Название: World War I: A History
Автор: Hew Strachan
Издательство: Oxford University Press
Год: 1998
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 392
Размер: 55,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

The war that shaped the history of the twentieth century. A compelling new history of World War I by an international team of experts. Extensively illustrated to display the war in every aspect, from its causes to its consequences, and the potent legacy which still touches us today.

Название: The U.S. Air Force
Автор: Rose Blue, Corrine J. Naden
Издательство: The Millbrook Press
Год: 1993
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 70
Размер: 46,5 МБ
Язык: Английский

The U.S. Air Force

Название: Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II
Автор: Alex Kershaw
Издательство: Dutton Caliber
ISBN: 0593183746
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 368
Размер: 3,6 МБ
Язык: Английский

The national bestselling author of The First Wave tells the untold story of four of the most decorated soldiers of World War II—all Medal of Honor recipients—from the beaches of French Morocco to Hitler’s own mountaintop fortress.

Название: The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium
Автор: Barry Strauss
Издательство: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 1982116676
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 368
Размер: 29,2 МБ
Язык: Английский

The gripping story of one of history's most important and yet little-known wars, the campaign culminating in the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, whose outcome determined the future of the Roman Empire.

Название: The Middle East Conflicts: From 1945 to the Present
Автор: John Pimlott
Издательство: Crescent Books
Год: 1983
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 132
Размер: 25,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

The Middle East Conflicts: From 1945 to the Present describes how and why the long succession of wars has taken place. It goes into detail about the major conflicts themselves, showing how decisions taken under great stress on the battlefield have meant the difference between victory and defeat . The book is illustrated with more than 200 photographs, maps and diagrams that give a fully rounded view of the struggles in the Middle East.

Название: The Battle of Britain, July-September 1940
Автор: Marcel Jullian
Издательство: Fawcett Publications, Inc.
Год: 1968
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 260
Размер: 39,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

This superb close-up of the tremendous drama of the air battles over Britain during World War II brilliantly re-creates one of the greatest flying adventures of all time. In July 1940 Hitler promised to invade England and began to amass the greatest invasion armada in history. But first he had to smash the Royal Air Force. Hopelessly outnumbered ... at least five to one . . . the immortal warriors of the RAF faced the deadly might of Hitlers air power with a courage and gallantry that were incredible.

Название: Rebels Resurgent - Fredericksburg to Chancellors (The Civil War Series)
Автор: William K. Goolrick
Издательство: Time-Life Books
Год: 1985
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 184
Размер: 34,2 МБ
Язык: Английский

The Time Civil War Series is a great comprehensive overview of the the Civil War from the causes up through reconstruction. Rebels Resurgent: Fredericksburg to Chancellorsville is a essential part of this series as this is the period when Lee's Army of Northern Virginia was at its best, not only defeating the Army of the Potomac, but literally fighting circles around them despite being at an extreme numerical disadvantage.

Название: High-Tech Warfare
Автор: Bill Gunston, Doug Richardson, Ian Hogg
Издательство: Crescent Books
Год: 1991
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 184
Размер: 44,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

Aircraft, ships, tanks and guns may have a similar appearance to those in service twenty or thirty years ago, but under the skin they are a completely different generation. While there have been advances in materials, structures, propulsion and aerodynamics, the true revolution has been in the field of electronics. New systems for navigation, all-weather reconnaissance and target detection, command and control, weapon aiming and missile guidance have transformed the battlefield.

Название: The Black Douglases: War and Lordship in Medieval Scotland, 1300–1455
Автор: Michael Brown
Издательство: Barnes & Noble
ISBN: 0760756759
Год: 1998
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 557
Размер: 3,8 МБ
Язык: Английский

During the century and a half of their power the Black Douglases earned fame as Scotland’s champions in the front line of war against England. On their shields they bore the bloody heart of Robert Bruce, the symbol of their claim to be the physical protectors of the hero-king’s legacy. But others saw the power of these lords and earls of Douglas in a different light.

Название: Unlikely Allies: Nazi German and Ukrainian Nationalist Collaboration in the General Government During World War II
Автор: Pawel Markiewicz
Издательство: Purdue University Press
ISBN: 1612496792
Год: 2021
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 366
Размер: 11,4 МБ
Язык: Английский

Unlikely Allies offers the first comprehensive and scholarly English-language analysis of German-Ukrainian collaboration in the General Government, an area of occupied Poland during World War II. Drawing on extensive archival material, the Ukrainian position is examined chiefly through the perspective of Ukrainian Central Committee head Volodymyr Kubiiovych, a prewar academic and ardent nationalist.