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.

Название: Your Towns and Cities in the Great War - Bury St Edmunds in the Great War
Автор: Glynis Cooper
Издательство: Pen & Sword
ISBN: 1473834015
Год: 2017
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 144
Размер: 6,6 МБ
Язык: Английский

The Great War came as a shock to the citizens of Bury St Edmunds, a rural Suffolk town. One day they were celebrating a beautiful, hot August bank holiday at a large well-attended country fête; the next they were plunged into the deadliest war in history.

Название: Pirates of Colonial Newport
Автор: Gloria Merchant
Издательство: The History Press
ISBN: 1540222551
Год: 2014
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 162
Размер: 13,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

The story of Newport, Rhode Island's pirates began with war, ended with revolution and inspired swashbuckling legends for generations to come. From 1690 to the American Revolution, many of Newport's fathers, husbands and sons sailed under the black flag. They would return home from plundering the high seas to attend church and serve in public offices.

Название: Command and Morale: The British Army on the Western Front 1914-18
Автор: Gary Sheffield
Издательство: Pen & Sword
ISBN: 1781590214
Год: 2014
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 256
Размер: 15,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

Gary Sheffield is one of the most versatile and stimulating of military historians at work today. For 25 years, in a series of perceptive books and articles, he has examined the First World War from many angles - from the point of view of the politicians and the high command through to the junior officers and other ranks in the front line.

Название: The Second Line of Defense: American Women and World War I
Автор: Lynn Dumenil
Издательство: The University of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 1469652064
Год: 2019
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 356
Размер: 14,4 МБ
Язык: Английский

In tracing the rise of the modern idea of the American "new woman," Lynn Dumenil examines World War I's surprising impact on women and, in turn, women's impact on the war. Telling the stories of a diverse group of women, including African Americans, dissidents, pacifists, reformers, and industrial workers, Dumenil analyzes both the roadblocks and opportunities they faced.

Название: A Field Marshal in the Family
Автор: Brian Montgomery
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1848844255
Год: 2011
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 371
Размер: 14,5 МБ
Язык: Английский

Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein has attracted the attention of countless historians over the last 70 years but, despite this coverage, views of his character remain controversial and contradictory. His younger brother Brian, himself a successful soldier, enters the fray with this charming and revealing book examining the background of this legendary military commander.

Название: Amiens 1918: Victory from Disaster
Автор: Gregory Blaxland
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1526735199
Год: 2018
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 288
Размер: 14,2 МБ
Язык: Английский

Gregory Blaxland has written a superb account of 1918, the final year of the war when the balance of advantage between the combatants changed so dramatically in a matter of weeks that summer.

Название: Story of Sheffield at War 1939 to 1945
Автор: Margaret Drinkall
Издательство: Pen & Sword
ISBN: 1473833612
Год: 2016
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 204
Размер: 14,4 МБ
Язык: Английский

This is a unique account of the impact that the Second World War had on the city of Sheffield. Soon after the declaration of war, the government and the people of Sheffield realised that the Germans would make the city one of their prime targets, due to the importance of the steel industry.

Название: Cromwell in Ireland: A History of Cromwell’s Irish Campaign
Автор: Rev. Denis Murphy
Издательство: Borodino Books
ISBN: 1361656751
Год: 2016
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 270
Размер: 16,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

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