Название: Weapons of the Civil War Cavalryman
Автор: M.C. Bishop, Peter Dennis
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия: Osprey Weapon 75
ISBN: 9781472842237
Год издания: 2020
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 81
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 18,5 MB

Fully illustrated, this study assesses the effectiveness of the many different weapons arming the Civil War cavalryman and analyses the strengths and weaknesses of the decisions made after 1865 concerning the armament of the US cavalry.

Название: US Air Cavalry Trooper vs North Vietnamese Soldier: Vietnam 1965-68
Автор: Chris McNab,Johnny Shumate
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия: Osprey Combat 51
ISBN: 9781472841759
Год издания: 2020
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 81
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 25,9 MB

The tactics and technologies of modern air assault - vertical deployment of troops by helicopter or similar means - emerged properly during the 1950s in Korea and Algeria. Yet it was during the Vietnam War that helicopter air assault truly came of age and by 1965 the United States had established fully airmobile battalions, brigades, and divisions, including the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile).This division brought to Vietnam a revolutionary new speed and dexterity in battlefield tactics, using massed helicopters to liberate its soldiers from traditional overland methods of combat manoeuvre.

Название: US Navy Battleships 1895–1908: The Great White Fleet and the beginning of US global naval power
Автор: Brian Lane Herder, Adam Tooby, Paul Wright
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия: Osprey New Vanguard 286
ISBN: 9781472839985
Год издания: 2020
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 49
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 6,5 MB

The last predreadnought battleships of the US Navy were critical to the technological development of US battleships, and they were the first tool of international hard power wielded by the United States, a nation which would eventually become the world's dominant political and military power of the 20th century. These battleships were the stars of the 1907-09 Great White Fleet circumnavigation, in which the emerging power and reach of the US Navy was displayed around the world. They also took part in the bombardment and landings at Veracruz, some served as convoy escorts in World War I, and the last two were transferred to the Hellenic Navy and were sunk during World War II.

Название: US Navy Ships vs Japanese Attack Aircraft: 1941-42
Автор: Mark Stille, Jim Laurier
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия: Osprey Duel 105
ISBN: 9781472836441
Год издания: 2020
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 81
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 12,5 MB

The striking power of the Imperial Japanese Navy's carrier-based attack aircraft was established at Pearl Harbor, and the IJN's carrier-based torpedo and dive-bombers showed their prowess again at the Battle of Coral Sea when they sank the US Navy carrier USS Lexington and damaged the carrier USS Yorktown. Even at the disastrous Battle of Midway, the relatively small number of IJNAF attack- and torpedo-bombers that were launched against the US fleet proved that they remained a potent force by heavily damaging Yorktown again, which allowed an IJN submarine to sink the carrier. At Guadalcanal, IJNAF carrier-based aircraft sank the carrier USS Hornet and badly damaged USS Enterprise twice.

Название: A-4 Skyhawk vs North Vietnamese AAA: North Vietnam 1964-72
Автор: Peter E. Davies, Jim Laurier, Gareth Hector
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия: Osprey Duel 104
ISBN: 9781472840790
Год издания: 2020
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 81
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 13,1 MB

While the F105 Thunderchief was the USAF's principal strike weapon during the Rolling Thunder campaign, the US Navy relied on the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk for the majority of its strikes on North Vietnam. The Skyhawk entered service in 1956 and remained in continuous production for 26 years. Throughout Operation Rolling Thunder it was the US Navy's principal daytime light strike bomber, remaining in use after its replacement, the more sophisticated A-7 Corsair II, began to appear in December 1967.

Название: Arado Ar 234 Bomber and Reconnaissance Units
Автор: Robert Forsyth, Nick Beale, Janusz Swiatlon, Mark Postlethwaite
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия: Osprey Combat Aircraft 134
ISBN: 9781472844392
Год издания: 2020
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 97
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 10,5 MB

When the revolutionary twin jet-powered Arado Ar 234 first appeared in the skies over north-west Europe in the summer of 1944, it represented the state-of-the-art in terms of aeronautical and technical development. The Ar 234 was a formidable aircraft - powered by Jumo 004Bs, the same engine used by the Me 262, and with a maximum speed of 735 km/h and range of 1600 km/h, it was very difficult for the Allies to ‘catch'. Here was a machine that with its superior speed could operate with impunity as both a bomber and in the reconnaissancerole.

Название: Ho Chi Minh Trail 1964-73: Steel Tiger, Barrel Roll, and the secret air wars in Vietnam and Laos
Автор: Peter E. Davies, Adam Tooby
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия: Osprey Air Campaign 18
ISBN: 9781472842534
Год издания: 2020
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 97
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 19,2 MB

The Trails War formed a major part of the so-called ‘secret war' in South East Asia, yet for complex political reasons, including the involvement of the CIA, it received far less coverage than campaigns like Rolling Thunder and Linebacker. Nevertheless, the campaign had a profound effect on the outcome of the war and on its perception in the USA.

Название: He Was My Chief: The Memoirs of Adolf Hitler's Secretary
Автор: Christa Schroeder
Издательство: Pen & Sword
Год: 2012
Формат: PDF (conv)
Страниц: 240
Размер: 1,5 МБ
Язык: Английский

As secretary to the Führer through twelve years of the Third Reich, Christa Schroeder was perfectly placed to observe the actions and behaviour of Adolf Hitler and his henchmen. Her memoir gives fascinating insights into the course of military and political events, the workings of Hitler's inner circle, and the personality of the Nazi dictator and those closest to him. First published in Germany in 1985; translated by Geoffrey Brooks, with an introduction by Roger Moorhouse.

Название: A Companion to World War I
Автор: Editor(s): John Horne
Издательство: Blackwell
Год: 2010
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 716
Размер: 19.1 Мб
Язык: английский

A Companion to the First World War brings together an international team of distinguished historians who provide a series of original and thought-provoking essays on one of the most devastating events in modern history.

Название: Sculthorpe Secrecy and Stealth: Norfolk Airfield in the Cold War
Автор: Peter B. Gunn
Издательство: The History Press
Год: 2014
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 240
Размер: 10,5 Mb
Язык: English

Set in the north Norfolk countryside, Sculthorpe was the hub of offensive operations until its closure in 1944 for upgrading as a base for heavy bombers, its runway ideal for US Strategic Air Command bombers like the B-29. By 1951, it was formally handed over to US control and became a prime front-line nuclear bomber base as well as a center of intelligence gathering via secret surveillance flights over Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. There are many unanswered questions about the base during this period, not least regarding the "RAF Special Duties Flight" which carried out two over flights of the Soviet Union in 1952 and 1954. After 1962, the airfield once again became a stand-by base used by the USAF, the RAF, and the Army.