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Название: Fluxes, Fevers and Fighting Men: War and Disease in Ancien Regime Europe 1648-17891 (From Reason to Revolution 1721-1815 №33)
Издательство: Helion & Company
Год: 2019
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 203
Размер: 10 Mb
Язык: English

Fluxes, Fevers and Fighting Men: War and Disease in Ancien Regime Europe 1648-17891

Название: US Soldier vs Chinese Soldier: Korea 1951-1953 (Osprey Combat 59)
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год: 2022
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 81
Размер: 21 Mb
Язык: English

US Soldier vs Chinese Soldier: Korea 1951-1953

Название: In the Shadow of Auschwitz: German Massacres against Polish Civilians, 1939–1945
Автор: Daniel Brewing
Издательство: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1800730896
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 356
Размер: 2,8 МБ
Язык: Английский

The Nazi invasion of Poland was the first step in an unremittingly brutal occupation, one most infamously represented by the network of death camps constructed on Polish soil. The systematic murder of Jews in the camps has understandably been the focus of much historical attention.

Название: Constantine at the Bridge: How the Battle of the Milvian Bridge Created Christian Rome
Автор: Stephen Dando-Collins
Издательство: Turner
ISBN: 1684426839
Год: 2021
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 262
Размер: 2,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

The AD 312 Battle of the Milvian Bridge, just outside Rome, marked the start of a monumental change for Rome and her empire. This battle was the figurative bridge between old pagan Rome and new Christian Rome. And once Constantine had crossed that bridge, there was no turning back.

Название: The Anatomy of Glory: Napoleon and His Guard, 5th Edition
Автор: Henri Lachouque, Anne S K Brown
Издательство: Frontline Books
ISBN: 1526703416
Год: 2017
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 775
Размер: 43,8 МБ
Язык: Английский

Napoleon’s Imperial Guard was arguably the most famous military formation to tread the battlefields of Europe. La Garde Imperial was created on 18 May 1804, and from its origins as a small personal escort, the Guard grew in size and importance throughout the Napoleonic era. Eventually, it became the tactical reserve of the Grande Armée, comprising almost a third of Napoleon’s field forces.

Название: Fairlie’s Secret War: How One Village Helped Defeat German U-Boats
Автор: John Riddell
Издательство: Birlinn Ltd
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 256
Размер: 11,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

During the Second World War the Royal Navy’s vitally important Anti-submarine Experimental Establishment was secretly moved from Portland in Dorset to the Ayrshire village of Fairlie, to escape German bombing on the south coast. For the next six years it occupied the boatyard of yacht builder William Fife on the Firth of Clyde. During this time, highly confidential world-leading research on the acoustic detection of submarines by asdic – now known as sonar – was carried out by hundreds of scientists, officers and local men and women based at Fairlie.

Название: Sacral Kingship in Bourbon France: The Cult of Saint Louis, 1589 - 1830
Автор: Sean Heath
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN: 1350173193
Год: 2021
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 296
Размер: 33,2 МБ
Язык: Английский

Historians of the ancien régime have long been interested in the relationship between religion and politics, and yet many issues remain contentious, including the question of sacral monarchy. Scholars are divided over how - and, indeed, if - it actually operated. With its nuanced analysis of the cult of Saint Louis, covering a vast swathe of French history from the Wars of Religion through the zenith of absolute monarchy under Louis XIV to the French Revolution and Restoration.

Название: Combat at Close Quarters: Warfare on the Rivers and Canals of Vietnam
Автор: Edward Marolda, Sandra Doyle, R. Blake Dunnavent
Издательство: Department of the Navy
ISBN: 0945274734
Год: 2015
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 82
Размер: 17,5 МБ
Язык: Английский

This work describes riverine combat during the Vietnam War, emphasizing the operations of the U.S. Navy's River Patrol Force, which conducted Operation Game Warden; the U.S. Army-Navy Mobile Riverine Force, the formation that General William Westmoreland said "saved the Mekong Delta" during the Tet Offensive of 1968; and the Vietnam Navy.

Название: The Underground War: Vimy Ridge to Arras
Автор: Nigel Cave, Phillip Robinson
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1844159760
Год: 2011
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 288
Размер: 38,2 МБ
Язык: Английский

This is the first part of a planned four-volume series focusing on a hitherto largely neglected aspect of the Great War on the Western Front - the war underground. The subject has fascinated visitors to the battlefields from the very beginning of battlefield pilgrimages in the years immediately after the Armistice, and locations such as Hill 60 and the Grange Subway at Vimy have always been popular stops on such tours.

Название: 1066: A Guide to the Battles and the Campaigns
Автор: Michael Livingston, Kelly DeVries
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1526751976
Год: 2021
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 224
Размер: 23,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

Authoritative, highly illustrated history and guide to the Battle of Hastings in 1066 written by two leading medieval military historians. This is essential reading and reference for anyone interested in the battle and the Norman Conquest.