Army. The diminutive Finnish force was desperately... -
Panzergrenadier vs US Armored Infantryman
CBT 22 Multiple formatsDuring World War II, the two pre-eminent mechanized infantry forces of the conflict, the German Panzergrenadier arm and the US Army's armoured infantrymen, clashed in France and Belgium after the... -
New Zealand Infantryman vs German Motorcycle Soldier
CBT 23 Multiple formatsIn April 1941, as Churchill strove to counter the German threat to the Balkans, New Zealand troops were hastily committed to combat in the wake of the German invasion of Greece where they would face off... -
Longbowman vs Crossbowman
CBT 24 Multiple formatsFor centuries, the crossbow had played a key role on the battlefields of continental Europe, with mercenaries from Genoa and Brabant in particular filling the ranks of the French army, yet on the outbreak... -
Canadian Corps Soldier vs Royal Bavarian Soldier
CBT 25 Multiple formatsIn 1917 the soldiers of the Canadian Corps would prove themselves the equal of any fighting on the Western Front, while on the other side of the wire, the men of the Royal Bavarian Army won a distinguished... -
Boer Guerrilla vs British Mounted Soldier
CBT 26 Multiple formatsWaged across an inhospitable terrain which varied from open African savannah to broken mountain country and arid semi-desert, the Anglo-Boer wars of 1880-81 and 1899-1902 pitted the British Army and its... -
Viking Warrior vs Anglo-Saxon Warrior
CBT 27 Multiple formatsIn the two centuries before the Norman invasion of England, Anglo-Saxon and Viking forces clashed repeatedly in bloody battles across the country. Repeated Viking victories in the 9th century led to their... -
German Soldier vs Soviet Soldier
CBT 28 Multiple formatsBy the end of the first week of November 1942, the German Sixth Army held about 90 per cent of Stalingrad. Yet the Soviets stubbornly held on to the remaining parts of the city, and German casualties started... -
Soviet Paratrooper vs Mujahideen Fighter
CBT 29 Multiple formatsIn 1979 the Soviet Union moved from military ‘help' to active intervention in Afghanistan. Four-fifths of the Afghan National Army deserted in the first year of the war, which, compounded with the... -
Gebirgsjäger vs Soviet Sailor
CBT 30 Multiple formatsIn 1941-44, Nazi Germany's Gebirgsjäger - elite mountain troops - clashed repeatedly with land-based units of the Soviet Navy during the mighty struggle on World War II's Eastern Front. Formed...
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