Автор: Robert Cecil
Название: Hitler's Decision to Invade Russia, 1941
Издательство: David McKay Company
Год: 1976
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 200
Язык: English
Размер: 23 MB

Hitler's decision to invade Russia was one of the most fateful of this century—and has become one of the most widely argued events in modern history. The invasion effectively ensured, even before the entry of the United States, that Germany would lose the two-front war that resulted. It was an arbitrary decision in that Stalin, his former ally, did not want war, and there was no logical military necessity for Hitler's attack. None of the top German military advisers favored so drastic a solution to their strategic problems; and the German people had no wish to see an extension of the war. Hitler conducted the campaign with an unrelenting savagery that made certain, when the war was lost, that the Red Army would be drawn into the heart of Europe, leading not only to the partition of Germany but also to the division of the whole continent.

Автор: Patrick Bishop
Название: Fighter Boys: The Battle of Britain, 1940
Издательство: Viking Press
Год: 2003
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 468
Язык: English
Размер: 60 MB

In the summer of 1940 the defense of Britain rested in the hands of the pilots of Fighter Command. The future of the country and arguably that of the free world depended on the skill and morale of a small group of mostly very young men. Their victory became celebrated as a classic feat of arms. But it was also a triumph of the spirit, in which the attitudes and outlook of the pilots played a crucial role. Despite the importance of this select band, remarkably little is understood about its real character. Drawing on contemporary diaries and letters, memoirs and interviews with many of the survivors, Patrick Bishop's Fighter Boys reaches beyond the myths. He anatomizes the character and motivations of an elite whose members came from a remarkable variety of backgrounds, yet fused together to create a new ethos that combined traditional values with the technical ability demanded by aerial warfare. The result is a unique study of the spirit of these men, carried along on a surging narrative that conveys with unprecedented force a sense of what it was to be a fighter pilot, in war, peace and love.

Автор: Thomas M. Coffey
Название: Decision Over Schweinfurt: The U.S. 8th Air Force Battle For Daylight Bombing
Издательство: David McKay Company
Год: 1977
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 400
Язык: English
Размер: 53 MB

The story of two daring raids on the German ball-bearing plants at Schweinfurt.

Автор: Коллектив
Название: Сборник материалов по русско-турецкой войне 1877-1878 гг. на Балканском полуострове. Вып.10. Журналы, дневники и очерки военных действий частей VIII арм. корпуса
Издательство: СПб.: Издание Военно-Исторической Комиссии Главного Управления Генерального Штаба
Год: 1902
Язык: Русский, дореформенный
Формат: pdf
Размер: 20 mb
Страниц: 317

10-й выпуск "Сборника материалов по русско-турецкой войне на Балканском полуострове" содержит материалы по истории боевых действий VIII армейского корпуса.

Название: Israel’s Lightning Strike The raid on Entebbe 1976
Автор: Simon Dunstan
Издательство: Osprey Publihing Limited
Серия/ номер в серии: Ride /2
Год: 2009
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 68
Размер: 43 Mb
Язык: English

Книга о легендарной спецоперации израильских сил безопасности по освобождению заложников

Название: Корейская война
Автор: Стьюк У.
Издательство: АСТ
Год: 2002
Формат: PDF/DjVu
Страниц: 732
Размер: 51.2 MB
Язык: Русский

Предлагаемая читателю книга является первой в историографии Корейской войны попыткой дать полную историю этого конфликта. В СССР, как и в США, Корейская война преподносилась в основном идеологическими штампами. Несмотря на то что территориально это был небольшой локальный конфликт, в него оказались втянутыми правительства двадцати стран. Именно эта война в значительной степени способствовала возникновению и развитию той системы межгосударственных отношений, которая сумела избавить мир от ужаса Третьей мировой воины.
В исследовании американского историка У. Стьюка не только представлена полная картина боевых действий военного конфликта в Корее, но и подробно рассматриваются дипломатические шаги, предпринятые разными странами.

Название: Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
Автор(ы): Martin Velek, Valerij Roman
Издательство: MBI
Год: 1997
ISBN: 809022380X
Страниц: 80
Язык: Czech/English
Формат: PDF
Размер: 51 MB

81 b/w photos, 8 pages of 1:72 detailed multi-view scale drawings. Many line drawings of various details, 32 colour profiles and schemes and a page of P-47D cockpit interior in colour; interior artwork based on manuals and photos. This publication covers the history and development of the big, safe and lethal radial-engined 'Jug', that formed the backbone of the USAF fighter squadrons, fighting from 1942 until the Mustang came in the late 1944 to lend a hand in the closing phases of WWII. The PR hype and almost scandalous circumstances of its birth are covered in detail, while the technical side gets a thorough work-out too. All versions and modifications are covered in multi-page spreads of detailed drawings and colour. As a special eye-opener a section describing the heretofore unknown operational history of the Lend-Lease 'Tandyerbolty' in Soviet service is included. Dual Czech/English text.

Название: Messerschmitt Me 262
Автор(ы): Miroslav Balous, Jiri Rajlich
Издательство: MBI
Год: 1995
ISBN: 8090126375
Страниц: 63
Язык: Czech/English
Формат: PDF
Размер: 53 MB

This publication covers the history and development of the Messerschmitt Me 262 with b/w photos, 1:72 detailed multi-view scale drawings. Many line drawings of various details, colour profiles and schemes and cockpit interior in colour. Dual Czech/English text.

Название: Lavockin La-5
Автор(ы): Milos Vestsik, Jiri Vrany
Издательство: MBI
Год: 2002
ISBN: 8086524108
Страниц: 112
Язык: Czech/English
Формат: PDF HQ
Размер: 150 MB

This publication covers the history and development of the WWII Soviet fighter La-5. Many line drawings of various details, colour profiles and schemes and cockpit interior in colour. Dual Czech/English text.

Название: Curtiss P-40
Автор(ы): Vlastimil Ehrman, Valerij Roman
Издательство: MBI
Год: 1998
ISBN: 8090223834
Страниц: 79
Язык: Czech/English
Формат: PDF
Размер: 98 MB

The P-40 was conceived as an upgrade of the Curtiss Hawk 75 just before the WWII. France was its first customer but never received its order cause to the 1940 defeat. The P-40 was one of the rare aircraft conceived before the war and produced all the war long. This book is a good monography with b/w photos, 1:72 detailed multi-view scale drawings. Many line drawings of various details, colour profiles and schemes and a page of P-40B cockpit interior in colour. Dual Czech/English text.