Название: Leeds Rifles: The Prince of Wales's Own Автор: Andrew J Kirk Издательство: Pen and Sword ISBN: 1526711486 Год: 2018 Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv) Страниц: 376 Размер: 13,7 МБ Язык: Английский
The Leeds Rifles is a detailed chronicle of the four Battalions of Riflemen who left Leeds for the Western Front. In 1914, just as now, they were more numerous and less fashionable than the City Battalion, The Pals and their full war time story has never been told. This volume describes their volunteer origins and how they came to be woven into the social fabric of Leeds from where they drew their enduring esprit de corps, discipline and resolve.
Название: Gun Barons: The Weapons That Transformed America and the Men Who Invented Them Автор: John Bainbridge Jr. Издательство: St. Martin's Press ISBN: 1250266866 Год: 2022 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 352 Размер: 16,6 МБ Язык: Английский
John Bainbridge, Jr.'s Gun Barons is a narrative history of six charismatic and idiosyncratic men who changed the course of American history through the invention and refinement of repeating weapons. Love them or hate them, guns are woven deeply into the American soul. Names like Colt, Smith & Wesson, Winchester, and Remington are legendary.
Название: The Hangman and His Wife: The Life and Death of Reinhard Heydrich Автор: Nancy Dougherty Издательство: Knopf ISBN: 0394543416 Год: 2022 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 656 Размер: 37,6 МБ Язык: Английский
An astonishing journey into the heart of Nazi evil: a portrait of one of the darkest figures of Hitler’s Nazi elite—Reinhard Heydrich, the designer and executor of the Holocaust, chief of the Reich Main Security, including the Gestapo—interwoven with commentary by his wife, Lina, from the author's in-depth interviews.
Название: The Encyclopedia of Confederate Generals: The Definitive Guide to the 426 Leaders of the South's War Effort Автор: Samuel W. Mitcham Jr. Издательство: Regnery History ISBN: 1684512441 Год: 2022 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 800 Размер: 102,7 МБ Язык: Английский
A renown military historian and frequent television commenter brings to life the generalship of the South during the Civil War in sparkling, information-filled vignettes. For both the Civil War completist and the general reader!
Название: Waterloo: A New History of the Battle and its Armies Автор: G. Corrigan Издательство: Atlantic Books Год: 2015 Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv) Страниц: 368 Размер: 13,8 МБ Язык: Английский
Fought on Sunday, June 18th, 1815, by some 220,000 men over the rain-sodden ground in what is now Belgium, the Battle of Waterloo brought an end to twenty-three years of almost continual war between imperial France and her enemies.
Название: Hermann Goring: Hitler's Second-in-Command Автор: Fred Ramen Издательство: Rosen Publishing Group Год: 2000 Формат: PDF Страниц: 118 Размер: 12,7 МБ Язык: Английский
One man- Hermann Goring- was with Hitler from his beginnings as a minor politician in Munich to his triumph as commander of the German army. Soldier, politician, and general, Goring was an important and influential member of the Nazi Party who did more to bring about both its successes and its ultimate failure than any other man.
Название: A History of War and Weapons, 1660 to 1918 Автор: G. A. Shepperd Издательство: Thomas Y. Crowell Company Год: 1972 Формат: PDF Страниц: 232 Размер: 19,9 МБ Язык: Английский
Featuring 170 exceptionally handsome and authentically detailed line drawings, this book focuses on the ordinary soldier in the ranks and the weapons he has used through the centuries. The author shows how new inventions in weaponry have influenced the tactics of their day and helped to determine the course of world history. Alongside descriptions of weapons of all kinds, from bayonet, saber, and musket to machine gun, tank, and Zeppelin, are accounts of great commanders, how they trained their Loops, and the key battles they fought.
Название: Wings Over the Seven Seas: U.S. Naval Aviation's Fight for Survival Автор: Wilbur H. Morrison Издательство: A. S. Barnes and Co.. Inc. Год: 1975 Формат: PDF Страниц: 274 Размер: 33,4 МБ Язык: Английский
The story of US naval aviation's fight for survival, from its origins to the modern times.
Название: Winged Warfare: The Exciting True Experiences of a Fighting Ace of World War I Автор: Billy Bishop Издательство: Ace Books Год: 1967 Формат: PDF Страниц: 260 Размер: 25,9 МБ Язык: Английский
Winged Warfare is the first of an authentic and exciting series of true air-combat classics, bringing back the great days of man-to-man aerial battles as told by the famous aces themselves. Credited with seventy-two victories, Canadian Ace William Bishop tells his own story of what it was like.
Название: Freely I Served: The Memoir of the Commander, 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade 1941 – 1944 Автор: Stanislaw Sosabowski Издательство: Pen and Sword ISBN: 1783462612 Год: 2014 Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv) Страниц: 208 Размер: 14,2 МБ Язык: Английский
After seeing service with the Austrian Army in World War I, the author joined the newly created Polish Army in 1918. By September 1939 he was commanding 21st Infantry Regiment in the Battle of Warsaw against overwhelming German forces. Taken prisoner, he escaped to join the Polish Army in France before evacuating to England.
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