Название: Images of War - The BEF in 1917: Arras, Vimy, Messines, Passchendaele and Cambrai Автор: Bob Carruthers Издательство: Pen and Sword ISBN: 1473837790 Год: 2015 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 135 Размер: 61,4 МБ Язык: Английский
This new volume in the long-running Images of War series features the actions of the British Army at Passchendaele. The book is comprised of rare photographs illustrating the years of fighting on the northern sector of the Ypres salient, which finally culminated in the capture of the ridge at Passchendaele, accompanied by a powerful text written by Official War Correspondent Philip Gibbs, who was an eyewitness to the events.
Название: Images of War - The German Army on Campaign 1914 - 1918 Автор: Bob Carruthers Издательство: Pen and Sword ISBN: 1473837820 Год: 2016 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 128 Размер: 14,0 МБ Язык: Английский
This new volume in the long-running Images of War series features the actions of the German Army on the Somme. The book is comprised of rare photographs illustrating the German Army fighting a dogged defensive war against superior odds on the Somme.
Название: Images of War - SS Totenkopf at War: A History of the Division Автор: Ian Baxter Издательство: Pen and Sword ISBN: 1473890934 Год: 2017 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 144 Размер: 24,6 МБ Язык: Английский
The SS Totenkopf (Death Head) Division even 70 years on retains its formidable and ruthless reputation as a superbly efficient yet murderous formation. It earned this for its actions throughout the Second World War, first in 1940 during the blitzkrieg in Northern France and then on the Eastern Front. The battles at Kharkov and Kurst saw some of the fiercest fighting of that long and terrible campaign.
Название: Images of War - The Eighth Army in North Africa Автор: Simon Forty Издательство: Pen and Sword ISBN: 1526723794 Год: 2019 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 144 Размер: 151,7 МБ Язык: Английский
A pictorial history of the British Eighth Army’s campaigns in Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia during World War II. The British Eighth Army, which played a decisive role in defeating the Axis in North Africa, was one of the most celebrated Allied armies of the Second World War, and this photographic history is the ideal introduction to it.
Название: Britain and Victory in the Great War Автор: Peter Liddle Издательство: Pen and Sword ISBN: 1473891612 Год: 2018 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 352 Размер: 12,2 МБ Язык: Английский
How can we begin to make sense of the Great War now that over 100 years have passed since it ended with the defeat of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman empire and Bulgaria, and the collapse of Tsarist Russia? The conflict had such a profound influence on world history that is it difficult to reconcile the different perspectives and draw clear conclusions.
Название: Canberra Boys: Fascinating Accounts from the Operators of an English Electric Classic Автор: Andrew Brookes Издательство: Grub Street Publishing ISBN: 1910690333 Год: 2017 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 208 Размер: 12,3 МБ Язык: Английский
The English Electric Canberra first came into production in the late 1940s and has since played a hugely significant part in world events. In Canberra Boys, Andrew Brookes takes us through its rich history with the help of those who operated this magnificent machine. Contributors include Roly ‘Bee’ Beamont, the English Electric test pilot who first flew the aircraft in 1949. As part of the expansion of the RAF’s Bomber Command in the 1950s, RAF Binbrook was the first station to house four Canberra squadrons, starting with 101 Squadron in May 1951.
Название: World War Two - Cardiff and the Valleys at War 1939-45 Автор: Gary Dobbs Издательство: Pen and Sword ISBN: 1473864615 Год: 2019 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 120 Размер: 10,9 МБ Язык: Английский
When Britain declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939, Cardiff and its surroundings, like every other city, town, hamlet and village in the country, sent forth large numbers of young men to fight against the oppression of Hitler and the Nazis. This is a story not only of the war itself, but of the way war affected those far away from the battlefields, and of how a nation stood together in the face of a seemingly unstoppable force.
Название: General Sir James Scarlett: The Life and Letters of the Commander of the Heavy Brigade at Balaklava Автор: Martin Sheppard Издательство: Pen and Sword ISBN: 1399089986 Год: 2022 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 352 Размер: 10,9 МБ Язык: Английский
The morning of the Battle of Balaklava, on 25 October 1854, saw a desperate charge against a greatly superior Russian force. Epitomized by the reckless courage of the British cavalry in the face of heavy odds, the charge was a complete success, putting the Russians to flight.
Название: The Blackhorse in Vietnam: The 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in Vietnam and Cambodia, 1966–1972 Автор: Donald Snedeker Издательство: Casemate ISBN: 1612008461 Год: 2020 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 336 Размер: 15,4 МБ Язык: Английский
The story of how the 11th Armored Cavalry overcame the perception that Vietnam was an infantry war, and demonstrated what armor could do in an insurgency.
Название: Your Towns and Cities in the Great War - Bognor in the Great War Автор: Clifford Norman Mewett Издательство: Pen & Sword ISBN: 1783462825 Год: 2014 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 176 Размер: 11,4 МБ Язык: Английский
Bognor at the time of the Great War was a small seaside town, quiet in winter but full of visitors in the summer. At that time it was barely one hundred and thirty years old, developed from a hamlet by Sir Richard Hotham, a hatter, who wanted to create his own purpose built bathing resort, to attract the nobility to take the sea air and as a rival to other towns along the Sussex coast.
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