Series Osprey Fortress

112 Works Popularity 8,569 (1,358 Members) 6,278 Books 71 Reviews ½ 3.7
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Japanese Pacific Island Defenses 1941-45 by Gordon L. Rottman 71 copies, 1 review1
Hadrian's Wall AD 122-410 by Nic Fields 110 copies2
U-Boat Bases and Bunkers 1941-45 by Gordon Williamson 81 copies, 1 review3
American Defenses of Corregidor and Manila Bay 1898-1945 by Mark A. Berhow 70 copies4
Japanese Castles 1540-1640 by Stephen Turnbull 105 copies, 2 reviews5
American Civil War Fortifications 1: Coastal Brick and Stone Forts by Angus Konstam 66 copies6
Lines of Torres Vedras 1809-11 by Ian Fletcher 54 copies7
Defenses of Pearl Harbor & Oahu 1907-50 by Glen Williford 73 copies8
English Civil War Fortifications by Peter Harrington 53 copies, 1 review9
The Maginot Line 1928-45 by William Allcorn 82 copies, 1 review10
Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights 1: The Red-Bricked Castles of Prussia, 1230-1466 by Stephen Turnbull 68 copies, 1 review11
Fortresses of the Peninsular War 1808-14 by Ian Fletcher 52 copies12
Norman Stone Castles 1: The British Isles 1066-1216 by Christopher Gravett 75 copies, 1 review13
Fortifications in Wessex, c.800-1066 by Ryan Lavelle 62 copies, 1 review14
Germany's West Wall: The Siegfried Line by Neil Short 52 copies, 1 review15
The Fortifications of Malta 1530-1945 by Charles Stephenson 61 copies, 1 review16
Troy C. 1700-1250 BC by Nic Fields 126 copies, 1 review17
Norman Stone Castles 2: Europe 950-1204 by Christopher Gravett 66 copies, 1 review18
Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights, Vol. 2: The Stone Castles of Latvia and Estonia, 1185-1560 by Stephen Turnbull 78 copies, 1 review19
British Home Defences 1940-45 by Bernard Lowry 51 copies20
Crusader Castles in the Holy Land 1097-1192 by David Nicolle 70 copies, 2 reviews21
Mycenaean Citadels c. 1350-1200 BC by Nic Fields 61 copies, 3 reviews22
German Field Fortifications 1939-45 by Gordon L. Rottman 61 copies23
Fortifications of the Western Front 1914-18 by Paddy Griffith 81 copies24
The Walls of Constantinople AD 324-1453 by Stephen Turnbull 94 copies, 2 reviews25
Afghanistan Cave Complexes 1979-2004: Mountain Strongholds of the Mujahideen, Taliban & Al Qaeda by Mir Bahmanyar 77 copies, 1 review26
French Fortresses in North America 1535-1763: Québec, Montréal, Louisbourg and New Orleans by Rene Chartrand 79 copies27
Forts of the American Frontier 1820-91: Central and Northern Plains by Ron Field 60 copies28
US World War II and Korean War Field Fortifications 1941-53 by Gordon L. Rottman 46 copies29
Fort Eben Emael: The Key to Hitler's Victory in the West by Simon Dunstan 62 copies, 1 review30
Rome's Northern Frontier AD 70-235: Beyond Hadrian's Wall by Nic Fields 74 copies31
Crusader Castles in the Holy Land 1192-1302 by David Nicolle 61 copies, 2 reviews32
Special Forces Camps in Vietnam 1961-70 by Gordon L. Rottman 53 copies33
Japanese Fortified Temples and Monasteries AD 710-1602 by Stephen Turnbull 84 copies34
British Fortifications in Zululand 1879 by Ian Knight 37 copies35
US Strategic and Defensive Missile Systems 1950-2004 by Mark Berhow 86 copies36
D-Day Fortifications in Normandy by Steven J. Zaloga 72 copies, 1 review37
American Civil War Fortifications 2: Land and Field Fortifications by Ron Field 50 copies38
Russian Fortresses 1480-1682 by Konstantin Nossov 48 copies39
Ancient Greek Fortifications 500-300 BC by Nic Fields 66 copies, 1 review40
The Channel Islands 1941-45: Hitler's Impregnable Fortress by Charles Stephenson 57 copies41
The Vauban Fortifications of France by Paddy Griffith 68 copies42
Roman Legionary Fortresses 27 BC-AD 378 by Duncan B Campbell 73 copies43
American Coastal Defences 1885-1950 by Terrance McGovern 56 copies, 1 review44
German Defences in Italy in World War II by Neil Short 52 copies45
Castles and Tower Houses of the Scottish Clans 1450-1650 by Stuart Reid 66 copies, 2 reviews46
Fortifications of the Incas 1200-1531 by H. W. Kaufmann 53 copies47
Viet Cong and NVA Tunnels and Fortifications of the Vietnam War by Gordon L. Rottman 56 copies48
The Spanish Main 1492-1800 by Rene Chartrand 51 copies, 1 review49
The Forts of Celtic Britain by Angus Konstam 70 copies50
Indian Castles 1206-1526: The Rise and Fall of the Delhi Sultanate by Konstantin Nossov 58 copies, 2 reviews51
The Fortifications of Gibraltar 1068-1945 by Darren Fa 68 copies, 1 review52
Defending Space: US Anti-Satellite Warfare and Space Weaponry (Fortress) by Clayton Chun 43 copies53
Forts of the American Frontier 1820-91: The Southern Plains and Southwest (Fortress) by Ron Field 55 copies54
Cathar Castles: Fortresses of the Albigensian Crusade 1209-1300 by Marcus Cowper 61 copies, 1 review55
Rome's Saxon Shore: Coastal Defences of Roman Britain AD 250-500 by Nic Fields 68 copies56
The Great Wall of China 221 BC - AD 1644 by Stephen Turnbull 59 copies, 2 reviews57
Vietnam Firebases 1965-73: American and Australian Forces by Randy E. M. Foster 52 copies58
Crusader Castles in Cyprus, Greece and the Aegean 1191-1571 by David Nicolle 55 copies, 1 review59
The Forts of the Meuse in World War I by Clayton Donnell 50 copies60
Medieval Russian Fortresses AD 862-1480 by Konstantin S. Nossov 54 copies, 1 review61
The Atlantic Wall 1: France by Steven J. Zaloga 51 copies, 1 review63
The Castles of Edward I in Wales 1277-1307 by Christopher Gravett 57 copies, 1 review64
The Forts of Judaea 168 BC-AD 73: From the Maccabees to the Fall of Masada by Samuel Rocca 63 copies, 1 review65
The Castles of Henry VIII by Peter Harrington 55 copies, 1 review66
Japanese Castles in Korea 1592-98 by Stephen Turnbull 50 copies, 1 review67
American Civil War Fortifications 3: The Mississippi and River Forts by Ron Field 50 copies68
The Berlin Wall: and the Inner-German Border 1961-89 by Gordon L. Rottman 55 copies, 1 review69
Strongholds of the Border Reivers: Fortifications of the Anglo-Scottish Border 1296-1603 by Keith Durham 55 copies, 1 review70
The Walls of Rome by Nic Fields 57 copies, 1 review71
German V-Weapon Sites 1943-45 by Steven J. Zaloga 46 copies72
Hittite Fortifications c.1650-700 BC by Konstantin S. Nossov 67 copies73
Japanese Castles AD 250-1540 by Stephen Turnbull 55 copies, 2 reviews74
The Forts of New France in Northeast America 1600-1763 by Rene Chartrand 56 copies75
Saracen Strongholds AD 630-1050: The Middle East and Central Asia by David Nicolle 54 copies, 1 review76
The Stalin and Molotov Lines: Soviet Western Defences 1928-41 by Neil Short 47 copies, 1 review77
The German Fortress of Metz 1870-1944 by Clayton Donnell 49 copies78
Israeli Fortifications of the October War 1973 by Simon Dunstan 42 copies, 1 review79
British Forts in the Age of Arthur by Angus Konstam 54 copies, 2 reviews80
Maori Fortifications (Fortress) by Ian Knight 31 copies, 1 review81
Scottish Baronial Castles 1250-1450 by Michael Brown 40 copies, 1 review82
Roman Auxiliary Forts 27 BC-AD 378 (Fortress) by Duncan B Campbell 53 copies, 1 review83
Chinese Walled Cities 221 BC-AD 1644 (Fortress) by Stephen Turnbull 46 copies, 1 review84
Scapa Flow: The Defences of Britain's Great Fleet Anchorage 1914-45 by Angus Konstam 61 copies85
English Castles 1200-1300 by Christopher Gravett 41 copies, 1 review86
Saracen Strongholds 1100-1500: The Central and Eastern Islamic Lands by David Nicolle 43 copies, 1 review87
The Mannerheim Line 1920-39: Finnish Fortifications of the Winter War by Bair Irincheev 45 copies88
The Atlantic Wall 2: Belgium, The Netherlands, Denmark and Norway by Steven J. Zaloga 46 copies89
Greek Fortifications of Asia Minor 500-130 BC: From the Persian Wars to the Roman Conquest by Konstantin Nossov 40 copies90
The Fortifications of Ancient Israel and Judah 1200-586 BC by Samuel Rocca 43 copies91
Strongholds of the Picts: The fortifications of Dark Age Scotland by Angus Konstam 65 copies, 2 reviews92
The Forts of New France: The Great Lakes, the Plains and the Gulf Coast 1600-1763 by Rene Chartrand 49 copies93
Spanish Colonial Fortifications in North America 1565-1822 by Alejandro de Quesada 47 copies94
Ottoman Fortifications 1300-1710 by David Nicolle 37 copies95
The Fortress of Rhodes 1309-1522 by Konstantin Nossov 36 copies, 1 review96
Colditz: Oflag IV-C by Michael McNally 26 copies97
The Fortifications of Ancient Egypt 3000-1780 BC by Carola Vogel 43 copies98
Defense of Japan 1945 by Steven J. Zaloga 45 copies, 1 review99
The Fuhrer's Headquarters: Hitler's Command Bunkers 1939-45 by Neil Short 43 copies, 1 review100
The Forts of Colonial North America: British, Dutch and Swedish Colonies by Rene Chartrand 52 copies101
Defense of the Rhine 1944-45 by Steven J. Zaloga 33 copies102
Fortifications of Verdun 1874-1917 by Clayton Donnell 32 copies103
Fortress Monasteries of the Himalayas: Tibet, Ladakh, Nepal and Bhutan by Peter Harrison 36 copies, 1 review104
Forts of the American Frontier 1776-1891: California, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska by Ron Field 33 copies, 1 review105
Forts of the War of 1812 by Rene Chartrand 39 copies, 1 review106
Defense of the Third Reich 1941-45 (Fortress) by Steven J. Zaloga 45 copies107
Germany’s East Wall in World War II (Fortress) by Neil Short 32 copies, 1 review108
The Atlantic Wall (3): The Sudwall (Fortress) by Steven J. Zaloga 31 copies, 1 review109
Forts of the American Revolution 1775-83 (Fortress) by Rene Chartrand 33 copies110
The Hindenburg Line (Fortress) by Patrick R. Osborn 24 copies111
Defenses of Bermuda 1612–1995 (Fortress) by Terrance McGovern 21 copies112
Moscow Kremlin, The: Russia’s Fortified Heart (Fortress) by Mark Galeotti 21 copies, 1 review113

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Each book examines the history, evolution, military architecture and natural setting of the world's most important fortification systems. Cutaway artwork and exploded diagrams reveal the key features of each subject. (English, Unclassified)

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