Название: The Austro-Hungarian Army of the Napoleonic Wars Автор: Albert Seaton Издательство: Osprey Publishing ISBN: 0850451477 Год: 1973 Формат: PDF Страниц: 48 Размер: 20,7 МБ Язык: Английский
This book examines the uniforms, equipment, history and organisation of the Austro-Hungarian Army of the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815). The course of the Silesian, Revolutionary, Napoleonic and New Austrian Wars are all summarized. Uniforms are shown in full illustrated detail.
Название: My Command Operations: Memoirs of Hitler's Most Daring Commando Автор: Otto Skorzeny Издательство: Schiffer Publishing Ltd ISBN: 0887407188 Год: 1998 Формат: PDF Страниц: 482 Размер: 82,5 МБ Язык: Английский
The memoirs of the legendary Skorzeny appear here in its first unabridged English edition. Skorzeny's fame began with the successful raid to free Benito Mussolini from the Gran Sasso, Italy in 1943. His elite commandos surprised Italian guards in a daring daytime raid. Hitler presented Skorzeny with the Knight's Cross for this operation.
Название: Arthur and the Anglo Saxon Wars Автор: David Nicolle, Angus McBride Издательство: Osprey Publishing ISBN: 1841761656 Год: 2000 Формат: PDF Страниц: 17 Размер: 15,6 МБ Язык: Английский
In the minds of most the name 'King Arthur' conjures up images of an armour-clad king surrounded by his loyal knights. It is more likely that the real King Arthur, if he truly existed, was a Romano-British warlord in the dark days that followed the collapse or Roman rule in Britain. This book looks at the realities behind the myth of king Arthur against the backdrop of invasion as a nation was forged on the bloody anvil of war.
Название: Irish Military Elites, Nation and Empire, 1870–1925: Identity and Authority Автор: Loughlin Sweeney Издательство: Palgrave Macmillan ISBN: 3030193063 Год: 2019 Формат: EPUB, PDF Страниц: 311 Для сайта:Миркниг Размер: 14,8 МБ Язык: Английский
This book is a social history of Irish officers in the British army in the final half-century of Crown rule in Ireland. Drawing on the accounts of hundreds of officers, it charts the role of military elites in Irish society, and the building tensions between their dual identities as imperial officers and Irishmen, through land agitation, the home rule struggle, the First World War, the War of Independence, and the partition of Ireland.
Название: The Spanish Civil War: 1936–1939 (Guide to...) Автор: Frances Lannon Издательство: Osprey Publishing ISBN: 1841763691 Год: 2014 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 96 Для сайта:Миркниг Размер: 8,9 МБ Язык: Английский
The Spanish Civil War of 1936-39 was of enormous international as well as national significance. In this gripping volume, Frances Lannon explains how this internal conflict between democracy and its enemies escalated to involve Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and the Soviet Union.
Название: The Vietnam War 1956–1975 (Guide to...) Автор: Andrew Wiest Издательство: Osprey Publishing ISBN: 1841764191 Год: 2014 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 96 Для сайта:Миркниг Размер: 14,9 МБ Язык: Английский
The Vietnam War was arguably the most important event, or series of events, of the American Century. America entered the brutal conflict certain of its Cold War doctrines and certain of its moral mission to save the world from the advance of communism.
Название: Red Star №16 - Sukhoi Interceptors Автор: Yefim Gordon Издательство: Midland Publishing ISBN: 1857801806 Год: 2004 Формат: PDF Страниц: 129 Размер: 141,9 МБ Язык: Английский
Liquidated on political grounds in 1949, Pavel O. Sukhoi's design bureau was reborn in 1953 after Stalin's death. Two lines of aircraft development were established; one was fighter-bombers and attack aircraft, while the other major area of work was interceptors. The first in this line of delta-winged aircraft was the T-3 development aircraft of 1955.
Название: Early Aircraft Armament. The Aeroplane and the Gun up to 1918 Автор: Harry Woodman Издательство: Smithsonian Institution Press ISBN: 0853689903 Год: 1989 Формат: PDF Страниц: 260 Размер: 35,0 МБ Язык: Английский
A true history of early aircraft armament would cover all the minor diversions and descriptions of experimental work. However, the purpose of this book is to concentrate on equipment which was in general use, and although the term 'armament' covers all kinds of weaponry
Название: Битвы мировой истории. Словарь Автор: Т. Хартбол Издательство: Внешсигма Год: 1993 ISBN: 5-8629-19-5 Формат: pdf Страниц: 296 Размер: 10,3 Mb Язык: Русский
Словарь Томаса Бенфилда Харботла увидел свет в 1904. Словарь пользовался большим успехом и выдержал ряд переизданий, последнее — в 1971, его переработал и дополнил статьями о последних событиях известный военный историк Джордж Брюс. Словарь содержит краткие статьи о крупных сражениях, причем при отборе фактов автор руководствовался не столько числом участников, сколько значением битвы в мировой истории. Хронологический диапазон словаря — от Троянской войны до Вьетнамской и арабо-израильских войн; в заглавие статьи вынесены географические названия пунктов, вблизи которых происходили сражения.
Название: Falklands: Voyage to War: The true story of one young naval officer's journey towards war Автор: James Barrington Издательство: Canelo Год: 2018 Страниц: 378 Язык: английский Формат: epub, rtf, pdf (conv) Размер: 10.1 MB
In the spring of 1982, the government of Argentina commenced a series of military operations against a handful of isolated British territories in the South Atlantic: South Georgia and the Falkland Islands. In response, the British government ordered its military leaders to assemble a task force of ships, aircraft and men to conduct an operation to counter this illegal invasion and reclaim the territories for the British Crown, under the code name OPERATION CORPORATE. The two aircraft carriers HMS Hermes and HMS Invincible, both carrying Sea Harrier fighter jets, were the principal capital ships, and the Harriers the main offensive weapon, of the fleet.