Fortress Series

The Fortress Of Rhodes 1309-1522

FIRST BESIEGED IN 305 BC, THE ISLAND OF RHODES BECAME PART OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE AND WAS LATER FORTIFIED IN THE BYZANTINE STYLE

Strongholds Of The Picts

WHEN THE ROMANS LEFT BRITAIN AROUND AD 410 THE ISLAND HAD NOT BEEN FULLY SUBJUGATED

The Castles Of Henry Viii

ANTICIPATING A FOREIGN ONSLAUGHT FROM CATHOLIC EUROPE AFTER HIS SPLIT FROM ROME, HENRY VIII ENERGETICALLY BEGAN CONSTRUCTION OF MORE THAN 20 STONE FORTS TO PROTECT ENGLAND`S MAJOR PORTS AND ESTUARIES

Roman Auxiliary Forts 27 Bc-ad 378

WITH THE VAST EXPANSION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE CAME A NEED FOR MORE AND MORE FORTIFICATIONS TO DEFEND IT

Greek Fortifications Of Asia Minor 500-130 Bc

THE GREEK CITIES OF WESTERN ANATOLIA WERE THE SPARK THAT IGNITED SOME OF THE MOST ICONIC CONFLICTS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD

Hindenburg Line

Jagging across northwestern Europe like an ugly scar, the Hindenburg Line was Germany`s most formidable line of defense in World War I

German`s East Wall In Wwii

The East Wall was where the final battles for the stricken Third Reich were fought, amid scenes of utter carnage

Israeli Fortifications Of The October War 1973

THE BAR LEV LINE ALONG THE SUEZ CANAL WAS BORN OUT OF THE OVERWHELMING VICTORY OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES (IDF) IN THE SIX DAY WAR OF 1967

The Atlantic Wall (2)

GERMANY`S ATLANTIC WALL WAS THE MOST AMBITIOUS MILITARY FORTIFICATION PROGRAM OF WORLD WAR II

Crusader Castles Of The Teutonic Knights (2)

FOUNDED IN THE LATE 12TH CENTURY, THE ORDER OF THE TEUTONIC KNIGHTS WAS TO PLAY A MAJOR ROLE DURING THE CRUSADES, BOTH IN THE HOLY LAND AND NORTHERN EUROPE

The Fortifications Of Ancient Israel And Judah 1200-586 Bc

THIS BOOK PROVIDES A DETAILED STUDY OF THE FORTIFICATIONS OF THE FOUNDERS OF ANCIENT ISRAEL FROM THE TIME OF THEIR FIRST SETTLEMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THROUGH THE PERIODS OF THE UNITED AND DIVIDED KINGDOMS, UNTIL THE SACK OF JERSUALEM IN 586 BC.

Ottoman Fortifications 1300-1710

THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE WAS HEIR TO THE ARCHITECTURAL TRADITIONS NOT ONLY OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE BUT ALSO TO THOSE OF THE MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC MIDDLE EAST

American Defenses Of Corregidor And Manila Bay 1898-1945

THE PHILIPPINES WERE DECLARED AN AMERICAN TERRITORY ON JANUARY 4, 1899, AND FORTIFICATION CONSTRUCTION BEGAN SOON AFTER ON THE ISLANDS IN THE MOUTH OF MANILA BAY

German V-weapon Sites 1943-45

FROM THE V-1 SKI SITES TO THE MOBILE BASING EMPLOYED BY THE V-2 UNITS AND THE OTHER SECRET WEAPONS BASES LIKE THE `V-3` HIGH-PRESSURE GUN AT MIMOYEQUES, THIS BOOK EXAMINES THE IMPACT OF THESE WEAPON SYSTEMS AND DEFENSES NOT ONLY ON THE WAR BUT ON MODERN WEAPONRY.

Saracen Strongholds 1100-1500

COVERING FORTIFICATIONS AS FAR APART AS NORTH AFRICA, AFGHANISTAN AND NORTHERN INDIA, THIS VOLUME FOCUSES ON THE ISLAMIC SIDE OF THE CONFLICT, HIGHLIGHTING THE FORTIFICATIONS IN USE WHEN THE CRUSADERS SOUGHT TO RECONQUER THE HOLY LAND, AS WELL AS THE EVENTUAL ABSORPTION OF THE TERRITORIES OF BYZANTI

Fortress Monasteries Of The Himalayas

THE SPREAD OF BUDDHISM AND TIBETAN SECULAR POWER THROUGHOUT THE HIMALAYAS LED TO A DISTINCTIVE STYLE OF FORTIFICATIONS FOUND NOWHERE ELSE

The Forts Of Judaea 168 Bc-ad 73

DURING THE SECOND CENTURY BC THE DYNASTIES OF HEROD AND THE HASMONEANS WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR A MASSIVE PROGRAMME OF FORT DEVELOPMENT

Colditz: Oflag Iv-c

IMMORTALIZED IN FILM AND LITERATURE, THE 15TH CENTURY CASTLE OF COLDITZ IS REMEMBERED NOT FOR TALES OF MEDIEVAL CHIVALRY OR WITHSTANDING WITHERING SIEGES BUT FOR ITS DARKER PAST, WHEN IT WAS CONVERTED BY THE NAZIS INTO A PRISONER-OF-WAR CAMP CALLED OFLAG IV-C

Defense Of Japan 1945

IN 1945, WITH HER FLEET DESTROYED AND HER ARMIES BEATEN, THE ONLY THING THAT STOOD BETWEEN JAPAN AND AN ALLIED INVASION WAS THE NUMEROUS COASTAL DEFENSE POSITIONS THAT SURROUNDED THE ISLANDS

Spanish Colonial Fortifications In North America 1565-1822

TO MAINTAIN ITS IMPERIAL POWER IN AMERICA, SPAIN BUILT FORTIFICATIONS ACROSS THE WIDTH OF THE CONTINENT

The Fuhrers Headquarters

THE 100TH TITLE IN THE FORTRESS SERIES, THIS BOOK DESCRIBES AND EXAMINES THE F`HRERHAUPTQUARTIERE - THE 14 OR SO HEADQUARTERS BUILT FOR HITLER

Scapa Flow

A STRATEGICALLY IMPORTANT NATURAL HARBOR IN THE ORKNEY ISLANDS, SCAPA FLOW SERVED AS BRITAIN`S MAIN FLEET ANCHORAGE DURING WORLD WARS I AND II.

Chinese Walled Cities 221 Bc-ad 1644

IT HAS BEEN SAID IN CHINA THAT A CITY WITHOUT A WALL WOULD BE AS INCONCEIVABLE AS A HOUSE WITHOUT A ROOF

The Mannerheim Line 1920-1939

IN THE WAKE OF THE BLOODY CIVIL WAR THAT FOLLOWED FINLAND`S INDEPENDENCE FROM RUSSIA IN 1917, THE BORDER BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES WAS ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE KARELIAN ISTHMUS, AN AREA LONG FOUGHT OVER BY RUSSIA, FINLAND, AND SWEDEN IN THEIR ATTEMPTS TO DOMINATE THE NORTHERN TIP OF EUROPE.

Defenses Of Bermuda 1612-1995

Bermuda has played an important military role between America and Europe for almost 400-years due to its location in the Western North Atlantic some 635 miles off the Carolinas, halfway between Halifax and Jamaica

Defense Of The Rhine 1944-45

THE RHINE RIVER REPRESENTED THE LAST NATURAL DEFENSIVE BARRIER FOR THE THIRD REICH IN THE FALL OF 1944

Defense Of The Third Reich 1941-45

The Atlantic Wall (3)

This book completes the story of one of the most formidable defensive lines in Europe in World War II, looking at the lesser known Mediterranean extension and describing how it was conceived of, built, and used.

American Civil War Fortifications (3)

THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER PLAYED A DECISIVE ROLE IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

Fortifications Of Verdun 1874-1917

THE BATTLE OF VERDUN IS ONE OF THE MOST WELL KNOWN AND INFAMOUS BATTLES IN HISTORY

Maori Fortifications

THE MAORI PEOPLE OF NEW ZEALAND WERE EXPERIENCED FIELD ENGINEERS AND IT WAS COMMON PRACTICE TO PROTECT VILLAGES WITH SURROUNDING ENTRENCHMENTS AND WOODEN PALISADES, KNOWN AS PAS

The Stalin And Molotov Lines

DURING THE RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR, THE RED ARMY, IN ITS DESPERATE ATTEMPTS TO SAFEGUARD THE NEW REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT, CREATED A SERIES OF FORTIFIED AREAS, OR UKREPLINNYJE RAJONY (UR), WHICH WERE TO BE USED NOT ONLY FOR DEFENSE BUT WERE ALSO TO ACT AS JUMPING OFF POINTS FOR OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS