Название: The Encyclopedia of the World's Special Forces: Tactics, History, Strategy, Weapons
Автор: Mike Ryan, Chris Mann, Alexander Stilwell
Издательство: Barnes & Noble
Год: 2003
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 264
Размер: 112,3 МБ
Язык: Английский

Since the advent of special forces units in World War II, governments and armies have trained small, elite teams of soldiers to perform operations deemed too risky or demanding for regular troops. Training to enter the special forces is harsh in the extreme, and the few who enter the ranks of the elite can expect a life of intense operational danger. Special forces missions include counter-insurgency, hostage rescue, sabotage, spying, covert surveillance and force ambush. Most of these operations are performed deep behind hostile lines or within enemy strongholds. With a battlefield effect out of all proportion to their numbers, special forces today are usually the first into combat and the last out.

Название: The Great War 1914-1918 (Warfare and History)
Автор: Spencer Tucker
Издательство: Routledge
ISBN: 9781857283902
Год: 1998
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 272
Размер: 10,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

Современное и сжатое изложение событий Первой мировой войны. В книге подробно описаны ход и цели военных операций, а также развитие дипломатических отношений и жизнь мирного населения.

Название: The Last Zero Fighter: Firsthand Accounts from WWII Japanese Naval Pilots
Автор: Dan King
Издательство: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 1468178806
Год: 2012
Формат: PDF (conv)
Страниц: 348
Размер: 10,4 МБ
Язык: Английский

Firsthand accounts from interviews conducted in Japan with five WWII Japanese Naval aviators. All are veterans of thepivotal battles of the Pacific War including; USS Panay, Nanking, Pearl Harbor, Wake Island, Rabaul, Port Darwin, Indian Ocean Raid, Ceylon, Midway, Guadalcanal, Marshall Islands, Tarawa, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, the Kamikaze in the Philippines, the home defense and the dropping of the atomic bomb. The book is 348 pages includes 78 photos (many from the veterans' own albums), 9 original maps and illustrations. Includes an introduction to the Japanese pilot training system for both officers and enlisted men. Each pilot is followed from the time he joined the navy until war's end. They explain in their own words; why they joined the navy, what they thought about the war, about the aircraft they flew, how they felt about their friends and their former adversaries. The interviews were conducted firsthand in their own language by KING who is a linguist and Pacific War historian who spent 10 years living in Japan. King has interviewed 97 Japanese WWII veterans and this is the first in a series of books on their experiences.

Название: Procopius on Soldiers and Military Institutions in the Sixth-Century Roman Empire
Автор: Conor Whately
Издательство: Brill
Год: 2021
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 312
Размер: 13.6 Мб
Язык: English

In Procopius on Soldiers and Military Institutions in the Sixth-Century Roman Empire, Conor Whately examines Procopius’ coverage of rank-and-file soldiers in his three works, the Wars, Buildings, and Secret History. By evaluating his accounts alongside other comparative evidence, such as the edicts of Anastasius, legislation from the Codex Justinianus, and various papyri, Whately reveals the limitations to Procopius’ work, especially when it comes to frontier soldiers. However, this study also shows the impact of Procopius’ experiences with institutional matters such as unit structures on his writing, and the particular value he brings to our understanding of recruitment in the sixth century CE.

Название: Britain's Great War Experience: Life at Home and Abroad, 1914-1918
Автор: Peter Liddle
Издательство: Pen & Sword
ISBN: 1473821169
Год: 2014
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 232
Размер: 109,6 МБ
Язык: Английский

Expertly written and beautifully presented, this book of outstanding photographs, documents and art work captures the spirit of the British people as they faced and successfully came through the prolonged challenge of the First World War. Using previously unpublished material from the Liddle Collection in the University Library at Leeds and supporting this with photographs from private and public collections from many parts of the British Isles, Britons Experience the Great War brings the experience of soldiers, sailors and airmen graphically close.

Название: A Brief History of the 12th Marines
Автор: Charles R. Smith
Издательство: History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps
ISBN: 1500166626
Год: 1972
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 90
Размер: 17,3 МБ
Язык: Английский

This historical publication is the eighth in a series of regimental histories. This series covers in similar fashion each of the infantry and artillery regiments in the Fleet Marine Force, active and reserve. The present narrative not only highlights the significant actions of the 12th Marines, but also furnishes a general history of the developments in Marine Corps artillery. “A Brief History of the 12th Marines” is a concise narrative of the regiment from its initial activation close to half a century ago through its participation in the Vietnam conflict.

Название: Encyclopedia of Modern U.S. Military Weapons: The Army Times, Navy Times, Air Force Times
Автор: Timothy M. Laur
Издательство: Berkley Books
Год: 1998
Страниц: 509
Формат: pdf
Размер: 10,23 MB
Язык: английский

The Encyclopedia of Modern U.S. Military Weapons covers, in one exhaustively researched volume, the weapons, vehicles, equipment and systems that have served our nation in the past and present. Each listing includes a collective description of the weapon system, its evolution, development, variants, combat experience, and specifications. These systems are divided into seven categories: Aircraft, Artillery/Guns, Ground Combat Vehicles, Missiles/Rockets, Naval Mines/Torpedoes, Sensors/Electronic Warfare Systems, and Ships/Submarines, including a complete register of ships.

Название: Aachen: The U.S. Army's Battle for Charlemagne's City in World War II
Автор: Robert W. Baumer
Издательство: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811714829
Год: 2015
Формат: PDF (conv)
Страниц: 416
Размер: 14,3 МБ
Язык: Английский

By September 1944, the Allied advance across France and Belgium had turned into attrition along the German frontier. Standing between the Allies and the Third Reich's industrial heartland was the city of Aachen, once the ancient seat of Charlemagne's empire and now firmly entrenched within Germany's Siegfried Line fortifications. The city was on the verge of capitulating until Hitler forbade surrender.
Dramatic story of the American battle for Aachen, the first city on German soil to fall to the Allies in World War II.
Chronicles the six weeks of hard combat for the city, culminating in eight days of fighting in the streets
Details the involvement of some of the U.S. Army's finest units, including the 1st Infantry Division ("Big Red One"), the 30th Infantry Division ("Roosevelt's SS"), and the 2nd Armored Division ("Hell on Wheels")

Название: Inside the Foreign Legion: The Sensational Story of the World's Toughest Army
Автор: John Parker
Издательство: Piatkus Books
ISBN: 074991856X
Год: 1998
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 310
Размер: 12,4 МБ
Язык: Английский

The thought of escaping from the pressures of life leads many anguished young men towards the Foreign Legion. The rose-tinted vision of Beau Geste Overrides the truth - that life in the so-called Army of Strangers is no picnic. The brutality of its training regime and the horror stories of its ruthless NCOs have been told by the thousands who have deserted. But those who stayed and went beyond the beatings and the Legion's tortuous demands that stretch a man's mental and physical endurance to the very limit, and often beyond it, tell a different tale.
John Parker's searching interviews with legionnaires past and present offer a new perspective of this most extreme fighting force. The Legion has served in major operations worldwide from the Allied invasion of Narvik during World War II to more recent conflicts including the Gulf War and Bosnia and this book records true, incredible stories by the men who were there, recounted in their own words, presenting the most authentic and detailed account of life in the Legion.

Название: Lou Conter Biography: The Classical Account of a Legendary American Naval Aviator and Battleship Hero
Автор: Classsical History
Издательство: Classsical History
Год: 2024
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 70
Размер: 26,8 МБ
Язык: Английский

Classsical History offers account of the extraordinary life of Lou Conter, the last surviving veterans of the Pearl Harbor attack who died at aged 102.