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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Israeli Soldier vs Syrian Soldier
CBT 18 Multiple formatsIsrael seized the strategically critical Golan Heights from Syria during the 1967 Six Day War in an audacious and determined operation, yet when the Yom Kippur War broke out the Israeli military were exposed... -
British Redcoat vs French Fusilier
CBT 17 Multiple formatsProviding a unique glimpse into the experiences of regular British and French infantry during the French and Indian War, Stuart Reid reveals what it was like to fight in three battles at the height of... -
US Infantryman vs German Infantryman
CBT 15 Multiple formatsThe Allied airborne and amphibious landings on D-Day opened up the long-awaited Second Front against Nazi Germany, but after overcoming the German coastal defenses at Utah and "Bloody Omaha,” the US... -
Templar Knight vs Mamluk Warrior
CBT 16 Multiple formatsStep into the violent world of the 13th century, where the European states of the Levant battled with Muslim powers for control of Jerusalem. At the cutting edge of the conflict were the elite fighting... -
German Infantryman vs British Infantryman
CBT 14 Multiple formatsWhen Hitler's forces poured into France and the Low Countries in 1940, the uneasy peace of the ‘Phoney War' was shattered, and Europe was ripped apart by another Blitzkrieg. Forming the backbone... -
US Marine vs NVA Soldier
CBT 13 Multiple formatsIn 1967-68, the United States Marine Corps (USMC) was on the front line of the defence of South Vietnam's Quang Tri province, which was at the very heart of the Vietnam conflict. Facing them were... -
Confederate Cavalryman vs Union Cavalryman
CBT 12 Multiple formatsDuring the intense, sprawling conflict that was the American Civil War, both Union and Confederate forces fielded substantial numbers of cavalry, which carried out the crucial tasks of reconnaissance,... -
German Infantryman vs Russian Infantryman
CBT 11 Multiple formatsThe Eastern Front of World War I is sometimes overshadowed by the fighting in the West. But the clashes between Imperial Germany and Tsarist Russia in East Prussia, Poland and Lithuania were every bit... -
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... -
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...
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