Posted by
Ed on June 06, 2009
In the early hours on June 6, 1944, the largest airborne and amphibious assault the world has ever seen was set into operation. Over 200,000 allied troops descended upon the northern coast of France and in the face of fierce German resistance pushed inland, as wave upon wave of troops invaded the mine-littered beaches.
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Posted by
Kerry on May 25, 2009
Last weekend I had the honor of going to the Museum Store Association trade show in Phoenix, and while my New York colleagues were stuck in a torrential downpour all week, I was off enjoying a variety of museum display items in sunny, 95-degree Arizona. I was particularly excited to meet the reps from Legacy of Valor, who have licensed loads of Osprey artwork to be printed on t-shirts, long sleeve shirts and hoodies (or jumpers, as I think you call them in the UK).
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Posted by
John on April 23, 2009
A colleague of mine who shares office space with us here in New York suggested the above title for a new DUEL issue. A big part of me loves the idea. I was really excited when I heard about the rescue of the Maersk captain through the cool professionalism of the Navy snipers who parachuted onto the ship before taking out the pirates ...at dusk from 75' away.
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Posted by
Phil on March 10, 2009
Every now and then we like to try something a little different. Last year it was the hugely popular Men-at-Arms Celebration. This year our departure from our usual book publishing programme came in the form of Battle: The Osprey Postcard Collection.
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Posted by
Mike on February 28, 2009
Day 28
Every day in February we are offering 50% off a different book on our website. Today's 50% off book is Campaign 163 Leyte Gulf 1944
And that rounds up our February savings - I hope you were all able to find something that you were after in the list, and don't forget that if you want to get the latest information on discounts and offers from Osprey you should sign up to our newsletter, where we announce all of our discounts and site updates.
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Posted by
Mike on February 13, 2009
I had a massive response to my last post about what books had been reprinted and were now back in stock.l would like to say a big thank you to all the people who emailed me about the list, and I am sorry it has taken us so long to get this up and running on a regular basis. It will now become a monthly feature, which we will also announce in our newsletters, so you will always be able to keep in touch with what is back in stock, as soon as it is back in stock.
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Posted by
Ed on February 02, 2009
Being a lover of all things maritime I was delighted to see HMS Daring a Type 45 Destroyer is heading to its home in Portsmouth for the first time
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Posted by
Ruth on January 29, 2009
The 20% off discount on all of our New Vanguard titles ends at the end of the 31st January, and we have been looking at what you are all buying, and there is a rather interesting, surprising trend to what you are all buying - gone are the days of big tanks dominating the New Vanguard sales charts, not a Tiger, Panther or Sherman in sight - instead the list of New Vanguards that have sold well over the last 3 weeks is dominated by Naval New Vanguards.
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Posted by
Mike on January 19, 2009
As I promised here, every month we are going to announce what books have been re-printed and have been brought back into print and are once again available to buy online. The Production team here have been working their socks off to get a very sizeable chuck of our books back in stock - 40 titles this month - and nearly 80 titles due in for next month!
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Posted by
William on January 09, 2009
I have now reached the point where the Greek fleet falls back on Salamis and the land army falls back on the Isthmus of Corinth after the battles of Artemisium and Thermopylae. Looking as closely as I have had to at the former, I began to see both battles in a rather different perspective, justifying the slight unease caused by many of the accounts I have now read. The glorious mythology of Thermopylae is, of course, justified by the heroism of the ferocious three days resistance and the ultimate, willing sacrifice of the rearguard. However, in terms of assets, the Greek commitment was far greater at Artemisium than at Thermopylae. Defeat at Thermopylae was as tragic as it was inevitable, but it was survivable. Defeat at Artemisium, yielding control of the sea to the Persians, would have lost the war. Artemisium would then indeed have been one of those “battles that changed history”
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