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Название: Opening the Great Depths: The Bathyscaph Trieste and Pioneers of Undersea Exploration
Издательство: Naval Institute Press
Год: 2021
Формат: EPUB, PDF (Conv)
Страниц: 304
Размер: 13 Mb
Язык: English

Opening the Great Depths: The Bathyscaph Trieste and Pioneers of Undersea Exploration

Название: An Archaeological Study of the Bayeux Tapestry
Издательство: Pen & Sword
Год: 2016
Формат: EPUB, PDF (Conv)
Страниц: 214
Размер: 26 Mb
Язык: English

An Archaeological Study of the Bayeux Tapestry

Название: In the Words of Wellington’s Fighting Cocks
Издательство: Pen & Sword
Год: 2021
Формат: EPUB, PDF (Conv)
Страниц: 352
Размер: 69 Mb
Язык: English

In the Words of Wellington's Fighting Cocks

Название: Marching, Fighting, Dying: Experiences of Soldiers in the Peninsular War
Издательство: Pen & Sword
Год: 2021
Формат: EPUB, PDF (Conv)
Страниц: 320
Размер: 15 Mb
Язык: English

Marching, Fighting, Dying: Experiences of Soldiers in the Peninsular War

Название: Egypt 1801: The End of Napoleon’s Eastern Empire
Издательство: Frontline Books
Год: 2021
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 274
Размер: 26 Mb
Язык: English

Egypt 1801: The End of Napoleon’s Eastern Empire

Название: 3rd Air Division, 8th Air Force USAF 1942-45. Flying Fortress & Liberator Squadrons in Norfolk & Suffolk
Автор: Martin Bowman
Издательство: Pen & Sword
ISBN: 1783409827
Год: 2009
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 163
Размер: 6,0 МБ
Язык: Английский

A history and guide to the historic British airfields where American bombers had to be ready to go at a moment’s notice—includes photos.
A magnificent centuries-old house in England, Elveden Hall served as the Headquarters of the 3rd Air Division of the 8th US Army Air Force during the Second World War. Broadly speaking, it flew B17 Flying Fortresses out of Suffolk, but also included some bases in Norfolk.

Название: Duelling Through the Ages
Автор: Stephen Wynn
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1526738538
Год: 2021
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 210
Размер: 19,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

Putting aside Roman gladiators and gun-slingers of the American Wild West, by the 19th century duelling had become the sole domain of nobility, military officers and gentleman, with rules added to make sure everything was conducted in a fair and professional manner. The word 'honour' became popular, because it was the reason why most men would challenge another to a duel.

Название: A Hundred Years of Spying
Автор: Phil Carradice
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1526781417
Год: 2021
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 234
Размер: 10,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

Early espionage organisations like Walsingham's Elizabethan spy network were private enterprises, tasked with keeping the Tudor Queen and her government safe. Formal use of spies and counter spies only really began in the years after 1909, when the official British secret service was founded. Britain became the first major proponent of secret information gathering and other nations quickly followed.

Название: Waterloo Witnesses: Military and Civilian Accounts of the 1815 Campaign
Автор: Kristine Hughes
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1399003623
Год: 2021
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 312
Размер: 20,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

The events of Sunday, 18 June, stand as the defining moment of the year 1815, if not of an entire era. The allied victory over Napoleon's French army at the Battle of Waterloo reshaped governments and boundaries, made or broke fortunes and touched thousands of lives in ways both large and small, and it has been analysed, dissected and refought on paper a hundred times.

Название: Pictorial History of the US 3rd Armored Division in World War Two
Автор: Darren Neely
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1526775514
Год: 2021
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 322
Размер: 50,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

The Third Armored Division, famously known as the “Spearhead Division," had an illustrious combat career in WW2. One of only two “heavy armored” divisions of the war, the 3rd Armored joined the battle in the ETO in late June of 1944, was bloodied almost immediately and was at the front of the American advance through the hedgerows of Normandy and the rapid advance through France into Belgium by September 1944.