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Название: Tools of War: History of Weapons in Early Modern Times
Автор: Syed Ramsey
Издательство: Alpha Editions
Год: 2016
Страниц: 296
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf, epub, mobi
Размер: 10.2 MB

Warfare of the early modern period is associated with the start of the widespread use of gunpowder and the development of suitable weapons to use the explosive, including artillery and handguns; for this reason the era is also referred to as the age of gunpowder warfare (a concept introduced by Michael Roberts in the 1950s). Shock weapons that extend or enhance the deadly force of the humans at close contact. These would include: clubs, axes, tomahawks, knives, swords, sabres, spears, halberds, and pikes. The most important surviving shock weapon today is the bayonet, although some might say it is a shovel doing double duty. Missile weapons that are hurled or projected over various distances to inflict destruction upon the enemy: slingshots, boomerangs, javelins, bows and arrows, crossbows, ballistas, catapults, and Greek fire.

Название: Autobiography of the British Soldier: From Agincourt to Basra in His Own Words
Автор: John Lewis-Stempel
Издательство: Lume Books
ISBN: 0755315812
Год: 2014
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 512
Размер: 2,3 МБ
Язык: Английский

From Agincourt to Waterloo, from Dunkirk to the Gulf War, and in every conflict in between, one man has served in all these battles. This is the story of Britain at war from the perspective of that man.

Название: North American Mustang P-51: Long-range Fighter (Profiles of Flight)
Автор: Dave Windle
Издательство: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1848845812
Год: 2011
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 88
Размер: 5,4 МБ
Язык: Английский

The Mustang was born from a British WW2 specification to North American during 1940. The prototype was completed within 117 days but the RAF was not happy with the aircraft's performance and suggested replacing the V-12 Allison with the more powerful RR Merlin. The result was a superbly fast and maneuverable aircraft that had the range to escort Allied bomber forces on raids deep into occupied Europe. A total of 15,469 of the type were built and used in combat until the Korean War.

Название: The Sniper: The Untold Story of the Marine Corps' Greatest Marksman of All Time
Автор: Jim Lindsay
Издательство: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 125028242X
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 256
Размер: 27,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

Jim Lindsay's The Sniper reveals, for the first time ever, the full story of the deadliest sniper in Marine Corps history, Chuck Mawhinney, who served in the Vietnam war at age 18—written with his full cooperation and participation.

Название: Korea at War: Conflicts That Shaped the World
Автор: Michael J. Seth
Издательство: Tuttle Publishing
Год: 2023
Страниц: 290
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 68.7 MB

An engaging history covering a century of conflict on the Korean Peninsula. Korea at War recounts how two separate nations emerged on the Korean peninsula as the result of devastating conflicts involving provocative personalities and superpower intrigues. The topics covered in this fascinating book include: The brutal years of Japanese colonial rule which began with Japan's annexation of Korea and ended with its defeat in World War II–and which still dominate Japanese-Korean relations today; The division of the country into a totalitarian North and a prosperous, democratic South; North Korea's invasion of the South, motivated by Stalin, which led to the bloody Korean War–a conflict that is still not settled to this day; The irascible General Douglas MacArthur, who was relieved of his command by President Truman when he disobeyed a direct order and attempted to expand the war into China; The rise of the Kim regime in North Korea and the continuing threat of nuclear war today.

Название: Революционное движение в армии и на флоте в годы первой мировой войны. 1914 - февраль 1917
Автор: Сидоров А.Л. (ред.)
Издательство: Наука
Год издания: 1966
Количество страниц: 464
Язык: русский
Формат: PDF
Размер: 12,31 Мб

Одной из актуальнейших проблем истории Октября является проблема "Армия в Октябрьской революции". Сборник является первой систематической подборкой документов, отражающей процесс нарастания революционного кризиса в вооруженных силах царской России с начала первой мировой войны до Февральской буржуазно-демократической революции.
В публикуемый сборник вошли документальные материалы с июля 1914 г. по февраль 1917 г.

Название: Царский флот под красным стягом. 1905-1930: документы и воспоминания об участии матросов в революционном движении
Автор: Плесков В.А., Чужак Н.Ф.
Издательство: Политкаторжан
Год издания: 1931
Количество страниц: 270
Язык: русский
Формат: PDF
Размер: 41,66 Мб

Настоящая книга является второй работой из серии военно-революционной библиотеки, посвященной изучению движения в армии и во флоте.
Эту книгу мы приурочиваем к 25-летнему юбилею революции 1905 года и восстанию красного броненосца.

Название: The Illustrated Directory of Guns
Автор: David Miller
Издательство: Pepperbox
Год: 2011
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 512
Размер: 479,3 МБ
Язык: Английский

The Illustrated Directory series provide readers with a fully illustrated, comprehensive, hardcover reference book packed with timelines, historical facts and images designed to inform and excite. At 512 pages packed with information and photographs, this book is a necessary addition to any enthusiast's library.

Название: OPFOR SMARTbook 3 - Red Team Army, 2nd Ed.
Автор: Norman M. Wade, Christopher Larsen
Издательство: The Lightniing Press
Год: 2019
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 294
Размер: 395,2 МБ
Язык: Английский

OPFOR3-2 is the second edition of OPFOR SMARTbook 3 - Red Team Army, completely revised for 2019. In addition to the base FM 100-2-1/2/3 Soviet Threat series, new/updated material includes the FM/TC 7-100 Opposing Forces series, FM 3-0 Operations (Oct ‘17), ADP 3-90 Offense and Defense (Aug ‘18), FMs 3-90-1 & -2 (May ‘13), a review of modern (present-day) Russian forces, and more than a dozen historical vignettes. At 264 pgs, this second edition also features an additional 32 pages over the original first edition.

Название: Six Days: How the 1967 War Shaped the Middle East
Автор: Jeremy Bowen
Издательство: Gardners Books
ISBN: 074344969X
Год: 2004
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 432
Размер: 2,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

The Six-Day War was an extraordinary human drama. It swept up a generation of Israelis and Arabs whose children still cannot live peacefully in the world the war created. Today, Israel is the superpower of the region. It has nuclear weapons but has never been able to digest the land it swallowed in 1967. However big its army, it will never be at peace or feel secure until the future of this land is settled.