Название: European & American Arms, c. 1100-1850 Автор: Claude Blair Издательство: Bonanza Books Год: 1962 Формат: PDF Страниц: 248 Размер: 43,4 МБ Язык: Английский
EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN ARMS is the most complete visual encyclopaedia of its subject to have been published in a single volume. For the collector, dealer or museum curator in need of a representative corpus of illustrations of the weapons used in the western world from about 1100 to 1850, the book will be indispensable.
Название: Disaster Before D-Day: Unravelling the Tragedy at Slapton Sands Автор: Stephen Wynn Издательство: Pen and Sword ISBN: 1526735113 Год: 2019 Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv) Страниц: 184 Размер: 12,0 МБ Язык: Английский
This is a book of two stories. The first is the sad tale of how at least 749 American servicemen lost their lives on a pre-D-Day landing exercise, code-named "Operation Tiger," on the evening of 23/24 April 1943. The second, was the unanswerable question of whether the attacking E-Boats of the German Kriegsmarine had fully grasped the importance of what they had stumbled across.
Название: Рождение советской штурмовой авиации. История создания «летающих танков». 1926–1941 Автор: Жирохов Михаил Александрович Издательство: Центрполиграф Год: 2014 Серия: Военная авиация XX века ISBN: 978-5-227-05654-2 Формат: fb2, mobi, epub, pdf Страниц: 211 Размер: 10,7 Mb Язык: Русский
Советская штурмовая авиация сыграла выдающуюся роль в Великой Отечественной войне, став незаменимым средством авиационной поддержки наземных войск в наступательных и оборонительных операциях. В данной работе показан процесс зарождения штурмовой авиации в 1920—1930-х гг., возникновение и первая реализация идеи штурмовых действий, трудный путь, пройденный к созданию и освоению в производстве «летающего танка» – самолета-штурмовика.
Название: Titan II: A History of a Cold War Missile Program Автор: David Stumpf Издательство: University of Arkansas Press ISBN: 1557286019 Год: 2000 Формат: PDF Страниц: 352 Размер: 13,8 МБ Язык: Английский
The Titan II ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) program was developed by the United States military to bolster the size, strength, and speed of the nation’s strategic weapons arsenal in the 1950s and 1960s. Each missile carried a single warhead—the largest in U.S. inventory—used liquid fuel propellants, and was stored and launched from hardened underground silos.
Название: Sharpshooter in the Crimea: The Letters of the Captain Gerald Goodlake VC 1854-56 Автор: Michael Springman Издательство: Pen and Sword ISBN: 1844152375 Год: 2005 Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv) Страниц: 256 Размер: 13,9 МБ Язык: Английский
The letters home to his family by Gerald Goodlake, a young officer in the Coldstream Guards, make remarkable reading. They vividly describe the ill-preparedness of the British Army and the dire conditions experienced by all ranks in the Crimea.
Название: A Muddy Trench: A Sniper's Bullet: Hamish Mann, Black Watch, Officer-Poet, 1896–1917 Автор: Jacquie Buttriss Издательство: Pen and Sword ISBN: 1526745097 Год: 2019EPUB, PDF (conv) Страниц: 240 Размер: 13,0 МБ Язык: Английский
The recent discovery of a wooden chest, unopened for 100 years revealed a treasure trove of eloquent trench diaries, letters and poetry. The author was Hamish Mann, a young Black Watch subaltern killed in France in 1917 just five days after his 21st birthday.
Название: Public Schools and The Great War Автор: David Walsh, Sir Anthony Seldon, Anthony Seldon Издательство: Pen and Sword ISBN: 1781593086 Год: 2014 Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv) Страниц: 336 Размер: 15,7 МБ Язык: Английский
The book examines the impact which the Great War had on the Public Schools and the sacrificial contribution made to the victory which came in 1918. The war consumed about a fifth of all the public schoolboys who fought, while the survivors were scarred by the loss of so many friends.
Название: Coming Down in the Drink Автор: Sean Feast Издательство: Pen & Sword ISBN: 1473891531 Год: 2017 Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv) Страниц: 208 Размер: 13,0 МБ Язык: Английский
Coming Down in the Drink is the story of Flight Lieutenant John Brennan DFC. John is an Irishman who need not have fought in the war at all. A sense of adventure took him to London where he trained as a chef before joining the RAF and qualifying as a wireless operator/air gunner.
Название: Meade and Lee at Rappahannock Station Автор: Jeffrey Wm Hunt Издательство: Savas Beatie ISBN: 1611215390 Год: 2021 Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv) Страниц: 324 Размер: 14,2 МБ Язык: Английский
Contrary to popular belief, the Eastern Theater during the late summer and fall of 1863 was anything but inconsequential. Generals George Meade and Robert E. Lee continued where they had left off, boldly maneuvering the chess pieces of war to gain a decisive strategic and tactical advantage.
Название: "Lee is Trapped, and Must be Taken": Eleven Fateful Days after Gettysburg: July 4 - 14, 1863 Автор: Thomas J. Ryan, Richard R. Schaus Издательство: Savas Beatie ISBN: 1611214599 Год: 2019 Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv) Страниц: 384 Размер: 14,2 МБ Язык: Английский
Countless books have examined the battle of Gettysburg, but the retreat of the armies to the Potomac River and beyond has not been as thoroughly covered. “Lee is Trapped, and Must be Taken”: Eleven Fateful Days after Gettysburg: July 4 to July 14, 1863, by Thomas J. Ryan and Richard R. Schaus goes a long way toward rectifying this oversight.
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