Название: The Origins of War: From the Stone Age to Alexander the Great
Автор: Arther Ferrill
Издательство: Westview Press
Год: 1997
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 241
Размер: 29,2 МБ
Язык: Английский

When did war begin? Standard military accounts tend to start with the Graeco-Persian wars, laying undue emphasis on the preeminence of Greek heavy infantry. But, as this strikingly original and entertaining book shows, the origins of war can be traced back not to the Iron Age, or even to the Bronze Age, but to the emergence of settled life itself nearly 10,000 years ago.

Название: Operation Bagration: The Soviet Destruction of German Army Group Center, 1944
Автор: Ian Baxter
Издательство: Casemate Publishers
Год: 2020
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 130
Размер: 22,0 МБ
Язык: Английский

Bagration was the code word that the Soviet Army gave for their summer offensive in 1944. This massive offensive led to the destruction of the German Army Group Center and was the greatest military defeat ever experienced by the German Army during World War Two.

Название: All About History: Book of Hitler
Автор: Dan Peel
Издательство: DK
Год: 2019
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 145
Размер: 70 Mb
Язык: English

On 30 April 1945, with Berlin surrounded and Nazi Germany all but defeated, Adolf Hitler put his Walther PPK pistol to his head, took a deep breath, and pulled the trigger. The Fiihrer was dead, his bloody reign of terror finally at an end.
In the Book of Hitler, we look back at the brutal rise and dramatic fall of history's most hated man, from his troubled early years and experiences during World War I to his use of repression, racism and riots to take control and maintain power in Germany. Hitler's military leadership style and how it affected the outcome of World War II is explored in detail alongside fascinating features on key moments from the conflict, such as his clash with Soviet giant Josef Stalin and Nazi Germany's last stand in Berlin, while we also look at Hitler's plans for global domination and the lasting impact his brief reign continues to have on the world.

Название: Countering Hitler's Spies: British Military Intelligence, 1940–1945
Автор: Stephen Wynn
Издательство: Pen and Sword Military
Год: 2020
Страниц: 170
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 13.3 MB

When the military aspect of the Second World War is discussed, especially regarding how the war was won, people tend to talk about, Winston Churchill, D-Day, Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, the Blitz, the Dam Busters, the Allied bombing of German cities, Montgomery and the North Africa campaign, etc. However, there is one aspect, rarely mentioned and never quite fully appreciated, which played a massive role in winning the war. The Double Cross system, operated by MI5, involved capturing German spies who had been sent to the United Kingdom and offering them the opportunity to become double agents and spy for the British against the Germans. Most agreed, although the alternative wasn’t that pleasant: refusing to become a spy would have almost certainly resulted in death.

Название: The Roots of Ireland's Troubles
Автор: Robert Stedall
Издательство: Pen & Sword History
Год: 2019
Страниц: 590
Язык: английский
Формат: epub (true)
Размер: 10.2 MB

Over the course of three decades in the late twentieth century, Northern Ireland was embroiled in the Troubles, a conflict characterized by the violent and bitter struggle between nationalists and unionists. Many books in recent years have attempted to make sense of the Troubles. Primarily political and nationalistic, it also had a sectarian dimension. In The Roots of Ireland’s Troubles, Robert Stedall argues that we need to take a longer historical view to truly understand the complex factors at play in Ireland’s history that ultimately led to the Troubles. Comprehensive in its approach, it ranges from Plantagenet intervention among the warring Gaelic chieftains, to Cromwell’s restoration of British rule following the English Civil War and William Pitt’s resignation over the Irish Catholic’s Emancipation question.

Название: Doctor Behind the Wire: The Diaries of POW, Captain Jack Ennis, Singapore 1942-1945
Автор: Jackie Sutherland
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 139901028X
Год: 2021
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 256
Размер: 3,2 МБ
Язык: Английский

Although other books have featured Jack and Elizabeth Ennis, this is the first complete account of their story – from meeting in up-country Malaya (the rain forest, the orchids) – to their marriage in Singapore just days before it fell to the Japanese, and then through the long separation of internment.

Название: China and the Great War: China's Pursuit of a New National Identity and Internationalization
Автор: Guoqi Xu
Издательство: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521842123
Год: 2005
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 342
Размер: 7,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

China's role in the First World War has been a curiously neglected topic. This 2005 book is a full-length study of China's involvement in the conflict from perspectives of international history, using largely unknown archival materials from China, France, Germany, UK, and USA.

Название: The Black Ship
Автор: Dudley Pope
Издательство: Pen and Sword
Год: 2009
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 431
Размер: 9,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

Dudley Pope meticulously recounts the butchering of the officers aboard His Majesty’s Frigate Hermione in the West Indies in 1797. The captain of the frigate, Hugh Pigot, was a brutal and sadistic commander who flogged his men mercilessly and drove them beyond the limits of endurance.

Название: Out of Afghanistan: The Inside Story of the Soviet Withdrawal
Автор: Diego Cordovez, Selig S. Harrison
Издательство: Oxford University Press
Год: 1995
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 471
Размер: 32,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

When the Soviet Union pulled its forces out of Afghanistan, the American media had a simple explanation: Soviet troops had been hounded out of the mountains by U.S.-armed guerrillas--the skies cleared of Soviet aircraft by Stinger missiles--until the Kremlin was forced to cry uncle.

Название: Адмирал Канарис - "Железный" адмирал
Авторы: А. Волков, С. Славин
Издательство: Русич, Олимп
Серия: Мир в войнах
Год: 1999
ISBN: 5-7390-0574-4, 5-88590-839-7
Страниц: 568
Формат: pdf
Размер: 112 Мб
Язык: Русский

Абвер, третий рейх, армейская разведка… Что скрывается за этими понятиями: отлаженный механизм уничтожения? Безотказно четкая структура? Железная дисциплина? Мировое господство? Страх? Книга о "хитром лисе", Канарисе, бессменном шефе абвера, - это неожиданно откровенный разговор о реальных людях, о психологии войны, об интригах и заговорах, покушениях и провалах в самом сердце Германии, за которыми стоял "железный" адмирал.