Название: Myths & Legends of the Second World War
Автор: James Hayward
Издательство: The History Press
ISBN: 0750930470
Год: 2009
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 312
Размер: 4,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

The Second World War gave rise to a rich crop of legends, many of which persist in the public consciousness today. Some are well known, such as the escape of an undead Hitler to South America, Allied aircraft buzzed by 'Foo Fighters' and UFOs, German parachutists dressed as nuns, and a failed German invasion of Suffolk in 1940.

Название: All About History - Greatest Battles, 13th Edition, 2023
Автор: Коллектив
Издательство: Future
Год: 2023
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 164
Размер: 238,8 МБ
Язык: Английский

All About History - Greatest Battles, 13th Edition, 2023

Название: History of War - Story Of The Vietnam War, 3rd Edition 2023
Автор: Коллектив
Издательство: Future
Год: 2023
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 132
Размер: 188,3 МБ
Язык: Английский

History of War - Story Of The Vietnam War, 3rd Edition 2023

Название: SAS Great Escapes Two: Six Untold Epic Escapes Made by World War Two Heroes
Автор: Damien Lewis
Издательство: Quercus
Год: 2023
Страниц: 246
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf, epub, mobi
Размер: 10.2 MB

SAS Great Escapes Two recounts the hitherto untold stories of six of the most dramatic and daring escapes executed by the world's most famous fighting force during WWII. From the very earliest SAS missions to the push into Nazi-occupied Europe, they cover some of the key figures in the Regiment, including its founder, David Stirling, plus other lesser-known heroes. With each story comes an edge-of-the-seat, rollercoaster ride in classic Damien Lewis fashion, as readers are plunged into the escapees' experiences - sharing their most terrifying yet inspiring moments. These stunning accounts of survival beggar belief, revealing nerve-racking bluff and deception, knife-edge encounters with enemy hunter forces hellbent on wreaking vengeance and murder, but also incredible acts of mercy and kindness from those who risk all to help the escapees on their way. Each tale of breath-taking derring-do reveals how necessity really is the mother of all invention, as with every step and at every juncture these fugitives defied fate, snatching survival and freedom from the jaws of the enemy, and all the horrors that would have followed capture.

Название: The Soldier's Truth: Ernie Pyle and the Story of World War II
Автор: David Chrisinger
Издательство: Penguin Press
ISBN: 1984881310
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 400
Размер: 18,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

A beautiful reckoning with the life and work of the legendary journalist Ernie Pyle, who gave World War II a human face for millions of Americans even as he wrestled with his own demons
At the height of his fame and influence during World War II, Ernie Pyle’s nationally syndicated dispatches from combat zones shaped America’s understanding of what the war felt like to ordinary soldiers, as no writer’s work had before or has since.

Название: Kamikaze Diaries: Reflections of Japanese Student Soldiers
Автор: Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney
Издательство: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226619516
Год: 2007
Формат: EPUB, PDF
Страниц: 246
Размер: 2,6 МБ
Язык: Английский

“We tried to live with 120 percent intensity, rather than waiting for death. We read and read, trying to understand why we had to die in our early twenties. We felt the clock ticking away towards our death, every sound of the clock shortening our lives.” So wrote Irokawa Daikichi, one of the many kamikaze pilots, or tokkotai, who faced almost certain death in the futile military operations conducted by Japan at the end of World War II.

Название: The Hundred Years War: 1337–1453 (Essential Histories)
Автор: Anne Curry
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год: 2023
Страниц: 145
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 37.3 MB

An illustrated overview of the Hundred Years War, the longest-running and the most significant conflict in western Europe in the later Middle Ages. There can be no doubt that military conflict between France and England dominated European history in the 14th and 15th centuries. The Hundred Years War is of considerable interest both because of its duration and the number of theatres in which it was fought. Drawing on the latest research for this new edition, Hundred Years War expert Professor Anne Curry examines how the war can reveal much about the changing nature of warfare: the rise of infantry and the demise of the knight; the impact of increased use of gunpowder and the effect of the war on generations of people.

Название: Tanks in Operation Bagration 1944: The demolition of Army Group Center (New Vanguard, 318)
Автор: Steven J. Zaloga
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год: 2023
Страниц: 49
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 10.8 MB

A new study of tank warfare used in the Soviet offensive of Operation Bagration , which destroyed Army Group Center. Operation Bagration , the 1944 summer campaign on the Russian Front, has been called “Hitler's Greatest Defeat.” The operation involved substantial tank and armored vehicles on both sides but the German forces were severely hampered by the transfer of dozens of Panzer divisions to France to repel an expected Allied invasion. Forced to make hard decisions, German tank forces in the central Belarus sector were weak compared to the heavy concentration of Panzers in northern Ukraine. The Red Army exploited this vulnerability, crushing Army Group Center, and pushing beyond the Soviet frontier into Poland and East Prussia. With this crucial victory secured, the Red Army conducted successive offensives beyond the Carpathian Mountains, arriving at the Vistula river in Poland, and forcing Romania to switch sides.

Название: Osprey Combat 73 - Byzantine Cavalryman vs Vandal Warrior: North Africa AD 533–36
Автор: Murray Dahm
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
ISBN: 1472853709
Год: 2023
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 81
Размер: 26,5 МБ
Язык: Английский

Fully illustrated, this enthralling study explores how the Vandals in North Africa attempted to defend their kingdom against the resurgent Byzantine Empire during 533–36. In AD 533, the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I launched the first of his campaigns to reconquer the Western Roman Empire. This effort began in North Africa (modern Algeria and Tunisia), targeting the Vandal kingdom established there a century earlier, which also included Sardinia, Corsica and the Balearic Islands.

Название: Osprey Campaign 389 - The Hydaspes 326 BC: The Limit of Alexander the Great’s Conquests
Автор: Nic Fields
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
ISBN: 1472853903
Год: 2023
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 97
Размер: 29,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

The first dedicated examination of Alexander the Great's final battle and acknowledged tactical masterpiece.
In the years that followed Alexander the Great's victory at Gaugamela on 1 October 331 BC, his Macedonian and Greek army fought a truly 'Herculean' series of campaigns in what is today Iran, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. But it was in the Indus Valley, on the banks of the Hydaspes River (known today as the Jhelum) in 326 BC that Alexander would fight his last major battle against King Poros.