Название: Vietnam Journal April 1968 to April 1969
Автор: Lee Siggers Msc Usn
Издательство:Page Publishing
Год: 2019
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 256
Размер: 14,4 МБ
Язык: Английский

The Vietnam Journal is a personal record of a young "mustang" naval officer and his team of three doctors and eleven hospital corpsmen sent to Vietnam following the Tet Offensive in 1968 under the operational control of the US Agency for International Development. Their mission was to assist the medical staff of a Vietnamese civilian hospital of the early nineteenth-century variety for 365 days.

Название: At First Light: A True World War II Story of a Hero, His Bravery, and an Amazing Horse
Автор: Walt Larimore, Mike Yorkey
Издательство: Knox Press
ISBN: 1642939595
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 610
Размер: 13,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

What makes 2nd Lieutenant Phil Larimore's story special is what happened in World War II's closing days and the people—and horses—he interacted with in this Forrest Gump-like tale that is emotional, heartbreaking, and inspiring.

Название: The Lines of Torres Vedras: The Cornerstone of Wellington's Strategy in the Peninsular War 1809-12 (The Napoleonic Library)
Автор: John Grehan
Издательство: Frontline Books
Год: 2016
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 256
Размер: 14,4 МБ
Язык: Английский

In 1809 French armies controlled almost every province of Spain and only Wellington’s small force in Portugal stood between Napoleon and the conquest of Iberia. The French invaded Portugal in the summer of 1810, but found their way blocked by the most extensive field fortifications the world had ever seen—the Lines of Torres Vedras.

Название: Teachers at the Front, 1914-1919
Автор: Barry Blades
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473848857
Год: 2020
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 248
Размер: 14,6 МБ
Язык: Английский

August 1914. Flags waved, people cheered and armies mobilized. Millions of citizens throughout Britain responded to the call-to-arms. War fever was contagious. In the far reaches of empire, young men also pledged their allegiance and prepared to serve the King and his empire.

Название: Три минуты до судного дня
Автор: Джо Наварро
Издательство: Эксмо
Год: 2018
Страниц: 340
Язык: Русский
Формат: rtf, pdf
Размер: 10,1 Mb

Последние дни холодной войны. В 1988 Джо Наварро, самый молодой агент ФБР, разрывался между миссиями спецназа и контрразведки. Но его главным талантом было умение читать язык тела. Он обладал сверхъестественной способностью читать мысли тех, кого допрашивал.

Название: Oswald Boelcke: Germany's First Fighter Ace and Father of Air Combat
Автор: RG Head
Издательство: Grub Street Publishing
ISBN: 1910690236
Год: 2016
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 192
Размер: 15,0 МБ
Язык: Английский

Oswald Boelcke was Germany’s first ace in World War One with a total of forty victories. His character, inspirational leadership, organizational genius, development of air-to-air tactics and impact on aerial doctrine are all reasons why Boelcke remains an important figure in the history of air warfare.

Название: The Story of the Spitfire: An Operational and Combat History
Автор: Ken Delve
Издательство: The History Press
Год: 2016
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 272
Размер: 3,3 МБ
Язык: Английский

In a combat career that spanned the entirety of the Second World War, the Spitfire earned a reputation as the iconic fighter that friend and foe alike wanted to fly. Affectionately known as the ‘Spit’, the aircraft played a vital part in helping to lift the morale of the British public at home during the Second World War, where many a donation of pots and pans was made to support Spitfire production.

Название: Otto Kretschmer: The Life of Germany's Highest Scoring U-boat Commander
Автор: Lawrence Patterson
Издательство: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1591146976
Год: 2018
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 288
Размер: 10,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

Otto Kretschmer was only in combat from September 1939 until March 1941 but was Germany's highest-scoring U-boat commander, sinking 47 ships totaling 274,333 tons. This definitive work details his personal story and the political backdrop from his earliest days.

Название: Hard Fighting: A History of the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry 1900 - 1946
Автор: Jonathan Hunt
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1848848919
Год: 2016
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 352
Размер: 14,8 МБ
Язык: Английский

This account, following on from Unicorns - The History of the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry 1794- 1899, covers the Regiment’s war service between 1900 and 1945. During the Boer War the SRY formed part of the first volunteer unit to see active service overseas fighting the Boer Commandos as cavalry.

Название: Unearthing the Family of Alexander the Great: The Remarkable Discovery of the Royal Tombs of Macedon
Автор: David Grant
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1526763435
Год: 2019
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 360
Размер: 16,4 МБ
Язык: Английский

In October 336 BC, statues of the twelve Olympian Gods were paraded through the ancient capital of Macedon. Following them was a thirteenth, a statue of King Philip II who was deifying himself in front of the Greek world. Moments later Philip was stabbed to death; it was a world-shaking event that heralded in the reign of his son, Alexander the Great.