Oppy Wood, David Bilton, Pen & Sword, 2005, 192 pages, photos, maps, ISBN 1 84415 248 0, $19.95 paperback. Another in the excellent Battleground Europe Series, this book covers battles over several years with emphasis on those of 1917 and 1918.

The German Army on the Western Front, 1917-1918, David Bilton, Pen & Sword, 2007, 176 pages, photos, ISBN 978 1 84415 502 6, $24.95 paperback. Examines the Imperial Army from its 1917 retreat from the Somme through the Kaiserschlacht and the final Allied offensives of 1918, as well as the impact of the Armistice on the German nation.

The Germans on the Somme, David Bilton, Pen & Sword, 2010, 224 pages, photos, maps, ISBN 978 1 84415 865 2, $29.95 paperback. Covers initial fighting from 1914 to the summer and fall of 1918.

Anzac: The Landing, Stephen Chambers, Pen & Sword Battleground Series, 2008, 208 pages, maps, photos, index, ISBN 978 1 84415 722 8, $19.95 paperback from www.casementpublishing.com.

Images of War: Flanders 1915, Jan Cooksey, Pen & Sword, 2005, 144 pages, 200 illustrations, index, ISBN 1 84415 456 8, $ 24.99 paperback. Photographic record of the BEF in 1915.

Underground Battlefields: Uncovering the Mines & Tunnels of Vimy Ridge and Beaumont Hamel, Mike Dolamore, Pen & Sword, 2007, 324 pages, illustrations, ISBN 978 1 84415 492 9, $39.95 hardback. This book is the result of years of exploration by the Durand Group.

Diary of an Old Contemptible: From Mons to Baghdad, 1914-1919, Peter Downham (ed.), Pen & Sword, 2005, 352 pages, halftones, ISBN 1 84415 135 2, $50.00 hardback. Diaries were prohibited by the British Army, but many soldiers kept then anyway to the eternal gratitude of historians ever since.

High Wood, Edward Hancock, Pen & Sword Battle Ground Europe Series, 208 pages, illustrations, maps, index. A major engagement of the 1916 Somme offensive where tanks were first committed to battle

. Aubers Ridge, Edward Hancock and Nigel Cave, Pen & Sword, 2005, 160 pages, photos, maps, ISBN 1 84415 093 3, $19.95 paperback. In the Battlefield Europe Series: A history and guide to the May 1915 BEF attack in support of unsuccessful French assaults against Vimy Ridge.

The Third Army's Advance to Victory: Western Front 1918, Jack Horsfall, Pen & Sword Battlefield Europe, maps, index, photos, ISBN 1 88415 409 2, $24.95 paperback. The British Third Army in 1918.

Flesquieres: Hindenburg Line, Jock Horsfall and Nigel Cave, 160 pages, illustrated, maps, ISBN 0 85052 897 4. $16.95 paper.

Kitchener's Men: The King's Own Royal Lancasters on the Western Front, 1915-1918, John Hutton, Pen & Sword, 2008, 240 pages, photos, ISBN 1 8441 5721 0, $45 hardback.

Wandsworth and Battersea Battalions in The Great War, Paul McCue, Pen & Sword, 2010, 240 pages, b&w illustrations, ISBN 978 1 84884 194 9, $50 HB.

Tyneside Irish: 24th, 25th, 26th and 27th (Service) Battalions of the Northumberland Fusiliers, Paul McCue, Pen & Sword, 2010, 240 pages, b&w illustrations, ISBN 978 1 84884 194 9, $50 HB.

Zeebrugge and Ostend Raids, Stephen McGreal, 2008, Pen & Sword, Battleground Series, 216 pages, index, photos, maps, ISBN 978 18445 5600 35, $19.95 paperback. One of more than 100 published titles in the Battleground Series; this one recounts the 1918 Royal Navy attempt at blocking the German-occupied Belgian ports of Zeebrugge and Ostend.

The Kaiser's Battle, Martin Middlebrook, Pen & Sword, 2007, 438 pages, index, ISBN 978 1 84415 498 2, $32.95 paperback. The final German Western Front offensives of 1918 analyzed by a premier British historian.

Epehy - Hindenburg Line, Bill Mitchinson, Pen & Sword, 2005, 144 pages, photos, maps, index, ISBN0 85052 627 2, $19.95 paper. An important spring 1918 battle.

Battlefields & Airmen - Cambrai, Mike O'Connor, 176 pages, illustrated, ISBN 0 85052 958 1, $16.95 paper.

In the Footprints of the Red Baron, Manfred con Richthofen, Pen & Sword, Battleground Europe, 2009, 192 pages, illustrations, ISBN 978 84415, 886 7, $25.99 paperback. An autobiography produced as a German propaganda document.

Gallipoli - The Landings at Helles, Huw and Jill Rodge, Battleground Europe, Pen & Sword, 2003, 192 pages, many maps, photos, ISBN 1 88415 009 7, $11.95, wraps. A guide book and history of the battles around Cape Helles on the Gallipoli Peninsula, 1915. Newest addition to this useful and far-ranging series.

Wearside Battalion: The 20th (Service) Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry in the Great War, John Sheen, Pen & Sword, 2008, 192 pages, illustrations, maps, index, ISBN 978 1 84415 640 0, $45 hardback. One of a long line of British battalion histories from Pen & Sword.

Steel of the DLI (2nd BN 1914/18), John Sheen, Pen & Sword, 2010, 320 pages, illustrations, ISBN 978 1 84884 191 8, $24.95 paperback. The campaign of the Durham Light Infantry (DLI) on the Western front from 1914 onwards.

Battle of Vimy Ridge, 1917, Jack Sheldon and Nigel Cave, Pen & Sword, Battleground Europe Series, 2007, 240 pages, photos, maps, index, ISBN 978 1844 1555 21, $29.99. A brief survey of the battle that established Canadian nationhood.

The Battle for Vimy Ridge - 1917, Jack Sheldon & Nigel Cave, Pen & Sword, 2007 (1996), 206 pages, maps, photos, index, ISBN 1 84415 528 8, £14.99 paperback. Revision and update of a 1996 book published in time for the rededication of the refurbished Canadian Memorial at Vimy Ridge, site of a major set-piece battle of 1917.

The German Army at Vimy Ridge, 1914-1917, Jack Sheldon, Pen & Sword, 2008, 238 pages, illustrations, maps, appendices (including comparison of British and German ranks), bibliography, index, ISBN 978 1 84415 680 1, $40 in hardcover from bn.com. A look at a familiar battle from the other side of the lines. The third volume from this author in the Battlefield Europe Series.

The Germans at Beaumont Hamel, Jack Sheldon, Pen & Sword, 2006, 192 pages, index, maps, photos, ISBN 1 84415 443 2, $24.99 paperback. The costly, but ultimately successful battle of the British Fourth Army in 1916.

The Germans at Thiepval, Jack Sheldon, Pen & Sword, 2006, 192 pages, index, photos, maps, ISBN 1 84415 432 7, $24.99 paper. A Somme position captured by the BEF only after repeated attacks in September 1916.

Massacre on the Marne, Fraser Skirrow, Pen & Sword, 2007, 288 pages, illustrations, index, ISBN 978 1 84415 496 8, $45 hardcover. Reconstruction of the experience of a single battalion, the 2/5 West Yorkshires, in the Great War.

Salient Points 5, Cameos of the Western Front: Ypres and Picardy, 1914-1918, Ted Smith, Pen & Sword, 2010, 160 pages, illustrated, ISBN 978 1 84884 179 6, $19 paperback.

The Affair at Nery, 1 September 1914, Patrick Takle, Pen & Sword, 2006, 160 pages, maps, photos, index, ISBN 1 88415 402 5, £6.28 paperback from www.amazon.co.uk. Analysis of an early cavalry and artillery battle waged during the British retreat from Mons.

Britain's Last Tommies: Final Memories from Soldiers of the 1914-18 War in Their Own Words, Richard Van Emden, 2005 (October), Pen & Sword, ISBN 1 84415 315 0, $33.29, £19.99 hardcover.

In Flanders Flooded Fields: Before Ypres There Was Yser, Paul Van Pul, Pen & Sword, 2007, 288 pages, illustrations, index, ISBN 978 1 84415 492 0, $39.95 hardcover. The often overlooked battles of 1914 on the Flanders coast west of Ypres.

The Zeebrugge Raid, Philip Warner, Pen & Sword, 2008, 238 pages, maps, appendices, index, ISBN 978 1844 1566 96, $39.95 hardback. A reprint of a 1978 work on the Royal Navy 1918 raids at Zeebrugge and Ostend aimed at blocking Flanders U-boat Flotilla forays into the Dover Straits.

The Battle of Loos, Phillip Warner, Pen & Sword, 2009, 240 pages, photos, maps, index, ISBN.978 1 8488 4076 8, £39.99, hardcover. This September 1914 attack cost the BEF 60 thousand dead, missing and wounded. Based on the accounts of survivors.

The Somme: Heroism and Horror in the First World War, Martin Gilbert, Henry Holt, 2006, 352 pages, index, photos, bibliography, ISBN 080508 127 5, $27.50 hardcover. Another survey of the battle from a distinguished historian and biographer of Winston Churchill.

Attack on the Somme: Haig's Offensive, 1916, Martin Pegler, Pen & Sword, 2006, 192 pages, maps, illustrations, index, ISBN 1 84415-397 5, $32.95 hardback. Relies in part on previously unpublished eye-witness accounts.

Beaucourt: Somme, Michael Renshaw, 160 pages, illustrated, ISBN 0 85052 853 4, $16.95 paper

The German Army on the Somme, 1914-1918, Jack Sheldon, Pen & Sword, 2006, 432 pages with a foreword by Richard Holmes, index, bibliography, appendices (including an OB for the German Army July -December 1916), photos, maps, ISBN 1 84415 269 3, £25, cloth, $31.50 from Amazon.com. A rare analysis of the 1916 Battle of the Somme from the German perspective, using German sources, including memoirs and diaries, and written in the style of Martin Middlebook and Lynn Macdonald. A 2006 reprint of a 2005 title. Highly recommended.

The Germans at Beaumont Hamel, Jack Sheldon, Pen & Sword Battleground Europe, 2006 192 pages, maps, index, photos, ISBN 1 84415 443 2, $24.99 paperback.

The Germans at Thiepval, Jack Sheldon, Pen & Sword Battleground Europe, 192 pages, index, photos, maps, ISBN 1 84415 432 7, $29.99 paperback.

Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, Gavin Stamp, Profile Books, 224 pages, index, ISBN 1 86197 811 1, £14 hardback. An examination of how the Battle of the Somme came to be commemorated in the Thiepval memorial designed by British Arts and Crafts Movement architect Edwin Lutyens and unveiled in 1932.

Thiepval - Somme, Michael Stedman, Pen & Sword Battle (Ground Europe series) 152 pages, maps, photos, index, ISBN 1 84415 359 9, $19.99, paper. Latest book in a long series of battlefield guides.

The Somme, 1916 and Other Experiences of the Salford Pals, Michael Stedman, Pen & Sword, 2006, a companion volume to the BBC documentary, 240 pages, ISBN 1 84415 394 0 £19.99, hardback.

The 1916 Experience: Verdun and the Somme, Julian Thompson, Carlton Books, 2006, 64 pages with audio CD, ISBN 1 84442 450 2, £17.98 from Amazon.co.uk. First-hand accounts on recorded CD and 30 facsimile items of WWI memorabilia

Pals on the Somme, 1916, Roni Wilkinson, Pen & Sword, 2006, 224 pages, ISBN 1 84415 393 2, £19.99 hardback. The story of the all-volunteer Pals Battalions of Kitchener's all-volunteer new armies.

The Somme Ninety Years On: A Visual History, Duncan Youel, Dorling Kindsersley, 208 pages, photos, ISBN 1 40531 747 7, £25, hardcover. A then-and-now photo history with a synopsis of the battle.

Pen and Sword continues to churn out new titles in its British Battalions Series including:
Barnsley Pals: the 13th and 14th Battalions of the York and Lancaster Regiment, Wearside Battalion: the 20th Service Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry, and Liverpool Pals: the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th (Service) Battalions of the King's Liverpool Regiment.

The Carmarthen Pals, Steven John. Pen & Sword, 2009, index, photos, ISBN 978 1 8488 4077 5, $39.99 hardcover. One of a series by Pen & Sword on the volunteer battalions of the Kitchener Army. This Welsh Battalion was recruited from several towns including Bolton.

Civil Service Rifles in the Great War, Jill Knight, Pen & Sword, 2005, 320 pages, halftones, ISBN 1 88415 057 7, $39.99 paperback. This Kitchener Armies battalion fought at Loos, on the Somme, at Cambrai, Salonika and in Palestine.

These and all other Pen & Sword books are available in the US from Casemate at www.casematepublishing.com.

Chateau Thierry & Belleau Wood, 1918, Osprey Campaign Series #177, David Bonk with illustrations by Peter Dennis, 2007, 96 pages, maps, photos, ISBN 9 78184 60303 45, $16.95 paperback.

The Czech Legion, 1914-1920, David Bullock, Ramiro Bjueiro illustrator, Osprey, Men-at-Arms, 2009, 48 pages, maps, photos, illustrations, index, ISBN 978 1 8460 3236 3, $17.95 paper. Founding fathers of Czech nationhood; some 100,000 men who fought in several units against Germany and Austria-Hungary and finally against the Bolsheviks.

The Canadian Corps in World War I, René Chartrand, Gerry Embleton illustrator, Osprey, Men-at-Arms 439, 2007, 48 pages, maps, index, illustrations, ISBN 978 18460 31861, $15.95 paperback. Organization, uniforms and equipment of the four CEF divisions on the Western Front.

The US Army of World War I, Mark R. Henry, illustrated by Stephen Walsh, Osprey, Oxford, GB, 2003, 48 pages, photos, color illustrations, ISBN 1-84176-486-8, $14.95. Newest in the Osprey series, this volume includes summary information on the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) of World War One including their composition, organization, uniforms, personal equipment and web gear, vehicles, and weapons. Lavishly illustrated with color drawings and contemporary photos of officers and men in uniform, this book also contains suggestions for further reading. The only thing missing is maps.

Vanished Armies: A Record of Military Uniform Observed and Drawn in Various European Countries During the Years 1907 to 1914, A. E. Haswell Miller (artist) & John Mollo (ed.), Osprey, 2009, 128 pages, color illustrations, ISBN 978 0 74780 739 1, $35 hardcover.

The Blocking of Zeebrugge - Operation Z-O, 1918, Stephen Prince, Donato Spedaliere & Giuseppe Rave illustrators, Osprey, 2010, 64 pages, photos, illustrations, maps, index, £14.99 paperback. A daring British raid designed to stop German U-Boats from using Belgian ports to attack Entente shipping in the Dover Straits.

The First Battle of the Marne, 1914, Ian Summer, Graham Turner illustrator, Osprey, 2010, 96 pages, maps, photos, illustrations, index, ISBN 978 1 8460 3502 9, £14.99 paperback. A brief illustrated history of a pivotal battle that put paid to German hopes for a quick victory against the French.

The German Army in World War I (3), Nigel Thomas, illustrated by Ramiro Bujeiro, Osprey. London, 2004, 48 pages, index, photos, color illustrations, map, ISBN 1 84176 567 8, $14.95, £8.99 paperback. The third volume in a series covering the German WWI Imperial Army in the west, the east, the Balkans, the middle east and the Italian Fronts during the climax of the conflict. Orders of battle, tactics, and organization are summarized with emphasis on uniforms and insignia. Osprey Men-at-Arms #419.

From other Osprey Series These slim, lavishly illustrated volumes are up to the usual high quality of Osprey military history publications. These may be obtained at www.ospreypublishing.com.

The Czech Legion. 1914-1920, David Bullock, Ramiro Bujeiro illustrator, Osprey, Men- at-Arms 447, 2009, photos, drawings, maps, ISBN 978 1 84603 236 3, $17.95 paperback. Rescuing the Legion was the ostensible justification for the Allied 1918 invasion of Vladivostok and Siberia.

British Airships 1904-30, Ian Castle, Tony Bryan & Giuseppe Rave illustrators, Osprey, 2009, 48 pages, photos, color illustrations, ISBN 978 1 84603 387 2, $17.95 paperback. Lighter-than-air ships played an important role in anti-submarine warfare in 1914-18.

London 1914-1917: The Zeppelin Menace, Ian Castle, Crista Hook illustrator, Osprey (Campaign 193), 2008, 96 pages, illustrations, photos, chronology, index, bibliography, ISBN 978 18460324 55, $19.95 paper. Details German strategic zeppelin bombing effort against London with information on the opposing commanders' plans and how the British defeated these attacks.

Field Artillery (I) and British Artillery 1914-18: Heavy Artillery, Dale Clarke, Osprey New Vanguard, 2004, 48 pages, color drawings, photos, index, 48 pages, ISBN 1 84176 688 7, and 1 84176 788 3, $15.95 each paperback.

The War for Ireland, 1913-1923, Peter Cottrell, Osprey, 2009, ISBN 978 1 84603 996 6, $28.50 paperback.

British Destroyers, 1991-1918, Jim Crossley, Paul Wright illustrator, Osprey, 2009. 48 pages, photos, drawings, index, ISBN 978 1 8460 3514 2, $17.95 paper. The evolution of an important, if small, fighting unit always in short supply that helped maintain British naval supremacy in the North Sea and on the shipping lanes against German U-boats.

The German Fortress of Metz, 1870-1944, Clayton Donnell, Brian Delf illustrator, Osprey, 2008, photos, color drawings, index, ISBN 978 1 8460 3302 5, £11.98 paper. Germany annexed, reinforced and expanded the fortified zone of Metz following the 1870-71 Franco-Prussian War. Never attacked in WWI, many Metz fortifications were modernized and expanded by the French as part of the post-WWI Maginot Line and later used by the Germans defending against Patton's Third Army in 1944. The largest Maginot Line ouvrage, The Hackenberg, is located near Metz and open to the public.

The Forts of the Meuse in World War I, Clayton Donnell, with Hugh Johnson, Lee Ray and Brian Delf illustrators, Osprey Fortress #60, 2007, 64 pages, photos, drawings, schematics, index, maps, chronology, ISBN 978 84603 114 4, $16.95 paperback. The design, construction, defense and destruction of the Belgian forts at Liege and Namur which were overcome by German Imperial forces led by Erich Ludendorff.

British Mark I Tank 1916, David Fletcher, illustrated by Tony Bryan, Osprey New Vanguard Series, MBI Publishing, Motor Books International, St. Paul, MN, 48 pages, 2004 photos, color drawings, index, 48 pages, ISBN 1-84176-689-5, $14.95. David Fletcher, historian at the British Tank Museum in Bovington, traces the development of the Mark I tank and its two successors from prototype through production and deployment. He also outlines the creation of the Tank Corps and tactical employment of this new weapon on Western Front. WFA members will recall that Fletcher spoke at our 1995 seminar in Arlington, Virginia.

British and American Aces of World War I: The Pictorial Record, Norman Franks, Schiffer, 2005, 240 pages, pilot photos, biographies, ISBN 0 7643 2341 5, $59.95 hard cover. Companion volume to German Aces of World War I: The Pictorial Record.

SE 5/5a Aces of World War I, Norman Franks, Harry Dempsey illustrator, Osprey Aircraft of the Aces #78, 2007, 96 pages, color and b&w illustrations, index, appendices ISBN 97818 46031 809, $20.95 paperback. More than 100 photos and 37 color drawings with appendices summarizing the carrier of each ace pilot. Written by an accomplished historian of the air war.

Sopwith Triplane Aces of World War I, Norman Franks, Osprey, Aircraft of the Aces #62, Osprey, MBI, St. Paul, MN, 2004, 96 pages, photos, color drawings, index, ISBN 9-84176-728-X, $19.95

Fokker D VII Aces of World War I, Part 2, Norman Franks and Greg VanWyngarden, Osprey, Aircraft of the Aces #63, MBI, St. Paul, MN, 2004, 96 pages, photos color drawings, index, ISBN 1-84176-729-8, $19.94

Norman Franks is the author of many books on World War I aero combat. This work joins others in the Osprey series covering such diverse fighting aircraft as the Albatross, Fokker DR I, several SPAD models and Sopwith variants. Even non-WWI specialists will be familiar with the Fokker D VII, arguably the best pursuit plane of the war. Less well know is the limited-production Sopwith Triplane, flown exclusively by the Royal Navy Flying Corps and a handful of French naval aviation squadrons in Flanders. Canadian ace Raymond Collishaw, who went on to command the RAF in the Western Desert in WWII, made many of his kills in this highly maneuverable craft, which was the inspiration for the Fokker's DR I triplane.

Fortifications of the Western Front, 1914-1918, Paddy Griffith with illustrations by Peter Dennis, Osprey, London, 2004, 64 pages, index, photos, color drawings and diagrams, ISBN 1 86176 760 5, $16.95 paper. Written by a well known British historian. Useful for the generalist, and lavishly illustrated. A couple of errors jump out: hectares and acres are confused; and, some French frontier forts are erroneously reported as being strengthened with reinforced concrete after 1898.

The British Expeditionary Force, 1914-1915, Bruce Gudmundsson, Osprey (Battle Orders Series #16), 2005, 96 pages, photos, maps, illustrations, tables, index, ISBN 1 84176 902 9, $23.95 in trade paperback Examines the BEF at the outbreak of war and looks at how its structure changed to meet the exigencies of trench warfare. Available from www.ospreypublishing.com. The author is an established military historian and author of several books on Great War battle tactics.

Groupe de Combat 12, 'Les Cigognes' France's Ace Fighter Group in World Wart I, Jon Guttman, Osprey, London, 2004, 128 pages, photos, color drawings, ISBN 1 84176 753 0, $21.95, £13.99 paperback. France's highest scoring fighter group of the war boasted Fonck and Guynemer as well as many other aces among its pilots. Analyses the Stork Group's campaigns, tactics and equipment from 1914 to victory in 1918. Osprey Aviation Elite Groups Series. Guttman is a frequent participant and speaker at WFA East Coast Chapter seminars.

Pusher Aces of World War I, Jon Guttman, Harry Dempsey illustrator, Osprey Aircraft of the Aces #88, 2009, photos, drawings, index, ISBN 978 1 8460 3417 6, $22.95 paperback. Another in a long string of WWI aviation books by Jon Guttman, a frequent speaker at WFA seminars.

SE-5a vs Albatros D-V: Western Front , 1917-1918, Jon Guttman, Jim Laurier and Harry Dempsey illustrators, Osprey, 2009, photos, drawings, statistics, index, $17.95 paperback. Design, development and battle action of two of WWI's greatest pursuit aircraft going head-to-head in the final months of the war. Another work by the prolific Jon Guttman, a frequent speaker at WFA seminars.

Bristol Fighter Aces of World War I, Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 71, Jon Guttman, Harry Dempsey illustrator, 2007, 96 pages, photos, color drawings, index, ISBN 978 18460 320 11, $18.95 paperback. The author is a distinguished WWI aviation historian and frequent speaker at WFA East Coast Chapter seminars.

USAS 1st Pursuit Group, Jon Guttman, Harry Dempsey, illustrator, Osprey, 2008, 128 pages, index, photos, color drawings, ISBN 978 1 84603 309 4, $29.95 paperback. The AEF's most successful fighter group among whose ace pilots were Medal of Honor- winners Eddie Rickenbacker and Frank Luke. The author is a prolific WWI aviation historian, and frequent speaker at WFA east coast seminars.

Bristol F2 Fighter Aces of World War I, Jon Guttman, Osprey Aircraft of the Aces No. 79, 2007, 96 pages, photos, drawings, index, ISBN 978 1 84601 201 1, 20.95 paperback. By a well-known American aviation history writer/editor and frequent speaker at WFA seminars.

Sopwith Camel vs. Fokker Dr. I, Western Front 1917-18 (DUE-7), Jon Guttman, H. Dempsey, J. Laurier illustrators, Osprey, 2008, 96 pages, color and b&w illustrations, index, ISBN 978 1 84603 293 6, $17.95 paperback. A comparison of these famous WWI pursuit aircraft by a premier American aviation historian.

World War I Gas Warfare: Tactics & Equipment, Simon Jones, Osprey Elite Series, 2007, 64 pages, index, photos, drawings , ISBN 1 84603 151 6, $17.95 paperback.

World War I Gas Warfare Tactics and Equipment, Simon Jones, Richard Hook, illustrator, Osprey, 2007, 64 pages, photos, color drawings, diagrams, index, ISBN 978 184603 151 9, $17.95 paper. A new brief summary of tactics, protective equipment, of gas warfare in France and Flanders. Like all Osprey books, this volume is profusely illustrated showing the many delivery weapons (including the Livens Projector) and gas masks employed by the opposing armies.

Scapa Flow: The Defenses of Britain's Great Fleet Anchorage, 1914-1945, Angus Konstam, Peter Dennis illustrator, Osprey, 2009, 64 pages, index, photos, drawings, ISBN 978 1 84603 366 7, $18.95 paperback. Final resting place of the German High Seas Fleet. Many of these defenses may be visited today.

British Submarines of World War I, Innes McCartney, Tony Bryan illustrator, Osprey, 2008, 48 pages, index, technical drawings, photos, ISBN 978 1 84603 334 6, $17.95 paperback.

Amiens, 1918: The Black Day of the German Army, Alistair McCluskey, Peter Dennis illustrator, Osprey Campaign Series, 2008, 96 pages, maps, tables, color illustrations, photos, index, ISBN 978 81846 03303 2, $19.95 paperback. Over thirty Allied divisions (including 12 French, eight British, five Australian, four Canadian and one American) advance five miles on the first day of this drive inflicting some 27 thousand German casualties. A classic early application of combined arms tactics.

The Arab Revolt, 1916-1918: Lawrence Sets Arabia Ablaze, David Murphy, Peter Dennis illustrator, Osprey. 2008, 96 pages, photos, color illustrations, index, ISBN 978 1 8460 3339 1, £14.99. A new short history of war in Arabia and further evidence of the never-ending fascination with T. E. Lawrence.

The Belgian Army in World War I, Ronald Pawley, Osprey Men at Arms #452 , 2009, 48 pages, index, photos, drawings, ISBN 978 1 84603 448 0, $17.95 paperback. A brief overview of Belgian Army uniforms and weapons of the Great War. Profusely illustrated.

No. 56 Sqn RAF/RFC, Alex Revell, Harry Dempsey illustrator, Osrpey, 2009, 128 pages, photos, illustrations, statistics, index, ISBN 978 1 8460 3428 2, $25.95 paperback. Arriving in France at the end of 1917, 56 Squadron was equipped with the splendid SE-5.

War on the Western Front: In the Trenches of World War I, Gary Sheffield, Osprey, 2007, 272 pages, photos, bibliography, index, ISBN 97818 46032 103, $24.95 paperback. This survey overview of the conflict concentrates on the "poor bloody infantryman," with a foreword by a well-known British military historian; for the general reader.

German Battleships, 1914-18: Vol 1 Nassau to Osfriesland Classes, Gary Staff, Paul Wright illustrator, Osprey New Vanguard, 2010, 48 pages, color drawings, diagrams, index, photos, ISBN 1 8460 3462 1, $17.95 paperback.

German Battleships: Vol 2 Kaiser, Konig and Beyern Classes, Gary Staff, Paul Wright, illustrator, Osprey New Vanguard, 2010, 48 pages, color drawings, photos, diagrams, index, ISBN 1 8460 3462 X, $17.95 paperback.

French Poilu, 1914-1918, Ian Sumner, illustrator Giuseppe Rava, Osprey, 2009, 64 pages, illustrations, ISBN 978 1 8460 3332 2, £11.99 paperback. Another in the superbly illustrated Osprey series on the armies, uniforms and equipment of WWI.

Cambrai 1917, Alexander Turner, Peter Dennis, illustrator, Osprey (Campaign 197), 2007, 96 pages, index, photos, maps, ISBN 978 18460 31472, $18.95 paperback. A 90th anniversary look at the first combined arms (infantry, artillery, air and armor) attack.

Jagdstaffel 2 (Boelke), Greg Van Wyngarden, illustrations by Harry Dempsey, Osprey Aviation Elite Units 26, 2007, index, photos, color illustrations, appendices, ISBN 978 18460 320 35, $22.96 paperback. In response to mounting losses during the Battle of the Somme, the Germans create new formations and tactics to reassert control in the air.

Albatros Aces of World War I, Greg Van Wyngarden, Harry Dempsey illustrator, Osprey Aircraft of the Aces #77, 96 pages, photos, color illustrations, index, appendices. Details the careers of Albatros aces, including many lesser-known pilots.

Italian Aces of World War I, Paulo Varriale, Harry Dempsey illustrator, Osprey Aircraft of the Aces, 2009, 96 pages, photos, color illustrations, ISBN 978 1 8460 3426 8, $22.95 paperback.

The American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, John F. Votaw, Osprey, Oxford, UK, 2005, 96 pages, graphs, charts, maps, photos, index, ISBN 1 84176 622 4, $21.95, £13.99 in the UK, paperback. Summary information on the order of battle, command, staff and battle doctrine, tactics weapons and equipment of the AEF's 42 divisions. Dr. Votaw is a West Point graduate and Executive Director of the First Division Museum, Cantigny outside Chicago.

Osprey books are available in the UK from Osprey Publishing, Elms Court, Chapel Way, Botley, Oxford OX3 9P www.ospreypublishing.com.

From Schiffer

For a catalog of Schiffer Titles, contact www.schifferbooks.com or phone (610) 593-1777.

The Imperial German Eagles in World War I: Their Postcards and Pictures, Volume Two, Lance J. Bronnenkant, Schiffer, 464 pages, photos, index, glossary, ISBN 978 0 7643 2829 9, $ 69.95 hardcover. The second of two volumes featuring black and while photo postcards produced by the Sanke Company showing German officers and aircraft.

The Imperial German Eagles in World War I - Their Postcards and Pictures, Lance J. Bronnenkant, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 2006, 400 pages, photos, index, ISBN 0 7643 2440 3, $69.95 hardcover.

Uniforms and Equipment of the British Army in World War I: A Study in Period Photographs, Stephen J. Chambers, Schiffer, 2005, 318 pages, color illustrations, halftones, glossary, appendix, ISBN 0 7643 2154 4, $69.95 hardcover large format. Includes coverage of the RFC, artillery, Army Service Corps, engineers, infantry weapons, machinegun and tank corps, transportation, RAMC and insignia, including colonial and Dominion forces.

Uniforms and Equipment of the Italian Armed Forces in World War I, A Study in Period Photographs, Dr. Spencer Anthony Coil, 304 pages, color and b&w photos, ISBN 0 7643 2536 1, $69.95 hardcover. One of a growing number of detailed and superbly illustrated Schiffer books detailing the arms and uniforms of WWI belligerents.

Uniforms & Equipment of the Central Powers in World War I, Volume I Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria and Volume II Germany and Ottoman Turkey, Dr. Spencer Anthony Coil, Schiffer, 2007, 336 pages each, color & monochromatic photos, ISBN 978 0 7643 2781 0 and 978 0 7643 2782 7, hardcover, $69.95 each. Covers uniforms of each branch of service, medals and uniforms worn by royalty.

Uniforms and Equipment of the Czarist Russian Armed Forces in World War I: A Study in Period Photographs, Spencer Anthony Coil, Schiffer, Altgen, PA, 2005, glossary, color illustrations, halftones, ISBN 0 7643 2157 9, $69.95 hardcover large format. Covers the Czar, infantry, artillery, guards, Cossacks, cavalry and the air service, with appendices on the organization and composition of Czarist forces.

Organization and Insignia of the American Expeditionary Force, 1917-1923, Robert J. Dalessandro & Michael G. Knapp, Schiffer, 2008. 325 pages, notes, appendices, bibliography, color and b&w photos, drawings, ISBN 978 0 76432 037 1, $69.95 hardback. Exhaustive treatment of the origins, design and symbolism of insignia of all branches of the AEF. Includes a combat narrative for each AEF division.

Schlacht Flinger!: Germany and the Origins of Air/Ground Support; Rick Duiven & Dan-San Abbott, Schiffer, 2006, 400 pages, index, photos, appendices, schematic drawings, aircraft plans, timeline, ISBN 0 7643 2441 1, $79.95 hardcover. A plethora of information on the formation, training, weapons and tactics of German ground support aviation on the Western Front, 1917-1918. Includes many fine color drawing of aircraft and insignia, as well as b&w photos of pilots and their aircraft.

British and American Air Aces of World War I: The Pictorial Record, Norman Franks, Schiffer, 2005, 240 pages, illustrations, ISBN 0 7643 23411 5, $59.95 hardcover. Companion volume to German Air Aces of World War I (Schiffer, 2004) by the same author.

The History of the Steel Helmet in the First World War, Vol. 1: Austro-Hungary, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany and Vol. 2, Great Britain, Greece, Holland, Italy, Japan. Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey, United States, Michael J. Haselgrove & Branslav Radovic, Schiffer, 2006, 272 pages, color and b&w photos, ISBN 0 7643 2528 0 and 0 7643 2529 9, $79.95 each hardcover.

Imperial German Edged Weaponry, three volumes, Thomas M. Johnson with Victor Diehl & Thomas Whitmann, Schiffer, 2008, 328, 265 and 328 pages, color and b&w photos, drawings, ISBN 978 07643 293 40, 978 07643 293 57, and 978 07643 292 64, $79.95 each. Covers all branches including colonial troops, aviation and cavalry, as well as the Imperial Navy.

German Amateur Photographers in the First World War: A View from the Trenches on the Western Front, Sebastian Remus, Schiffer, October 2008, 192 pages, 320 b&w photos, ISBN 978 0 7643 3093 3, $59.99 large format hardcover. Previously forgotten photos taken by amateur soldier photographers.

British Single-Engine Fighter Squadrons in World War I, Alex Revell, Schiffer, 2006, 400 pages, b&w photos, index, ISBN 0 7643 2420 9, $69.95 hardback

The Stand: The Final Flight of Lt. Frank Luke, Jr., Stephen Skinner, Schiffer, September 2008, 320 pages, illustrations, ISBN 978 0 7643 3095 7, $69.99 large format hardback. Attempts to solve one of the mysteries of World War I, the death of balloon-busting ace Frank Luke.

Imperial German Uniforms and Equipment, 1907-1918, Volume One, Johan Somers, Schiffer, 2005, each volume 240 pages, color and black & white photos, ISBN 0 7643 2261 3 & 0 7643 2262 1, $69.95 hardcover. Examines how weapons and equipment evolved as the Western Front stalemate lengthened.

Imperial German Field Uniforms and Equipment, 1907-1918, Volume Two, Johan Somers, Schiffer, 2005, 504 pages, color and b&w photos, index, tables, ISBN 0 7643 2262 2, $69.95 hardbound. One of a lengthening series of lavishly illustrated and highly detailed Schiffer publications describing and picturing uniforms and equipment of the belligerents in The Great War.

Uniforms and Equipment of the French Armed Forces in World War I: A Study in Period Photographs, Schiffer, 2005, 320 pages, photos, ISBN 0 7643 2269 9, $69.95 hardcover. Covers arms and uniforms of all land branches including the Foreign Legion, colonial Tirailleurs and Zouaves, as well as the air service; part of a larger Schiffer series on WWI uniforms, equipment and weapons.

Uniforms, Equipment and Weapons of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, Brett Werner, Schiffer, 2006, 288 pages, color and b&w photos, index, ISBN 0 7643 2431 4, $79.95 hardback. Available from www.schiffermilitary.com.

A History of No. 6 Squadron Royal Naval Air Service in World War I, Mike Westrop, Schiffer, 2006, 224 pages, b&w photos, color profiles, index, ISBN 0 7643 2425 X, $59.95 hardback.

A History of No. 10 Squadron Royal Naval Air Service in World War I, Mike Westrop, Schiffer, Altgen, PA, 2004, 194 pages, appendices (including a roster of pilots) photos, color drawings of aircraft, ISBN0 9643 2055 6, $59.95 hardcover. Notable as one of the first squadrons to fly Tom Sopwith's triplane and as the home of future RAF Air Vice Marshal Anthony Collishaw, OBE, who went on to command the Desert Air Force in WWII. Some argue that Collishaw, not Bishop, was the leading Canadian air ace of The Great War. One of many excellent aviation history books published by Schiffer (www.schifferbooks.com).

German Flamethrower Pioneers of World War I, Thomas Wictor, Schiffer, 2007, 144 pages, b&w photos, tactics manual, ISBN 978 0 7643 2787 2, $24.95 softcover; for the collector.

Herbert Knotel's German Armies in Color - as Illustrated in his Watercolors and Sketches, Andrew Woelflein, Schiffer, 2007, 144 pages, ISBN 978 0 7643 2784 1, $49,96 hardback. German uniforms from the 18th to the 20th century.

Uniforms and Equipment of the Imperial German Army, 1900-1918 by Charles Wooley in two volumes:

In the Service of the Kaiser: Uniforms and Equipment of the World War I German Soldier as Painted by Soldier-Artist Friedrick Ludwig Scarf, Charles Woolley, Schiffer, Altgen, PA, 2004, 138 pages, sketches, color prints, ISBN 9 7634 1981 7, $49.95 hardback; and Equipment of the World War I German Soldier As Painted by Soldier-Artist Friedrich Ludwig Scharf by Charles Wooley, and Uniforms and Equipment of the Austro-Hungarian Army in World War I by Spencer A. Coil

From Naval and Military Press

These and several other reprinted titles are available in the USA from The Scholars Bookshelf, 110 Melrich Road, Cranbury, NJ 08512, (609) 395-6933, Fax (609) 395-0755, www.scholarsbookshelf.com/

The March on Paris and the Battle of the Marne, General Alexander von Kluck, Naval & Military Press, UK, 2004, 175 pages, $35.80 paperback.

Nery, 1914: The Adventure of the German 4th Cavalry Division on the 31st August and the 1st September, Major A. F. Becke, Naval and Military Press, 2004, 61 pages, maps, photos, paperback $24.00.

The Americans in the Great War, Naval and Military Press, 2002, 400 pages, maps, reprints of the classic Michelin Battlefield Guides published beginning in 1919, $35.50 softcover in three volumes. Available from The Scholars Bookshelf. With excellent maps; highly portable and still very useful, these cover AEF actions at Soissons and along the Marne, as well as at St. Mihiel and in the Meuse-Argonne campaign.

Bellewaerde House Publishing

Three on the Princess Patricia's CLI: the first three of a series entitled With the Patricia's on campaigns of this famous Canadian light infantry regiment during WWI. Unlike most Canadian battalions which were territorially based, the Patricia's were initially recruited from across Canada, principally among veterans of other imperial conflicts. All the books have photographs and maps and may be used as battlefield guides. The author, Steve Newman, spoke at the March 2006 WFA Pacific Coast Branch seminar in Victoria.

With the Patricia's Holding the Line, Stephen Newman, Bellewaerde House, 2005 128 pages, maps, illustrations, bibliography, index, ISBN 0 968 79696 1 6, US$15.00 paperback. Second Battle of Ypres Finds the Patricia's serving with the British 27th Division.

With the Patricia's Capturing the Ridge, Bellewaerde, 2005, 132 pages, maps, illustrations, bibliography, index, ISBN 0 968 79696 3 2, US$15, paperback. The Patricia's, now part of the Canadian Corps, at Vimy Ridge in 1917.

With the Patricia's Mud & Blood, Bellewaerde 2006, 142 pages, maps, illustrations, bibliography, index, ISBN 0 9689696 2 4, US$15.00 paperback. The Patricia's in the 1917 Passchendaele battle.

All three books are available from Bellewaerde House Publishing, 2165 Straitsview Road, Saanichton, BC, Canada V8M 1T3 (ballewaerdehousepublishing@shaw.ca).

From Naval Institute Press

Submarine Warfare Series

U-Boat Hunters: Code Breakers, Divers and the Defeat of the U-Boats, 1914-1918, Robert M. Grant, USNI, 2004, 178 pages, illustrations, index, ISBN 1 59114 889 8, $32.95 cloth.

German Submarine War, 1914-1918, R. H. Gibson and Maurice Prendergast, USNI, 2003, 438 pages, photos drawings, index, ISBN 1 59114 314 4, $38.95, cloth.

The Military Book Club (www.militarybookclub.com) is offering several new heavily illustrated WWI hard cover, survey histories with maps in color for the general reader written by well known American historians Michael Neiberg and Andrew Weist of the University of Southern Mississippi. These include:

World War I: Gallipoli and the Middle East, 1914-1918, Andrew Wiest, Amber Books, 2008, 224 pages

World War I: The Balkans, Italy & Africa, 1914-1918, Andrew Wiest, Amber Books, 2008, 224 pages

World War I: The Western Front, 1914-1916, Michael Neiberg, Amber Books, 2008, 224 pages; also available from the History Book Club.

World War I: The Western Front, 1916-1918, Andrew Wiest, Amber Books, 2008, 224 pages; also available from the History Book Club.

World War I: Naval Warfare, 1914-1918, Andrew Wiest, Amber Books, 2008, 224 pages

World War I: The Eastern Front, 1914-1920, Andrew Wiest, Amber Books, 2008, 224 pages. Includes material on the Soviet-Polish conflict and the Russian Civil War.

From University of South Carolina Press in the Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Series. See our Reissues Page for Novels released in this series.

The Joseph J. Brucolli Great War Collection at the University of South Carolina: An Illustrated Catalog, Elizabeth Sudduth, North Carolina, 2006 376 pages, illustrations, ISBN 1 57003-590-3, $54.95 cloth. Tells the story of how this collection of contemporary writings, sheet music, popular artwork, and design, came into being.