Название: Hellenistic & Roman Naval Wars, 336–31 BC
Автор: John D. Grainger
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1848841612
Год: 2011
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 224
Размер: 3,3 МБ
Язык: Английский

The period covered in this book is well known for its epic battles and grand campaigns of territorial conquest, but Hellenistic monarchies, Carthaginians, and the rapacious Roman Republic were scarcely less active at sea. Huge resources were poured into maintaining fleets not only as symbols of prestige but as means of projecting real military power across the Mediterranean arena.

Название: Хроника рядового разведчика: Фронтовая разведка в годы Великой Отечественной войны (1943-1945)
Автор: Фокин Е.
Издательство: М.: Центрполиграф
Год: 2006
ISBN: 978-5-9524-2675-7
Серия: На линии фронта. Правда о войне
Cтраниц: 275
Формат: fb2, mobi, epub
Размер: 10,5 Мб
Язык: Русский

Евгений Иванович Фокин с мая 1943 гола воевал в разведроте. Неоднократно участвовал в захвате "языков" на передовой и в ближнем тылу противника. Особая страница в боевой биографии автора - участие в дерзкой операции спецотряда по спасению в феврале 1944 года важнейших объектов в Кривом Роге. Достоверно и ярко описывает Е.И. Фокин детали службы и быта фронтовых разведчиков, то воинское мастерство, которому учил его командир - Герой Советского Союза В.А. Дышинский.

Название: Modern European Submachine Guns: History of the Firearms
Автор: Francis W. Brown
Издательство: PBS Astreul
Год: 2021
Страниц: 74
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf, epub
Размер: 10.2 MB

The creators of new submachine guns today take two paths: the first is a new design that makes it easier to use the weapon, and the second is the original internal filling. This is especially true for submachine guns from European manufacturers. In the book "Modern European Submachine Guns" we will consider some models of modern European submachine guns and get acquainted with their technical characteristics. Also, in a separate article, we will pay attention to the prospects for creating a newer miniature automatic weapon.

Название: Stackpole Military History Series - Eastern Front Combat: The German Soldier in Battle from Stalingrad to Berlin
Автор: Hans Wijers
Издательство: Stackpole Books
Год: 2008
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 336
Размер: 6,4 МБ
Язык: Английский

First-person German accounts of bloody combat. Includes never-before-seen photos "We had been hit in the left side of our Panzer III and had no choice but to bail out. In our black uniforms, we clearly stood out against the snow.

Название: Verdun: The Lost History of the Most Important Battle of World War I
Автор: John Mosier
Издательство: Dutton Caliber
Год: 2014
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 416
Размер: 9,8 МБ
Язык: Английский

Although British historians have always seen Verdun as a one-year battle designed by the German chief of staff to bleed France white, historian John Mosier’s careful analysis of the German plans reveals a much more abstract and theoretical approach.

Название: Midway: The Battle That Doomed Japan, the Japanese Navy's Story
Автор: Mitsuo Fuchida
Издательство: Naval Institute Press
Год: 1966
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 157
Размер: 1,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

This landmark study was first published in English by the Naval Institute in 1955 and was added to the Classics of Naval Literature series in 1992. Widely acknowledged for its valuable Japanese insights into the battle that turned that tide of war in the Pacific, the book has made a great impact on American readers over the years.

Название: Stackpole Military History Series - Winter Storm: The Battle for Stalingrad and the Operation to Rescue 6th Army
Автор: Hans Wijers
Издательство: Stackpole Books
Год: 2012
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 304
Размер: 9,6 МБ
Язык: Английский

Stackpole Military History Series - Winter Storm: The Battle for Stalingrad and the Operation to Rescue 6th Army

Название: The Battle of Anzio
Автор: T. R. Fehrenbach
Издательство: E-Reads
Год: 1962
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 100
Размер: 1,4 МБ
Язык: Английский

The Battle of Anzio was among the most bloody of the World War II conflicts. T. R. Fehrenbach’s accurate account stunningly depicts the reality of the Allied forces’ fight for survival on an Italian beach as they stormed what Winston Churchill called the soft underbelly of the Axis powers.

Название: Osprey New Vanguard 145 - British Submarines of World War I
Автор: Innes McCartney
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год: 2008
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 48
Размер: 4,0 МБ
Язык: Английский

As the major powers engaged in an arms race in the early years of the 20th century, the Admiralty was tasked with developing that deadly stalker of the high seas - the submarine. In 1905, briefed with creating a vessel that could be employed on an enemy's coastline, the Admiralty took several technological leaps forward to match Germany's own revolutionary vessels.

Название: Burma Railway Man: Secret Letters from a Japanese POW
Автор: Charles Steel
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1783400676
Год: 2015
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 192
Размер: 7,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

Charles Steel took part in two military disasters - the Fall of France and the Dunkirk evacuation, and the Fall of Singapore. Shortly before the latter, he married Louise. Within days of being captured by the Japanese, he began writing a weekly letter to his new bride as means of keeping in touch with her in his mind, for the Japanese forbade all writing of letters and diaries.