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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French Foreign Légionnaire vs Viet Minh Insurgent
CBT 36 Multiple formatsThe French Indochina War (1946-54) was the largest of the first generation of post-World War II wars of decolonization as Vietminh insurgents sought to topple their French colonial masters. It was also... -
Roman Legionary vs Carthaginian Warrior
CBT 35 Multiple formatsThe peace that followed the First Punic War was shallow and fractious, with the resumption of hostilities in 218 BC sparked by Carthaginian expansion in Iberia seeing Rome suffer some of the worst defeats... -
Hitlerjugend Soldier vs Canadian Soldier
CBT 34 Multiple formatsCanadian and Waffen-SS troops of 12. SS-Panzer-Division Hitlerjugend faced one another in a series of bloody battles following the D-Day landings of June 1944. The Canadian units fought in a number of... -
US Airborne Soldier vs German Soldier
CBT 33 Multiple formatsThe US Airborne force fielded some of the toughest, best-trained and most resourceful troops of World War II - all necessary qualities in a force that was lightly armed and which would in most operational... -
US Marine vs German Soldier
CBT 32 Multiple formatsAfter the US declaration of war on Germany, hundreds of thousands of American troops flooded into France and were thrust into the front line. Among them was the US Marine Corps' 4th Marine Brigade... -
Greek Hoplite vs Persian Warrior
CBT 31 Multiple formatsThe Greco-Persian Wars (499-449 BCE) convulsed Greece, Asia Minor and the Near East for half a century. Through a series of bloody invasions and pitched battles, the mighty Persian Empire pitted itself... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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...
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