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Arab Armour vs Israeli Armour - Six-Day War 1967 by Chris McNab; Jim Laurier (Illustrator)
$32.99 NZD
Category: Military History | Series: Duel Ser.
A detailed study of one of the greatest tank battles since World War II, as some 950 Egyptian tanks confronted about 800 tanks of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in the Sinai Peninsula. This momentous clash came to be known as the Six-Day War, and was a critical laboratory for two competing and contras ...Show more
B-25 Mitchell vs Japanese Destroyer - Battle of the Bismarck Sea 1943 by Mark Lardas; Jim Laurier (Illustrator)
$32.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: Duel Ser.
Development of the "gun" bomber, armed with eight fixed forward-firing heavy machine guns, and skip-bombing by the Fifth Air Force in the Southwest Pacific Area flipped the momentum of the war in the Pacific in 1943. It finally gave US aircraft an effective means of attacking nimble, fast-moving Japanes ...Show more
British Battleship vs German Battleship - 1941-43 by Angus Konstam; Ian Palmer (Illustrator)
$34.99 NZD
Category: Military History | Series: Duel Ser.
At the outbreak of World War II, the four key Capital German ships comprised the Bismarck, Tirpitz, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. Their primary threats where the Royal Navy's King George Ve-class battleships, the most modern British battleships in commission during World War II and some of the Navy's most ...Show more
British Battleship vs Italian Battleship - The Mediterranean 1940-41 by Mark Stille; Alan Gilliland (Illustrator); Paul Wright (Illustrator)
$34.99 NZD
Category: Military History | Series: Duel Ser.
During World War II's battle for control of the Mediterranean, both the British and Italian navies planned to bring their battle fleets into play. At the centre of both of these fleets was a core of battleships which both sides expected to play a decisive role in the conflict. On 9 July 1940, the two na ...Show more
British Destroyer vs German Destroyer - Narvik 1940 by David Greentree; David Campbell; Alan Gilliland (Illustrator); Paul Wright (Illustrator)
$34.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: Duel Ser.
The opening months of World War II saw Britain's Royal Navy facing a resurgent German navy, the Kriegsmarine. Following the German invasion of Denmark and Norway in early April 1940, British and German destroyers would clash in a series of battles for control of the Norwegian coast. The operational envi ...Show more
British/Commonwealth Cruiser vs Italian Cruiser - The Mediterranean 1940-43 by Angus Konstam; Ian Palmer (Illustrator)
$32.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: Duel Ser.
This illustrated history explores the cruiser forces of the Italian and British Royal navies, the jack-of-all trades warships of the Mediterranean Naval War.In 1940, when Italy entered World War II, the Royal Navy was badly overstretched, and its Mediterranean Fleet had to face both the Italian Navy and ...Show more
F4U Corsair Versus A6M Zero-Sen - Rabaul and the Solomons 1943-44 by Michael John Claringbould; Jim Laurier (Illustrator); Gareth Hector (Illustrator)
$29.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: Duel Ser.
The aerial clashes between the iconic Corsair and Zero-sen translated into a contest of speed and altitude for the former, versus the latter's outstanding agility and range.Whilst the F4U Corsair eventually proved to be a superior fighter in Pacific operations, its introduction into combat in this theat ...Show more
F9F Panther vs Communist AAA - Korea 1950-53 by Peter E. Davies; Jim Laurier (Illustrator); Gareth Hector (Illustrator)
$32.99 NZD
Category: Military History | Series: Duel Ser.
The F9F Panther was the US Navy's first genuinely successful jet fighter to see combat. Having initially engaged North Korean fighters, Panthers were modified for ground attack operations with bombs and rockets. This book details the deadly battles between US Navy/US Marine Corps F9F Panther jet fighter ...Show more
German Heavy Cruisers vs Royal Navy Heavy Cruisers - 1939-42 by Mark Lardas; Ian Palmer (Illustrator)
$32.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: Duel Ser.
A superbly illustrated study of the major warships of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. While the Kriegsmarine's capital ships became less important to Hitler following the outbreak of war, these vessels played a key role in projecting power in northern waters in the opening years of the war, disrupting Alli ...Show more
H6K Mavis /H8K Emily vs PB4Y-1/2 Liberator/Privateer - Pacific Theater 1943-45 by Edward M. Young; Jim Laurier (Illustrator); Gareth Hector (Illustrator)
$32.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: Duel Ser.
An illustrated exploration of the dramatic aerial combats between the US Navy's long-range bomber and Japanese flying boats in the Pacific War. Edward M. Young explores these rarely written about combats, examining the aggressive and strategic tactics deployed by both US Navy and Imperial Japanese Navy ...Show more
Ju 87 Stuka vs Royal Navy Carriers - Mediterranean by Robert Forsyth; Jim Laurier (Illustrator)
$32.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: Duel Ser.
Ju 87 dive-bombers, originally developed for pin-pointing bombing missions against land targets and Allied naval vessels were deployed by both the Luftwaffe and the Regia Aeronautica against the Allied forces. Included in such a target were perhaps the greatest prize of all for a Stuka pilot: a British ...Show more
Ju 87D/G STUKA Versus T-34 - Eastern Front 1942-45 by Robert Forsyth; Jim Laurier (Illustrator); Gareth Hector (Illustrator)
$36.99 NZD
Category: Military History | Series: Duel Ser.
This is the account of machines of war pitted against each other and the combatants who operated them. Step onto the battlefield and immerse yourself in the experience of real historic combat. Ju 87D/G Stuka vs T-34 Eastern Front 1942-45 In this action-packed volume, two of the most iconic air and land ...Show more