Автор: Yefim Gordon, Vladimir Rigmant
Название: Tupolev Tu-22 "Blinder" Tu-22M "Backfire": Russia’s Long Range Supersonic Bombers (AeroFax)
Издательство: Midland Publishing
Год: 1999
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 100
Размер: 81 Mb
Язык: English
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Prior to the development of the Tu-22, NATO planners had long feared the idea of the Soviets developing a long-range supersonic nuclear bomber. The Tu-22 'Blinder' never really gave the USSR what they were looking for but Tu-22M 'Backfire' did! This information-packed volume reveals Soviet tactics for destroying NATO warships using 'Blinders', and its use by Libya and Iraq.

Название: Indians in the First World War: The Missing Links
Автор: Aravind Ganachari
Издательство: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd
ISBN: 9353289262
Год: 2020
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 468
Размер: 10,4 МБ
Язык: Английский

Indians in the First World War: The Missing Links is the first authoritative and complete academic account of the Indian participation in the First World War to be written by an Indian historian. The Great War involved significant Indian military contributions and casualties that are largely unheard of.

Название: Reaper Force - Inside Britain's Drone Wars
Автор: Peter Lee
Издательство: John Blake
ISBN: 1786069644
Год: 2019
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 352
Размер: 1,6 МБ
Язык: Английский

This unique insight into RAF Reaper operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria is based on unprecedented research access to the Reaper squadrons and personnel at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire and Creech Air Force Base in Nevada.

Название: Oradour: The Massacre and Aftermath (Battleground Europe)
Автор: Philip Beck
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 184415100X
Год: 2004
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 176
Размер: 5,8 МБ
Язык: Английский

The destruction of the French village of Oradour and the massacre of its population in June 1944 by the SS Das Reich Division ranks as one of the most notorious atrocities of the Second World War. The scars that were left will never fully heal and there are those that would argue that they should remain as a lesson to future generations.

Название: The French and Indian War: Deciding the Fate of North America
Автор: Walter R. Borneman
Издательство: HarperCollins
Год: 2009
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 395
Размер: 10,3 МБ
Язык: Английский

In the summer of 1754, deep in the wilderness of western Pennsylvania, a very young George Washington suffered his first military defeat, and a centuries-old feud between Great Britain and France was rekindled. The war that followed would decide the fate of the entire North American continent—not just between Great Britain and France, but for the Spanish and Native Americans as well.

Название: Cromwell and Centaur Tanks: British Army and Royal Marines, North-west Europe 1944–1945
Автор: Dennis Oliver
Издательство: Pen & Sword
Серия: TankCraft 9
ISBN: 152672541X
Год издания: 2018
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 68
Формат: PDF
Размер: 60,4 MB

Designed with the hard lessons of the North African campaign in mind, including the adoption of a dual-purpose gun capable of firing high-explosive and anti-tank rounds, the Cromwell was one of the most successful of the British cruiser tanks produced during the Second World War.

Название: M2/M3 Half-Track
Автор: Jim Mesko, Don Greer
Издательство: Squadron/Signal Publications
Серия: Armor Walk Around 5704
ISBN: 0897474805
Год издания: 2004
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 81
Формат: PDF
Размер: 70,6 MB

M2/M3 Half-Track (Walk Around 5704)

Название: Soldier in the Sinai: A General's Account of the Yom Kippur War
Автор: Emanuel Sakal
Издательство: The University Press of Kentucky
Год: 2014
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 593
Размер: 11,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

In surprise attacks on Israel in October 1973, Egyptian and Syrian forces crossed ceasefire lines to enter the Israeli-held Sinai Peninsula and Golan Heights, igniting what became known as the Yom Kippur War. In the north, Israel succeeded in blocking the Syrian advance, but in the south, it failed to achieve an operational decision in the defense campaign.

Название: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Автор: Marcelo Ribeiro
Издательство: MMPBooks
Серия: Spotlight On
ISBN: 9788365958020
Год издания: 2018
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 46
Формат: PDF
Размер: 23,5 MB

40 colour profiles of the famous Grumman F-14 Tomcat, American supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, variable-sweep wing jet, showing variety of the camouflage and markings of different users.

Название: Glider Pilots at Arnhem
Автор: Mike Peters, Luuk Buist
Издательство: Pen & Sword
Год: 2014
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 456
Размер: 25,6 МБ
Язык: Английский

The fierce struggle between the British 1st Airborne Division and the superior German forces in and around Arnhem is well documented. This book tells of the role played in the battle for Oosterbeek and the bridge at Arnhem itself by the men of the Glider Pilot Regiment (GPR). These men were already experienced soldiers who volunteered to join the airborne forces and take the fight to the Germans in a totally new regiment.