Название: General Gordon Granger: The Savior of Chickamauga and the Man Behind "Juneteenth" Автор: Robert C Conner Издательство: Casemate ISBN: 1612001858 Год: 2013 Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv) Страниц: 264 Размер: 14,6 МБ Язык: Английский
This is the first full-length biography of the Civil War general who saved the Union army from catastrophic defeat at the Battle of Chickamauga, and went on to play major roles in the Chattanooga and Mobile campaigns. Immediately after the war, as commander of U.S. troops in Texas, his actions sparked the “Juneteenth” celebrations of slavery’s end, which continue to this day.
Название: Gettysburg's Other Battle: The Ordeal of an American Shrine during the First World War Автор: Mark A. Snell Издательство: The Kent State University Press ISBN: 1606353314 Год: 2018 Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv) Страниц: 320 Размер: 14,6 МБ Язык: Английский
Gettysburg is known as the second bloodiest battle of the 19th century and as the site of Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 speech that gave new meaning to America’s Civil War. By the turn of the next century, the battlefield was enshrined as a national park under the jurisdiction of the War Department.
Название: Special Operations in WWII: The SOE and OSS (Casemate Short History) Автор: James Stejskal Издательство: Casemate Год: 2020 Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv) Страниц: 157 Размер: 13,7 МБ Язык: Английский
A brief history of secret British and American World War II organizations, their training, tools, successes, and their legacy. Winston Churchill famously instructed the head of the Special Operations Executive to “Set Europe ablaze!” Agents of both the British Special Operations Executive and the American Office of Strategic Services underwent rigorous training before making their way, undetected, into occupied Europe to do just that.
Название: Последние сто дней рейха Автор: Толанд Джон Цикл/серия: Мир в войнах Издательство: Русич Год выпуска: 2001 ISBN: 5-8138-0340-8 Страниц: 427 Формат: fb2, mobi, epub Размер: 12,3 Mb Язык: Русский
В истории человечества едва ли найдутся дни более драматичные и более насыщенные событиями чем те сто дней, которые предшествовали капитуляции гитлеровского рейха. Автор дает широкую панораму событий последней военной весны: Ялтинская конференция и наступление союзников на Рейне, бомбардировка Дрездена и падение Берлина изображены с хронологической точностью.
Название: War in the Persian Gulf Biographies: From Operation Desert Storm to Operation Iraqi Freedom Автор: Laurie Collier Hillstrom Издательство: UXL ISBN: 0787665649 Год: 2004 Формат: PDF Страниц: 320 Размер: 14,8 МБ Язык: Английский
War in the Persian Gulf Biographies: From Operation Desert Storm to Operation Iraqi Freedom presents profiles of thirty men and women who participated in or were affected by the U.S.-led wars against Iraq that took place in 1991 and 2003.
Название: War in the Persian Gulf Reference Library: From Operation Desert Storm to Operation Iraqi Freedom Автор: Julie L. Carnagie Издательство: UXL ISBN: 0787665630 Год: 2004 Формат: PDF Страниц: 200 Размер: 24,5 МБ Язык: Английский
War in the Persian Gulf Almanac: From Operation Desert Storm to Operation Iraqi Freedom presents a comprehensive overview of the U.S.-led wars against Iraq that took place in 1991 and 2003. The volume's twelve chapters are arranged chronologically and cover all aspects of the conflict.
Название: The Commanders Автор: Bob Woodward Издательство: Simon & Schuster ISBN: 0743234758 Год: 2002 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 400 Размер: 20,8 МБ Язык: Английский
It is impossible to examine any part of the war on terrorism in the twenty-first century without seeing the hand of Dick Cheney, Colin Powell or one of their loyalists. The Commanders, an account of the use of the military in the first Bush administration, is in many respects their story—the intimate account of the tensions, disagreements and debates on the road to war.
Название: Operation X: The Untold Story of India's Covert Naval War in Bangladesh Автор: Captain M.N.R. Samant Издательство: HarperCollins ISBN: 9353570190 Год: 2019 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 256 Размер: 2,9 МБ Язык: Английский
1971. Sheikh Mujibur Rehman in East Pakistan has just won an electoral mandate to become the prime minister of Pakistan. Accustomed to treating the eastern wing of the country as a colony, the ruling disposition in West Pakistan is not pleased, and launches a genocide against the residents of East Pakistan, flooding India with lakhs of refugees.
Название: Viriathus: And the Lusitanian Resistance to Rome Автор: Luis Silva Издательство: Pen and Sword ISBN: 1781591288 Год: 2013 Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv) Страниц: 192 Размер: 14,5 МБ Язык: Английский
In the middle years of the second century BC, Rome was engaged in the conquest and pacification of what is now Spain and Portugal. They met with determined resistance from several tribes but nobody defied them with more determination and skill than Viriathus.
Название: The Battle of the Alma, 1854: First Blood to the Allies in the Crimea Автор: Ian Fletcher, Natalia Ishcenko Издательство: Pen & Sword ISBN: 1844156729 Год: 2009 Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv) Страниц: 256 Размер: 11,2 МБ Язык: Английский
On 20 September 1854 the combined British and French armies confronted the Russians at the river Alma in the critical opening encounter of the Crimean War. This was the first major battle the British had fought on European soil since Waterloo almost 40 years before.
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