Автор: Steven Zaloga, Peter Sarson
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 2002
isbn: 1841764698
Количество страниц: 52
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
The US Army had a unique tactical doctrine during World War II, placing the emphasis for tank fighting on its Tank Destroyer Command whose main early-war vehicle was the M10 3-inch Gun Motor Carriage, based on the reliable M4A2 Sherman tank chassis. This durable and versatile vehicle saw combat service from the North Africa campaign in 1943. By 1944, its gun was not powerful enough and it was rearmed with the new 90 mm gun, becoming the M36 90mm Gun Motor Carriage. This book details one of the only US armoured vehicles capable of dealing with the Panther and Tiger during the Battle of the Bulge.
Автор: John Norris, Robert Calow
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 2002
isbn: 1841764140
Количество страниц: 51
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
The mortar has proved to be one of the most influential and prevalent infantry support weapons of the 20th century. Throughout the course of World War II many different varieties of this weapon were used by the six main armies of the war: Britain, the USA, the Soviet Union, Germany Italy and Japan. Although the concept of the mortar was similar throughout these armies, calibres and usage varied enormously, dependent upon tactical use and terrain. This title covers all variants from the British 3-in.-equipped 'Heavy Weapon Companies', through to the Soviet12cm mortars, which were incorporated into the Tank Corps for the storming of Berlin in 1945.
Автор: Richard Lathrop, Jim Laurier
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 2002
isbn: 1841764159
Количество страниц: 51
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Destined to become one of the most influential postwar armored cars, the V-100 Commando was developed by the Cadillac Gage Company in 1962 as a private venture, and the first prototype was completed in the same year. It was designed as a multi-purpose vehicle and could function as an 11-man personnel carrier, reconnaissance vehicle, convoy escort, command or patrol car and a riot vehicle. The V-100 was tested and evaluated in Vietnam before full-scale production began in 1964. It saw widespread use in Vietnam by both US and South Vietnamese forces. This title describes the design, development and operational use of the V-100 Commando, including their continued deployment around the world.
Автор: Keith Durham, Steve Noon
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 2002
isbn: 1841763497
Количество страниц: 51
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Viking longships evolved from one-man canoes of the Scandinavian Stone Age, through wood-built-ships of c. 200 BC into the recognisable longboats of the 4th century AD. From this point, the Viking Longship developed into the pre-eminent raider and trader in the North Sea and Baltic, venturing as far afield as the Mediterranean, North Atlantic and modern-day Russia. Keith Durham uses reconstructions, original sources, translations and archaeological evidence to render a vivid picture of the vessels that dominated the seaways of Scandinavia, founded colonies on Iceland, Greenland and the New World and terrorised the coastlines of northern Europe. Also covered are Norman vessels, including the invasion fleet of William the Conqueror.
Автор: Frederick Zeh
Издательство: Texas A&M University Press
Год издания: 1995
isbn: 0890966672, 0890966680
Количество страниц: 137
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
This book is a translation of the serialized accounts of Private Frederick Zeh in the Mexican War from a German-language newspaper in the USA done thirty years after the war with Mexico. Zeh's telling is clear and adds new insight into the plight of the common soldier. A large percent of the US Army was foreign-born, so this book sheds light into a neglected aspect of the war; namely foreign-born soldiers fighting in the American ranks. Frederick Zeh arrived in the USA and found hard times. He recounts the debt slavery (Purposely being paid/fed just enough to keep him from starving by his employer in New Jersey) and being fearful of the Nativist attacks against immigrants in nearby Philadelphia, which obliged him to join the US Regular Army in a special rocket/howitzer unit. This is an intimate view from a common soldier. Frederick Zeh arrived at Vera Cruz and fought in the battles of Scott's campaign from Vera Cruz to Mexico City as an artilleryman. His observations of the Siege of Vera Cruz, Battle of Cerro Gordo, etc. are very precise. Do not expect much on grand strategy, as this is a tale of the dangers & hardships of a man and his comrades-in-arms. Editors have corrected any minor errors by Zeh and provided excellent endnotes for clarification and further study. This work could be read in a short time and pondered for much longer.
Автор: Tim Coates
Издательство: The Stationery Office
Год издания: 2000
isbn: 0117024546
Количество страниц: 260
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Reprint of 1856 Papers relative to Military Affairs in Asiastic Turkey, and the Defence and Capitulation of Kars. In 1855, while the British army was fighting alongside the French and Turkish armies in the Crimean War, a little-known but serious siege was taking place in the eastern corner of Turkey. The city of Kars is close to Azerbaijan in the Russian Caucasus. it is a veritable fortress set within the mountains and overlooking a gorge. The British were giving assistance to the Turkish army by lending experience officers.
Автор: David Nicholls
Издательство: ABC-CLIO
Год издания: 1999
isbn: 0874369576, 157607191X
Количество страниц: 342
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
This illustrated A–Z encyclopedia provides easy access to information about the emperor Napoleon. Over 300 entries cover significant events, people, and other topics such as the principal Napoleonic campaigns, all the major battles including Waterloo and Austerlitz, Napoleon's most important generals and marshals, Josephine de Beauharnais, and the Napoleonic Code. Napoleon also includes primary source documents, a handy chronology of key events, a bibliography, and an index.
Автор: Field Marshal Earl Alexander
Издательство: Cassell
Год издания: 1962
Количество страниц: 210
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Field Marshal Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891-1969) was a British field marshal who served with distinction in both world wars and, afterwards, as Governor General of Canada. In the Second World War, Alexander oversaw the final stages of the evacuation from Dunkirk and subsequently had high ranking field commands in Burma, North Africa, and Italy, including Commander-in-Chief Middle East and command of 18th Army Group in Tunisia. He then commanded 15th Army Group for the capture of Sicily and again in Italy before receiving his field marshal's baton and being made Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean. These are the field marshal's own memories of those years at war.
Автор: Leon Wolff
Издательство: Ballantine Books
Количество страниц: 254
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Of all the grim, gallant and inglorious battles of the Western Front, this is the name uniquely evocative of the "mud and blood" that pervaded the First World War. The total gain - a few thousand yards of indefensible slough - cost about a million Allied lives. In this now classic account of the Flanders campaign, Leon Wolff graphically describes the whole terrible business: from Haig's initial plan; his determination to carry it out despite constant opposition from the Cabinet and the muddle of doubts and disagreement among the military staff; through the early stages of the "great offensive"; and to the scene of the battle itself - the Flanders fields which will "forever haunt Western civilization".
Автор: Lewis S. Winstock
Издательство: Stackpole Books
isbn: 0811715752
Количество страниц: 298
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Lewis Winstock in this pioneer work investigates the real music of war. His book contains a long narrative, a superb collection of soldiers' songs - ribald, rousing, sentimental, satirical, over fifty of which are arranged for the piano. The use of instrumental music in war is also covered, old favourites are re-appraised, and some bizarre stories unfold. To find material for his book, the author has combed the memoirs of the soldiers of Cromwell, Wolfe, Marlborough, Wellington, Roberts and Buller, to name but a few. The result is a book of value to the historian and musician, and one which should delight the general reader.
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