(Ilmumisaeg: 31-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009712910)
In this innovative history of small arms, Maartje Abbenhuis demonstrates how the invention of ready-to-use rifle cartridges in the industrial era made death accessible to all, with revolutionary results. She explains how their lethality influenced p...Loe edasi...
After defeating a coalition of Athens, Thebes, Persia, and other Greek city-states at the end of the Corinthian War in 387 BC, Sparta tyrannized all of Greece with nearly unchecked power. But her empire had been hollowed by the cost of generations of...Loe edasi...
The Gloucestershire Regiment is the most decorated in British Army history. During its 300-year history, the regiment bore more battle honours on its Colours than any other. From the deserts of North Africa to the jungles of Burma, this book will giv...Loe edasi...
The French produced some of the most striking and innovatory interwar cruiser designs. A large amount of new information about these ships has become available over the past twenty years in France, but this book is the first to make this accessible...Loe edasi...
From the moment Germany launched its invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, code-named Operation Barbarossa, Hitler was fixated on the capture of Moscow. Yet his fear of exposing the flanks of the German Central Front led to costly diversions no...Loe edasi...
This book offers expert analysis of Asias transformation to multipolarity. Examines major power strategies, regional architectures, Indo-Pacific security, and territorial disputes. Contributions from leading scholars, diplomats, and practitioners...Loe edasi...
This book offers comprehensive analysis of military intelligence and corporate influence in modern warfare. Examines private military companies, cyber threats, and economic warfare dimensions. Essential for understanding intelligence evolution in...Loe edasi...
Folland Gnat: Red Arrow and Cold War Fighter presents an illustrated and factual record of the challenges faced by William Petter, chief designer at Folland Aircraft, in gaining recognition for his cheap, lightweight fighter concept. He saw it as a...Loe edasi...
The aircraft carrier HMS Furious was perhaps the most crucial ship in the development of naval aviation. She was effectively the testbed for the carrier aviation which emerged in the First World War and grew to dominate the war at sea in the Second....Loe edasi...
Jarosaw Dobrzyski, Janusz wiatlo, Marcelo Ribeiro, Mads Bangsø
Sari: White
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Mushroom Model Publications, ISBN-13: 9788365958440)
US Combat Aircraft Colours over Vietnam 1964 – 1975 covers all fixed – wing combat aircraft operated by US military during the Vietnam War 1964 – 1975. Volume 1 covers aircraft operated by US Air Force, Volume 2 – by US Navy and Marines. US C...Loe edasi...
Encouraged by the success of an attack on Messines Ridge on 7 June 1917, Field Marshal Haig ordered that his generals should continue their preparations for the Third Battle of Ypres. Delayed due to a number of reasons, one of which was poor weather,...Loe edasi...
Hitlers Ardennes Offensive, his last great throw of the dice, was stagnating. After the initial German successes, the Allies had rallied. In a desperate bid to recover the momentum, the Luftwaffe aimed to gain control of the air by launching a major...Loe edasi...
This richly detailed and heavily illustrated study traces the evolution of British aircraft carriers from World War II to the present, highlighting the Royal Navy’s critical innovations—including the angled deck and steam catapult—that made modern...Loe edasi...
Many who lived during the Cold War asked the question of the V-force nuclear deterrent: ‘If the balloon had gone up, would it have got through?’ This book, written by an Air Electronics Officer with some 4,500 flying hours in Avro Vulcans, sets out t...Loe edasi...
For the first time, this book chronicles all the daring escapes from Oflag IV-C Colditz Castle. By late 1939, the German Blitzkrieg offensive had swept up a number of prisoners of war who were housed in forts and purpose-built camps. To t...Loe edasi...
July of 1331 saw the gathering of a most unusual army; its billets scattered across the modest ports of Yorkshire’s eastern coast. Its purpose, the invasion of Scotland and the overthrow of the yet inchoate line of Bruce kings. This was a task monume...Loe edasi...
The combat superiority of the jet fighter as demonstrated towards the end of World War II presented the U.S. Navy with a significant problem. Carrier-based aircraft have additional and burdensome design requirements compared to those that do not have...Loe edasi...
Predicted to fail and outnumbered and outgunned, the National Guardsmen who withstood the last German onslaught of World War I The Champagne-Marne Defensive in July 1918 occurred at a crucial moment in World War I and proved to be the tur...Loe edasi...
