Название: The First and the Last Автор: Adolf Galland Издательство: Bantam Books Год: 1979 Формат: PDF Страниц: 324 Размер: 54,6 МБ Язык: Английский
The incredible saga is told by the Luftwaffe's Commander of Fighter Forces himself. Adolf Galland was a legendary hero, an air ace with 104 victories and a dauntless leader of other men. This is his own story of Germany's war in the air, from the smashing victories in Poland and France to the last desperate battle to save the Reich.
Название: The Life and Death of the Luftwaffe Автор: Werner Baumbach Издательство: Ballantine Books Год: 1967 Формат: PDF Страниц: 300 Размер: 51,1 МБ Язык: Английский
Though only 29 at the end of World War II, Werner Baumbach had already lived a fantastic career in aviation. Starting as a youthful glider expert in the clandestine Luftwaffe cadre under Goering, he finished the war as General of the Bombers, the highest post in the German bomber command. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THE LUFTWAFFE Baumbach's story of the German air force from the early '30's to the final defeat is the complete account of German bombers in World War II and complements the story of German fighter forces told by Adolf Galland in The First and the Last.
Название: The Arab-Israeli Issue Автор: Paul Harper Издательство: Rourke Enterprises, Inc. Год: 1987 Формат: PDF Страниц: 86 Размер: 22,2 МБ Язык: Английский
On the evening of June 3, 1982, the Israeli Ambassador in London was shot and seriously wounded by an Arab gunman. Within hours, Israeli planes were bombing Beirut, killing over 200 people. In retaliation, forces of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) based in southern Lebanon fired shells and rockets into northern Israel on June 4 and 5. On June 6, a huge Israeli force that had been massing close to the border for months poured into south Lebanon and headed toward the capital, Beirut, quickly surrounding the major towns and cities along the way.
Название: Soldiers of Fortune - The Twentieth Century Mercenary Автор: Peter MacDonald Издательство: Gallery Books Год: 1986 Формат: PDF Страниц: 200 Размер: 29,2 МБ Язык: Английский
Basically, there are three types of fighting forces, and three reasons for fighting. There are standing armies (recruited by a state to protect its interests) which are formally written into the law of the land, are paid at agreed rates and are sustained by a national code of military law that em powers the officers in command to maintain discipline.
Название: A Short History of the French Revolution Ed 7 Автор: Jeremy D. Popkin Издательство: Routledge ISBN: 1138557218 Год: 2019 Формат: PDF Страниц: 220 Размер: 10,5 МБ Язык: Английский
A Short History of the French Revolution is an up-to-date survey of the French Revolution and Napoleonic era that introduces readers to the origins and events of this turbulent period in French history, and historians’ interpretations of these events.
Название: Rise of the War Machines: The Birth of Precision Bombing in World War II Автор: Raymond P. O'Mara Издательство: Naval Institute Press ISBN: 1682474364 Год: 2022 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 352 Размер: 13,7 МБ Язык: Английский
Rise of the War Machines: The Birth of Precision Bombing in World War II examines the rise of autonomy in air warfare from the inception of powered flight through the first phase of the Combined Bomber Offensive in World War II.
Название: Finest Years: Churchill as Warlord 1940-45 Автор: Max Hastings Издательство: Harper Press ISBN: 0007263686 Год: 2010 Формат: PDF (conv) Страниц: 576 Размер: 4,0 МБ Язык: Английский
A moving, dramatic narrative of crisis and fortitude, Hastings offers one of the finest biographies of one of Britain's finest men. When Churchill took power as Prime Minister in 1940, it was with the unprecedented support of the nation. People rallied behind their new commander in extraordinary fashion, but thereafter, as Hastings argues, there came a deep divide.
Название: The Nazis Knew My Name: A Remarkable Story of Survival and Courage in Auschwitz, US Edition Автор: Magda Hellinger, Maya Lee Издательство: Atria Books ISBN: 1982181222 Год: 2022 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 320 Размер: 10,4 МБ Язык: Английский
The “thought-provoking…must-read” (Ariana Neumann, author of When Time Stopped) memoir by a Holocaust survivor who saved an untold number of lives at Auschwitz through everyday acts of courage and kindness—in the vein of A Bookshop in Berlin and The Nazi Officer’s Wife. In March 1942, twenty-five-year-old kindergarten teacher Magda Hellinger and nearly a thousand other young women were deported as some of the first Jews to be sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Название: История развития артиллерии. С древнейших времен и до конца XIX века Автор: И.С. Прочко Издательство: Полигон Год: 1994 Формат: djvu ISBN: 5-85503-070-9 Размер: 17 мб Качество: хорошее Язык: русский
В книге коротко изложена эпоха метательных машин, зарождение огнестрельной артиллерии, ее развитие и боевое применение в войнах до конца XVIII столетия, эпоха Наполеоновских войн и введение на вооружение нарезной артиллерии. Впервые книга была издана в 1945 году Артиллерийской академией им. Дзержинского. Настоящее издание почти полностью повторяет текст издания 1945 года без редакторских правок. Книга рассчитана на всех интересующихся историей артиллерии.
Название: Helicopters and Airplanes of The U.S. Army Автор: Frank J. Delear Издательство: Dodd, Mead & Company Год: 1977 Формат: PDF Страниц: 100 Размер: 25,8 МБ Язык: Английский
This book describes various types of Helicopters and Airplanes of The U.S. Army, with a lot of illustrations.