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Images of War Books in Order

Images of War contains 181 books, published between 1985 and 2026. The first book is United States Navy Destroyers of World War II (1985) and the newest is Hitler's Vengeance Weapons: V-1, V-2 and V-3 Launch Sites (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
181
Published
1985–2026
Pages on record
1,232 in 7 of 181 books
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Images of War is a military history series of photographic books, most of them on the Second World War. 181 titles span 1985 to 2026, opening with United States Navy Destroyers of World War II (1985) and reaching Hitler's Vengeance Weapons: V-1, V-2 and V-3 Launch Sites in 2026. Volumes cover campaigns, armour, aircraft, guns and the merchant marine, drawing on wartime photographic archives. The median volume runs 176 pages, and Images of War continues.

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How many Images of War books are there?

Images of War has 181 books, released between 1985 and 2026.

Images of War Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 181 Images of War books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of November 2026.

  1. Cover of Merchant Sailors At War 1939-1945, book 2 of the Images of War series (1998)
  2. Cover of D-Day: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives by Francis Crosby, book 6 of the Images of War series (2004)
  3. Cover of Himmler's Nazi Concentration Camp Guards by Ian Baxter, book 29 of the Images of War series (2013)
  1. 1
    United States Navy Destroyers of World War II1985 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1985160
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  2. 2
    Merchant Sailors At War 1939-19451998 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998224
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  3. 3
    The English Electric Lightning1998 · confirmed 1/4
    1998–
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  4. 4
    German Armoured Warfare of WWII2003 · confirmed 1/4
    2003–
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  5. 5
    D-Day2004 · confirmed 1/4
    2004–
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  6. 6
    D-Day: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives2004 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004112
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  7. 7
    Battle Of The Bulge2004 · confirmed 1/4
    2004–
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  8. 8
    Victory In Europe2005 · confirmed 1/4
    2005–
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  9. 9
    Hitler's Panzers2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
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  10. 10
    German Guns Of The Third Reich2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
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  11. 11
    Torpedo Bombers2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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  12. 12
    The U-Boat War2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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  13. 13
    Crushing of Poland2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  14. 14
    Hitler's Defeat On The Eastern Front2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  15. 15
    Auschwitz Death Camp2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  16. 16
    Blitzkrieg In The West2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  17. 17
    Berlin2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  18. 18
    Operation Barbarossa: Hitler's Invasion of Russia2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  19. 19
    Retreat to Berlin2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  20. 20
    Armoured Warfare on the Eastern Front2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  21. 21
    Flying Legends of World War II: Archive and Colour Photos of Famous Allied Aircraft2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  22. 22
    Winston Churchill2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  23. 23
    Armoured Warfare in the North African Campaign2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  24. 24
    Final Days Of The Reich2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  25. 25
    Armoured Warfare in the Battle for Normandy2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  26. 26
    B-17 Memphis Belle: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  27. 27
    Consolidated B-24 Liberator2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  28. 28
    Kalashnikov in Combat2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  29. 29
    Himmler's Nazi Concentration Camp Guards2013 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013112
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  30. 30
    Armoured Warfare in the Korean War2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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Where to start with Images of War

Start with United States Navy Destroyers of World War II (1985), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Images of War book?

Hitler's Vengeance Weapons: V-1, V-2 and V-3 Launch Sites (2026) is the newest Images of War book released so far.

Is there a new Images of War book coming?

No next Images of War book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Images of War at a glance

Still running
Images of War is still running, with a title published as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Images of War books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
1,232 pages across the 7 of 181 books with a recorded length, a median of 176 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Images of War books, 120 of 181, were published in the 2010s.
Attribution
Of the 181 titles, 68 are credited to Ian Baxter, 23 to Anthony Tucker-Jones, 12 to Philip Kaplan and 11 to Michael Green. A further 39 writers are credited.

When Images of War books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Images of War titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 120 titles.

1980s
1
1990s
2
2000s
11
2010s
120
2020s
47

181 books total across 5 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

What the Images of War books are about

7 of the 181 Images of War books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: world war, 1939-1945 is tagged on 7 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

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