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Название: Sherman Mediun Tank: Canadian, New Zealand and South African Armies Italy, 1943-1945 (TankCraft 39)
Автор: Dennis Oliver
Издательство: Pen and Sword Military
Год: 2023
Страниц: 64
Язык: английский
Формат: epub
Размер: 15.3 MB

The Sherman tank served with most Allied armies during the Second World War and it is justly famous for the role it played in the Normandy landings and the subsequent drive into Germany. But the part played by the British commonwealth armored units in the Italian campaign is less well known and in his latest volume in the TankCraft series Dennis Oliver uses wartime photos, extensively researched text and highly-detailed color illustrations to cover the Sherman tanks of the Canadian, New Zealand and South African armies that battled their way up the Italian peninsula. Although it was often out-gunned by its opponents the Sherman’s ability to handle the worst terrain and its mechanical reliability ensured that it was at the forefront of every battle and contributed greatly to the final Allied victory. Examined in this book are both the 75mm armed version and the potent tank killer referred to toady as the Firefly, as well as a number of little-known field modifications.

Название: Panzer III German Army Light Tank: North Africa El Alamein to Tunis, 1941–1943 (TankCraft 40)
Автор: Dennis Oliver
Издательство: Pen and Sword Military
Год: 2023
Страниц: 64
Язык: английский
Формат: epub
Размер: 14.3 MB

The Pzkpfw III tank was the mainstay of the Panzer divisions during the Blitzkrieg era and made up the bulk of the armored force sent to North Africa. Although less heavily armored than many of its opponents it was sturdy and reliable and its main armament was the equal of any enemy weapon it was called upon to face. Operating in one of the most inhospitable environments on earth the Pzkpfw III was at the forefront of the dramatic advances of 1941 and the defensive efforts of the following year, all undertaken in the incredible vastness of the Libyan desert. This volume of the TankCraft series concludes the story of the tank’s North African service, examining the models that took part in the campaign beginning with the retreat from El Alamein and ending with the surrender of the last Axis forces in Tunisia in May 1943.

Название: U.S. Navy Minecraft A History and Directory from World War I to Today
Автор: Ken W. Sayers
Издательство: McFarland & Company
Год: 2023
Страниц: 499
Язык: английский
Формат: epub
Размер: 34.2 MB

In modern naval warfare, offensive and defensive mine operations and the ships that perform them often take a back seat to the more glamorous carrier strike groups, strategic deterrence patrols and anti-submarine operations. Despite their relatively small size and numbers, minecraft have enormous strategic and tactical value. With more than 200 photos, this book details the histories and specifications of more than 2,200 vessels that have served as minelayers and minesweepers, from World War I to today. Rare examples include the U.S. Navy's only purpose-built mine-laying submarine, and the remarkable 36-foot "mini minesweeper."

Название: Hitler's panzers: German tanks from their origins to the Second World War
Автор: Jacopo Barbarito
Издательство: Luca Cristini Editore (Soldiershop)
Год: 2023
Страниц: 189
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf, epub
Размер: 11.97 MB

Tanks are the symbol of modern warfare and the most important military innovation since gunpowder. Their development was a response to the static and trench warfare that characterised the First World War, where available military technology favoured the defenders over the attackers. Their introduction on the battlefields, and the impressive technological evolution that took place between the two wars, changed the way of conceiving combat forever, and Germany was the driving force behind this process with studies, research and designs churned out at a steady pace from the 1920s onwards. This book traces the history of the German Panzer from the first A7Vs to the studies carried out during the Weimar Republic up to the grand rearmament conducted by Adolf Hitler's regime. A history of military technology that made giant strides in little more than twenty years, able to catch up with France and England to finish ahead of even the United States and the Soviet Union. The book covers almost one hundred armoured vehicles in the time span from the First World War to the outbreak of the Second, which began with the invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939. A history of the Panzerwaffe told through its tanks, the real protagonists of the Blitzkrieg and of Germany's resounding victories in the early years of the conflict.

Название: Belgium's Dilemma. The Formation of the Belgian Defense Policy, 1932-1940
Автор: Jonathan A. Epstein
Издательство: Brill
Год: 2014
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 302
Размер: 15.9 Мб
Язык: English

In Belgium’s Dilemma: The Formation of Belgian Defense Policy, 1932-1940, Jonathan Andrew Epstein presents, for the first time in English, a detailed examination of the formation of Belgian defense policy in the eight years leading up to the crucial World War II Blitzkrieg campaign in Western Europe.

Название: История катастрофических провалов военной разведки
Автор: Хьюз-Уилсон Д.
Издательство: Гонзо
Год: 2014
Формат: djvu
Размер: 10,1 Мб
Качество: Хорошее
Язык: Русский

В своей книге, вызвавшей противоречивые отклики, профессионал, посвятивший долгие годы службе, представляет свое видение некоторых громких провалов военной разведки на современном этапе истории, включая события в Ираке, связанные с неправильным истолкованием разведывательной информации правительствами стран антииракской коалиции. Полковник Хьюз-Уилсон подвергает анализу не только события, приведшие к катастрофе, но и те причины, по которым важная информация игнорируется, преподносится в неверном ключе, а порой и просто остается непонятой политиками и боевыми генералами.

Название: Асы подводной войны
Автор: Кащеев Л.Б.
Год издания: 1997
Издательство: НПО-АТФ "Ф.Поли"
Страниц: 45, ил.
Формат: PDF
Размер: 66,4 Мб (+3%)

Асы подводной войны часть 1 - книга о немецких подводниках , добившихся выдающихся результатов в ходе второй мировой войны.В книге описана боевая карьера таких известных подводных асов , как Вольфганг Лют , Эрих Топп , Отто Кречмер , Гюнтер Прин , Герберт Шульце , Фриц Лемп и других. Одни их действия однозначно ставят их в ранг национальных героев - потопление линкора "Барэм" U-331 Ганса Дитриха фон Тизенгаузена или дерзкий прорыв в главную базу британского флота U-47 Гюнтера Прина и потопление им там линкора "Ройал Оук" яркие примеры выдающихся успехов немецких подводников. Другие события могут трактоваться и как военные преступления - так подводная лодка капитана Лемпа 1 сентября 1939 года потопила первое английское судно в начавшейся войне. им был пассажирский лайнер "Атения".

Название: Русское оружие
Автор: Бабкин М.А.
Год издания: 1994
Издательство: Феникс
ISBN: 5-85880-040-8
Страниц: 12
Формат: PDF
Размер: 10,3 Мб (+3%)

Книга знакомит с историей русского оружия. Повествование идет от имени мальчика Андрейки. События происходят в четырнадцатом веке, в 1368 году, за десять лет до того как войска князя московского Димитрия разбили татарское войско Бегича на реке Воже.

Название: Iron Indignation: The Evolution of Canadian Artillery Tactics and the Victory at Vimy Ridge
Автор: David W. Grebstad
Издательство: Double Dagger Books
Год: 2023
Страниц: 223
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf, epub, mobi
Размер: 10.2 MB

The Evolution of Tactics that led to Victory in World War One! When the men of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery went to war in 1914 they lacked training, had insufficient guns and ammunition, and clung to a strategy that emphasized manoeuvre and direct-fire engagements. When the opening phases of the Great War came to an end and the conflict became static siege warfare, Canadian gunners had to grow and adapt. By the spring of 1917, the weapons, men, tactics and battle experience of the Canadian and allied artillery forces had evolved sufficiently to allow the artillery to smash German defences and free the infantry to advance. If you are a student of Canadian history, a military or armchair historian this is the book for you. Iron Indignation is a book for any proud Canadian looking to learn more about pivotal moments in Canadian history and explore the Great War, The Battle of Vimy Ridge, the Canadian Corps, and the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery.

Название: Dispatch from Berlin, 1943: The story of five journalists who risked everything
Автор: Anthony Cooper, Thorsten Perl
Издательство: NewSouth Publishing
Год: 2023
Страниц: 349
Язык: английский
Формат: epub
Размер: 10.1 MB

In December 1943, five courageous correspondents join a British air raid on Berlin. They are Australians, Alf King from the Sydney Morning Herald and Norm Stockton from the Sydney Sun; Americans, Ed Murrow from CBS and Lowell Bennett from the International News Service; and Norwegian journalist and activist, Nordahl Grieg. Each is assigned to one of the 400 Lancaster bombers that fly into the hazardous skies over Germany on a single night. Of the five, only two land back at base to file their stories. After parachuting out of his doomed aircraft, one reporter is taken prisoner. From there his captors take him on a remarkable tour of bombed-out German cities. In Dispatch from Berlin, 1943, Anthony Cooper and Thorsten Perl uncover this incredible true story of life on both sides of the war.