Автор: Paul Schmalenbach
Издательство: Profile Publications Ltd
Год издания: 1973
Количество страниц: 30
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Black & white illustrations, color 4 page foldout providing side and plan views in a two tone camoufalge along with color illustrations of the ship badges for each vessel, on the reverse of this color presentation there is an inboard profile and plan views of KM Scharnhorst as designed, timeline for each ship, specifications.
Автор: Erwin Rommel
Издательство: Athena Press
Год издания: 1979
isbn: 0960273603
Количество страниц: 220
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
A classic in military literature. First published in Germany in 1937 under the title Infanterie Greift An, it became a great success before World War II and played a major role in launching Rommel on the road to fame. The book went through at least eighteen printings by 1944, when the legendary soldier was forced to commit suicide because of his implication in the plot against Hitler. The U.S. Army translated the book in 1943 and General George Patton became familiar with it. Patton was reportedly "electrified" by the book, and read it again and again until he knew it by heart. Other Amercian officers also took a keen interest in the book and an abridged edition was published in 1944 by the "Infantry Journal" under the title Infantry Attacks. Today the book is mentioned frequently as a magnificent account of imaginative and successful combat leadership. Copies of the wartime English edition are among the most valued works in private collections. All copies in the Library of Congress and in the Army Library in the Pentagon have, however, mysteriously disappeared. This edition of ATTACKS is the first complete and unabridged edition of the book published in the United States. Earlier editions omitted passages potentially embarrassing to our allies as well as a large number of drawings and sketch maps. The Army translation, understandably, also suffered from a hurried wartime effort. In preparing this edition J.R. Driscoll retranslated the original German work and revised hundreds of passages in the Army translation. Bob Heittman, working with the German and American wartime editions, painstakingly revised the sketches and sketch maps. Where possible they were compared to large scale maps of the areas involved to resolve questions of detail and provide approximate scales. In a few instances additional details have been added. The drawing of scenes are taken from the original and may have been done by Rommel himself. As the autobiographical record of a Great Captain, ATTACKS is a book of historical interest and importance. In tracing Rommel’s development from a green lieutenant to a confident, seasoned and singularly successful commander, it provides keen insight into his mind and character. It is, as well, an important treatise on combat leadership and psychology, and contains many valuable lessons for those who would raise and train armies. Prime among these lessons is the reminder that men are the key element in combat; that it is the will, spirit and skill of men, led by competent and courageous officers that win battles; that high morale is developed by the accomplishment of difficult tasks.
Автор: Удалов К.Г, Панатов Г.С., Фортинов Л.Г.
Издательство: Авико Пресс
Год издания: 1994
isbn: 5863010278
Количество страниц: 55
Язык: русский
Формат: PDF (scan)
В книге рассказывается об удивительном самолете Р. Л. Бартини – ВВА-14. Изложена история создания самолета, даны его технические характеристики. Издание иллюстрировано большим количеством фотографий и компоновочных схем самолета.
Автор: Masataka Chihaya
Издательство: Profile Publications Ltd
Год издания: 1973
Количество страниц: 28
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
The Imperial Japanese Navy's 18inch-gun battleship Yamato and her sister ship Musashi were tragic ships indeed in all respects. For one thing, neither of them was ever employed for the purpose for which they were designed. They had been designed and built to take the lead in the world naval big gun race. with the first 18inch guns in service, but by the time they were commissioned naval strategy and tactics had been revolutionised. Ironically this revolution had been effected by the Japanese, so that the two ships had no chance to destroy their principal intended targets, American battleships. For another thing, they were eventually sunk in one-sided combat at the hands of enemy air forces in a manner unforeseen at the lime they were designed and built. Both 18inch-gun battleships, which would have been the most powerful units in any big gun battle with an enemy fleet, actually did almost nothing to influence the outcome of World War II.
Автор: Dr. G. Hummelchen
Издательство: Profile Publications Ltd
Год издания: 1973
Количество страниц: 32
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
The German Schnellboote or S-Boat was known to the British as the E-Boat. Although initially their hunting ground was the English Channel and the North Sea as the war progressed the S-Boat flotillas were sent to the Baltic, the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, and this Profile Touches on all the operational theatres.
Автор: Antony Preston
Издательство: Profile Publications Ltd
Год издания: 1973
Количество страниц: 29
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
HMS Cavalier was commissioned on 22 November 1944. She served in World War II and in various commissions in the Far East until she was decommissioned in 1972. After decommissioning she was preserved as a museum ship and currently resides at Chatham Historic Dockyard.
Автор: Roger Ford
Издательство: MBI Publishing Company
Год издания: 2000
isbn: 0760308470
Количество страниц: 146
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
During the course of war, man's ingenuity inevitably results in the development of new tools of destruction. At no time and place in history has this been more true than World War II Germany, when scientists and engineers of the Third Reich mounted a campaign intended to change the face of warfare itself. Superbly illustrated with full-color drawings and specially commissioned cutaways, this study provides a wealth of information on all of Germany's secret weapons programs during World War II, offering an in-depth look at Germany's successes and failures with rocketry and jets, helicopters, submarines and torpedoes, armored fighting vehicles, artillery, anti-tank armaments, and surface-to-surface missiles. Each piece of artwork is accompanied by a comprehensive specification table.
Автор: Major F. W. A. Hobart
Издательство: Profile Publications Ltd
Год издания: 1973
Количество страниц: 22
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Armalite became a Division of Fairchild Engine and Airplane Operation on 1 October 1954. For several years prior to this the Armalite Corporation had been funded privately. The two individuals who started Armalite initially were Charles Dorchester and George Sullivan.
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