Upcoming Osprey Titles (War At Sea) - New Releases 2024

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Upcoming Osprey Titles (War At Sea) - New Releases 2024 Aug 2, 2021 15:41:01 GMT nrnstraswa, CommanderSam, and 2 more like this

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New releases for 2024 announced

These are just the WW2 titles with a war at sea interest:

2024

Air Campaign: Philippines 1944 (Carrier Raids Pre-Leyte), Sumatra 1944-45 (Carrier Raids), Tokyo 1944-45 (Part Carrier Raids)
Campaign: Battle Of The Atlantic (1) 1939-41 (Naval Perspective)(Multiple Volumes - Probably 3), Borneo 1945, Oran & Dakar 1940, Philippines Naval Campaign 1944-45 (Post-Leyte)
Combat Aircraft: H6K 'Mavis' & H8K 'Emily' Units
Fleet: D-Day Fleet 1944 (1)(Of 2 Volumes) US Sector, Italian Battle Fleet 1940-43, Japanese Combined Fleet 1942-43, Royal Navy Home Fleet 1939-41, US Pacific Fleet 1941
New Vanguard: British Lend-Lease Ships Of WW2, Soviet Cruisers 1917-45, Warships In the Komandorski Islands 1943

2023

Air Campaign: Operation Ro-Go 1943, South China Sea 1945
Campaign: Cape Matapan 1941, Early (US CV) Pacific Raids 1942, Japanese Indian Ocean Raid 1942, Naval Battles Of Crete 1941, Operation Pedestal 1942
Combat aircraft: Ki-49 'Helen' Units
Dogfight (New 2022 Series): A6M2/3 'Zero' 1942, F4F Wildcat 1942
Duel: Allied Warships VS Atlantic Wall 1944, HGK 'Mavis'/H8K 'Emily' VS PB4Y-1/2 Liberator/Privateer, Sunderland VS U-Boat 1943, US Destroyers VS U-Boats 1941-45
Fleet (New 2023 Series): British Pacific Fleet 1944-45, Japanese Combined Fleet 1941-42
New Vanguard: British Escort Warships 1939-45, Soviet Motor Gunboats Of WW2

2022

Not in release date order!

Air Campaign: Arctic Convoys 1942, The Kamikaze Campaign 1944/45, The Raid On Truk 1944,

Campaign: Battle Of The Barents Sea 1942, Battle Of The East China Sea 1945, Battle(s) Of Leyte Gulf 1944 (2 Volumes), Narvik 1940, Malta 1940-1942,

Combat Aircraft: D4Y 'Judy' Units

Duel: British/Commonwealth Cruisers VS Italian Cruisers, Dauntless VS Zero 1942-1944, Royal Navy Torpedo Bombers VS Axis Warships, USN Subs VS IJN Escort Ships

New Vanguard: Graf Zeppelin/German & Italian Aircraft Carrier Development, Polish Navy Of WW2, Super Battleships (Projected) Of WW2

Raid: The Capture Of U-505

Releasing this month: Raid: Big Guns(German Raiders) In The Atlantic 1939-1941, DUEL: German Heavy Cruisers VS British Heavy Cruisers 1941-1943

Recently Released: ACM: Battle(s) Of The Atlantic (2 Volumes)(Air Perspective), CAM: Battle Of North Cape 1943, CA: Arado 196 Units, DUEL: German Battleships VS British Battleships 1941-1943, JU87 VS British Aircraft Carriers 1941-1942.

Last Edit: Aug 9, 2023 3:18:42 GMT by gaz01

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au64 Deck E playtester Posts: 1,823	Upcoming Osprey Titles (War At Sea) - New Releases 2024 Aug 2, 2021 18:55:15 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by au64 on Aug 2, 2021 18:55:15 GMT Thanks for posting this Gaz!!!

nrnstraswa Forumini Lieutenant Posts: 614	Upcoming Osprey Titles (War At Sea) - New Releases 2024 Aug 13, 2021 2:38:07 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by nrnstraswa on Aug 13, 2021 2:38:07 GMT Excellent, I love the Osprey books. I recently got one on American pre-war Heavy Cruisers.
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raevski Administrator Cooking with gas Posts: 1,569	Upcoming Osprey Titles (War At Sea) - New Releases 2024 Aug 13, 2021 4:44:46 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by raevski on Aug 13, 2021 4:44:46 GMT I recently bought the one about the Dutch Navy and learnt Isaac Sweers had an armour scheme similar to a crusier. Maybe she should be armour 3 instead of 2

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Upcoming Osprey Titles (War At Sea) - New Releases 2024 Aug 16, 2021 1:08:24 GMT

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Post by gaz01 on Aug 16, 2021 1:08:24 GMT

No Probs!

Its going to be interesting to see where the naval New Vanguards go. Many of the obvious subjects have been covered, so more obscure will be getting done. Expect a volume on RN & Comm. misc. small escorts at some point. France & Russia have only had one title and Italy's next will likely be submarines. Osprey have never seemingly had a long term objective in term of title planning. Because they have previously rush covered certain areas, the less obscure are ending up getting better coverage. For example a full title for the US four stacker destroyers whereas all the later class were crammed into two volumes. Same with two volumes on the RN DDs, they ended up with pretty much no room for a decent service history. With better foresight all these could have been spread into more volumes with less classes per and would have been very welcome.

For what the series is though you get excellent pics, artwork and general details. Certainly if you look at some of the earlier titles (several German, RN BCs etc.) they have improved in these areas. The latter now look dated with poorer(cutaway)artwork and less quality pictures(printing?). Naturally some of the most popular topics across all series were done early on. So some areas have ended up with the best known being covered least well and the least known getting covered the best!

Several big CAM titles have or are been redone with multiple volumes for this reason.

Last Edit: Aug 16, 2021 1:09:18 GMT by gaz01

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Upcoming Osprey Titles (War At Sea) - New Releases 2024 Sept 4, 2021 4:28:06 GMT nrnstraswa likes this

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Post by Striker on Sept 4, 2021 4:28:06 GMT

This looks interesting I'll have a good look at the one about the Graf Zeppelin.

Here's a list of my collection as it is ATM.

NEW VANGUARD
114 US Carriers
169 US Fast Battleships
229 US Standard Battleships 1941 - 45 (1)
220 US Standard Battleships 1941 - 45 (2)
162 US Destroyer 1934 - 45
165 US Destroyer 1942 - 45
118 US Submarine 1941 - 45
168 British Carriers
154 British Battleships 1939 - 45 (1)
88 British Battlecruiser
190 British Heavy Cruiser
194 British Light Cruiser
129 British Submarines
226 Commonwealth Cruisers
266 French Battleships
109 IJN Carriers
146 IJN Battleships
176 IJN Heavy Cruisers
187 IJN Light Cruisers
198 IJN Destroyers (1)
202 IJN Destroyers (2)
135 IJN Submarines
71 German Battleships
75 German Pocket Battleships
81 German Heavy Cruisers
84 German Light Cruisers
91 German Destroyers
182 Italian Battleships
258 Italian Cruisers
 292 Italian Destroyers

283 US Guided Missiles
276 German Guided Missiles

DUEL
69 US CV Aircraft Vs Yamato
83 US BB Vs IJN BB
107 British BB Vs German BB

7 Sink the Tirpitz

33 U-47 in Scapa Flow

Last Edit: Sept 4, 2021 4:29:18 GMT by Striker

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Upcoming Osprey Titles (War At Sea) - New Releases 2024 Sept 6, 2021 12:14:43 GMT

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Post by Striker on Sept 6, 2021 12:14:43 GMT

Aug 16, 2021 1:08:24 GMT gaz01 said:

No Probs!

Its going to be interesting to see where the naval New Vanguards go. Many of the obvious subjects have been covered, so more obscure will be getting done. Expect a volume on RN & Comm. misc. small escorts at some point. France & Russia have only had one title and Italy's next will likely be submarines. Osprey have never seemingly had a long term objective in term of title planning. Because they have previously rush covered certain areas, the less obscure are ending up getting better coverage. For example a full title for the US four stacker destroyers whereas all the later class were crammed into two volumes. Same with two volumes on the RN DDs, they ended up with pretty much no room for a decent service history. With better foresight all these could have been spread into more volumes with less classes per and would have been very welcome.

For what the series is though you get excellent pics, artwork and general details. Certainly if you look at some of the earlier titles (several German, RN BCs etc.) they have improved in these areas. The latter now look dated with poorer(cutaway)artwork and less quality pictures(printing?). Naturally some of the most popular topics across all series were done early on. So some areas have ended up with the best known being covered least well and the least known getting covered the best!

Several big CAM titles have or are been redone with multiple volumes for this reason.

I agree with all of what you said however I think they are expanding on some of the earlier content with the Duel series.
I'm finding them light reading and a nice "Quick Reference Guide" for a specific subject when I don't want to spend a lot of time searching between pages on Wikipedia. Very handy when designing.

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Upcoming Osprey Titles (War At Sea) - New Releases 2024 Sept 13, 2021 19:33:48 GMT

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Post by gaz01 on Sept 13, 2021 19:33:48 GMT

Well that NVG list looks familiar!

Five more upcoming titles I missed first time round and added to the original post:

Air Campaign: Arctic Convoys 1942
Duel: British/Commonwealth Cruisers VS Italian Cruisers, Royal Navy Torpedo Bombers VS Axis Warships
Raid: The Capture Of U-505
New Vanguard: Super Battleships (Projected) Of WW2

Regarding the Duel series I have mixed feelings towards it. It should concentrate on areas that won't be covered in individual titles, skirmishes etc. I've just bought the British VS German cruisers title and was disappointed to see most of it already covered in other series. The technical info is already available in the New Vanguards and the battles cover those already told in Campaigns! I had the same thing with the British VS German Battleship title. It was released the same month as the CAM title on North Cape and that action again as well as others already told. I'm going to look at getting those that aren't duplicating in future. The US sub VS IJN Escorts will offer individual action that aren't already covered but I know the Dauntless VS Zero will just be a rehash of what's already in Combat aircraft and Cam titles. I've stayed away from a lot of the Duel aircraft titles for this reason.

As a stand alone and if you don't have the other series it's not a problem but most do. Osprey has been getting flak for duplication across several areas. D Day is still getting flooded with titles. The big bombing build up 'Operation Pointblank' CAM was done a while ago, yet we have a full upcoming CAM title on the heavy bombing on the day itself. A lot of pages to fill out for a bombing overshoot. All the NVG D Day tank titles have been rehashed multiple times, CAM titles covering same battles have been done, I think all that's left is for a title devoted to why Rommel missed the landings and what he was having for breakfast!

Also I've just got the Big Guns in the Atlantic Raid title and it is very good. It covers actions not done in other series, the Jervis Bay Sinking, Rawalpindi sinking etc.

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nrnstraswa Forumini Lieutenant Posts: 614	Upcoming Osprey Titles (War At Sea) - New Releases 2024 Oct 14, 2021 4:28:40 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by nrnstraswa on Oct 14, 2021 4:28:40 GMT Good stuff, I just got the Osprey book on Japanese Heavy Cruisers.
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Upcoming Osprey Titles (War At Sea) - New Releases 2024 Oct 17, 2021 1:16:10 GMT

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Post by CptHellcat on Oct 17, 2021 1:16:10 GMT

Nice, I'll definitely be getting some of these titles. I have at least 60 titles now, mostly New Vanguard and Campaign, and I have at least 60 more on my wish list. Very helpful for making historical scenarios for both WaS and AAM and for info on naval and air units.

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Upcoming Osprey Titles (War At Sea) - New Releases 2024 Oct 19, 2021 20:30:56 GMT

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Post by gaz01 on Oct 19, 2021 20:30:56 GMT

A few days ago I saw 40 odd naval New Vanguards listed on ebay. About three quarters WW2 with a few pre/post titles. £120 all in. They weren't listed for long. Bargain for somebody needing the majority. I hope they went to a deserving buyer!

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Upcoming Osprey Titles (War At Sea) - New Releases 2024 Jun 1, 2022 19:59:33 GMT nrnstraswa likes this

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Post by gaz01 on Jun 1, 2022 19:59:33 GMT

A lot of these have hit or are hitting the shelves.

Quick glanced at the Axis carriers new vanguard title and it looks a very good coverage of those projected. The Barents Sea title will be solid if the North Cape title is anything to go by although the artwork is not the best. Not a fan of the CGI-ish look and the three plates are on RN cruisers and two on the large German ships. Nothing showing the heroic Onslow or stalwart Achates, missed a chance to emphasise the small ships!

Passed over the Kamikaze campaign title for now though, as its likely to partly duplicate what's gone before in other series(East China sea, Naval siege of Japan etc. but looking forward to the second Leyte Gulf title next month, to read with the first.

Last Edit: Jun 1, 2022 20:00:46 GMT by gaz01

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gaz01 Forumini Lieutenant Posts: 558	Upcoming Osprey Titles (War At Sea) - New Releases 2024 Aug 30, 2022 20:48:33 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by gaz01 on Aug 30, 2022 20:48:33 GMT New 2023 releases announced - see original post
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Striker Forumini Ensign Sometimes you need to lose to win. Posts: 425	Upcoming Osprey Titles (War At Sea) - New Releases 2024 Sept 27, 2022 14:36:33 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Striker on Sept 27, 2022 14:36:33 GMT I've picked up the German/Italian Carriers. Interesting reading I wonder why we don't have some of the proposed aircraft in W@S?

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Upcoming Osprey Titles (War At Sea) - New Releases 2024 Sept 28, 2022 1:39:00 GMT via mobile

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Sept 27, 2022 14:36:33 GMT Striker said:

I've picked up the German/Italian Carriers. Interesting reading I wonder why we don't have some of the proposed aircraft in W@S?

What are the aircraft that were proposed?

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