Название: A Photographic History of World War II Including the Battle of Britain Автор: M. Wilkinson Издательство: Paragon Год: 2010 Формат: PDF Страниц: 264 Размер: 107,4 МБ Язык: Английский
A Photographic History of World War II Including the Battle of Britain
Название: Крейсер "Аврора". Памятник истории отечественного кораблестроения Автор: Виктор Буров, Владимир Юхнин Издательство: Лениздат Год: 1987 Формат: pdf Страниц: 163 Размер: 18,5 Mb Язык: Русский
Авторы книги - руководители восстановительно-реставрационных работ по сохранению легендарного крейсера "Аврора" - рассказывают о его технических особенностях, достижениях конструкторской мысли и уникальных инженерных задачах, решаемых при воссоздании и сохранении исторического корабля. Содержит цветные и черно-белые иллюстрации, схемы.
Название: 60 Years of Leadership: NATO 1949-2009 Автор: Коллектив Издательство: Faircount Год: 2009 Формат: PDF Страниц: 67 Размер: 16,6 МБ Язык: Английский
As the Iron Curtain separated Europe into two opposing military and political blocs, the Western Allies from World War II began laying the foundation for a unique new alliance to present a united front against any further territorial ambitions by the resurgent Soviet Union.
Название: Heroes of Fighter Command: Sussex Автор: Rupert Matthews Издательство: Countryside Books Год: 2007 Формат: PDF Страниц: 196 Размер: 147,4 МБ Язык: Английский
Throughout the second half of the 1930's, war with Germany seemed increasingly likely. The RAF, preparing for the coming struggle, formed Fighter Command in July 1936 under the legendary Air Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding. In this well researched and excellently written book Rupert Matthews tells the story of courageous individuals whe despite the odds, flew mission after mission during the 2nd World War.
Название: The Japanese Army Handbook 1939-1945 Автор: George Forty Издательство: The History Press ISBN: 9780750954136 Год: 2013 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 147 Размер: 3,4 МБ Язык: Английский
This is an insight into the most feared army of World War II. The Japanese Imperial Army grew from 1.5 million men in 1939 to 5.5 million men by the end of the war. Their highly successful campaigns in the Far East and the Pacific at the beginning of World War II were every bit as spectacular as those of the Germans in Europe, and they earned an enviable reputation as expert jungle fighters which it took some years for the Allies to match.
Название: Revolutionary Science: Transformation and Turmoil in the Age of the Guillotine Автор: Steve Jones Издательство: Pegasus Books ISBN: 1681773090 Год: 2017 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 384 Размер: 7,3 МБ Язык: Английский
The surprising and sometimes shocking history of the scientific innovations in Paris during the French Revolution, by the author of Darwin’s Ghost. Paris at the time of the French Revolution was the world capital of science. Its scholars laid the foundations of today's physics, chemistry and biology. They were true revolutionaries: agents of an upheaval both of understanding and of politics.
Название: Lullabies for Lieutenants: Memoir of a Marine Forward Observer in Vietnam, 1965–1966 Автор: Franklin Cox Издательство: McFarland & Company ISBN: 0786447192 Год: 2010 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 220 Размер: 3,5 МБ Язык: Английский
Capturing the chaotic nature of the U.S. Marine experience at war in Vietnam, this memoir recounts the experiences of a young officer in a series of unrelated short pieces. In a narrative as fragmented as the war itself, the only resolution is the same one reached by the Marines who fought--the conclusion of a tour of duty with no happy ending.
Название: Hitler's Secret Bankers: How Switzerland Profited from Nazi Genocide Автор: Adam LeBor Издательство: Apollo ISBN: 1789543231 Год: 2020 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 432 Размер: 1,8 МБ Язык: Английский
There were no death certificates issued at Auschwitz. Nevertheless, Swiss banks still demand them before handing over the assets of account holders killed in the Holocaust to their surviving relatives. When the Jews of Europe entrusted their families' wealth to what they hoped would be a safe haven – the banks of Switzerland – they were wrong. Millions of dollars, deposited decades ago in good faith by Jews who were to die in the Nazi genocide, still lie in their vaults, earning interest and providing working capital for Swiss banks.
Название: Atlantic Nightmare: The longest military campaign in World War II Автор: Richard Freeman Издательство: Endeavour Media Год: 2019 Формат: PDF, epub, djvu Страниц: 293 Размер: 11,07 Мб Язык: англиский
No other battle of the Second World War lasted longer than the 2,075 days of the Battle of the Atlantic. It raged from the opening day of the war in September 1939 until it ended almost six years later with Germany’s surrender in May 1945...
Участник Второй мировой войны Гельмут Гюнтер вспоминает о том, как служил посыльным в мотоциклетном батальоне дивизии «Дас Райх». Живо и ярко автор рассказывает о том, как практически «на ходу» в боевых условиях он и другие молодые новобранцы осваивали технику вождения мотоцикла, как воевали, праздновали победы и переживали поражения.