Автор: J.E. Kaufmann, H.W. Kaufmann
Название: Fortress America: The Forts that Defended America, 1600 to the Present
Издательство: Da Capo Press
Год: 2004
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 424
Язык: English
Размер: 408 MB

Fortress America: The Forts that Defended America, 1600 to the Present.

Название: The Unknown Eastern Front: The Wehrmacht and Hitler’s Foreign Soldiers
Автор(ы): Rolf-Dieter Muller
Издательство: I.B.Tauris
Год: 2012
ISBN: 978-1780768908
Страниц: 323
Язык: English
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 32 MB

When Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa with his attack on the Soviet Union in June 1941, the Wehrmacht deployed 600,000 troops to the Eastern Front. Their numbers were later swelled by a range of foreign volunteers so that, at the height of World War II, astonishingly one in three men fighting for the Germans in the East was not a native German. Hitler's declaration of the "struggle against Bolshevism" reverberated throughout all of Europe - among convinced fascists as well as among non-Russian eastern Europeans seeking to regain their independence from the USSR. Many of these volunteers subsequently became involved in the atrocities of the Wehrmacht and the SS. Vilified by Hitler for their supposed failures, condemned and forgotten by their homelands for treason and collaboration, their involvement in the war has been largely ignored or swept aside by historians. Rolf-Dieter Muller here offers a fascinating new perspective on a little-known aspect of World War II.

Название: Летающие крылья
Автор: И.К. Костенко
Издательство: Машиностроение
Год: 1988 (2-е изд., перераб. и доп.)
ISBN: 5-217-00296-4
Страниц: 105, илл.
Язык: Русский
Формат: PDF
Размер: 36 MB
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Изложены особенности аэродинамики и динамики полеты летательных аппаратов, выполненных по схеме "летающее крыло". Приведены сведения о о отечественных и зарубежных самолетах и планерах этого типа. Данное издание дополнено сведениями о сверхзвуковых самолетах типа "бесхвостка" и самолетах типа "летающее крыло".

Название: Army Regulars on the Western Frontier, 1848-1861
Автор: Durwood Ball
Издательство: University of Oklahoma Press
Год: English
Страниц: 320
ISBN: 0806133120, 978-0806133126
Формат: PDF
Размер: 20.5 Мб
Язык: English

Deployed to posts from the Missouri River to the Pacific in 1848, the United States Army undertook an old mission on frontiers new to the United States: occupying the western territories; suppressing American Indian resistance; keeping the peace among feuding Indians, Hispanics, and Anglos; and consolidating United States sovereignty in the region.

Название: Armies of the Crusades
Автор: Terence Wise
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия/номер в серии: Men at Arms/75
Год: 1991
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 49
Размер: 12 Mb
Язык: English


In the early crusades men of all ranks from all over Europe took the cross and went to fight Islam as volunteers. Some went out of religious fervour, others to escape the plagues and famine which were rife at the time, still others in search of land or a fortune in loot. Fighting alongside all of these were the armies raised in Outremer, the Holy Land itself. Together they waged a bloody religious war, the participants of which included such forces as the Knights Templar, the Teutonic Knights, and the Byzantine Army.

Название: The Spanish Civil War 1936–39
Автор: Patrick Turnbull
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия/номер в серии: Men at Arms/74
Год: 1995
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 48
Размер: 38 Mb
Язык: English


By the spring of 1936 an armed clash was imminent between the forces of Spain's extreme Left and extreme Right. Viewed largely as a confrontation between democracy and fascism, the resulting civil war proved to be of enormous international significance. Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy intervened to assist General Franco, while the Soviet Union came to the aid of the Republican forces. This book explains the background to the war and charts the course of the nearly three-year long conflict through to General Franco's victory. Photographs and colour plates illustrate the uniforms and equipment of the Republican and Nationalist armies.

Название: The Grenadier Guards
Автор: David Fraser
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия/номер в серии: Men at Arms/73
Год: 1977
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 50
Размер: 21 Mb
Язык: English


General Sir David Fraser tells the story of this famous regiment; their beginnings, customs, battles and traditions from their formation as 'The Royal Regiment of Guards' in 1656 down to our own times. It is a remarkable story that includes Marlborough's campaigns in the struggle against France, the battle of Waterloo, the Crimean War, and of course two World Wars and beyond. Numerous photographs and illustrations populate Sir David's absorbing text, including eight full page colour plates by renowned military artist Angus McBride, with lengthy commentaries examining in detail the uniforms of the Grenadiers from 1865 to the 1970's.

Название: North-West Frontier 1837–1947
Автор: Robert Wilkinson-Latham
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия/номер в серии: Men at Arms/72
Год: 1977
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 50
Размер: 51 Mb
Язык: English


For over a hundred years British and Indian troops were engaged on the North-West Frontier of India policing the tribes, mounting expeditions, and guarding against the ever-present threat from Russia. Populated mainly by Pathans, one of the fiercest warrior races on earth, the Frontier came to be known as 'The Grim' by generations of British soldiers. This book details not only the three Afghan wars but also the issues surrounding Chitral, Malakand and Tirah. Colour illustrations and photographs offer a rare glimpse into life on the Frontier, illuminating Lord Curzon's remark, 'No man who has read a page of Indian history will ever prophesy about the frontier'.

Название: The British Army 1965–80
Автор: David E. Smith
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия/номер в серии: Men at Arms/71
Год: 1985
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 50
Размер: 18 Mb
Язык: English


The uniform of the British Army underwent many changes between 1965 and 1980. This book catalogues these changes and outlines in detail the many regimental distinctions which exist throughout this old and prestigious army. Among the formations examined are the Household Division, the Royal Armoured Corps, the Scottish Division, the Queen's Division, the King's Division, the Prince of Wales's Division, the Light Division and the Brigade of Gurkhas. The text is backed by numerous photographs and eight colour plates vividly depicting the nuances of the army's combat and service dress.

Название: Немецкая военная полиция 1939-1945
Автор: Г. Уильямсон, Р. Вольстад
Издательство: АСТ
Год: 2005
Формат: JPEG
Страниц: 64
Размер: 76,1 Мб
Язык: Русский

Книга рассказывает о полицейских частях Германии 1939-1945 г.г., в число которых входили тайная военная полиция, армейская патрульная служба, железнодорожная стража, Корпус фельдегерей и др. Текст сопровождается уникальными фотографиями. Цветные иллюстрации подготовлены на основании документов военного времени и дают точное представление о форме одежды военнослужащих военной полиции.