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Osprey Publishing @ospreypublishing.bsky.social · 1d

Schooner Ajax leaving Delaware from the William H. Meyers diary. Ajax was one of thousands of privateers that preyed on British shipping and drove the Royal Navy to distraction. (From the New York Public Library, b16044202)

Image from War Without Mercy: Liberty or Death in the American Revolution.

Osprey Publishing @ospreypublishing.bsky.social · 1d

More October Kindle deals! This month get discounts on eBooks by Richard Dannatt and Robert Lyman.

📚 Korea: War Without End for £4.99

https://amzn.to/3WnzRhc

📚Victory to Defeat for £2.99

https://amzn.to/42YZ9pA

Osprey Publishing @ospreypublishing.bsky.social · 2d

"Bold and conversational, forensic and vivid, this is an extraordinary history of Agincourt - full of remarkable insight - that grips from the very first word and doesn’t let go."

Helen Castor, author of 'She-Wolves'.

Agincourt by Michael Livingston is available in all formats
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3d cover of the book Agincourt by Mike Livingston

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Osprey Publishing @ospreypublishing.bsky.social · 3d

New blog post: US Navy Atlanta-class Light Cruisers 1940–49

"The destroyer-leader cruiser was an artifact of the first two decades of the 20th century, when small light cruisers led the 900-to-1200-ton destroyers of that era on torpedo runs."

Atlanta on its builders trials

https://bit.ly/46MGSgf

Osprey Publishing @ospreypublishing.bsky.social · 3d

A Douglas C-47 Dakota on a supply drop over the Burmese hillside. (Author’s Collection).

Image from Jungle Commandos: The Battle for Arakan, Burma 1945 by Lucy Betteridge-Dyson, publishing next week!

https://bit.ly/3IYyMci

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old ww2 photo showing a plane making a supply drop over hills

Osprey Publishing @ospreypublishing.bsky.social · 4d

Nemesis: Medieval England's Greatest Enemy by Catherine Hanley is also available in audio.

Extract from Chapter Two.

Narrated By Veronika Hyks

You can download your copy from Spotify here: https://bit.ly/42nfWlW

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Osprey Publishing @ospreypublishing.bsky.social · 4d

Next week we publish The Rise and Fall of the British Army, 1975–2025 by Ben Barry!

A new study of a critical period in the history of the British Army.

You can find out more and pre-order your copy on the Osprey Publishing website.

https://bit.ly/4mDazXs

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Ben Barry really is an expert on the british army. Years in uniform followed by a long stint building on his practical experience as an analyst have given him an unrivalled understanding of his subject. The combination is powerful. Field Marshal Lord David Richards

Maritime Media Awards Nominations 2025

Osprey Publishing @ospreypublishing.bsky.social · 4d

We're delighted that five of our books have been nominated for The Maritime Foundation Award for Best Book!

📚The Destroyer USS Kidd
📚The Pirate Menace: Uncovering the Golden Age of Piracy
📚USS Princeton
📚Over Cold War Seas: NATO and Soviet Naval Aviation, 1949–89
📚Midway

https://bit.ly/4mKvRSy

Over 90 entries were received in 2025 – Meet the nominees of the Maritime Media Awards.

Osprey Publishing @ospreypublishing.bsky.social · 5d

Next month we publish Devil’s Fire, Southern Cross: The Conclusion of the Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign, October 1943–February 1944.

UK: 20/11/2025
US: 18/11/2025

You can find out more and pre-order here: https://bit.ly/4768mid

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book cover of Devil's Fire Southern Cross in hardback, audio and ebook. November 2025.

Osprey Publishing @ospreypublishing.bsky.social · 5d

P-47N Thunderbolts strafe a train at Tosu, July 6, 1945

Art from Central Pacific 1943–45: Seventh Air Force's island-hopping war, illustrated by Gareth Hector.

Out this month!

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Jungle Commandos: The Battle for Arakan, Burma 1945

Osprey Publishing @ospreypublishing.bsky.social · 5d

On 9th October Lucy Betteridge-Dyson will be appearing on WW2TV to talk about her new book Jungle Commandos.

You'll be able to watch the livestream here: https://bit.ly/4pU1uvT

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Jungle Commandos: The Battle for Arakan, Burma 1945With Lucy Betteridge-DysonPart of our Burma (Myanmar) in WWII serieshttps://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDG...

Osprey Publishing @ospreypublishing.bsky.social · 6d

Next week we publish The Killing Season: A New History of Autumn 1914 by Robert Cowley.
An in-depth, authoritative account of the autumn of 1914 on the Western Front and the First Battle of Ypres, a true turning point in modern warfare.

You can find out more here: https://bit.ly/3GF5zCs
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book cover of The Killing Season next to a review by Geoffrey C Ward. If you want to know how modern warfare began, The Killing Season is for you.

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Osprey Publishing @ospreypublishing.bsky.social · 6d

"a valuable account of one of the final major offensives launched by the Soviet army."

Into the Reich: The Red Army’s advance to the Oder in 1945 by Prit Buttar has been featured in a recent issue of Military History Matters Magazine!

https://bit.ly/463Sv3W

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The book Into the Reich next to a close copy of Military History Matters magazine

The book Into the Reich next to an open copy of Military History Matters magazine

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Osprey Publishing @ospreypublishing.bsky.social · 6d

1217: The Battles that Saved England by Catherine Hanley has been included in Amazon's monthly kindle deals!

You can get the eBook for £2.59.

An engrossing history of the pivotal year 1217 when invading French forces were defeated and the future of England secured.

https://amzn.to/4mIv9oY

Osprey Publishing @ospreypublishing.bsky.social · 7d

Extract from Chapter Four of the audiobook of Nations in Arms: Five Armies That Made Europe by Barney White-Spunner,

The full audiobook is available on Spotify: https://bit.ly/4mt9qlA

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Osprey Publishing @ospreypublishing.bsky.social · 7d

October 2025 Book Vote: Duel

Have your say: https://bit.ly/4gK9efo

Last month, we asked what you would like to see published in our Fleet series. The winner was Dutch Fleet of the Second Anglo-Dutch War: The fleet that burned Chatham, with 32% of the vote.

An image with a textbox reading "BOOK VOTE, OCTOBER 2025, DUEL (MILITARY), HAVE YOUR SAY EVERY MONTH" against the background illustration of a tank on fire.

279 - The Vistula-Oder Offensive 1945

Osprey Publishing @ospreypublishing.bsky.social · 7d

By January 1945, the war in Europe neared its final phase.

Prit Buttar, author of Into the Reich is interviewed in the new episode of the WW2 Podcast! 🎧

You can listen here: https://bit.ly/3KOg3Rr

Find out more about the book: https://bit.ly/463Sv3W

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WW2 Podcast · Episode

Osprey Publishing @ospreypublishing.bsky.social · 8d

September book round-up! Here's all the new books we published on the Generals list this month.

📚 Battle For the Island Kingdom
📚 Agincourt
📚 1217
📚 Nemesis
📚 Into the Reich

You can find out more about all our new books here: https://bit.ly/3WoqHSw

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Three books lying flat on a photography tabletop background. Battle For the Island Kingdom, Agincourt, 1217

The book Nemesis lying flat on a photography background that looks like wood

The book Into the Reich lying flat on a photography background that looks like wood

Osprey Publishing @ospreypublishing.bsky.social · 8d

Breaking a Japanese attack on Guadalcanal.

US Marines of the 1st Marine Division dug in near the Matanikau River during September 1942 faced an attack from members of the Japanese 4th Infantry Regiment.

From The M1903 Springfield Rifle, illustrated by Steve Noon and Alan Gilliland.

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Art showing fighting at Guadcanal in WW2

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Osprey Publishing @ospreypublishing.bsky.social · 9d

New Machine of the Month feature: M18 Hellcat

"The M18 had very minimal armor, and some German antitank rounds penetrated one side of the vehicle and exited the other."

You can read the piece here: https://bit.ly/3VFW89O

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M18 Hellcat, Machine of the Month, art of the tank above the text

Osprey Publishing @ospreypublishing.bsky.social · 9d

In November we publish Pearl Harbor: Japan's Greatest Disaster by Mark Stille.

A detailed re-examination of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Day of Infamy that saw the USA enter World War II.

UK: 06/11/2025
US: 04/11/2025

You can find out more and pre-order here: https://bit.ly/3Kr56oP

Pearl Harbor, Japan's greatest disaster, book cover in ebook, audio and hardback

Osprey Publishing @ospreypublishing.bsky.social · 10d

King, Conqueror & the Battle for the Island Kingdom

Don Hollway unpacks the new King and Conqueror series on the Osprey blog.

You can read more here: https://bit.ly/4mFebb4

Art: The Norman invasion feet first sailed at night. (Artwork by Steve Noon © Osprey Publishing)

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