Название: The Role of the Bomber
Автор: Ronald W Clarke
Издательство: Thomas Y. Crowell Company
Год: 1977
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 168
Размер: 16,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

Lavishly illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs, The Role of the Bomber describes the changing strategic and tactical operations of the bomber from the days of ballooning to the present Within half a century of the Wright brothers' pioneering flight at Kittyhawk in 1903, the manned bomber grew from a military curiosity to become an apocalyptic threat looming over whole nations.

Название: Warships in Action
Автор: Al Adcock, T. Garth Connelly, D Doyle, и другие
Издательство: Squadron/Signal Publications inc.
Год: 1977-2010
Формат: pdf формат в zip-архиве
Размер: 903,5 mb
Язык: Английский


«Aircraft Mini in Action». Книги американского издательства «Squadron/Signal Publications inc.» из серии «... in Action» всегда пользуются у читателей, интересующихся военной техникой повышенным спросом и популярностью. Они содержат описание истории создания и применения знаменитых боевых машин (авто- броне-, авиатехники и кораблей) разных стран мира. Приведены, их технические характеристики, описание созданных модификаций и содержат исторические цветные и черно-белые фотографии, иллюстрации, схемы и чертежи конкретной описываемой техники, которой посвящен выпуск. В настоящее время, издательство «Squadron/Signal Publications inc.» к сожалению, прекратило свои публикации с января 2021 года.

Название: The Naval Academy Illustrated History of the United States Navy
Автор: E. B. Potter
Издательство: Thomas Y. Crowell Company
Год: 1971
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 328
Размер: 48,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

A comprehensive single volume history of the United States Navy from American Revolution to the Nuclear Age.

Название: The Red Knight of Germany: The Story of Baron von Richthofen
Автор: Floyd Phillips Gibbons
Издательство: Bantam Books
Год: 1959
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 228
Размер: 18,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

This well written book presents the thrilling story of Manfred von Richthofen, Germany s legendary "Red Baron" ace flyer of the First World War. Here is the classic, unforgettable account of the handsome, dashing fighter pilot who led the "Flying Circus" to one spectacular air victory after another.

Название: Savage Will: The Daring Escape of Americans Trapped Behind Nazi Lines
Автор: Timothy M. Gay
Издательство: Dutton Caliber
ISBN: 0451419146
Год: 2014
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 352
Размер: 11,8 МБ
Язык: Английский

In the tradition of incredible true stories from The Great Escape to Argo, Savage Will recounts a tale of survival, daring, and evasion behind enemy lines: that of American medics and nurses stranded for two months in Nazi-occupied Albania.

Название: Armies of Heaven: The First Crusade and the Quest for Apocalypse
Автор: Jay Rubenstein
Издательство: Basic Books
Год: 2011
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 424
Размер: 5,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

At Moson, the river Danube ran red with blood. At Antioch, the Crusaders - their saddles freshly decorated with sawed-off heads -- indiscriminately clogged the streets with the bodies of eastern Christians and Turks. At Ma'arra, they cooked children on spits and ate them.

Название: The Kaiser's Lost Kreuzer: A History of U-156 and Germany's Long-Range Submarine Campaign Against North America, 1918
Автор: Paul N. Hodos
Издательство: McFarland & Company
Год: 2017
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 229
Размер: 4,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

In the final year of World War I, Germany made its first attempt to wage submarine warfare off faraway shores. Large, long-range U-boats (short for unterseeboot or "undersea boat") attacked Allied shipping off the coasts of the U.S., Canada and West Africa in a desperate campaign to sidestep and scatter the lethal U-boat defenses in European waters.

Название: Execution for Duty: The Life, Trial and Murder of a U boat Captain
Автор: Peter C. Hansen
Издательство: Pen & Sword
ISBN: 1844153223
Год: 2006
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 256
Размер: 8,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

Oskar Heinz Kusch, joined the German Navy in 1937. He worked his way successfully through naval college and eventually volunteered for duty in U boats. During this period the underwater service was causing havoc to Allied shipping in the Atlantic and was highly regarded as an elite force.

Название: At the Dawn of Airpower: The U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps’ Approach to the Military Airplane, 1907–1917
Автор: Laurence M. Burke II
Издательство: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1682477290
Год: 2022
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 384
Размер: 9,8 МБ
Язык: Английский

At the Dawn of Airpower: The U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps’ Approach to the Airplane, 1907–1917 examines the development of aviation in the U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps from their first official steps into aviation up to the United States’ declaration of war against Germany in April, 1917. 

Название: Your Towns and Cities in the Great War - Coventry in the Great War
Автор: Leonard Markham
Издательство: Pen & Sword
ISBN: 1473828406
Год: 2016
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 176
Размер: 13,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

During World War One, the city of Coventry was a powerhouse that kept the barrels loaded and the engines of war purring. An industrial giant, Coventry produced munitions by the million and built tanks, aircraft and fighting vehicles of every description. It never slept.