Osprey Elite Series

Code	Title	Price
25257	ELITE No 1 THE PARAS 1940-1984	£12.00 Add:
On the night of 7 February 1941 the first British parachute unit was sent into action. Their target was the Tragino Aqueduct in Italy, and although...
26577	ELITE No 2 THE US MARINE CORPS SINCE 1945	£12.00 Add:
Lee E Russell utilises his expert knowledge to guide us through the post-World War II history of the Marines, chronicling their involvement in Korea,...
26578	ELITE No 3 THE VIKINGS	£12.00 Add:
In this worthy addition to the Elite series, Ian Heath transports us to the time of the Vikings examining their epic journeys and the ships they made...
26579	ELITE No 4 US ARMY SPECIAL FORCES 1952-1984	£12.00 Add:
From its very inception the United States Army Special Forces has been enmeshed in controversy, its mission misunderstood to varying degrees, and its...
21071	ELITE No 5 SOVIET BLOC ELITE FORCES	£12.00 Add:
The elite forces of the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies in the mid-1980s were undoubtedly the largest in the world, and among the least...
12254	ELITE No 6 FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION PARATROOPS	£12.00 Add:
The decision, in Spring 1948, to form two battalions of Foreign Legion paratroopers was prompted by the requirement for enlarged airborne forces in...
26580	ELITE No 8 ISRAELI DEFENCE FORCES SINCE 1973	£12.00 Add:
Following the devastation of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) underwent significant structural and tactical changes in their...
12259	ELITE No 9 THE NORMANS	£12.00 Add:
Despite the small geographic extent of Normandy its people played a crucial role in the history of the medieval world. Ferocity, boundless energy,...
12260	ELITE No 10 WARSAW PACT GROUND FORCES	£12.00 Add:
While much has been published on the armed forces of the USSR during the 1980s, surprisingly little is available on the forces supplied by the other...
26581	ELITE No 11 ARDENNES 1944 PEIPER AND SKORZENY	£12.00 Add:
From the earliest planning stages of the German counter-offensive in the Ardennes, Hitler was convinced of the importance of taking the Meuse...