Название: Victory in the Pacific 1945 (The United States Naval Operations in World War II) Автор: Samuel Eliot Morison Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 1960 Формат: PDF Страниц: 480 Размер: 80,5 МБ Язык: Английский
In this volume of his series. Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison describes the famous campaigns for the capture of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, in which he participated. The details of these operations are described vividly, even passionately, with nothing spared as to the grim consequences of the kamikaze suicide crashes by enemy planes on the radar picket destroyers and other ships.
Название: The Battle of Dyrrhachium (48 BC): Caesar, Pompey, and the Early Campaigns of the Third Roman Civil War Автор: Gareth C Sampson Издательство: Pen and Sword ISBN: 152679358X Год: 2022 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 248 Размер: 3,0 МБ Язык: Английский
In 49 BC the Roman Republic collapsed once more into bloody civil war. At the heart of this war lay the two greatest living Roman commanders, and former allies, Pompey the Great and Julius Caesar, each having built their own factions within the Roman oligarchy and refusing to compromise.
Название: Marching to the Drums: Eyewitness accounts of Battle from the Crimea to the Siege of Mafeking Автор: Ian Kinght Издательство: Frontline Books Год: 2016 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 288 Размер: 15,9 МБ Язык: Английский
In this gripping collection of first-hand accounts, Ian Knight presents the adventure of nineteenth-century warfare – from the thrill of the cavalry charges at Balaklava and Omdurman, to the terror of battle against an overwhelming odds such as Rorke’s Drift – in the words of the men actually there.
Название: Famous American Military Leaders of World War II Автор: Коллектив Издательство: Dodd, Mead & Company Год: 1966 Формат: PDF Страниц: 144 Размер: 16,0 МБ Язык: Английский
Who are the military leaders who come forward in times of crisis? Probably not one of America's many famous generals or admirals can be typed into an exclusive category. They sprang from all sections of the country and from parentage both great and humble, usually the latter. Their personalities and tastes have been as mixed as those of any group of men selected at random. Many were flamboyant characters, or actually odd, and some were normal to a colorless degree.
Название: Peace at Last: A Portrait of Armistice Day, 11 November 1918 Автор: Guy Cuthbertson Издательство: Yale University Press ISBN: 0300233388 Год: 2018 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 304 Размер: 12,2 МБ Язык: Английский
A vivid, original, and intimate hour-by-hour account of Armistice Day 1918, marking its centenary. November 11, 2018, marks the centenary of the armistice signed between the Allies and Germany ending World War I. While the events of the war and its legacy are much discussed, this is the first book to focus solely on the day itself, examining how the people of Britain, and the wider world, reacted to the news of peace.
Название: The Last Revolutionaries: The Conspiracy Trial of Gracchus Babeuf and the Equals Автор: Laura Mason Издательство: Yale University Press ISBN: 0300259557 Год: 2022 Формат: PDF Страниц: 302 Размер: 16,7 МБ Язык: Английский
The story of a poor man and radical activist who fought to revive the French Revolution, and whose failure heralded the republic’s defeat.
Название: Shipcraft 27 - British Sloops and Frigates of the Second World War Автор: Les Brown Издательство: Seaforth Publishing ISBN: 1526793873 Год: 2021 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 64 Размер: 86,7 МБ Язык: Английский
The ‘ShipCraft’ series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeler through a brief history of the subject, highlighting differences between ships and changes in their appearance over their careers.
Название: The Praetorian Guard: The U.S. Role in the New World Order Автор: John Stockwell Издательство: South End Press ISBN: 0896083950 Год: 1999 Формат: PDF Страниц: 205 Размер: 87,5 МБ Язык: Английский
Ex-CIA agent John Stockwell analyzes the CIA and other institutional forces shaping U.S. domestic and foreign policy.
Название: Smashing Hitler's Guns: The Rangers at Pointe-du-Hoc, D-Day 1944 Автор: Steven J. Zaloga Издательство: Osprey Publishing ISBN: 1472849833 Год: 2022 Формат: True PDF Страниц: 401 Размер: 53,6 МБ Язык: Английский
Written by one of the world's leading experts on D-Day, Smashing Hitler's Guns is a ground-breaking new history of the legendary Rangers' attack on Pointe-du-Hoc. The Ranger attack on the German gun batteries at Pointe-du-Hoc in the early morning hours of D-Day is the stuff of legend.
Название: Бомбардировщик-ракетоносец средней дальности Туполев Ту-16К (КС) Автор: Dale Volkov Издательство: «Уголок неба» Год: 2018 Формат: pdf в zip архиве Страниц: 17 Размер: 1,42 mb Язык: Русский
Начало работ по первой отечественной авиационно-ракетной системе дальнего действия (комплексу) на базе самолета-снаряда КС-1 "Комета" начались еще в 1947 году. В работах принимали участие...
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