Book cover for A Strange Campaign: The Battle For Madagascar by Russell Phillips. There is a photograph of British troops going ashore from a landing craft, overlaid with a Union Jack. There is another photo of French prisoners of war escorted by British troops, overlaid with a French Tricolore.

A Strange Campaign available for pre-order

Posted on 8th September 20208th September 2020 by Russell Phillips

On 5th May next year my next book, A Strange Campaign: The Battle for Madagascar, will be published. This coincides with the anniversary of Operation Ironclad, which marked the start of the campaign. ... Read More

Artillery of the Warsaw Pact now available

Posted on 22nd August 201822nd August 2018 by Russell Phillips

I’m happy to announce that Artillery of the Warsaw Pact, the third book in my Weapons and Equipment of the Warsaw Pact series, has been released. Artillery of the Warsaw Pact provides a compelli... Read More

Reconnaissance Mission: Get free article previews, win books

Posted on 1st August 20171st August 2017 by Russell Phillips

To mark the launch of my new series, I’ve set up a little competition. Throughout August, five pages on the website will have a silhouette of a Warsaw Pact vehicle: If you find a silhouette, cli... Read More

Pre-Order Tanks and Combat Vehicles of the Warsaw Pact

Posted on 26th May 201729th November 2017 by Russell Phillips

I’m happy to announce that the first book in my new Weapons and Equipment of the Warsaw Pact series is now available for pre-order. Tanks and Combat Vehicles of the Warsaw Pact will be released ... Read More

Winter Offensive Sale

Posted on 26th December 201621st December 2016 by Russell Phillips

The Wargame Vault Winter Offensive sale has started. All participating books (including all of mine) are available at 25% off. If you’d like to be notified of sales like this in future, join my mail... Read More

New Book: A Ray Of Light

Posted on 18th July 201618th July 2016 by Russell Phillips

My latest book is now available – A Ray of Light: Reinhard Heydrich, Lidice, and the North Staffordshire Miners In March 2013, I was at the Potteries Museum in Stoke-on-Trent with my son. We wer... Read More

Operation Nimrod now available

Posted on 6th October 20156th October 2015 by Russell Phillips

Operation Nimrod is now available in paperback, ebook, audio book, and app formats. Ebook The ebook is available from Amazon, Apple iBooks, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, Google Play, and Wargame Vault. P... Read More

Operation Nimrod available for pre-order

Posted on 13th July 201513th July 2015 by Russell Phillips

I’m very happy to announce that Operation Nimrod will be available in October. This is an account of the 1980 Iranian embassy siege, when six terrorists held twenty-six hostages at the Iranian e... Read More

Large Print, Free Books, Translations

Posted on 29th September 20144th December 2014 by Russell Phillips

I have several news items to pass on. A Damn Close-Run Thing is now available in large print. This is something of an experiment – if sales figures suggest that large print is in demand, then I&... Read More

Save Up To 40% With These Bundles

Posted on 3rd September 20144th December 2014 by Russell Phillips

My publishing company, Shilka Publishing, has set up two bundles on Wargame Vault (they aren’t available anywhere else). The bundles represent savings of 33-40%, compared to buying the individua... Read More