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Автор: Robert Michael Citino
Название: Death of the Wehrmacht: The German Campaigns of 1942
Издательство: University Press of Kansas
Год: 2007
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 456
Язык: English
Размер: 85 MB

For Hitler and the German military, 1942 was a key turning point of World War II, as an overstretched but still lethal Wehrmacht replaced brilliant victories and huge territorial gains with stalemates and strategic retreats. In this major reevaluation of that crucial year, Robert Citino shows that the German army's emerging woes were rooted as much in its addiction to the "war of movement"-attempts to smash the enemy in "short and lively" campaigns-as they were in Hitler's deeply flawed management of the war. From the overwhelming operational victories at Kerch and Kharkov in May to the catastrophic defeats at El Alamein and Stalingrad, Death of the Wehrmacht offers an eye-opening new view of that decisive year. Building upon his widely respected critique in The German Way of War, Citino shows how the campaigns of 1942 fit within the centuries-old patterns of Prussian/German warmaking and ultimately doomed Hitler's expansionist ambitions.

Название: The British Navy in the Caribbean
Автор: John D. Grainger
Издательство: Boydell Press
ISBN: 1783275898
Год: 2021
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 279
Размер: 3,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

This book charts the involvement of the British navy in the Caribbean from the earliest times to the present. It recounts the voyages of sixteenth century English adventurers such as John Hawkins and Francis Drake and their attacks on Spanish territories, outlines the capture of Jamaica during the time of Oliver Cromwell's rule and describes the growth of the British slave trade.

Название: The Diary of a Napoleonic Foot Soldier
Автор: Jakob Walter
Издательство: Doubleday
ISBN: 0140165592
Год: 1991
Формат: PDF (conv)
Страниц: 208
Размер: 1,8 МБ
Язык: Английский

Eighteen-year-old German stonemason Jakob Walter served in the Grand Army of Napoleon between 1806 and 1813. His diary intimately records his trials: the long, grueling marches in Prussia and Poland, the disastrous Russian campaign, and the demoralizing defeat in a war few supported or understood.

Автор: Christopher Gravett, Graham Turner
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия: Osprey Campaign 360
ISBN: 9781472843418
Год издания: 2021
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 96
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 21 MB

The battle of Bosworth was the culmination of the War of the Roses, the dynastic struggle between the houses of York and Lancaster that dominated England in the second half of the 15th century. Edward IV had secured the throne for the house of York, but his early death in 1483, followed by the death of his sons and the taking of the throne by his brother

Название: Battle of the Atlantic 1942-45
Автор: Mark Lardas, Edouard A Groult
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия: Osprey Air Campaign 21
ISBN: 9781472841537
Год издания: 2021
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 96
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 15,8 MB

As 1942 opened, both Nazi Germany and the Allies were ready for the climactic battles of the Atlantic to begin. Germany had 91 operational U-boats, and over 150 in training or trials. Production for 1942-44 was planned to exceed 200 boats annually. Karl Donitz, running the Kriegsmarine's U-boat arm, would finally have the numbers needed to run the tonnage war he wanted against the Allies.

Название: Jane's Strategic Weapon Systems Issue 38
Автор: Duncan Lennox
Издательство: Jane's Information Group
Год: 2003
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 678
Размер: 28,3 МБ
Язык: Английский

Jane's Strategic Weapon Systems Issue 38

Название: German 88mm Gun vs Allied Armour: North Africa 1941-1943 (Osprey Duel 109)
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год: 2021
Формат: EPUB, PDF (Conv)
Страниц: 80
Размер: 48 Mb
Язык: English

German 88mm Gun vs Allied Armour: North Africa 1941-1943

Название: USMC M4A2 Sherman vs Japanese Type 95 Ha-Go: The Central Pacific 1943-1944 (Osprey Duel 108)
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год: 2021
Формат: EPUB, PDF (Conv)
Страниц: 80
Размер: 49 Mb
Язык: English

USMC M4A2 Sherman vs Japanese Type 95 Ha-Go: The Central Pacific 1943-1944

Название: Vehicles of the Long Range Desert Group 1940-1945 (Osprey New Vanguard 291)
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год: 2021
Формат: EPUB, PDF (Conv)
Страниц: 48
Размер: 33 Mb
Язык: English

Vehicles of the Long Range Desert Group 1940-1945

Название: The Air Battle for Malta: The Diaries of a Spitfire Pilot
Автор: James Douglas-Hamilton, P. B. Lucas
Издательство: Pen & Sword Aviation
Год: 2006
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 236
Размер: 10,27 Мб
Язык: английский

This book provides an intriguing and realistic account of the struggle for the possession of Malta during World War II. The air battle raged for two and a half years during which time 14,000 tons of bombs were dropped on a defiant population. The history is based on the diaries of Lord David Douglas-Hamilton, the author's uncle, who was the leader of a Spitfire squadron that defended the island during the worst of the crisis.