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From 1943 the British began the design of a tank that was similar to the German Panther tank. In 1945 the design emerged as the Centurion, and this work details all the variants of the Centurion used in conflicts as well as covering the specialist variants last used by the British in the Gulf War.

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The author of this work has had access to de-classified material on the part the Challenger tank played in the Gulf War. Originally developed for the Iranian army in the mid-1970s, the British were reluctantly forced to accept it themselves after the revolution in 1979.

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The Chieftain Main Battle Tank was the heaviest armoured and armed tank used in modern flashpoint wars such as the Iran-Iraq War, Bosnia and the Gulf War. This manual explores the design, development and operation of the tank, one of the most influential vehicles used in modern warfare.

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Chronicles the development of the Churchill Crocodile flamethrower tank. This book examines the effect of these tanks in battle from use in France to the terrifying attack on the Senio River in Italy, and also investigates the post-war use of the tanks to burn down the site of Belsen concentration camp, and their mobilisation for the Korean War.

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The last of Britain's infantry tanks, the Churchill, fought in every major battlefield from the sands of North Africa, through France and Germany to the rugged hills of Korea. A detailed double page full cutaway shows the internal workings of the tank.

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In the early 20th century Britain's largest colonies established their own small naval presence, and their ships fought alongside the Royal Navy during World War I. This book tells the story of these small cruiser forces, and the men who served the Allied cause so well during the long and brutal war at sea.

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The lifeblood of the Confederacy, the blockade runners of the Civil War were adapted for the high-speed dashes through the Union blockade bringing much-needed food, clothing and weaponry to the Confederacy. This book traces their operational history.

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An exploration of the Confederate ironclad fleet of the American Civil War. It includes a cutaway of one of the most famous ships of the period, the CSS Virginia, and eight pages of artwork depicting the variety of different ironclads.

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The Confederate states adopted radical solutions to counter the naval superiority of their opponents. One solution was the adoption of commerce raiders. This work describes the reasons which forced the confederates to resort to commerce raiding.

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The primary Union strategy during the American Civil War was a massive naval blockade of the entire Southern coastline of the Confederacy, and it was in the effort to counter this blockade that the Confederates developed their first submarines and torpedo boats.

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For most of World War II, British tank development remained faithful to the design philosophy inaugurated during World War I.

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Using detailed descriptions, accurate cutaway plates and reliable historical examples, this text covers the history of Chinese ship design and naval warfare from the beginning of the Han dynasty to the first few years of the Ming dynasty, when a Ming naval force countered Sichuanese rebels.

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Over the centuries, naval relations between Japan and Korea appear to have alternated between peaceful trade and outright hostility. This work covers East Asia's most famous warship - the legendary turtle ship, which is described here in full technical detail.

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It is a little known fact that France fielded more tanks in World War I than any other army. However, France's early tanks suffered from poor mobility and armor. In spite of initial set-backs, the French army redeemed its reputation with the Renault FT. This title examines the emergence of the first modern tank, the Renault FT.

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Covers the French armor of World War II. This title looks at the infantry and battle tanks that faced the onslaught of the German Blitzkrieg in 1940. It offers a background to the design and development of these tank types, and an evaluation of their performance in the Battle of France.

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A sequel to French Tanks of World War II (1), this title focuses primarily on France's cavalry armored vehicles, including the light reconnaissance tanks such as the AMR and AMC families, the famous Somua S.35 cavalry tanks and the extensive array of armored half-track and armored cars used by the French cavalry.

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An account of the history and development of German armoured cars and recce vehicles used in World War Two. The volume is number 29 in the NEW VANGUARD series.

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Discusses the concept of the Battlekreuzer. This book details individual ship histories with particular emphasis upon the German Groerkreuzers' battle experience and deployment in conflict, and it includes a variety of official records and uses personal first-hand accounts.

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Covers the history of the Deutschland to Osfriesland classes of German battlecruisers, beginning with the last of the pre-dreadnought battleships and explaining the revolutionary developments, particularly the vast increases in size and armament, that took place within the German Imperial Navy as it readied itself for war.

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Supported by official documents, personal accounts, official drawings and artwork, this volume is an informative history of the key classes Kaiser, Konig and Bayern that formed the backbone of the German Imperial Navy throughout World War I.