Osprey Publishing have just sent us images of the covers of their future releases for January and March 2008.

Before I present the list, a simple 'proviso', that the images for the March releases are provisional and may well change. Those for January are finalized.

Osprey Publishing: January 2008 Releases

German V-Weapon Sites 1943–45
(Fortress 72) is written by Steve Zaloga with illustrations by Hugh Johnson.
64 pages; ISBN: 9781846032479

Contents:

Introduction • The V-weapon programs • Design and development • The Allies intervene • The sites at war • The missile sites in retrospect • The sites today • Further reading • Index

Armored Trains (New Vanguard 140) written by Steve Zaloga with illustrations by Tony Bryan. 48 pages; ISBN: 9781846032424

Contents:

Introduction, Origins, World War I, The Russian Civil War, War of the Empires, Armored Dragons, World War II (Blitzkrieg Armored Trains), Russan Developments, 1922–41, Soviet Armored Trains, 1941–45, Wehrmacht Armored Trains, 1941–45, Other Armored Trains in World War II, The Decline of Armored Trains, Further Reading, Index

Sevastopol 1942 - Von Manstein’s Triumph (Campaign 189) written by Robert Forczyk with illustrations by Howard Gerrard. 96 pages; ISBN: 9781846032219

Contents:

Origins of the campaign, Chronology
Opposing plans, Opposing leaders, Opposing forces. Operation Trappenjagd, 8-21 May 1942, Air and naval operations around Sevastopol 1941-42, Operation Störfang - the third assault on Sevastopol,
Aftermath, The battlefield today, Bibliography,
Index

Osprey Publishing: February 2008 Release

Sherman Firefly (New Vanguard 141) written by David Fletcher with illustrations by Tony Bryan. 48 pages; ISBN: 9781846032776

Osprey Publishing: March 2008 Releases

World War II Infantry Assault Tactics
(Elite 160) written by Gordon L Rottman and illustrated by Peter Dennis. 64 pages; ISBN: 9781846031915

Contents:

Introduction, Physical obstacles: common aspects and characteristics of field fortifications, Human obstacles: the tactics of defending such positions, Weapons available to infantry and their accompanying assault engineers, Assault munitions: improvements in explosives – characteristics and use of bulk charges – pole charges – shaped charges – line charges – chain charges – cratering charges, etc., Organization of assault engineer units, Kit and techniques used by the different main armies in WW II.

SAS Heroes - Remarkable Soldiers, Extraordinary Men (General Military)
written by Pete Scholey with an introduction by Frederick Forsyth. 304 pages; ISBN: 9781846032240

Tools of Violence - Guns, Tanks and Dirty Bombs (General Military) written by Hunter Keeter and Chris McNab. 344 pages; ISBN: 9781846032257

Our thanks to Osprey Publishing for providing the cover images.