Название: Albert Speer - The End of a Myth
Автор: Matthias Schmidt
Издательство: St. Martin's Press
Год: 1984
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 296
Размер: 38,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

Did the master builder of the Third Reich, Albert Speer, really not know about the Nazi extermination camps? What did he conceal from Allied interrogators, and from the millions who bought his memoirs, INSIDE THE THIRD REICH? Here is the chilling, documented tale about the "hero" of the Nuremberg Trials.

Название: The H. L. Hunley Submarine: History and Mystery from the Civil War
Автор: Fran Hawk
Издательство: University of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 161117788X
Год: 2017
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 48
Размер: 78,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

The story of the H. L. Hunley submarine is about American ingenuity and real people who were inventive, loyal, brave, resilient, persistent, and adventurous. The Hunley, built by the Confederate Army during the Civil War, was the first submarine to sink an enemy ship during wartime. After that historic feat, the Hunley disappeared.

Название: X-Planes from the X-1 to the X-60: An Illustrated History
Автор: Michael H. Gorn, Giuseppe De Chiara
Издательство: Springer
Год: 2021
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 183
Размер: 10,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

For the past 75 years, the U.S. government has invested significant time and money into advanced aerospace research, as evidenced by its many experimental X-plane aircraft and rockets. NASA's X-Planes asks a simple question: What have we gained from it all? To answer this question, the authors provide a comprehensive overview of the X-plane’s long history, from the 1946 X-1 to the modern X-60.

Название: 'Sailor' Malan: Freedom Fighter: The Inspirational Story of a Spitfire Ace
Автор: Dilip Sarkar MBE
Издательство: Air World
ISBN: 1526795264
Год: 2021
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 264
Размер: 18,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

Adolph Gysbert Malan was born in Wellington, South Africa. A natural leader and driven individual with a totally positive outlook, aged fourteen Malan became an officer cadet in the South African Merchant Navy, before being commissioned into the Royal Navy Reserve.

Название: The U.S. Army Campaigns of the War of 1812 - The Gulf Theater, 1813-1815
Автор: Joseph F. Stoltz
Издательство: Center of Military History
Год: 2014
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 52
Размер: 2,5 МБ
Язык: Английский

Most of the fighting between the United States and Great Britain occurred along the Canadian border during the War of 1812, but the Gulf of Mexico eventually became another important theater of conflict. To understand the nature of this struggle, one must first understand the importance of the Mississippi River to the United States and the multicultural city of New Orleans.

Название: Modern Submarines (Combat Arms)
Автор: David Miller
Издательство: Prentice Hall Press
Год: 1989
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 41
Размер: 26,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

This book it provides in-depth information on all submarine classes worldwide including the technology behind it all. Many detailed pictures.

Название: The Guinness History of Sea Warfare
Автор: Gervis Frere-Cook
Издательство: Guinness Superlatives
Год: 1975
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 260
Размер: 38,3 МБ
Язык: Английский

A book by Gervis Frere-Cook and Kenneth Macksey, with special maps and diagrams drawn by Michael Haine. 245 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; maps; drawings; plans -a good account of naval activities from earliest times to the Vietnam War.

Название: Life as an Air Force Fighter Pilot
Автор: Robert C. Kennedy
Издательство: Children's Press
Год: 2000
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 56
Размер: 23,6 МБ
Язык: Английский

Discusses Air Force officer training and requirements, the specialized training of Air Force fighter pilots, and the fighter pilot weapons that are used today.

Название: Вторая мировая война. Полная история
Автор: Мартин Гилберт
Язык: русский
Издательство: Азбука-Аттикус
Год: 2022
Страниц: 1460
Формат: docx
Размер: 30,4 Мб

Всемирно известный британский историк Мартин Гилберт создал полную историю Второй мировой войны, показав всю ее сложность и трагизм. В основанном на документальных источниках и свидетельствах очевидцев повествовании о героизме и страданиях, поражениях и победах уделено пристальное внимание маневрам, тактике и стратегии армий, сражавшихся на Западноевропейском, Восточноевропейском, Средиземноморском, Юго-Восточно-Азиатском, Ближневосточном, Тихоокеанском и Африканском театрах военных действий, а также отражены взгляды политиков, военачальников, журналистов, гражданских лиц и простых солдат.

Название: The British Field Marshalls 1736-1997: A Biographical Dictionary
Автор: T. A. Heathcote
Издательство: Pen & Sword
Год: 2012
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 384
Размер: 8,2 МБ
Язык: Английский

Whether any advantage or benefit will be drawn from the suspension – or effective abolition – of the rank of Field Marshal is debatable. What is certain, however, is that Dr. Tony Heathcote’s idea of compiling a definitive biographical dictionary of holders of this illustrious rank since its introduction by George II in 1736, is opportune and inspired.