Название: Before the Military Revolution: European Warfare and the Rise of the Early Modern State 1300–1490
Автор: Alexander Querengasser
Издательство: Oxbow Books
Год: 2021
Страниц: 349
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (conv), epub (true), mobi
Размер: 10.3 MB

Before the Military Revolution examines European Warfare in the Late Middle Ages from 1300 to 1490. It is not restricted only to well-covered conflicts, like the Anglo-Scottish Wars or the Hundred Years War, but gives due weight to all regions of Europe, including the Empire, the Baltic, the Balkans and the Mediterranean, and considers developments in naval warfare. The Hussite Wars and the wars of the Teutonic Order and the Hanseatic League are covered, as is the expansion of Moscow, the Ottomans and Venice, and battles like Aussig (1426), Copenhagen (1428), Chojnice (1454) are discussed alongside Bannockburn and Agincourt.

Название: Inside the Battle That Changed the Course of the Civil War (Witness to Gettysburg)
Автор: Richard Wheeler
Издательство: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811739856
Год: 2021
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 288
Размер: 32,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

From the events that led to the clash at Gettysburg in July 1863 to the retreat of Robert E. Lee's defeated Confederates, Richard Wheeler uses the words of participants—both Northern and Southern—to bring one of the Civil War's bloodiest, most pivotal battles to life. Wheeler blends these compelling personal accounts into a startlingly vivid tapestry of war and a dramatic narrative that entertains as well as informs. This is eyewitness history at its best.

Название: All About History Heroes of World War II - 2nd Edition, 2022
Автор: Коллектив
Издательство: Future
Год: 2022
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 131
Размер: 48,0 МБ
Язык: Английский

All About History Heroes of World War II - 2nd Edition, 2022

Название: Reading Hitler's Mind: The Intelligence Failure that led to WW2
Автор: Norman Ridley
Издательство: Frontline Books
Год: 2022
Страниц: 183
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 10.6 MB

Most strongly associated with Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, it is often stated that Britain’s policy of appeasement was instituted in the 1930s in the hope of avoiding war with Hitler’s Nazi Germany. At the time, appeasement was viewed by many as a popular and seemingly pragmatic policy. In this book the author sets out to show how appeasement was not a naïve attempt to secure a lasting peace by resolving German grievances, but a means of buying time for rearmament. By the middle of the 1930s, British policy was based on the presumption that the balance of power had already dramatically shifted in Germany’s favour. It was felt that Britain, chiefly for economic reasons, was unable to restore the balance, and that extensive concessions to Germany would not satisfy Hitler, whose aggressive policies intensified the already high risk of war..

Название: Persia Triumphant in Greece: Xerxes' Invasion: Thermopylae, Artemisium and the Destruction of Athens
Автор: Manousos E Kambouris
Издательство: Pen and Sword Military
Год: 2022
Страниц: 241
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 24.1 MB

This is the epic story of the Great Persian War of 481-479 BC, the major land and sea Persian invasion of Greece under Xerxes. Starting from the Persian decision to avenge the outrage caused to imperial prestige by the battle of Marathon, this book details the policy, diplomacy and religion as they intermingle with matters of strategy and tactics. It includes detailed coverage of the legendary Battle of Thermopylae, immortalized in literature and film as the ultimate defiant last stand. There is similarly in-depth coverage, in terms of events, tactics, methods and intentions, afforded to the relatively unknown sea battles off Cape Artemisium, only recently dramatized for the Big Screen; a naval engagement that primed the Battle of Salamis. Special attention has been paid to the events following these two battles, leading to the bloody conquest of Athens and the implementation of vengeance by the Persian Empire, which for a brief time stood triumphant, victorious and awesome as never before, but also sowed the seeds of eventual defeat.

Название: The Medieval Crossbow: A Weapon Fit to Kill a King
Автор: Stuart Ellis-Gorman
Издательство: Pen and Sword Military
Год: 2022
Страниц: 238
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 26.1 MB

The crossbow is an iconic weapon of the Middle Ages and, alongside the longbow, one of the most effective ranged weapons of the pre-gunpowder era. Unfortunately, despite its general fame it has been decades since an in-depth history of the medieval crossbow has been published, which is why Stuart Ellis-Gorman’s detailed, accessible, and highly illustrated study is so valuable. The Medieval Crossbow approaches the history of the crossbow from two directions. The first is a technical study of the design and construction of the medieval crossbow, the many different kinds of crossbows used during the Middle Ages, and finally a consideration of the relationship between crossbows and art.

Название: English Rebels and Revolutionaries
Автор: Stephen Basdeo
Издательство: Pen and Sword History
Год: 2022
Страниц: 298
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 12.6 MB

Throughout history brave Englishmen and women have never been afraid to rise up against their unjust rulers and demand their rights. Barely a century has gone by without England being witness to a major uprising against the government of the day, often resulting in a fundamental change to the constitution. This book is a collection of biographies, written by experts in their field, of the lives and deeds of famous English freedom fighters, rebels, and democrats who have had a major impact on history. Featured chapters include the history of Wat Tyler's Rebellion, when an army of 50,000 people marched to London in 1381 to demand an end to serfdom and the hated poll tax. Alongside Wat Tyler in this pantheon of English revolutionaries is Jack Cade who in 1450 led an angry mob to London to protest against government corruption. There are three chapters on various aspects of the English Civil War, during which the English executed their king.

Название: Great Naval Battles of the Pacific War
Автор: John Grehan
Издательство: Frontline Books
ISBN: 1399011685
Год: 2022
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 368
Размер: 23,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

The key naval battles against Imperial Japan in the Pacific during the Second World War have been described many times by numerous diligent and skillful historians. Such histories are, of course, the products of many years, even decades, of accumulated knowledge, but also of a received consensus of how the war played out to its, seemingly, inevitable conclusion.

Название: The Battles of King Arthur
Автор: Tony Sullivan
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1399015303
Год: 2022
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 290
Размер: 15,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

The ninth century Historia Brittonum is the first source that mentions Arthur and lists twelve battles, including the famous Badon Hill. Much ink has been spilt debating the identity and location of Arthur. This book will demonstrate that some of the battles can indeed be located with some confidence.

Название: The Roman King Arthur?: Lucius Artorius Castus
Автор: Tony Sullivan
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1399084024
Год: 2022
Формат: True PDF, EPUB
Страниц: 234
Размер: 38,0 МБ
Язык: Английский

The 2004 film, King Arthur, starring Clive Owen and Keira Knightley, introduced the audience to Lucius Artorius Castus as the basis to the much later legend of King Arthur. The book analyses the theories behind the film which link this second to third century Roman officer with the medieval Arthurian legends and a possible historical figure in post-Roman Britain.