Название: Automatic Arms: Their History, Development and Use
Автор: Melvin M. Johnson, Charles T. Haven
Издательство: Skyhorse Publishing
Год: 2014
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 394
Размер: 71,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

The evolution of automatic weapons is one of the most significant developments in weapons history. While this development has been filled with disagreements, controversy, and stray hurdles, out of all of this tumult, shouting, and shooting has come the progress in firearms from the days when it was necessary to build a fire under a gun to make it go off to the “you press the button and they do the work” automatic firearms of the present day.

Название: To VE-Day Through German Eyes: The Final Defeat of Nazi Germany
Автор: Jonathan Trigg
Издательство: Amberley Publishing
ISBN: 1445699443
Год: 2020
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 304
Размер: 2,0 МБ
Язык: Английский

After the collapse of the German Army in the West in August 1944, everyone believed the war would be over by Christmas. But somehow, Nazi Germany managed to stave off final defeat until May the following year. In the end the agony was brought to a close with the hammer and sickle flying over the ruins of Berlin. With defeat came the wholesale surrender of the once-proud Wehrmacht; hosts of men suddenly found themselves miles from home in territories ravaged by war.

Название: Osprey Campaign 37 - Boston 1775: The shot heard around the world
Автор: Brendan Morrissey
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
ISBN: 1855323621
Год: 1995
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 96
Размер: 5,0 МБ
Язык: Английский

The British assault on Breed's Hill and the burning of Charlestown were the first major battles of the American Revolution; after the events at Boston there was no turning back.

Название: Blackbeard: The Hunt for the World's Most Notorious Pirate
Автор: Craig Cabell, Allan Richards, Graham A. Thomas
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1844159590
Год: 2013
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 192
Размер: 6,4 МБ
Язык: Английский

Edward Teach – ‘Blackbeard’-is one of the legends of the so-called ‘golden age of piracy’. There have been so many accounts of his short, bloody career that it is hard to see him and his times in a clear historical light. This new study looks for the man behind the legend, and it gives a vivid insight into the nature of piracy and the naval operations that were launched against it.

Название: How They Won the War in the Pacific: Nimitz and His Admirals
Автор: Edwin Hoyt
Издательство: Lyons Press
ISBN: 0762772859
Год: 2011
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 512
Размер: 35,6 МБ
Язык: Английский

More than 70 years after the attack on Pearl Harbor, this is the classic book about the principal architects of victory in the Pacific during World War II.

Название: Osprey Campaign 36 - Cannae 216 BC: Hannibal smashes Rome's Army
Автор: Mark Healy
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
ISBN: 1855324709
Год: 1994
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 96
Размер: 17,5 МБ
Язык: Английский

Osprey's study of the Battle of Canae (216 BC), which is regarded as one of the greatest battles of military history. Hannibal's stratagem has become a model of the perfectly fought battle and is studied in detail at military academies around the world.

Название: Modern Warriors: Real Stories from Real Heroes
Автор: Pete Hegseth
Издательство: Broadside Books
ISBN: 0063046547
Год: 2020
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 288
Размер: 40,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

From FOX & Friends Weekend cohost Pete Hegseth comes a collection of inspiring stories from fifteen of America's greatest heroes—highly decorated Navy SEALs, Army Rangers, marines, Purple Heart recipients, combat pilots, a Medal of Honor recipient, and more—based on FOX Nation's hit show of the same name.

Название: Osprey Campaign 38 - Colenso 1899: The Boer War in Natal
Автор: Ian Knight
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
ISBN: 1855324660
Год: 1995
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 98
Размер: 41,7 МБ
Язык: Английский


In 1899 Great Britain was at the height of its Imperial power. The Queen Empress had been on the throne for more than 50 glittering years, and her domain touched upon every continent.

Название: Перечень боевых столкновений русских войск с польскими повстанцами в компанию 1863-1864 гг
Автор: Сост. А. И. Миловидов.
Издательство:Вильна
Год: 1915
Формат:PDF
Страниц:43
Размер: 13.72MB
Язык: русский

Перечень боевых столкновений русских войск с польскими повстанцами в компанию 1863-1864 г.г. в пределах Северо-Западнаго края, с указанием времени, места боев, численности и команднаго состава русских и повстанческих отрядовъ, равно и потерь с обеих сторон.

Название: Столетие военного министерства. 1802-1902.Т.2-2
Автор: Квадри В.В.
Издательство: СПб. Тип. П.Ф. Пантелеева
Год: 1902
Формат:PDF
Страниц:334
Размер: 17.7MB
Язык: русский

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