Название: The Knights Hospitaller: A Military History of the Knights of St John
Автор: John Carr
Издательство: Pen and Swor
ISBN: 1473858887
Год: 2016
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 240
Размер: 15,5 МБ
Язык: Английский

The Knights of St John evolved during the Crusades from a monastic order providing hostels for Christian pilgrims visiting the Holy Land. The need to provide armed escorts to the pilgrims began their transformation into a Military Order.

Название: Wars of the Cold War
Автор: David Stone
Издательство: Brasseys Uk Ltd
ISBN: 1857533429
Год: 2004
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 376
Размер: 16,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

The 'Cold War' was a period of specific international tension during which, although no anticipated 'Third World War' took place, saw many wars, conflicts and armed disputes around the world, often but not always sponsored, overtly or covertly, by the rival poles of Communist Russia and capitalist America.

Название: The USS Tecumseh in Mobile Bay: The Sinking of a Civil War Ironclad (Civil War Series)
Автор: David Smithweck
Издательство: The History Press
ISBN: 154025013X
Год: 2021
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 162
Размер: 14,0 МБ
Язык: Английский

In April 1861, Lincoln declared a blockade on Southern ports. It was only a matter of time before the Union navy would pay a visit to the bustling Confederate harbor in Mobile Bay. Engineers built elaborate obstructions and batteries, and three rows of torpedoes were laid from Fort Morgan to Fort Gaines. Then, in August 1864, the inevitable came.

Название: Saving Washington's Army: The Brilliant Last Stand of General John Glover at the Battle of Pell's Point, New York
Автор: Phillip Thomas Tucker
Издательство: Skyhorse
ISBN: 1510769380
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 440
Размер: 12,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

Learn the little-known history of the forgotten American Revolution Battle of Pell's Point and the heroism of John Glover.
General William Howe and the mighty British-Hessian Army possessed the golden opportunity to cut-off, trap, and then destroy General George Washington's Army before he could retreat north and escape from Harlem Heights, New York, when he landed his army at Pell's Point north of New York City.

Название: The Boer War, 1899–1902: Ladysmith, Megersfontein, Spion Kop, Kimberley and Mafeking
Автор: John Grehan, Martin Mace
Издательство: Pen & Sword
ISBN: 1781593280
Год: 2014
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 256
Размер: 13,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

Fought between the British Empire and the two independent Boer republics, the Orange Free State and the Transvaal Republic, the First Boer War (1880–1881) was a rebellion by the Boers (farmers) against British rule in the Transvaal that reestablished their independence. The engagements that it involved, such as they were, were small and involved few casualties.

Название: Fighting with the Fourteenth Army in Burma: Original War Summaries of the Battle Against Japan 1943–1945
Автор: James Luto
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1783030313
Год: 2013
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 304
Размер: 10,5 МБ
Язык: Английский

The Fourteenth Army was one of the most successful British and Commonwealth forces of the Second World War. It was not only the largest of the Commonwealth armies but was also the largest single army in the world with around half a million men under its command.

Название: To War with Wellington: From the Peninsula to Waterloo
Автор: Peter Snow
Издательство: John Murray
ISBN: 184854104X
Год: 2010
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 400
Размер: 1,3 МБ
Язык: Английский

The seven-year campaign that saved Europe from Napoleon told by those who were there What made Arthur Duke of Wellington the military genius who was never defeated in battle? In the vivid narrative style that is his trademark, Peter Snow recalls how Wellington evolved from a backward, sensitive schoolboy into the aloof but brilliant commander.

Название: Дредноуты Чёрного моря
Автор(ы): Б.А. Айзенберг, В.В. Костриченко
Издательство: Новороссийск
Год: 1998
Страниц: 115
Язык: Русский
Формат: PDF
Размер: 34,5 MB

Монография освещает историю черноморских дредноутов. Издание содержит множество фото иллюстраций а также чертежей и схем.

Название: A German Tommy: The Secret of a War Hero
Автор: Ken Anderson
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1783462744
Год: 2014
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 256
Размер: 14,3 МБ
Язык: Английский

The date: 14 October 1918 – a misty early morning, east of Ledegem, Belgium. Young British Army officer Lieutenant Walter Lancelot Merritt MC carries a large red flag to indicate the center of a brigade-strength advance. He moves ahead of the main force.

Название: Honourable Conquests: An account of the enduring work of the Royal Engineers throughout the Empire
Автор: A. J. Smithers
Издательство: Leo Cooper
ISBN: 0850527252
Год: 1991
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 208
Размер: 15,6 МБ
Язык: Английский

The continuing story of the Royal Engineers has three strands. Foremost is that of the soldier-engineer supporting the Army in the field. It can be found in most accounts of battles, for in most the Sapper was there, often spearheading an attack or securing a withdrawal.