Osprey Fortress Series

Code	Title	Price
17103	FORTRESS No 1 JAPANESE PACIFIC ISLAND DEFENCES 1941-1945	£12.00 Add:
The prolonged and bloody fighting for control of the Japanese occupied Pacific islands in World War II is a key point in 20th-century warfare. No two...
17104	FORTRESS No 2 HADRIAN'S WALL AD 122-410	£12.00 Add:
Hadrian’s Wall is the most important monument built by the Romans in Britain. It is the best known frontier in the entire Roman Empire and stands as...
12322	FORTRESS No 3 U-BOAT BASES AND BUNKERS 1941-1945	£12.00 Add:
Few of the massive military structures built by Germany during World War II are as impressive as the U-Boat bases and bunkers in Germany, Norway and...
17106	FORTRESS No 4 AMERICAN DEFENCES OF CORREGIDOR 1898-1945	£12.00 Add:
The Philippines were declared an American Territory on 4th January 1899, and fortification construction soon began on the islands in the mouth of...
17107	FORTRESS No 5 JAPANESE CASTLES 1540-1640	£12.00 Add:
The landscape of 16th- and 17th-century Japan was dominated by the graceful and imposing castles constructed by the powerful ‘daimyo’ of the period....
17108	FORTRESS No 6 AMERICAN CIVIL WAR FORTIFICATIONS (1)	£12.00 Add:
The 50 years before the American Civil War saw a boom in the construction of coastal forts in the United States of America. These stone and brick...
17109	FORTRESS No 7 THE LINES OF TORRES VEDRAS 1809-1811	£12.00 Add:
The network of forts, batteries and redoubts in Spain, during the Peninsular War. Following the battle of Bussaco on 27 September 1810 Wellington's...
17110	FORTRESS No 8 DEFENCES OF PEARL HARBOR AND OAHU 1907-1950	£12.00 Add:
At the beginning of the 20th Century, the military importance of the Hawaiian Islands became clear. Oahu in particular was a key bastion in...
17883	FORTRESS No 9 ENGLISH CIVIL WAR FORTIFICATIONS	£12.00 Add:
The techniques of European warfare were transformed during the 15th and 16th Centuries by the use of gunpowder and by substantial progress in the...
17884	FORTRESS No 10 THE MAGINOT LINE 1928-1945	£12.00 Add:
The Maginot Line, the massive series of fortifications built by France in the 1930s to defend its borders with Germany and Italy, is perhaps the most...