Название: Lancaster: Reaping the Whirlwind
Автор: Martin W Bowman
Издательство: The History Press
ISBN: 0752464671
Год: 2012
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 240
Размер: 27,2 МБ
Язык: Английский

Detailing the Lancaster’s history from 1942–45, this study brings everything together to tell a concise history of the world’s most famous aircraft of all time and undoubtedly the finest bomber of the Second World War. A superlative and unique colour section of over fifty contemporary photographs of the Lancaster is featured, while the text is complemented by over 150 rare and seldom seen black and white images.

Название: A Face Like a Chicken's Backside: An Unconventional Soldier in South East Asia, 1948–71
Автор: J. P. Cross
Издательство: Pen & Sword
ISBN: 0750964375
Год: 2024
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 232
Размер: 13,6 МБ
Язык: Английский

In almost forty years in Asia without a home posting, British officer John Cross spent ten of them ‘under the jungle canopy’. He amassed a wealth of experience fighting against Communist Revolutionary Warfare, and training others to do so. As a result he was called upon to work in many formidable situations, and twice found himself on an army short-list of one for difficult tasks.

Название: The Price of Victory: Memoir of the Commander of the 1st Polish Armoured Division
Автор: Stanislaw Maczek
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1036124231
Год: 2024
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 248
Размер: 22,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

General Stanisław Maczek's memoir chronicles the bravery, sacrifice, and disillusionment of Polish soldiers in WWII. General Stanisław Maczek’s stirring memoir captures the élan, the sacrifice and the disappointed hopes of the Polish soldiers who fought alongside the Allies during the Second World War. As Commander of the 10th Motorised Cavalry Brigade in the September 1939 campaign, his men played a crucial role in resisting the German advance before crossing into Hungary with orders to rebuild the Polish Army on French soil.

Название: Back into Focus: The Real Story of Robert Capa's D-Day
Автор: Charles R. Herrick
Издательство: Casemate
ISBN: 1636244734
Год: 2024
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 384
Размер: 12,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

This new account carefully details the events surrounding Robert Capa's D-Day adventures, using official SHAEF files and a variety of accounts of witnesses. Although Capa's Falling Soldier image from the Spanish Civil War has been definitively proven to be a staged propaganda fake, no one has applied a similarly critical eye to his later work. This book is the first effort to establish the facts behind the fables surrounding his D-Day adventures and the images he produced during that period.

Название: The United States Marine Corps: A Chronology, 1775 to the Present
Автор: John C. Fredriksen
Издательство: ABC-CLIO
ISBN: 159884542X
Год: 2011
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 361
Размер: 5,6 МБ
Язык: Английский

The United States Marine Corps: A Chronology, 1775 to the Present touches upon all aspects of the Continental and U.S. Marine Corps since their inception. All major battles in all major wars are covered, along with innumerable smaller clashes and deployments abroad. The evolution of amphibious doctrine, so essential to Marine Corps activity in the 20th and 21st centuries, is likewise covered in detail, along with the rise of Marine Corps aviation.

Название: SAS Operation Pistol: Raindrops in Alsace
Автор: Graham Alcock
Издательство: Pen & Sword
ISBN: 139903801X
Год: 2024
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 224
Размер: 20,5 МБ
Язык: Английский

A memoir recounting SQMS Jack Alcock's daring SAS mission into German-occupied Alsace Lorraine under extreme conditions. Operation Pistol was a British operation performed by 2 SAS during World War 2 launching 51 SAS soldiers into the German territory of Alsace Lorraine 80 miles ahead of the American forces, running alongside Operation Loyton.

Название: Commando: A History of the Elite British Military Force and Its Operations in World War Two
Автор: Peter Young
Издательство: Sapere Books
Год: 2024
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 104
Размер: 16,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

An eye-opening introduction to one of the most audacious special operations forces of World War Two, written by a man who led them into battle. An ideal book for people who enjoyed SAS: Rogue Heroes and Band of Brothers. the aftermath of the disastrous Battle of France and evacuation from Dunkirk, Winston Churchill told his military chiefs of staff that “Enterprises must be prepared, with specially trained troops of the hunter class, who can develop a reign of terror down on these coasts, first of all on the ‘butcher-and-bolt’ policy.

Название: Cold War Berlin: An Island City: Volume 4: US Forces in Berlin - Preparing for War 1945-1994
Автор: Andrew Long
Издательство: Helion and Company
ISBN: 1804516996
Год: 2024
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 88
Размер: 15,3 МБ
Язык: Английский

Cold War Berlin – An Island City Volume 4: US Forces in Berlin – Preparing For War 1945–1994 examines how the troops of the US Army’s Berlin Brigade prepared for war: the units that made up the brigade; how it trained; how it was equipped; how it planned to defend the city; and also looks at the Special Forces units that served alongside it.

Название: Необъявленная война против Польши. Подрывная деятельность западных спецслужб (по материалам польской печати)
Автор: Ольгин П.
Издательство: Политиздат
Год: 1984
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 221
Размер: 22,5 Мб
Язык: русский

Авторы статей известные польские политические и общественные деятели, журналисты на конкретных фактах разоблачают работу западных шпионско-диверсионных центров, в первую очередь США, против ПНР, их стратегию, методы и приемы, попытки экспорта контрреволюции, вмешательства во внутренние дела Польского суверенного государства. Материалы сборника даются с некоторыми сокращениями.

Название: Патроны стрелкового оружия
Автор: Кириллов В.М., Сабельников В.М.
Издательство: М.: ЦНИИ информации
Год: 1980
Cтраниц: 372
Формат: pdf
Размер: 19 мб
Язык: русский

Изложены вопросы действия пуль по целям, обеспечения устойчивости и прочности пуль, прочности и экстракции гильз, дан выбор баллистического решения и условий заряжания. Приведены основные сведения об устройстве патронов и их элементов, о капсюлях-воспламенителях и порохах патронов стрелкового оружия. Материал в каждой главе иллюстрирован примерами расчета.