Название: Road to Huertgen: Forest in Hell Автор: Lt. Paul Boesch Издательство: Lucknow Books Год: 2014 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 147 Размер: 7,9 МБ Язык: Английский
During a seemingly interminable three months, from mid-Sep. to mid-Dec. 1944, six American infantry divisions-the 1st, 4th, 8th, 9th, 28th, and 83d-and part of the 5th Armored fought at one time or another in the Huertgen Forest. These divisions incurred 28,000 casualties, including 8,000 due to combat exhaustion and rain, mud, sleet, and cold. One division lost more than 6,000, a figure exceeded for a single World War II engagement-if indeed it was exceeded-only by the bloody Marine battle on Tarawa.
Название: Operation Cobra and the Great Offensive: Sixty Days That Changed the Course of World War II Автор: Bill Yenne Издательство: Pocket Books ISBN: 1439182639 Год: 2010 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 384 Размер: 3,4 МБ Язык: Английский
Shortly after the D-Day invasion, the Allied forces in Europe had stalled. A limited operation was set in motion to punch a small hole in the enemy defenses, starting on July 25, 1944. It was called Operation Cobra, and it would become one of the greatest offensives in all of military history.
Название: The British Army in Mesopotamia, 1914-1918 Автор: Paul Knight Издательство: McFarland ISBN: 0786470496 Год: 2013 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 212 Размер: 17,8 МБ Язык: Английский
When war broke out between the British and Turkish empires in 1914, the 6th (Poona) Division sailed from India to Basra to bolster Britain's allies, deny the port to enemy shipping, and secure Britain's Persian oil supplies. Further expansion followed: the capture of Al-Amara was the British Army's greatest victory of 1915. When an advance on Baghdad was repulsed, the Siege of Kut became the British Army's longest siege and greatest surrender.
Название: The Battle of Thermopylae: A Campaign in Context Автор: Rupert Matthews Издательство: Spellmount Год: 2008 Формат: True ePUB Страниц: 230 Размер: 22,8 Mb Язык: English
'Tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here obedient to their laws we lie.' One of the most remarkable actions in ancient or modern military history took place at Thermopylae in 480BC. Rupert Matthews has personally examined the battlefield in order to try to explain how 300 Spartans could hold at bay the hordes of the Persian Emperor Xerxes. This was no vain sacrifice; the delay gave breathing space for the Greek states to organise their defence, and ultimately defend successfully their homelands. Among other intriguing revelations the author explains the importance of the half-ruined wall that sheltered the Spartans against the onslaught. With concise diagrams and maps of the entire campaign, the reader can begin to understand the extraordinary, apparently impossible outcome of the war.
Название: Невидимый флаг. Фронтовые будни на Восточном фронте. 1941-1945 Автор: Бамм Питер Издательство: Центрполиграф Год: 2006 Серия: За линией фронта. Мемуары ISBN: 5-9524-2146-6 Формат: fb2, mobi, epub Страниц: 254 Размер: 10,5 Mb Язык: Русский
Немецкий военный хирург Питер Бамм делал операции в летней пыли и в зимнюю стужу, без отдыха в течение многих часов в самых тяжелых условиях. Временные полевые госпитали организовывались прямо в окопах и бомбоубежищах, поток раненых не иссякал. Бамм был фронтовым медиком и выполнял свой долг, спасая людей. В своих воспоминаниях он описывает тяжелые фронтовые будни на Восточном фронте.
Название: The Last Muslim Conquest: The Ottoman Empire and Its Wars in Europe Автор: Gabor Agoston Издательство: Princeton University Press Год: 2021 Формат: PDF Страниц: 688 Размер: 35,6 Mb Язык: English
A monumental work of history that reveals the Ottoman dynasty's important role in the emergence of early modern Europe The Ottomans have long been viewed as despots who conquered through sheer military might, and whose dynasty was peripheral to those of Europe. The Last Muslim Conquest transforms our understanding of the Ottoman Empire, showing how Ottoman statecraft was far more pragmatic and sophisticated than previously acknowledged, and how the Ottoman dynasty was a crucial player in the power struggles of early modern Europe.
Название: Alamein and the Desert War Автор: Derek Jewell Издательство: Ballantine Books Год: 1968 Формат: PDF Страниц: 212 Размер: 26,1 МБ Язык: Английский
At Alamein, Montgomery defeated Rommel, the famed "Desert Fox," in one of the most brilliant and savagely fought tank battles of World War II. To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Battle of Alamein, the London Sunday Times invited Field Marshal Montgomery to return to Africa and recreate the story of his famous victory.
Название: The German High Command at War: Hindenburg and Ludendorff Conduct World War I Автор: Robert Asprey Издательство: William Morrow & Company ISBN: 0688082262 Год: 1991 Формат: PDF Страниц: 592 Размер: 78,8 МБ Язык: Английский
The first major work published in English that tells the story of World War I from the German point of view. Here, in gripping and vivid detail, are Germany's major battles, the initial execution of the Schlieffen Plan and the First Marne, and the great battle of Tannenburg. 32 pages of photographs; 40 maps.
Название: B-26 Marauder Units of the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces (Osprey Combat Aircraft 2) Автор: Jerry Scutts Издательство: Osprey Publishing ISBN: 185532637X Год: 1997 Формат: PDF Страниц: 98 Размер: 59,5 МБ Язык: Английский
The medium bomber 'workhorse' of the Ninth Air Force, Martin's much-maligned B-26 Marauder recovered from its poor start with the Eighth Air Force to go on and equip no less than eight bomber groups in the ETO. Although initially dubbed 'the widow maker', a change of tactics from lowto medium-level bombing for the Marauder soon improved the crews' chances of survival - indeed, by war's end it boasted a lower loss-per-sortie ratio than any other twin-engined bomber in the USAAF. This volume covers all aspects of Marauder operations in Western Europe, featuring first hand accounts from surviving B-26 crews, plus an analysis of the tactics employed.
Название: The Second Mexican-American War Автор: Les Harris Издательство: Anderson & Petrova Год: 2012 Формат: PDF (conv) Страниц: 367 Размер: 1,8 МБ Язык: Английский
Mexicans invade the United States and the Chinese military captures American military bases! Don't look to the sky for a disaster on December 21st, 2012… look to the southern border! The idea has never been fully resolved that the young United States, under the concept of Manifest Destiny, stole 50% of the land mass of Mexico in the 1800's.
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