Название: History of War Defining Battles of World War II – 4th Edition 2023
Автор: Коллектив
Издательство: Future
Год: 2023
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 160
Размер: 65,5 МБ
Язык: Английский

On 1 September 1939, Hitler’s army marched into Poland. Two days later Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany. Just over 20 years after the end of the Great War, in which 20 million people died, the world was back in the clutches of a global conflict that would become the deadliest in history. For over five years battles raged around the globe, from Europe and Asia to the Atlantic and Pacific. In Defining Battles of World War II we take an in-depth look at some of the most significant campaigns and key battles of the conflict, from early German manoeuvres in Western Europe and Hitler’s fateful decision to invade the Soviet Union, to the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor and Singapore.

Название: The Use of Medieval Weaponry
Автор: Eric Love
Издательство: Aeon Books
Год: 2020
Страниц: 232
Язык: английский
Формат: epub
Размер: 10.2 MB

The Use of Medieval Weaponry is a book about history, and specifically the history of weapons, but it is likely to be different from other books on the subject. This is a book about how medieval weapons were used, taking the perspective not of the craftsman, nor of the general, but of the person actually holding the sword. The Use of Medieval Weaponry discusses the use of eight weapons or weapon combinations from the Late Middle Ages and early Renaissance, selected with an eye toward their iconic status in popular culture. Namely the use of the longsword; the sword and buckler; the sword and shield; the sword and cloak, dagger, or second sword; knives and daggers; greatswords; spears and other thrusting polearms; and poleaxes, halberds, and other cutting polearms. This book also specifically covers the use of these weapons in and against armour and in war.

Название: The Lost Papers of Confederate General John Bell Hood
Автор: Stephen Hood
Издательство: Savas Beatie
ISBN: 1611211824
Год: 2015
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 312
Размер: 19,0 МБ
Язык: Английский

Scholars hail Confederate General John Bell Hood's personal papers as "the most important discovery in Civil War scholarship in the last half century." This invaluable cache includes documents relating to Hood's U.S. Army service, Civil War career, and postwar life. It includes letters from Confederate and Union officers, unpublished battle reports, detailed medical reports relating to Hood's two major wounds, and dozens of letters exchanged between Hood and his wife Anna.

Название: The Last Kings of Macedonia and the Triumph of Rome
Автор: Ian Worthington
Издательство: Oxford University Press
Год: 2023
Страниц: 321
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true), epub
Размер: 21.8 MB

In the history of ancient Macedonia, the last three Antigonid kings--Philip V (r. 221-179), his son Perseus (r. 179-168), and the pretender Andriscus or Philip VI (r. 149-148)--are commonly overlooked in favor of their predecessors Philip II (r. 359-336) and his son Alexander the Great (r. 336-323), who established a Macedonian empire. By the time Philip V became king, Macedonia was no longer an imperial power and Rome was fast spreading its dominance over the Mediterranean. Viewed as postscripts to the kingdom's heyday, the last Macedonian kings are often denounced for self-serving ambitions, flawed policies, and questionable personal qualities by hostile ancient writers. They are condemned for defeats by Rome that saw both the end of the monarchy and the fall of the formidable Macedonian phalanx before the Roman legion.

Название: Gun Digest Book of Hunting Revolvers
Автор: Max Prasac
Издательство: Gun Digest Books
ISBN: 1440246098
Год: 2017
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 535
Размер: 15,8 МБ
Язык: Английский

Your guide to big-bore revolver hunting! Handgun hunting has evolved significantly over the last 25 years. With Gun Digest Book of Hunting Revolvers, you'll learn about the available factory and custom revolvers, plus calibers, bullets, and terminal effectiveness on all sizes of game. This book stands alone as the most comprehensive look ever at the revolver as a viable primary hunting tool--and is your guide to taking the hunt to the next level like only big-bore revolver hunting can.

Название: This Destructive War: The British Campaign in the Carolinas, 1780-1782
Автор: John S. Pancake
Издательство: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817306889
Год: 1993
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 320
Размер: 17,5 МБ
Язык: Английский

An exciting and accurate portrayal of the military action in the southern colonies that led to a new American nation. A companion to Pancake’s study of the northern campaign, 1777: The Year of the Hangman, this volume deals with the American Revolution in the Carolinas. Together, the two books constitute a complete history of the Revolutionary War.

Название: Cold War Liberation: The Soviet Union and the Collapse of the Portuguese Empire in Africa, 1961–1975
Автор: Natalia Telepneva
Издательство: The University of North Carolina Press
Серия: New Cold War History
Год: 2022
Страниц: 288
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true), epub
Размер: 15.8 MB

Cold War Liberation examines the African revolutionaries who led armed struggles in three Portuguese colonies—Angola, Mozambique, and Guinea-Bissau—and their liaisons in Moscow, Prague, East Berlin, and Sofia. By reconstructing a multidimensional story that focuses on both the impact of the Soviet Union on the end of the Portuguese Empire in Africa and the effect of the anticolonial struggles on the Soviet Union, Natalia Telepneva bridges the gap between the narratives of individual anticolonial movements and those of superpower rivalry in sub-Saharan Africa during the Cold War. Drawing on newly available archival sources from Russia and Eastern Europe and interviews with key participants, Telepneva emphasizes the agency of African liberation leaders who enlisted the superpower into their movements via their relationships with middle-ranking members of the Soviet bureaucracy. In October 1975, South Africa invaded Angola to shore up the FNLA and UNITA, and Havana responded by sending Cuban troops in support of the MPLA.

Название: Танки
Автор: Шунков В.Н.
Издательство: Попурри
Год: 2000
Cтраниц: 406, цвет. и ч/б ил.
Формат: djvu
Размер: 39 мб
Язык: русский

В предлагаемом читателю справочнике собраны и систематизированы сведения о средних, основных боевых и легких танках, состоящих в настоящее время на вооружении различных стран мира. Приведены также данные о перспективных и подготавливаемых к серийному производству танках, которые составят основу бронетанковых соединений в начале двадцать первого века.

Название: Книга будущих командиров
Автор: Митяев А.
Издательство: М.: Молодая гвардия
Год: 1974 - изд. 2-е, дополн.
Cтраниц: 372
Формат: djvu
Размер: 13 мб
Язык: русский

Книга содержит краткий рассказ об истории военного искусства на примере величайших битв прошлого. Популярно излагаются основные принципы военной науки. Приводится рассказ об отечественной военной истории, начиная со времен Древней Руси. Рассказывается история гражданской и Великой отечественной войны. Описывается советская армия.

Название: Convoy Escort Commander: A Memoir of the Battle of the Atlantic (Submarine Warfare in World War Two)
Автор: Peter Gretton
Издательство: Sapere Books
ISBN: 1800552637
Год: 2021
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 254
Размер: 1,2 МБ
Язык: Английский

An engrossing memoir that uncovers the turning point of the Battle of the Atlantic against the U-boat menace. Perfect for fans of Ian Toll, Jonathan Dimbleby or C. S. Forrester’s Greyhound. Vice Admiral Sir Peter Gretton’s book is a brilliant account of his career in the navy through World War Two: fighting in the Second Battle of the Narvik, guarding convoys in the Mediterranean and the North Atlantic, before being placed in charge of Escort Group B7, which he described as “the finest job in the Navy for a new commander”.