Название: From Journey's End to The Dam Busters: The Life of R.C. Sherriff, Playwright of the Trenches
Автор: Roland Wales
Издательство: Pen & Sword
ISBN: 1473860695
Год: 2017
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 400
Размер: 8,8 МБ
Язык: Английский

Kingston playwright R.C. Sherriff came to fame with his First World War drama Journey’s End, which was based on his own experiences as a young officer on the Western Front. Its success made him a household name and opened the door to a highly lucrative career as a novelist, playwright and screenwriter in Hollywood and in Britain.

Название: A Spitfire Girl: One of the World's Greatest Female ATA Ferry Pilots Tells Her Story
Автор: Mary Ellis, Melody Foreman
Издательство: Frontline Books
ISBN: 1473895367
Год: 2017
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 256
Размер: 9,2 МБ
Язык: Английский

We visualize dashing and daring young men as the epitome of the pilots of the Second World War, yet amongst that elite corps was one person who flew no less than 400 Spitfires and seventy-six different types of aircraft – and that person was Mary Wilkins.

Название: The Guinness Book of Tank Facts and Feats
Автор: Kenneth Macksey
Издательство: Guinness Superlatives
Год: 1972
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 248
Размер: 173,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

The Guinness Book of Tank Facts and Feats

Название: The Mosin-Nagant Rifle
Автор: Terence W. Lapin
Издательство: North Cape Publications Inc
Год: 2007
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 265
Размер: 87,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

Although the Mosin-Nagant rifle was in use for more than sixty years by half the world's military forces, no book in the English language has ever traced its development and identified all its models and variations as manufactured around the world, including in the United States. No provided the part-by-part information needed by the collector and shooter.

Название: Strike From the Sea: The Royal Navy & US Navy at War in the Middle East, 1939-2003
Автор: Iain Ballantyne
Издательство: Pen & Sword
ISBN: 1473818675
Год: 2004
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 256
Размер: 63,4 МБ
Язык: Английский

The Arabian Gulf has been at the centre of the world stage and a major 'flash point' for over 40 years. Expert naval historian Iain Ballantyne examines the role of the US and Royal Naval forces in this troubled area over the period from 1961 to this present day.

Название: Mauser Rifles (National Rifle Association of America)
Автор: Ludwig Olson
Издательство: NRA
Год: 2005
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 36
Размер: 35,5 МБ
Язык: Английский

American rifleman magazine reprint mauser rifles , published by the national rifle association of america, revised edition dated 1994. The book contains many black & white photographs, detail drawings, and exploded views.

Название: Гражданская война 1918-1921. урок для ХХI века
Автор: Кара-Мурза, С.Г.
Издательство:Москва. Алгоритм
Год:2003
Формат:PDF
Страниц:388
Размер: 29.18MB
Язык:русский

Гражданская война (1918–1921) стала для России катастрофой, которая предопределила многие стороны нашей жизни в XX веке. Но она, как и любая катастрофа, разрушающая сложные структуры, несет в себе огромный запас знания. Мы этот запас использовали в очень малой степени, что усугубило наши нынешние беды.

Название: The Battle of the North Cape: The Death Ride of the Scharnhorst, 1943
Автор: Angus Konstam
Издательство: Pen & Sword Maritime
Год: 2011
Формат: PDF, epub
Страниц: 204
Размер: 11,46 Мб
Язык: английский

On 25 December 1943 the German battlecruiser Scharnhorst slipped out Altenfjord in Norway to attack Arctic convoy JW55B which was carrying vital war supplies to the Soviet Union. But British naval intelligence knew of the Scharnhorst's mission before she sailed and the vulnerable convoy was protected by a large Royal Naval force including the battleship Duke of York. In effect the Scharnhorst was sailing into a trap. One of the most compelling naval dramas of the Second World War had begun.

Название: Spanish Galleon 1530-1690
Автор: Angus Konstam, Tony Bryan
Издательство: Osprey
Год: 2004
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 52
Размер: 46,57 Мб
Язык: английский

The development and construction of the Spanish galleon are discussed in this book, and the ordnance and crewing needed to produce and maintain these stately vessels is covered. The author also examines the role of the galleon as a treasure ship, and describes how these ships were manned and fought in action.

Название: Images of War - The Ghettos of Nazi-Occupied Poland
Автор: Ian Baxter
Издательство: Pen & Sword
ISBN: 1526761807
Год: 2021
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 128
Размер: 30,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

Following the 1940 invasion of Poland, the Nazis established ghettos in cities and towns across the country with the initial aim of segregating and isolating the Jewish community. These closed sectors were referred to as Judischer Wohnbezirk or Wohngebiet der Juden (Jewish Quarters).