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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Macedonian Phalangite vs Persian Warrior
CBT 40 Paperback Published 30 May 2019In August 334 BC, Alexander the Great invaded the Persian Empire and systematically set about its conquest. At the core of Alexander's army were 10,000 members of the phalanx, the phalangites. Armed... -
Russian Soldier vs Japanese Soldier
CBT 39 Paperback Published 21 Mar 2019At the turn of the 20th century, the region of Manchuria sat atop a potentially catastrophic political fault line; the ancient strength of China was crumbling, leaving opportunities for both Russia and... -
US Soldier vs Afrikakorps Soldier
CBT 38 PaperbackOperation Torch, launched on 8 November 1942, landed Anglo-American forces in Vichy-controlled Morocco and Algeria to create a second front against the Axis forces in North Africa, catching Rommel's... -
Chinese Soldier vs Japanese Soldier
CBT 37 Multiple formatsIn July 1937, the Marco Polo Bridge Incident sparked a bloody conflict between Chinese and Japanese forces that would rage across China and beyond for more than eight years. The two sides' forces... -
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...