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Название: Buccaneer Boys: True Tales by Those Who Flew the 'Last All-British Bomber'
Автор: Graham Pitchfork
Издательство: Grub Street Publishing
ISBN: 1909166111
Год: 2013
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 224
Размер: 38,6 МБ
Язык: Английский

Twenty-four aircrew who flew the iconic aircraft with the Fleet Air Arm, the Royal Air Force and the South African Air Force (SAAF) relate their experiences and affection for the Blackburn Buccaneer. Arranged in chronological order, the book traces the history of the aircraft and the tasks it fulfilled.

Название: Russian Aircraft Since 1940
Автор: Jean Alexander
Издательство: Putnam
Год: 1975
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 582
Размер: 358,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

Russian Aircraft Since 1940

Название: Nuclear-Powered Ballistic Missile Submarine (How they Work)
Автор: Frank Vann
Издательство: Brian Trodd Publishing
Год: 1988
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 48
Размер: 74,8 МБ
Язык: Английский

A book about the mechanics of ballistic missile subs.

Название: Barbarossa 1941 Vol.II (Wydawnictwo Militaria 262)
Издательство: Wydawnictwo Militaria
Год: 2007
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 98
Размер: 80 MB
Язык: Polish / English

Barbarossa 1941 Vol.II

Название: Russian Naval Construction 1905-1945
Издательство: Macmillan Press
Год: 1994
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 279
Размер: 29 Mb
Язык: English

Russian Naval Construction 1905-1945

Название: In Battle & Captivity, 1916-1918: A British Officer's Memoirs of the Trenches and a German Prison Camp
Автор: Gilbert Nobbs
Издательство: Pen & Sword
Год: 2014
Формат: azw3, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 160
Размер: 1,3 МБ
Язык: Английский

Initially published in 1917 under the title On the Right of the British Line, this is the first book written by the extraordinary Captain Gilbert Nobbs. Dedicated to his ever loving wife, the harrowing memories and experiences of Nobbs at the Battle of the Somme and after are captured here in a rare account of what proved to be one of the most ultimately futile battles and the agonising aftermath.

Название: Rolls Royce From The Wings: Military Aviation 1925-1971
Автор: Roland W. Harker
Издательство: Oxford Illustrated Press
Год: 1976
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 184
Размер: 140,0 МБ
Язык: Английский

The book illustrates very well that Great Britain was a major force in the aviation industry, on par with the United States until the late 1950s/early 1960s when U.S. companies with help from the U.S. Government took the lead.

Название: Environmental Histories of the First World War
Автор: Richard P. Tucker, Tait Keller, J. R. McNeill
Издательство: Cambridge University Press
Год: 2018
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 320
Размер: 16,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

This anthology surveys the ecological impacts of the First World War. Editors Richard P. Tucker, Tait Keller, J. R. McNeill, and Martin Schmidt bring together a list of experienced authors who explore the global interactions of states, armies, civilians, and the environment during the war.

Название: English Civil War Artillery 1642-51
Автор: Chris Henry:
Издательство: Osprey Publishing Ltd:
Год: 2005
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 52
Размер: 27 MB
Язык: English

At the beginning of the English Civil War it was clear that artillery was to play a significant part in the conflict, as so many battles were fought by siege. Both Royalists and Parliamentarians raced to capture ordnance stores in urban areas such as London and Hull, realising that they would prove strategically decisive in the siege warfare that later developed. Illustrated with superb colour plates by Brian Delf, this book gives the reader an overview of the types of weapon used in this conflict and, more generally, how artillery was actually used in the seventeenth century

Название: Hidden Armies of the Second World War: World War II Resistance Movements
Автор: Patrick G. Zander
Издательство: Praeger
Год: 2017
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 291
Размер: 31,23 Мб
Язык: английский

Even though much of Europe eventually succumbed to the Nazis during World War II, many Europeans defiantly resisted occupation in every way possible. This captivating book provides a survey of these resistance movements during the period of Axis occupation and recounts the ways in which unarmed citizens undermined Nazi efforts at domination.