Название: Portsmouth's World War One Heroes: Stories of the Fallen Men and Women
Автор: James Daly
Издательство: The History Press
ISBN: 0752491490
Год: 2014
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 224
Размер: 11,6 МБ
Язык: Английский

Over 5,000 men from Portsmouth are believed to have been killed during World War —the greatest loss of life that the city has ever known. Not only were thousands of Portsmouth soldiers killed on the Western Front, but Portsmouth-based ships were sunk throughout the war, causing massive loss of life.

Название: Spitfire's Forgotten Designer: The Career of Supermarine's Joe Smith
Автор: Mike Roussel
Издательство: The History Press
ISBN: 0752487590
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 360
Размер: 21,6 МБ
Язык: Английский

Whenever the Spitfire is mentioned, the name of its famous designer R.J. Mitchell comes to mind. However, Mitchell died in June 1937 and never saw his prototype design progress into becoming one of the most famous fighter aircraft of the WWII. Working under Mitchell as chief draughtsman was Joe Smith, who was greatly involved with the early design of the Spitfire.

Название: Contact Front: Proven Leadership Lessons from the Iraq WaraEUR(tm)s Deadliest Battle
Автор: Barry Shaw
Издательство: Newman Springs
Год: 2024
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 132
Размер: 1,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

In the fall of 2004, an all-out siege was waged on a heavily fortified city, producing the most intense urban combat since the Battle of Hue City in Vietnam. The tempo and intensity of the fighting provided the ultimate proving ground for leadership theory and practical application. A lifetime of leadership lessons was learned and tested in the most demanding environment possible.

Название: Narvik: And the Norwegian Campaign of 1940 (Captain Macintyre's Naval History of WWII Book 3)
Автор: Donald G. F. W. Macintyre
Издательство: Sapere Books
Год: 2024
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 250
Размер: 4,2 МБ
Язык: Английский

The epic story of the brutal battle for Norway in 1940. The perfect book for fans of Ian Toll, Max Hastings, and Alex Kershaw. In this brief, untidy campaign that lasted just six weeks, all branches of the Allied military service united against the lightning-fast invasion that the Nazis had surprised them with. On an almost hourly basis, air battles, amphibious landings by troops, and monumental naval engagements took place.

Название: The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: From Marathon to Waterloo
Автор: Edward Shepherd Creasy
Издательство: Dover Publications
Год: 2008
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 400
Размер: 5,8 МБ
Язык: Английский

Ranging from Marathon to Waterloo, this classic of military history chronicles battles that changed the course of history. Originally published in 1851, at the zenith of British imperial power, it found an eager audience of readers who wanted to understand how Britain had achieved its tremendous influence and how long it would last.

Название: Dancin' with Dollies: A Memoir of World War II
Автор: Edwin Dwight Ledbetter, Beverly LaVigne Ledbetter
Издательство: Desert Wind Press
ISBN: 1956271090
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 178
Размер: 14,6 МБ
Язык: Английский

Edwin Dwight Ledbetter was born on March 9, 1924 in Conway, Arkansas, was a B-17 pilot in WWII shot down over France, POW, recipient of France's Legion of Honor award, Phi Beta Kappa from Berkeley, graduate of Harvard Law School 1953, a diplomat in the United States Foreign Service. This war memoir is published posthumously, seven years after his demise.

Название: Sunday Bloody Sunday: A Soldier's War in Northern Ireland, Rhodesia, Mozambique and Iraq - Pictorial Companion
Автор: Greg Budd
Издательство: Greg Budd
Год: 2024
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 408
Размер: 115,8 МБ
Язык: Английский

Gold is forged in fire. Men in the furnace of adversity. Step into the extraordinary life of Jake Harper-Ronald through the lens of history in this stunning pictorial version of Sunday Bloody Sunday. This richly illustrated work brings to life Jake's unparalleled journey from a young conscript in the Royal Rhodesia Regiment to a world-class soldier, war photographer, and intelligence agent.

Название: Opening The Gates of Hell: The untold story of Herbert Kenny, the man who discovered Bergen-Belsen
Автор: Mark Hodkinson
Издательство: Cassell
ISBN: 178840484X
Год: 2024
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 320
Размер: 13,3 МБ
Язык: Английский

Herbert Kenny, an army dispatch rider, was the first Allied solider to push open the gates at Belsen Concentration Camp, in April 1945. He kept his story from the world until an encounter with a trainee journalist brought it to light. Now, forty years on, that reporter is ready to share Herbert's incredible tale with the world.

Название: Советско-финская война: Прорыв линии Маннергейма (1939 - 1940)
Автор: Энгл Э., Паананен Л.
Издательство: М.: ЗАО Центрполиграф
Год: 2006
Cтраниц: 300
Формат: pdf
Размер: 32 мб
Язык: русский

В этой книге описана война СССР с Финляндией, которая началась 30.11.1939 г. и длилась 105 дней. Несмотря на свою скоротечность, она стала одной из самых трагичных страниц в новейшей истории двух государств, т. к. обе стороны понесли огромные потери. Случись вам в 1939 году пуститься в путь от Северного Ледовитого океана до города Ленинграда вдоль советско-финской границы, путешествие ваше оказалось бы не из легких.

Название: The Autobiography of a Revolutionary in British India
Автор: Kali Ghosh
Издательство: Routledge
ISBN: 1138552569
Год: 2017
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 248
Размер: 2,8 МБ
Язык: Английский

This is a fascinating autobiography set before the partition of the subcontinent. Kali Prasad Ghosh belonged to a zamindar or landed family in Bengal. He joined the Congress movement and later, in the 1920s, became more radical. He was brought up as an intellectual but, in the end, his interest shifted to making bombs intended to blow up British property.