Название: Британская шпионская сеть в Советской России. Воспоминания тайного агента МИ-6
Автор: Пол Дьюкс
Издательство: Центрполиграф
Год: 2021
Формат: fb2, rtf
Размер: 10 Мб
Качество: Хорошее
Язык: Русский

Офицер британской внешней разведки Пол Дьюкс, известный как «человек с сотней лиц», в настоящих мемуарах рассказывает о своей шпионской деятельности в революционной России. Действуя под разными прикрытиями, самым дерзким из которых была личность сотрудника ЧК, Дьюкс успешно получал доступ во многие советские учреждения, изучал внутреннюю работу Политбюро, передавая сведения о ней в Лондон. Вернувшись в Великобританию, за свою секретную службу был удостоен рыцарского звания.

Название: Osprey New Vanguard 64 - Confederate Raider 1861-65
Автор: Angus Konstam
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год: 2003
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 48
Размер: 13,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

The Confederate states adopted radical solutions to counter the naval superiority of their opponents. One of the more successful solutions they adopted was the use of commerce raiders. This book describes the reasons which forced the Confederates to resort to commerce raiding, and outlines the way in which these craft were converted or specially built to perform their role.

Название: Osprey New Vanguard 41 - Confederate Ironclad 1861-65
Автор: Angus Konstam
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год: 2001
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 48
Размер: 13,8 МБ
Язык: Английский

The creation of a Confederate ironclad fleet was a miracle of ingenuity, improvisation and logistics. Surrounded by a superior enemy fleet, Confederate designers adapted existing vessels or created new ones from the keel up with the sole purpose of breaking the naval stranglehold on the nascent country.

Название: Osprey New Vanguard 48 - The 25-pounder Field Gun 1939–72
Автор: Chris Henry
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год: 2002
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 48
Размер: 12,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

Of all the British guns in use during the Second World War, the 25 pounder is the gun that best represents Britain's armed forces. It was adaptable, it packed a powerful punch, and above all it was reliable. This book provides a full combat history of a gun that was used in every theatre of the Second World War and saw extensive service in the postwar years, particularly in Korea and during the Malaysian emergency. The last 25-pounder gun to see action in the British Army was one used by SAS troops at Mirbat, Oman, in 1972.

Название: 1942: The Year the War Came to Australia: The bombing of Darwin and the attack on Sydney by the Japanese
Автор: Peter Grose
Издательство: Allen & Unwin
Год: 2021
Страниц: 592
Язык: английский
Формат: epub
Размер: 10.1 MB

The story of the bombing of Darwin and the Japanese midget sub attack on Sydney Harbour in one volume from the bestselling author of An Awkward Truth and A Very Rude Awakening. The bombing of Darwin by the Japanese on 19 February 1942 was the first wartime assault on Australian soil. The Japanese dropped more bombs on Darwin, killed more civilians in Darwin and sank more ships in Darwin than Pearl Harbor. Three months later, on 31 May 1942, three Japanese midget submarines crept into Sydney Harbour and caused an unforgettable night of mayhem, high farce, chaos and courage. The war was no longer confined to distant deserts and jungles. It had well and truly come to Australia.

Название: The Searchers: The Quest for the Lost of the First World War
Автор: Robert Sackville-West
Издательство: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1526613158
Год: 2021
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 682
Размер: 7,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

By the end of the First World War, the whereabouts of more than half a million British soldiers were unknown. Most were presumed dead, lost forever under the battlefields of northern France and Flanders.

Название: Defenders of Japan: The Post-Imperial Armed Forces 1946-2016, A History
Автор: Garren Mulloy
Издательство: Hurst & Company., Oxford University Press
Год: 2021
Страниц: 320
Язык: английский
Формат: epub
Размер: 10.1 MB

Japan's post-war armed forces are a paradox, both embarrassing remnants of the past and valuable repositories of experience. This book charts the development of the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) from 1954 as both unorthodox military institutions and servants of a civil society that decries militarism. Investigating JSDF contributions to Japanese and global security, the evolution of such contributions during and after the Cold War, and their possible reconfiguration for Japan's security needs ahead, Garren Mulloy offers insight into the Forces' past, present and future. He explores the characteristics and contradictions of Japanese policy, including novel approaches in response to an increasingly assertive China, the latent threat of North Korea and contributory pressure from the US.

Название: Osprey New Vanguard 58 - Medieval Siege Weapons (1): Western Europe AD 585-1385
Автор: David Nicolle
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год: 2002
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 48
Размер: 13,8 МБ
Язык: Английский

The Medieval era was a period of huge variety and invention in siege warfare. Before the use of cannon and other gun-powder artillery, siege engines relied on assorted sources of power, from torsion 'energy storage' systems to man-power, counter-balances and others.

Название: Historyczne Bitwy 74 - Ateny-Sparta 431-404 P.n.e.
Автор: Ryszard Kulesza
Издательство: Dom Wydawniczy Bellona
Год: 1997
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 253
Размер: 15,7 МБ
Язык: Польский

Wojna peloponeska, która wybuchła w 431 roku p.n.e., była największą i najdłuższą z wojen, jakie toczyli starożytni Grecy. W trwających przez ponad ćwierć wieku zmaganiach Aten ze Spartą wzięła udział większość greckich państw-miast.

Название: Submarine Warfare in World War I: The History and Legacy of the German U-boats and Allied Efforts to Counter Them
Автор: Charles River Editors
Издательство: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Год: 2018
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 60
Размер: 2,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

World War I proved the value of submarines, ensuring their widespread employment in the next conflict, but by using U-boats against the shipping that kept Britain supplied, it might have ultimately cost Germany and Austria-Hungary the war by providing a reason for President Woodrow Wilson to bring the United States into the struggle.