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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British Airborne Soldier vs Waffen-SS Soldier
CBT 42 Paperback Published 25 Jul 2019Operation Market Garden was an Allied plan to try and end the war before the end of 1944, and relied on landing airborne troops to secure bridges over the Rhine bridges in the Netherlands. Critical to... -
Union Sharpshooter vs Confederate Sharpshooter
CBT 41 Paperback Published 27 Jun 2019During the American Civil War, the Union and the Confederacy both fielded units of sharpshooters. Sometimes equipped with firearms no better than those of their infantry brethren, they fought in a manner... -
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 Multiple formatsAt 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 Multiple formatsOperation 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...
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