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Название: The Anvil of War: German Generalship in Defense of the Eastern Front during World War II
Автор: Erhard Rauss, Oldwig von Natzmer
Издательство: Skyhorse Publishing
Год: 2016
Формат: epub
Страниц: 304
Размер: 15.6 Mb
Язык: English

The Anvil of War collects U.S. Army–commissioned reports by two highly ranked German officers who served on the disastrous Russian Front: Military Improvisations During the Russian Campaign, German Defense Tactics Against Russian Breakthroughs by Erhard Raus, and Operations of Encircled Forces by Oldwig von Natzmer. The reports show how the Germans adapted techniques to cope with their enemy’s great numerical superiority and managed to delay and sometimes drive back the steamroller Russian forces during the German retreat. The significance of the material detailing the Germans’ vast experience on the Russian Front was emphasized with the onset of the Cold War and the perceived Soviet threat to Europe.

Название: LIFE World War I: The Great War and the American Century
Автор: The Editors Of Life
Издательство: LIFE
Год: 2017
Формат: pdf/epub
Страниц: 96
Размер: 10.5 Mb
Язык: English

In 1914, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand—who was in line for the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire—propelled Europe into a war unlike any the world had ever seen. But it would take yet another remarkable series of events for the United States to decide to enter the fray, a century ago in April of 1917. By the time the armistice arrived the following year, empires had fallen and 15 million combatants lay dead. And for the United States, the consequences of the decision to get involved would reverberate throughout would come to be known as the American Century, and still echo today.

Название: 21 Days in Normandy: Maj. Gen. George Kitching and the 4th Canadian Armoured Division
Автор: Angelo Caravaggio
Издательство: Pen and Sword
Год: 2017
Формат: epub
Страниц: 336
Размер: 22.6 Mb
Язык: English

The Canadian 4th armored division crossed the Channel in July 1944 to reinforce the invading forces and assist in the Allied attempts to breakout of the Normandy beachhead around. They were heavily engaged in Operation Totalize and Operation Tractable but have been criticized for their failure to close the ‘Falaise gap’ and complete the entrapment of withdrawing German forces. Their commander, Major General George Kitching, was relieved of his command after just 21 days in action.

Название: Lake Trasimene 217 BC: Ambush and Annihilation of a Roman Army (Osprey Campaign 303)
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год: 2017
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 100
Размер: 81 Mb
Язык: English

Following Hannibal's crushing victory at the battle of the Trebbia, the reeling Roman Republic sent a new army under the over-confident consul Caius Flaminius to destroy the Carthaginian invaders - unbeknownst to him they were ready and waiting. The destruction of the Roman force at Lake Trasimene firmly established Hannibal as one of the Ancient World's greatest commanders thanks to his use of innovative tactics, including the first recorded use of a turning movement. The Romans would not send another major army to confront him until the battle of Cannae in 216 BC.

Название: The Thames 1813: The War of 1812 on the Northwest Frontier (Osprey Campaign 302)
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год: 2017
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 100
Размер: 140 Mb
Язык: English

The battle of the Thames was the culmination of a bloody campaign that saw American forces clash with the British and their Native American allies on multiple occasions. In a battle that included the future US president William Henry Harrison, American naval hero Oliver Hazard Perry and the legendary Shawnee leader Tecumseh the Americans prevailed, due in part to their imaginative use of Kentucky mounted riflemen to charge British regular infantry and artillery. Their victory allowed them to secure the North-West frontier, a crucial strategic gain in the War of 1812.

Название: M50 Ontos and M56 Scorpion 1956-1970: US Tank Destroyers of the Vietnam War (Osprey New Vanguard 240)
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год: 2017
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 52
Размер: 27 Mb
Язык: English

Designed in the 1950s, the US Marines' M50 Ontos and the US Army's M56 Scorpion were both intended to be fast, light, air-droppable tank-killers for the Cold War battlefield - an answer to the cumbersome and ineffective World War II-vintage tanks that had taken to the battlefield during the Korean War. Although they shared the aim of bringing light, mobile and lethal antitank firepower to the infantry the two vehicles varied wildly in design to cater for their unique mission demands. They first saw service in the Lebanon intervention of 1958 but it was in the Vietnam War that they made their name, with the M50 Ontos seeing intense combat action in the Battle of Hue in 1968.

Название: Vietnam War US & Allied Combat Equipments (Osprey Elite 216)
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год: 2017
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 68
Размер: 45 Mb
Язык: English

Over the eight years of the Vietnam War, US forces used three major types of equipment sets, with numerous modifications for particular circumstances. Different equipments were also used by Special Forces, the South Vietnamese, and other allied ground troops.

Название: British Light Infantry & Rifle Tactics of the Napoleonic Wars (Osprey Elite 215)
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год: 2017
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 68
Размер: 52 Mb
Язык: English

In an age when infantry units manoeuvred and fought in rigid blocks, the idea of encouraging initiative and allowing a unit to 'skirmish' was regarded as revolutionary and fell out of favour in the years following the French-Indian and American Revolutionary wars. It was revived by far-sighted British and foreign-mercenary officers, who observed the way in which French Revolutionary armies deployed skirmishers to prepare the way for their assault columns. Offering a detailed analysis of the tactics, this book is studded with period 'battle descriptions' quoted from eye-witness accounts, creating a comprehensive guide to the Light and Rifles units of Wellington's Light Division. As the result of the first tentative experiments in skirmishing the units achieved an unsurpassed peak of efficiency - they marched faster, were versatile in any sort of tactical situation and could shoot more accurately than either friend or foe. No other national army, either allied or enemy, achieved these standards.

Название: World War II Infantry Fire Support Tactics (Osprey Elite 214)
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год: 2017
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 68
Размер: 42 Mb
Язык: English

As infantry units advanced across Europe the only support they could rely on from day to day was that provided by the heavy weapons of their own units. While thundering tanks struck fear into the hearts of their enemies it was the machine guns, mortars and light cannon that proved to be most important, causing the majority of casualties suffered during World War II. Common principles were shared across units but the wide variety of weapons available to the different armies altered the way they were used in battle.

Название: Apache Warrior vs US Cavalryman: 1846-1886 (Osprey Combat 19)
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год: 2017
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 84
Размер: 76 Mb
Язык: English

From the 1840s onward, United States military forces clashed with the Apache, a group of Native American peoples associated with the southwestern part of North America. US territorial expansion and conflict - first with Mexico and then during the Civil War - led to an escalation of hostilities that culminated in the defeat of the Apache leader Geronimo in 1886, although fighting continued into the 20th century. In this study the clashes at Cieneguilla (1854), First Adobe Walls (1864), and Cibecue Creek (1881) are assessed in detail.