Автор: Alejandro Quesada, Stephen Walsh
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 2008
isbn: 1846032083, 9781846032080
Количество страниц: 68
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Osprey's examination of the situation on the United States home front during World War II (1939-1945). The outbreak of World War II in Europe in 1939 led to cautious attempts to raise volunteer organizations among American men and women, to back the armed forces in the event of the USA becoming directly involved in the conflict. The attack on Pearl Harbor caused a huge surge of patriotic response, and voluntary enlistment in a wide range of auxiliary and civilian support services, as well as the armed forces, swelled vastly. Looking first at the background and general character of wartime life in the States, Alejandro de Quesada covers the main services, providing an interesting comparison with the conditions on the British Home Front and the experiences of other countries caught up in the war, examining organizations from the Red Cross to the Coast Guard. Full-color artwork reconstructions of the uniforms of over a dozen services are a unique feature of this book.
Автор: Rene Chartrand, Brian Delf
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 2009
isbn: 1846032555, 9781846032554
Количество страниц: 68
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
"New France" consisted of the area colonized and ruled by France in North America from the 16th to the 18th century. At its peak in the early 18th century its territory was huge, stretching from Newfoundland to the Gulf of Mexico. This title reviews the lengthy chain of forts built to guard the French frontier in the American northeast from the province of Quebec through New York State to Pennsylvania and Indiana. Among the sites examined are forts Chambly, St. Frédéric (Crown Point), Carillon (Ticonderoga), Duquesne (Pittsburgh, PA), Ouiatenon (Quebec) and Vincennes (IN). These forts, some of them well-preserved and popular tourist destinations, ranged from large and elaborate, stone-built structures with classic, Vauban-style elements, to little more than cabins surrounded by stockades. Some, such as Chambly, looked more like medieval castles in their earliest forms. Formerly Senior Curator with National Historic Sites of Canada, historian René Chartrand examines the different fort-types and the French military technology that went into their construction, and describes the strategic vision that led to their construction, their part in the conflicts with the British colonies in the east and the Indian nations of the interior, and their effect on trade.
Автор: Helmut Nickel
Издательство: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, Vol.32 No.4
Год издания: 1974
isbn: No
Количество страниц: 68
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
В буклете представлены доспехи о оружие средневековых рыцарей из собрания The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Автор: Helmut Nickel
Издательство: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 49, no. 1
Год издания: 1991
isbn: No
Количество страниц: 67
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
В буклете представлены работы мастеров-оружейников из собрания Metropolitan Museum
Автор: Collective
Издательство: Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund
Год издания: 1982
isbn: No
Количество страниц: 76
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
The Royal Air Force's far-reaching re-equipment programme, with many new aircraft and weapons entering service (Ежегодный альманах Королевских ВВС Великобритании)
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