The very little information that I've read about the Chaco War is that it was an extention of World War I. Paraguay had existentially a French trained military while Bolivia had a German trained army under Gen. Kundt's command. The war became a magnet for other Europeans to join in (although late in the war), such as the Italians and Czechs. Biplanes were still in use and the infancy of the tank tactics were still developing. Most battles ended with the smaller army winning. Additionally, engineers were more involved in this war than usual. All of this, plus it being a fruitless war over sand (that both sides believed contained oil): what's not to like?
Posted by: JoJo Dog | March 14, 2008 at 11:19 AM
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This might be premature, but since this is the second time the upcoming series Raid has been mentioned, I do have a question. Will this series just deal with pre-WWI subjects? The reason I ask is because there are two pivotal events that don't fit into the Campaign series, but they could be included in the Raid series: the storming of Bastille and the raid on Harper's Ferry. Is there any chance of these two events appearing in the Raid series?
Posted by: JoJo Dog | March 14, 2008 at 11:39 AM
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The Gran Chaco War is starting to interest me - it does have all the right elements - not a lot known about it, slightly bizarre etc to catch my interest.
Raid will cover all periods and is in part designed to cover those fantastic operations that are too small for Campaign. We have some great topics commissioned already but these two are on the list.
Posted by: Richard at Osprey | March 14, 2008 at 03:27 PM
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I can name three people, who could write the Wurttemburg MAA almost off the top of the head. The first part of Jack Gill's 1809 work is now out, so this is urgent.
For Raids, Darko Pavlovic would be the man for the greatest cavalry Raid of all time - Hadik's raid on Berlin (featured in my Hungarian Hussar Warrior).
Posted by: David Hollins | March 16, 2008 at 09:34 AM
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Why Chaco?
Well for me, the interwar period has always been fascinating. The lessons learned (and ignored) from WWI and the mix of old and new technology. There were not sweeping East Front tank battles, but tanks played a role as did aircraft. It is true that it was a war fought in a proverbial "Godforsaken territory", and these sorts of obscure desparate battles are a fresh area to explore. Napoleonics, ACW, WWI and WWII are, of course, heavily covered in print (and correctly so), but there is a point where it is nice to see something off the common path. The Chaco war offers this kind of opportunity.
This is a good overview of the military aspects (and equipment) of the war:
http://worldatwar.net/chandelle/v1/v1n3/chaco.html
Posted by: Jay S | March 17, 2008 at 08:38 PM
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I'm glad to see a title covering the Bay of Pigs will be forthcoming.
How about a MAA or Elite title on the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Posted by: Jay S | March 17, 2008 at 08:48 PM
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I know that South America is a kind of black hole for Europeans, and may be is not very commercial to write books about the military history in this continent, but I think that there were a lot of interesting conflicts here, since the Spanish conquest, the independence wars, the war between Brazil And Argentina between 1826-1828, the civil wars, the war of the Triple Alliance, 1865- 1870, the indian wars in the Argentine pampa, ( the conquest of the desert, as it is known here), including the war of the Chaco, that some people had already mention. It could give interesting material for Osprey.
But I guess that the main obstacle is, as I already mention, the lack of commercial interest to publish books about South America in the European, and North American markets
Posted by: Fabian Candamio | March 19, 2008 at 12:20 AM
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I have noticed that a "Triple Alliance War 1865-1870" title appears on may 2005 and november 2006 "Books I'd like to read" and won both polls:)))
perhaps the situation isn't totally hopeless for see an Osprey about this very bloody war.
Regards
Loïc
Posted by: Loïc | March 20, 2008 at 06:45 PM
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I'd really like to see some titles on ancient and medieval India. The warriors of 18th Century Hawaii and the Maori would also make good warrior titles, I think.
I also think that the armies of the post-Alexander Hellenistic world need more attention, like the Seleucids, Greco-Bactrians, etc.
A few more neat warrior titles could be Sarmatian Warrior, Dacian Warrior, and Jewish Zealot. A book on the Maccebaean Jewish armies would also be fascinating.
Posted by: Jonathan Murphy | March 21, 2008 at 02:53 AM
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Some MAA or Elite volumes on the armies of the Italian wars 1494-1529, would be an excellent addition to the Osprey world. This era very much represents the transition between Medieval and Renaissance warfare.
I have seen that Renaissance Scottish Army is on the pipeline, so here's my idea for following topics which should be covered:
- German Armies 1494-1559 (MAA) [or -1530]
- French Armies 1494-1559 (MAA) [or -1530]
- Spanish Armies 1494-1559 (MAA) [or -1530]
- Italian States Armies 1494-1559 (MAA) [or -1530]
- French Cavalry 1500-1600 (Elite)
or, even better:
- French Gendarmes D'Ordonnance 1494-1559
and
- French Gendarmes D'Ordonnance during the French Religious Wars
For the Campaign Serie, here’s a list of the most important battle (considering even the battles no part of the Italian Wars)
- Cerignola-Garigliano 1503 (Campaign)
- Agnadello 1509 (Campaign)
- Ravenna 1512 (Campaign)
- Orsha 1514 (Campaign)
Marignano 1515 (Campaign)
- Mohacs 1526 (Campaign)
- Ceresole 1544 (Campaign)
- Pinkie 1547 (Campaign)
- Alcazarquivir 1578 (Campaign)
- Renty 1554 (Campaign)
- St. Quentin 1559 (Campaign)
Finally, some suggestion for the Combat Aircraft series:
- RAF Tornado Units During The Gulf War
The Tornado missions on the Gulf War were pretty intense and dramatic, especially during the first days of war.
- F-111 Units in Combat
The F-111 has a long combat history from Linebaker II to Operation El Dorado Canyon, concluded with the Gulf War.
- Israeli F-16 Units in Combat
The F-16 role in the IAF is legendary. From the Osiraq raid to the air battle with the Syrian MiGs, there’s a lot of stuff.
Posted by: Federico | March 21, 2008 at 10:28 AM
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Richard, thanks for answering my question about the Raid series. I was looking forward to the series already, but now I am psyched to hear that it will be focused on all the eras. I know the bulk of the series will probably consist of modern warfare such as Granville, Skorzeny's Mussolini rescue raid, Guernica (Operation Rugen) and Kronstadt rebellion; however, it's good to hear that earlier raids will be covered.
I have noticed a few areas not covered in the previous post that I believe are important. I've noticed that the army of the French Third Republic prior to WWI has not been mentioned. Also, I noticed that no one has mentioned one of my favorite soldiers: the Tunnel Rat.
I also noticed several key or famous battles missing. Okay, so not all of these are key or famous, but some of the lesser known battles on this list still impact on events that happening today:
Lechfeld 955
Manzikert 1071
Tarain 1192
Las Navas de Tolosa 1212
Bouvines 1214
Ain Jalut 1260
Kosovo 1389
Angora 1402
Crusade of Varna 1443-1444
Castillon 1453
Siege of Belgrade 1456
Cerignola 1503
Marignano 1515
Lepanto 1571
Breitenfeld 1631
Rocroi 1643
Kings Mountain 1780
Tippecanoe 1811
Buena Vista 1847
Sadowa 1866
Nanking 1937-1938
Heartbreak Ridge 1951
Posted by: JoJo Dog | March 22, 2008 at 03:36 PM
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As I'm enjoying the Elite series overview on WW2 tactics for collecting basic information in one book I'd like to suggest two other titles.
WW2 Engineering tactics (minelaying, mine removal, bridging etc)
WW2 Medical Services (medics, field hospitals etc.)
I know these subjects are touched on in some titles but it would be nice to see them in one spot and covered more in depth.
Posted by: Mark Lewis | March 23, 2008 at 11:55 AM
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Thanks to Osprey for giving readers a voice in possible future titles. I'm coming into this rather late, but here are my suggestions for future titles:
--Carrhae 58 BCE(Campaign)
--Teutoberger Forest 9 CE (Campaign)
--Plataea & Mycale 479 BCE (Campaign) (To wrap up the Persian War Campaign series started with Marathon)
--Capture of Fort Duquesne 1758 (Campaign)
--Siege of Alesia 52 BCE (Campaign) (Or, one Campaign series book on the Gallic Wars)
--Rogers' Saint-Francis 1759 (Raid)
--Wyoming Valley 1778 (Raid)
--Caesar's British Expeditions 55-54 BCE (Raid)
Posted by: Gerry Orvis | March 28, 2008 at 08:10 PM
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It would be nice to see books about WWI describing events in Balkans. This topic is sadly overlooked so far in books published by Osprey. Some suggestions:
CAMPAIGN:
- Cer 1914
- Drina 1914
- Kolubara 1914
- Mojkovac 1916
- Kajmakchalan 1916
- Salonika front 1918
ELITE:
- Central powers commanders on balkan front
- Serbian and Montenegrin commanders of WWI
etc...
Posted by: Hale | March 29, 2008 at 04:57 PM
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Thanks again for all the comments. We keep coming back to these in the context of different series and conflicts to see what we can do. Of course our Editors have the trickiest job as they try to match subjects to authors.
Posted by: Richard at Osprey | April 01, 2008 at 10:19 AM
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It would be very nice if we could see some obviously 'missing' battles from WW2 for the Campaign Series assigned authors. There is isn't much left to cover for the NW Europe campaign but the Scheldt 1944 (one for Ken Ford?)and St.Lo 1944 and Op.Dragoon 1944 (Steven Zaloga?) are glaring ommissions. There is also a vast amount of the Far East/Pacific not covered. Imphal 1944, New Guinea (1942/43/44 - needs two books), Bougainville 1944, New Britain 1944. Letye (the island battle) 1944, Luzon 1945 just for starters.
I also think that Market-Garden needs re-doing with two books covering the southern and northern ends of the corridor. The same is also true of the German 1940 campaigns in France and the low countries, which could do with a more detailed treatment than they have with the early Campaign books.
Posted by: Nick Brown | April 08, 2008 at 05:08 PM
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Hi reading Pt.1 and 2 of "What subjects have we missed?". It gave me an interesting ideal list for it. So Here is my ideal "What subjects have we missed" list
LAPD(Men At Arms or Elite)
LA Street Gangs (Although controversial Men at Arms or Elite)
USAF 1947-1965 (Men at Arms)
Hessian Forces of the American Revoulktion (Men at Arms)
The Yeomanry (Men At Arms in 5 to 6 volumes)
The Royal Marines 1914-18 (Men At Arms)
The Pals units 1914-1918 (Men At Arms)
US 1st Infantry Division (Men At Amrs)
US 69th Inf Regt. of the NY National Guard (Men At Arms)
The Scotch Guards (Men At Arms)
The Royal Navy 1970-82 (Men At Arms or Elite)
Calcutta Light Horse 1759-1947 (Men At Arms, a fiting tribute to the boarding party of 1943 at Goa)
The Cruise of SMS Emden 1914 (Campaign)
The Cruise of Radier 16 1940-41 (Campaign)
The Cruise of USS Wahoo 1942-43(Campaign and Highest scoring sub)
The Cruise of USS Eessex 1813-14 (Campaign)
2nd and Thrid Ypers (Campaign)
Brest 1944 (Campaign)
Le Harve 1944 (Campaign)
Invasion Fortress Holland 1940(Campaign)
Wake Island 1941(Campaign America's version of the 300)
Hong Kong 1941 (Campaign)
Fort Mchenery 1814 (Campaign)
Mob Wars of the Prohibition 1920-33 (controverisal Elite)
American Frontier Outlaws (Elite)
German Recon units of WW II (Elite)
The Brandenburgs (Elite)
The Paras 1984-2008 (Elite)
US Cavalry Recon units of WW II (Elite)
Carrier Tactics of WW II (Elite)
French FT-17 (New Vanguard)
French R-35 and H-35 (New Vanguard)
French Char 2 (New Vanguard)
The Postwar/modifed Essex class carriers 1946-1991 (New Vanguard)
British Curisers 1900-18 (New Vanguard)
F-4 Phamtom (New Vanguard)
US Cavalryman of The American Revolution (Warrior)
US Cavalryman 1784-1815 (Warrior)
Indian Cavalryman 1914-18 (Warrior)
LA SWAT (Warrior)
US Naval Aviator of Korea (Warrior)
Pappy Boyington's Black Sheap Squadron (Warrior)
Entebbe(Raid)
Operation Nimrod (Raid)
New Province 1775 (Raid)
Posted by: Ted | May 05, 2008 at 05:44 AM
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Thank you for great series about military aviation with hope that some of the following titles will appear in your catalogue soon.
MiG-17/ 19 Units of Arab Air Forces- Combat Aircraft
Mirage F.1 Units of South African Air Force- Combat Aircraft
Buccaneer Units of The Cold War- Combat Aircraft
RAF Tornado Units in Desert Storm- Combat Aircraft
F8F Bearcat Units of Aeronavale- Combat Aircraft
Westland Lysander Units 1939-1940- Combat Aircraft
F-5 Units of The Imperial Iranian Air Force- Combat Aircraft
USAF 0-2 Skymaster Units of the Vietnam War- Combat Aircraft
Republic of China Air Force vs. PLAAF Pt.1 1945-58- Combat Aircraft
Republic of China Air Force vs. PLAAF Pt.2 1958-Present- Combat Aircraft
Westland Whirlwind Units- Combat Aircraft
Torbeau Units of The Coastal Command- Combat Aircraft
Lockheed U-2 Units of The Cold War- Combat Aircraft
Mosquito Units of The Coastal Command- Combat Aircraft
Hawker Typhoon Units 1942-43- Combat Aircraft
Spitfire Mk.XIX Units 1944-45- Combat Aircraft
Arado Ar-196 Units of the Kriegsmarine- Combat Aircraft
Blohm und Voss Bv-138 Units of WW2- Combat Aircraft
RAF Units in The Malayan Emergency- Combat Aircraft
Swedish Air Force of The Cold War- Combat Aircraft
RAF Sepecat Jaguar Units of The Operation Desert Storm- Combat Aircraft
AT-6 Mosquito Units of The Korean War- Combat Aircraft
USN Skyraider Units of The Korean War- Combat Aircraft
He-219 Uhu Units of WW2- Combat Aircraft
Focke-Wulf Fw-189 Eule Units of The Eastern Front- Combat Aircraft
USAF Special Operations Cannberra Units of The Cold War-Combat Aircraft
A-36 Apache Units of The USAAF- Combat Aircraft
AH-1W Super Cobra Units of OIF- Combat Aircraft
Argentinian A-4 Units of The Falklands War- Combat Aircraft
Mystere/ Super Mystere Units of IDFAF
Jagdgeschwader 5 Eismeer- Aviation Elite
No.111 Sqn.- Aviation Elite
No.197 Sqn.- Aviation Elite
Jagdgeschwader 300/ 301- Aviation Elite
No.617 Sqn.- Aviation Elite
Escadrille Normandie Niemen- Aviation Elite
Jagdgeschwader 400- Aviation Elite
Posted by: Niko Serdar | May 11, 2008 at 07:29 PM
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Aces of the Spanish Civil War appears to be an obvious addition to the Aces series and a neglected topic generally.
Posted by: Brendan Ibbs | May 13, 2008 at 05:18 AM
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Funny you should mention Aces of the Spanish Civil War Brendan. We were discussing them only last week...
Posted by: Richard at Osprey | May 13, 2008 at 08:54 AM
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please take up the combat aircraft series choices made by niko.splendid!i'd buy the lot.
Posted by: neil chapman | May 13, 2008 at 09:55 AM
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The Campaign book I would most like to see would cover the Russian attacks and Mainstein's counterattack around Kharkov in Jan-Mar 1943.
World War 1 battles not fought by the British get short shrift. So,
World War 1 Campaign books:
Warsaw-Lodz 1914
Gorlice-Tarnow 1915
Brusilov Offensive 1916
Roumania 1916
Galicia 1917
Caporetto 1917
1st Marne 1914
2nd Marne 1918
Other Campaign books:
Bangladesh 1971
France 1940
Warsaw 1920
Kirk Kelisse (Adrianople) 1912
Mukden 1905
Plevna 1877
Koniggratz (Sadowa) 1866
Battle Orders:
French Army in both World War 1 & 2
Russian Army in World War 1
Italian Army in World War 2
Fortress:
Forts of Verdun (1876-1918)
Port Arthur (1903-05)
Essential History
The Balkan Wars 1912-13
Posted by: Rick Peterson | May 13, 2008 at 08:06 PM
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Also consider:
Salamis (in Cyprus) 305 BC [Campaign]
Posted by: Rick Peterson | May 13, 2008 at 08:15 PM
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New Vanguard:
German Field Artillery of World War 1
German Heavy Artillery of World War 1
Russian Field Artillery of World War 2
Russian Heavy Artillery of World War 2
Posted by: Rick Peterson | May 13, 2008 at 08:25 PM
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Many diverse interest areas here (including my own previous posts of course). Thinking on biggest holes for 20th century, I really do believe that MAA or Elite titles are needed (regardless of number of votes in the recent polls) for Royal Navy 1914-1918, Imperial German Navy 1914-1918, US Navy 1898-1919, and Imperial Japanese Navy 1937-1945 (might need two volumes). WWI and WWII are well covered, but there should be titles for Naval personnel for WWI and the IJN for WWII.
I also find it interesting that Osprey will place several needed titles in competition during the monthly vote. Kohima 1944, Dien Bien Phu 1954, Rocroi 1643, and Malpaquet 1709 are all very worthy and needed titles.
Posted by: Jay S | May 13, 2008 at 11:47 PM
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Also Consider:
For Campaign of WWII:Koningsburg 1945, Kurland 1944-45, Warsaw Ghetto Uprising 1943, Coral Sea 1942 and US 8th Airforce Campaigns 1942-45
For Campaign of the American Revoultion: Trenton and Princeton 1776-77, Rogers Clark's Northwest Campaign 1778-79 and Moore's Creek 1776.
for Men at Arms: The Greman Werewolf uints 1944-47, The Volksturm units 1944-45, Allied Cavalry units of WW II, The Indian Army WW I, and The Philadelphia City Troop 1774-2008 (One of the oldest National guard units dating back to the American Revolution)
P.S. What ever happen to MAA 36 and 443? Campaign 144, 171 and 173? Elite 99, 100, 119 and 129?
Posted by: Ted | May 16, 2008 at 12:52 AM
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Hi,
I think that a title which must definitely be launched is Byzantine cavalryman 900-1204.
It is a logical followup to the excellent title "Byzantine infantryman" by timothy Dawson.
Also, books on ancient, Medieval and premodern Korean armies are way overdue. Chinese, Japanese and Mongol armies are well covered but there is a massive gap with Korean armies! There is no information on Chosun or Yi dynasty Korean troops. Nor is there any on the three Kingdoms period!
Will anyone at Osprey take note of these suggestions?
Posted by: Tan | May 17, 2008 at 12:23 PM
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Ted - These numbers are allocated at an early stage then for a variety of reasons the work is sometimes not completed or delayed. For example in the case of MAA 443 (Herod the Great) – Angus McBride passed away whilst working on the artwork. We will bring the book out in late 2009 with new artwork. We do reuse numbers where possible. We are planning on using Elite 100 for Axis Booby Traps.
Tan - we take note of the suggestions, send round long lists, discuss them at meetings and argue a bit. You'll be pleased to hear our lists often agree. More updates soon.
Posted by: Richard at Osprey | May 19, 2008 at 09:21 AM
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Byzantine Cavalryman is out in August 2009 by the way.
Posted by: Richard at Osprey | May 19, 2008 at 09:44 AM
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Hi,
Thats great news Richard! I did miss another suggestion though. Titles on Byzantine forts and fortresses seem way over due as well. Considering the Byzantines built many castles and fortlets to secure their empire, there is ample material. Any plans to do one?
Posted by: Tan | May 19, 2008 at 01:36 PM
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Richard,
It is sad to hear that Angus McBride is dead. He did so many beautiful illustrations for Osprey. He will be sorely missed.
Posted by: Rick Peterson | May 19, 2008 at 05:01 PM
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A book that really needs to be put back into print is "The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft." I would happily buy this book, if I could get it at a reasonable price, rather than the exorbitant prices demanded for used copies.
Posted by: Rick Peterson | May 19, 2008 at 08:15 PM
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I have a few more suggestions and a couple of questions. I'll start with the suggestions first.
I think a subject that seems to be missing is the various terrorist/insurgent/separatist groups of the past. I can understand not jumping the gun and including groups from the past 10 or 15 years, since good information is a bit scarce. However, I was thinking more along the lines of Hezbollah, PLO, Hagana, IZL, FARC, Sandinista, Contra, Tamil Tiger, PKK, ASALA, ETA, etc.
Now for my questions:
1) Are you still planning to release the Essential Histories book "Russia's Wars with Chechnya 1994-2003"?
2) Why "Poitiers AD 732" and "Tannenberg 1410" were released under those name and not the more commonly known "Tours" or "Grunwald"; however, "Stalingrad 1942" wasn't released as "Volgograd"?
Posted by: JoJo Dog | May 26, 2008 at 01:37 AM
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More Byzantine titles of course. I'm very pleased with all released to this day, and also very happy bc Byzantine cavarlyman (little long wait time await;)) but there are missing very HUUUUUGE number of for example Campaign series:
MANZIKERT 1071 AD, CONSTANTINOPLE 1204 AD, JUSTINIAN CAMPAIGNS (maybe GOTHIC WARS, VANDAL WARS, PERSIAN WARS or all in one book), same for HERACLIUS CAMPAIGNS, BASIL II BULGARIAN CAMPAIGN etc. Also maybe BYZANTINE FORTRESS title etc.
There is really plenty of unpublished space:)
Posted by: Veki | July 03, 2008 at 04:59 PM
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I have to say something about Indian medieval period.
Its quite understandable that medieval period is the most important period of Indian history.
It was the time during which foreign powers visited India and created a significant effect.
This was the time that introduced so many religion that become a cause for diversity in Indian culture.
There are a lot more that prove the time as an important one in Indian history.
So there is a requirement of steps from authorities to take a few steps to add glories to the time.
ASHU
out sourcing
Posted by: ashu | July 07, 2008 at 08:32 PM
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