Название: Weapon of Choice: U.S. Army Special Operations Forces in Afghanistan
Автор: Коллектив
Издательство: Sharp Ink Publishing
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 552
Размер: 13,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

'Weapon of Choice' presents a history of the U.S. Army special operations forces in Afghanistan from 11 September 2001 to 15 May 2002, during America's global war on terrorism. The purpose of the book is not to resolve Army special operations doctrinal issues, to clarify or update military definitions, or to be the 'definitive' history of the continuing unconventional war in Afghanistan.

Название: Aluminum Alley: The American Pilots Who Flew Over the Himalayas and Helped Win World War II
Автор: Rory Laverty
Издательство: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811772632
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 362
Размер: 4,5 МБ
Язык: Английский

By the time Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, China was already under siege. The Imperial military invaded and choked off every land and sea route for the young country’s resupply, and what remained of China was out of gas and withering away.

Название: Small Victories in a Great Big War
Автор: John H. Canfield
Издательство: Knox Press
ISBN: 1637589182
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 142
Размер: 3,4 МБ
Язык: Английский

Life for a World War II paratrooper was grave and perilous; John H. Canfield’s experience was no different. However, this young man found himself in so many crazy—sometimes humorous—situations that he almost forgot about how dangerous it was.

Название: Admiral Nicholas Horthy: Memoirs
Автор: Nicholas Horthy
Издательство: Braunfell Books
ISBN: 1805231995
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 359
Размер: 14,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

Admiral Nicholas Horthy was the Ruler of the Kingdom of Hungary during the interwar years and throughout most of World War II, serving from 1 Mar 1920 to 15 Oct. 1944…Horthy is remembered for, among other things, trying to surrender to the Russians when he realized that the war was lost. Hitler found out that Horthy through his son was negotiating a surrender to the Russians and had Horthy and his son arrested.

Название: Hazard Spectrum: Life in The Danger Zone by the Fleet Air Arm's Top Gun
Автор: Nathan Gray
Издательство: Headline
ISBN: 1035402521
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 300
Размер: 12,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

On 5 December 2002, trainee pilot Nathan Gray walked away from an 'unsurvivable' crash at RAF Wittering in Cambridgeshire. His instructor, seated behind him, was killed instantly. Despite the physical pain and mental scars, he found the strength and resilience to continue his flying career. Today Commander Nathan Gray is one of the UK's elite test pilots - the best of the best.

Название: Julius Caesar in Egypt: Cleopatra and the War in Alexandria
Автор: Philip Matyszak
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1399097369
Год: 2023
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 192
Размер: 4,6 МБ
Язык: Английский

In 48 BC the armies of Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great fought a decisive battle at Pharsalus in Greece. Pompey was comprehensively defeated and fled to the last power in the Mediterranean world that was independent of Rome, Ptolemaic Egypt. Caesar pursued Pompey and was presented with his severed head, which the Egyptians hoped would make Caesar leave them in peace.

Название: Operation Kingfisher: The cancelled rescue mission that sacrificed Sandakan POWs to the Death Marches
Автор: Gary Followill
Издательство: Big Sky Publishing
ISBN: 1922896691
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 159
Размер: 10,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

The chain of events that led to the death of over 2,500 Prisoners of War – one of Australia’s worst wartime tragedies – the cancellation of the rescue mission Operation Kingfisher. Finally, the true story of why the Sandakan POWs of World War II were not rescued despite a fully planned and resourced operation – including men, aircraft and naval vessels – all equipped to carry out the rescue mission.

Название: The Second World War: An Illustrated History
Автор: James Holland
Издательство: Michael Joseph
ISBN: 1405953594
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 278
Размер: 111,4 МБ
Язык: Английский

From the great cities of Europe to the jungles of Burma, and from the deserts of North Africa to the remote islands of the South Pacific and the freezing waters of the Arctic, the Second World War touched every continent and ocean on the planet. And from the Blitzkrieg to the atom bomb, the fighting fuelled new technological development on land, at sea and in the air at a ferocious pace. Our future was forged by war.

Название: Spy Ship?: If This Is an Intelligence Ship, Why Is Everything so Crazy?
Автор: C.D. Andersen
Издательство: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 1665743522
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 255
Размер: 9,2 МБ
Язык: Английский

This is the story of the last cruise of USS Belmont (AGTR-4), one of the American spy ships used in the 1960s. Half of the crew worked in signal intelligence while the other half ran the ship. The crazy things that happened during the last year of this ship’s life, made me wonder about that word, intelligence.

Название: Hurricane: The Plane that Won the War
Автор: Jacky Hyams
Издательство: Michael O'Mara
ISBN: 1789294908
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 210
Размер: 12,8 МБ
Язык: Английский

Britain’s first-ever wartime fighter plane, the Hawker Hurricane, shot down more enemy planes than any other fighter. It was the true aviation hero of the Battle of Britain. Often eclipsed by the legend and aerial heroics of the Spitfire, the Hurricane was the authentic warhorse of aviation history.