Название: The Reach of Rome: A History of the Roman Imperial Frontier 1St-5Th Centuries AD
Автор: Derek Williams
Издательство: ‎St Martins Pr
ISBN: 0312156316
Год: 1997
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 342
Размер: 4,5 МБ
Язык: Английский

The Roman Empire was one of the most powerful forces in history. However, few people realize that this vast empire was guarded by one frontier, a series of natural and man-made barriers, including Hadrian's Wall. It is impossible to have a true understanding of the Roman Empire without first investigating the scope of this amazing frontier.

Название: Mission at Nuremberg: An American Army Chaplain and the Trial of the Nazis
Автор: Tim Townsend
Издательство: William Morrow
Год: 2014
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 416
Размер: 3,4 МБ
Язык: Английский

Once Adolf Hitler was defeated, U.S. Army Chaplain Henry Gerecke received his most challenging assignment: he was sent to Nuremberg to minister to the twenty-one imprisoned Nazi leaders awaiting trial for crimes against humanity. Mission at Nuremberg takes us deep inside the Nuremberg Palace of Justice, into the cells of the accused and the courtroom where they answered to the world for their crimes.

Название: Road of 10,000 Pains: The Destruction of the 2nd NVA Division by the U.S. Marines, 1967
Автор: Otto J. Lehrack
Издательство: ‎Zenith Press
Год: 2010
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 320
Размер: 8,2 МБ
Язык: Английский

“Oh, yes,” a retired NVA officer matter-of-factly declared to former U.S. Marine Otto J. Lehrack. “In the Que Son Valley in 1967, we killed more Americans than at any time or place during the war.” Road of 10,000 Pains, which takes its name from The Iliad, is an epic oral history of Vietnam's bloodiest campaign, fought for seven months in a series of battles, most within four miles of each other, along Route 534.

Название: СМЕРШ и НКВД
Автор: Артем Драбкин
Издательство: Яуза
Год: 2018
Страниц: 260, 8 ил.
Язык: Русский
Формат: rtf, pdf
Размер: 11,7 Mb

Пожалуй, ни о ком не сложилось столько легенд, как о сотрудниках СМЕРШа и НКВД. В одних они выглядят настоящими героями «невидимого фронта», в других – карателями, стрелявшими в спину красноармейцам и погубившими десятки тысяч бойцов и командиров Красной Армии.

Название: Контроль над разумом и другие сражения холодной войны
Автор: Леонид Млечин
Издательство: ИД "Аргументы недели"
Год: 2018
Страниц: 470
Язык: Русский
Формат: rtf, pdf
Размер: 10,1 Mb

После Второй мировой войны мир раскололся на два противоборствующих лагеря. Мировое сообщество оказалось на пороге новой войны. Судьбу всего человечества в эти годы решали несколько государств. Страны разрабатывали планы ядерных атак, составляли карты бомбардировок, вели активную разведывательную и подрывную деятельность. Мировая экономика работала на наращивание ядерного потенциала. Этот период истории принято называть холодной войной.

Название: Fighting Techniques of the Colonial Era: 1776-1914 Equipment, Combat Skills and Tactics
Автор: Robert B. Bruce, Phyllis G. Jestice, Stuart Reid
Издательство: Thomas Dunne Books
ISBN: 031259092X
Год: 2009
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 261
Размер: 46,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

An essential guide for military buffs and a comprehensive re - source for a transitional period in military history, Fighting Techniques of the Colonial Age shows in detail the methods by which European armies gained and lost ascendancy on the battlefields of the colonial era.

Название: Strike Fighters The F/A-18E/F Super Hornets (War Planes)
Автор: Bill Sweetman
Издательство: Capstone Press
Год: 2002
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 36
Размер: 18,4 МБ
Язык: Английский

The Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet and related twin-seat F/A-18F are twin-engine carrier-capable multirole fighter aircraft variants based on the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet. The F/A-18E single-seat and F/A-18F tandem-seat variants are larger and more advanced derivatives of the F/A-18C and D Hornet. The Super Hornet has an internal 20 mm M61 rotary cannon and can carry air-to-air missiles and air-to-surface weapons.

Название: Radar Jammers: The EA-6B Prowlers (War Planes)
Автор: Bill Sweetman
Издательство: Capstone Press
Год: 2002
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 36
Размер: 18,2 МБ
Язык: Английский

The Northrop Grumman (formerly Grumman) EA-6B Prowler is a twin-engine, mid-wing electronic warfare aircraft derived from the A-6 Intruder airframe. The EA-6A was the initial electronic warfare version of the A-6 used by the United States Marine Corps in the 1960s. Development on the more advanced EA-6B began in 1966.

Название: Jump Jets: The AV-8B Harriers (War Planes)
Автор: Bill Sweetman
Издательство: Capstone Press
Год: 2002
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 36
Размер: 18,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) AV-8B Harrier II is a single-engine ground-attack aircraft that constitutes the second generation of the Harrier Jump Jet family. Capable of vertical or short takeoff and landing (V/STOL), the aircraft was designed in the late 1970s as an Anglo-American development of the British Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first operational V/STOL aircraft.

Название: Combat Rescue Helicopters: The MH-53 Pave Lows (War Planes)
Автор: Bill Sweetman
Издательство: Capstone Press
Год: 2002
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 36
Размер: 20,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

The Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low series is a long-range combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopter for the United States Air Force. The series was upgraded from the HH-53B/C, variants of the Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion. The HH-53 "Super Jolly Green Giant" was initially developed to replace the HH-3 "Jolly Green Giant". The helicopters later transitioned to Special Operations missions. The U.S. Air Force's MH-53J/M fleet was retired in September 2008 and was replaced by the CV-22B Osprey.