Название: Meteor Boys: True Tales from the Operators of Britain's First Jet Fighter - from 1944 to date
Автор: Steve Bond
Издательство: Grub Street Publishing
ISBN: 1910690260
Год: 2016
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 208
Размер: 12,3 МБ
Язык: Английский

Grub Street is proud to present Meteor Boys, the latest title in its ever-popular Boys series. As Britain’s first jet fighter, the Gloster Meteor has had a remarkably varied and lengthy life. But whilst many books have focused on its development and service history, the time has come to hear the personal experiences of its air and ground crews.

Название: The Lusitania Saga and Myth: 100 Years On
Автор: David Ramsay
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473821762
Год: 2015
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 256
Размер: 17,8 МБ
Язык: Английский

The SS Lusitania entered service with Cunard in 1907. The first transatlantic express liner powered by marine turbines, she could complete the Liverpool-New York crossing in five days and had a top speed of 25 knots. She restored the British supremacy of the key North Atlantic route which the Germans had seized. All this ended on 7 May 1915 when she was torpedoed by a German U-boat and sank 18 minutes later with the loss of 1,198 passengers and crew (interestingly 39% of those aboard survived whereas only 32% of those on the Titanic survived despite the latter taking 2 hours, 40 minutes to sink.)

Название: Confederate General William “Extra Billy” Smith: From Virginia's Statehouse to Gettysburg Scapegoat
Автор: Scott L. Mingus Sr.
Издательство: Savas Beatie
ISBN: 1611211298
Год: 2013
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 432
Размер: 14,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

William "Extra Billy" Smith, the oldest and one of the most controversial Confederate generals on the field at Gettysburg, was also one of the most colorful and charismatic characters of the Civil War and the antebellum Old South.

Название: Rethinking the Principles of War: The Future of Warfare
Автор: Anthony D. McIvor
Издательство: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1591144825
Год: 2013
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 572
Размер: 11,8 МБ
Язык: Английский

This work features the fresh thinking of twenty-eight leading authors from a variety of military and national security disciplines. Following an introduction by Lt. Gen. James Dubik, Commander I Corps, U.S. Army, the anthology first considers the general question of whether there is a distinctly American way of war. Dr. Colin Gray's opening essay "The American Way of War: Critique and Implications" provides a state of the question perspective.

Название: Почему не расстреляли Жукова? В защиту Маршала Победы
Автор: Козинкин О.
Издательство: М.: Яуза, Эксмо
Год: 2013
Cтраниц: 320
Формат: pdf
Размер: 20 мб
Язык: русский

Если Жуков несет ответственность за разгром РККА в начале войны — почему его не расстреляли, как генерала Павлова? О чём Георгий Константинович умолчал в своих мемуарах? Запрещал ли Сталин приводить войска в боевую готовность? И кто на самом деле повинен в трагедии 1941 года?

Название: Rogue Soldiers: The Disaster of the Texas Mier Expedition
Автор: Ken Lizzio
Издательство: TwoDot
ISBN: 1493060473
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 232
Размер: 4,4 МБ
Язык: Английский

Among the greatest of tragedies of the American frontier—the Donner Party, the Alamo, Wounded Knee—a little known but no less tragic event was the Texas Mier Expedition. Originally part of a 1,200-man invasion to retaliate against Mexican incursions on Texas soil in 1842, the Expedition unfolded when several hundred fighters stubbornly defied President Sam Houston’s orders to disband and return home at once.

Название: Nordic War Stories: World War II as History, Fiction, Media, and Memory
Автор: Marianne Stecher-Hansen
Издательство: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1789209617
Год: 2021
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 362
Размер: 6,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

Situated on Europe’s northern periphery, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden found themselves caught between warring powers during World War II. Ultimately, these nations survived the conflict as sovereign states whose wartime experiences have profoundly shaped their historiography, literature, cinema and memory cultures.

Название: Танковый корпус "Великая Германия". История элитного танкового корпуса Вермахта
Автор: Акунов В.
Издательство: М.: Яуза-Пресс
Год: 2008
Cтраниц: 350
Формат: djvu
Размер: 28 мб
Язык: русский

Панцергренадерская дивизия "Гроссдойчланд", развернутая к концу войны в танковый корпус, стала одним из самых опасных противников Красной Армии на Восточном фронте. Рядовые и офицеры этого соединения были подлинной элитой вооруженных сил Третьего Рейха.

Название: Bombers: From the First World War to Kosovo
Автор: David W. Wragg
Издательство: Sutton
Год: 1999
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 280
Размер: 100,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

The role of the bomber has proved to be on of the most controversial aspects of twentieth-century warfare. Bombers tells the story of the bomber with a blend of narrative and personal accounts, recording the history of the principle bombing raids and the skill and courage of those who flew them. David Wragg begins with a brief overview of the origins of the concept of aerial bombardment, which astonishingly go back several thousand years.

Название: Aircraft of the RAF: A Pictorial Record 1918-1978
Автор: Paul Ellis
Издательство: MacDonald and Jane's
Год: 1978
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 200
Размер: 370,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

A celebration in pictures of the first sixty years of RAF aircraft, from the frail biplanes of the First World War to the massively complex and efficient fighting machines of today.