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.

Название: Scholastic Encyclopedia of the United States at War
Автор: June A. English
Издательство: Scholastic Inc.
Год: 1998
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 196
Размер: 28,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

From the American Revolution to the Gulf War, The Encyclopedia of the United States at War chronicles the history of our country's involvement in armed conflict. War is not all battles and weapons and uniforms; its roots begin to grow many years before the first shot is fired. War is the agonizing decision by our political leaders to risk lives to protect the country's interests. War is every story of every person who gives his or her life in the service of their country. And war continues to affect people and nations for years after peace is attained.

Название: Battles for Atlanta - Sherman Moves East (The Civil War Series)
Автор: Ronald H. Bailey
Издательство: Time Life Books
Год: 1986
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 184
Размер: 29,5 МБ
Язык: Английский

This book gives many interesting details of the strategies of both sides which is fascinating. You come to admire the strength and courage of both armies regardless of your view of the war. This book shows that Atlanta was not given up without a fight. Johnston defensive strategy, and Sherman's flanking maneveurs all the way from Tennessee to Atlanta are detailed with maps, photos, and more. The sacking of Johnson for Hood before the battle of Atlanta is described along with the various opinions of generals and historians on the effect of this move.

Название: The Great Sea War: The Story Of Naval Action In World War II
Автор: E. B. Potter
Издательство: Verdun Press
Год: 2015
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 480
Размер: 6,8 МБ
Язык: Английский

A brilliant, concise and, perhaps, best single volume history of the Second World War at Sea. Written by veteran historian E. B. Potter during his time as resident historian at the United States Naval Academy this history is filled with action and analysis.