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Название: Hitler's Final Fortress: Breslau 1945
Автор: Richard Hargreaves
Издательство: Pen & Sword Military
Год: 2011
Формат: epub
Страниц: 268
Размер: 30,00 Мб
Язык: английский

In January 1945, the Red Army unleashed its long-awaited thrust into Germany with terrible fury. One by one the provinces and great cities of the German East were captured by the Soviet troops. Breslau, capital of Silesia, a city of 600,000 people stood firm and was declared a fortress by Hitler...

Название: The Darkest Year: The American Home Front 1941-1942
Автор: William K. Klingaman
Издательство: St. Martin's Press
Год: 2019
Формат: pdf, epub
Страниц: 409
Размер: 10,20 Мб
Язык: английский

The Darkest Year is acclaimed author William K. Klingaman's narrative history of the American home front from December 7, 1941 through the end of 1942, a psychological study of the nation under the pressure of total war.

Название: The SS Dirlewanger Brigade: The History of the Black Hunters
Автор: Christian Ingrao, Phoebe Green
Издательство: Skyhorse Publishing
Год: 2011
Формат: pdf, epub
Страниц: 208
Размер: 50,34 Мб
Язык: английский

The Dirlewanger Brigade was an anti-partisan unit of the Nazi army, reporting directly to Heinrich Himmler. The first members of the brigade were mostly poachers who were released from prisons and concentration camps and who were believed to have the skills necessary for hunting down and capturing partisan fighters in their camps in the forests of the Eastern Front. Their numbers were soon increased by others who were eager for a way out of imprisonment—including men who had been convicted of burglary, assault, murder, and rape.

Название: Heavy Bombers of the RAF: From WWI to the Cold War
Автор: David Willis, Jon Lake
Издательство: Key Publishing
Серия: Aviation Archive - Issue 55
ISBN: 978 1913870836
Год издания: 2021
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 100
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 50,2 MB

The 29 RAF bombers detailed in this, the 56th issue of Aviation Archive, were the ‘heavies’ of their day. Each aircraft detailed has a unique place within the wider story of the heavy bombers operated by the RAF, and while some remain household names, history has allowed others to fade from the collective memory. The part each played in the RAF’s bomber force over the years is told using photographs and contemporary artwork sourced from Key Publishing’s archive.

Название: We Together: 451 and 453 Squadrons at War
Автор: Adam Lunney
Издательство: Tempest Books
ISBN: 978 1911658351
Год издания: 2020
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 340
Формат: PDF
Размер: 57,3 MB

This is not a tale of fighter aces shouting “Tally-Ho” and shooting down every plane in sight. It is the history of a group of men who were bonded by war and their love of flying. 451 and 453 (RAAF) Squadrons were both formed in 1941 and would both fly and fight until the end of the Second World War.

Название: Osprey Combat Aircraft 112 - Luftwaffe Mistel Composite Bomber Units
Автор: Robert Forsyth
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год: 2015
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 97
Размер: 6,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

The striking appearance of Luftwaffe's Mistel Composite attack aircraft might seem ridiculous to modern eyes, but employed correctly, these original 'fire and forget' weapons were devastatingly effective, as Allied sources testify. This book draws on a wealth of first-hand reports and revealing contemporary photographs to tell the full, strange story of the Mistel units.

Название: The Rifle Story: An Illustrated History from 1756 to the Present Day
Автор: John Walter
Издательство: Greenhill Books/MBI Publishing
ISBN: 185367690X
Год издания: 2006
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 312
Формат: PDF
Размер: 156,1 MB

The Rifle Story tells the fascinating story of the development and use of the rifle, from its advent in central Europe for target shooting through its first hesitant use in war to the precision shooting machines of today.

Название: Abandon Ship!: The Post-War Memoirs of Captain Tony McCrum RN
Автор: Tony McCrum
Издательство: Pen & Sword
Год: 2012
Формат: pdf, epub
Страниц: 181
Размер: 46,47 Мб
Язык: английский

Captain Tony McCrums naval career started in 1932. He survived the sinking of HMS Skipjack at Dunkirk and went on to serve on minesweepers and at sea during the landings at Salerno...

Название: Osprey Combat Aircraft 110 - Dornier Do 24 Units
Автор: Peter de Jong
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год: 2015
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 98
Размер: 9,8 МБ
Язык: Английский

Perhaps the most seaworthy flying boat ever built, the elegant, tri-motor Dornier Do 24 served with both the Allied and Axis forces in very different parts of the globe during World War 2, garnering an excellent reputation along the way This study uses archival records, first-hand accounts and revealing photographs to illuminate the combat career of this remarkable aircraft for the first time in English.

Название: Peace, War and Whitehall: A Memoir
Автор: Charles Guthrie
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
ISBN: 147285232X
Год: 2021
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 288
Размер: 14,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

Field Marshal the Lord Guthrie commanded at every level in the British Army from platoon to army group, and was Britain's senior military commander at a time of great change. He oversaw the modernization of the armed forces following the Cold War years and led Britain's military involvement in operations in the Balkans and Sierra Leone.