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Название: Hul! Hul!: The Suppression of the Santal Rebellion in Bengal, 1855
Автор: Peter Stanley
Издательство: C. Hurst & Co.
Год: 2022
Страниц: 328
Язык: английский
Формат: epub (true)
Размер: 10.27 MB

Если бы не знаменитый индийский мятеж 1857 года, сантальский "хул" (восстание) 1855 года сегодня вспоминался бы как самое серьезное восстание, с которым когда-либо сталкивалась Ост-Индская компания. Вместо этого, это восстание, в котором участвовало 10 процентов пехоты Бенгальской армии и в котором погибло не менее 10 000 санталов, было забыто. Хотя память о нем жила среди санталов, британские офицеры почти ничего о нем не опубликовали, а большинство участвовавших в нем сипаев умерли в 1857 году.

Название: The Bombing of London 1940-41: The Blitz and its impact on the capital
Автор: John Conen
Издательство: ‎Matador
Год: 2023
Страниц: 430
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf, epub, mobi
Размер: 10.2 MB

This is the story of the London Blitz of 1940-41 and is a combination of social and military history of this time. The title emphasises bombing over blitz as the word 'Blitz' has now taken on a much more general meaning associated with Britain's wartime spirit. This book describes how the Blitz progressed from the daylight attacks of the summer of 1940 through to the major raids of the spring of 1941, and looks at exactly what happened in the metropolis in those years. During the course of these attacks thousands of bombs fell on London, many triggering an ‘incident, a bland word that on hundreds of occasions effectively resulted in a disaster which in peacetime would have made national headlines. A chronology of the London Blitz forms the centrepiece of this account, exploring the progress of the aerial attack, what happened in each raid, the human cost and material destruction, the buildings destroyed or damaged and the people killed and injured. These major bombing incidents and bomb-related events have remained little-known since the War.

Название: The Secret War Against Red Russia: The Daring Exploits of Paul Dukes and Augustus Agar VC During the Russian Civil War
Автор: Brian Best
Издательство: Frontline Books
Год: 2023
Страниц: 240
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf, epub, mobi
Размер: 10.3 MB

The Armistice of November 1918 ended four years of slaughter that left armies exhausted and populations weary of war – but the fighting was not over. In Russia, civil war and revolution had divided the nation and the Allies sought to intervene on behalf of the ‘White’ Russians against the Bolsheviks and this conflict continued long after the war had finished elsewhere in Europe. A vital source of information from inside the Bolshevik-held territory came from British secret agents in Petrograd, the main one being Paul Dukes. Known as the ‘Man of a Hundred Faces’, Dukes had managed to infiltrate both the Communist Party and the political police. The problem which faced the head of the British Secret Intelligence Service, Maurice Smith-Cummings, was getting Dukes’ information back to London. Carrying information overland was proving far too problematical, so Smith-Cummings hit upon the idea of using one of the Royal Navy’s new fast Coastal Motor Boat which was revealed just before the end of the war.

Название: Military Illustrated Modeller
Издательство: Doolittle Media
Год издания: March 2023
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 68
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 21,9 MB

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Название: The Capture of U-505: The US Navys Controversial Enigma Raid, Atlantic Ocean 1944 (Osprey Raid 58)
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год: 2022
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 81
Размер: 12 Mb
Язык: English

The Capture of U-505: The US Navys Controversial Enigma Raid, Atlantic Ocean 1944

Название: The Barons of Leonrod: Royal Chamberlain, Lord Steward, Anti-Nazi Resistance Fighter / Die Freiherrn von Leonrod: K.B. Kammerherrn, Obersthofmeister, Widerstandskampfer (Hermann Historica Auktion №78)
Издательство: Hermann Historica OHG
Год: 2019
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 228
Размер: 101 Mb
Язык: English / German

The Barons of Leonrod: Royal Chamberlain, Lord Steward, Anti-Nazi Resistance Fighter

Название: Royal Navy Torpedo-Bombers vs Axis Warships 1939-1945 (Osprey Duel 124)
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год: 2022
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 81
Размер: 15 Mb
Язык: English

Royal Navy Torpedo-Bombers vs Axis Warships 1939-1945

Название: The House of Orange in Revolution and War: A European History, 1772–1890
Автор: Jeroen Koch, Dik van der Meulen, Jeroen van Zanten
Издательство: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1789145422
Год: 2022
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 441
Размер: 18,5 МБ
Язык: Английский

An epic account of the House of Orange-Nassau over one hundred and fifty years of European history. Three rulers from the House of Orange-Nassau reigned over the Netherlands from 1813 to 1890: King William I from 1813 to 1840, King William II from 1840 to 1849, and King William III from 1849 to 1890. Theirs is an epic tale of joy and tragedy, progress and catastrophe, disappointment and glory—all set against the backdrop of a Europe plagued by war and revolution.

Название: Among the Firsts: Lieutenant Colonel Gerhard L. Bolland's Unconventional War
Автор: Matthew T Bolland
Издательство: Casemate
ISBN: 1636241212
Год: 2022
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 401
Размер: 12,0 МБ
Язык: Английский

Unconventional warfare tactics can have a considerable effect on the outcome of any war. During World War II, the United States government developed and employed two new methods of fighting. The first was the development of "paratroop" units, as they were first called. The second was the formation of a covert and sabotage operations branch called the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). Lt. Colonel Bolland was involved in both of these "firsts." During the D-Day invasion he parachuted behind enemy lines, jumping out of the 82nd Airborne lead aircraft with General James Gavin.

Название: Disguised Weapons: The Law Enforcemnt Guide To Covert Guns, Knives, And Other Weapons
Автор: Craig Meissner
Издательство: Paladin Press
ISBN: 1581603258
Год: 2002
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 224
Размер: 9,3 МБ
Язык: Английский

Written by an NYPD officer who has seen it all, this book highlights a sobering array of covert weapons, from beeper guns to credit card knives to pen stun guns. Police and security agents will find this an indispensable guide to the search and recovery of these hidden threats.