Автор: P.Abbott, R.Ruggeri
Издательство: Osprey
Год издания: 2002
isbn: 1-84176-489-2
Количество страниц: 49
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
One of the least-published but most interesting campaigns of the Great War was that fought in East Africa by forces of colonial troops - British Empire, German, Belgian and Portuguese. Short of resources due to the priority given to other fronts, European, African and Indian soldiers recorded epics of endurance as they hunted the outnumbered but brilliantly led German colonial forces across a vast, disease-ridden wilderness. The achievements of the German commander Paul von Lettow Vorbeck - the last German commander in the field to lay down his arms in 1918 - brought him fame and respect comparable to those won by Rommel in World War II. The events and the forces are described here in concise detail, and illustrated with rare photographs and striking colour plates.
Автор: M.Chappell
Издательство: Osprey
Год издания: 1994
isbn: 1-85532-469-5
Количество страниц: 64
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Over the centuries of their existence the Scottish regiments of the British Army have gained a reputation in war that is the envy of all and which can be matched, or surpassed, by very few. The very description 'Scottish soldier' conjures up images ranging from the 'thin red streak tipped with a line of steel' of the 93rd Highlanders at Balaclava, and the charge of the Scots greys at Waterloo, to the more recent deeds of Scottish regiments in the Falkland Islands and the Persian Gulf. Mike Chappell chronicles the remarkable history of the Scottish units which fought in the two world wars.
Автор: D.Nicolle, W.Reynolds
Издательство: Osprey
Год издания: 2005
isbn: 1-84176-645-3
Количество страниц: 67
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
The army of Charlemagne and his successors enabled the western Franks to recreate what contemporaries regarded as a 'reborn' western Roman empire. Frankish society was well prepared for war, with outstanding communications drawing together the disparate regions of a large empire. The role of mounted troops, the essential striking force of the Frankish army, is explored here. Alongside it was the impact that new technology, such as stirrups, had on warfare in this period. Illuminating a much-neglected area of history, this book shows how the role of cavalry grew in prestige, as the Carolingian armoured horseman gave way to the knight of the early 10th century.
Автор: S.Katz, R.Volstad
Издательство: Osprey
Год издания: 1991
isbn: 0-85045-687-8
Количество страниц: 65
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Following the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre where terrorists of 'Black September' murdered 11 Israeli athletes, the Israeli defense and intelligence apparatus became preoccupied with avenging this atrocity. Israel's revenge, when it came, was spectacular. An audacious raid marked the culmination of an 18-month covert and overt campaign against 'Black September', which achieved that organisation's destruction. But the 18-month effort had severely drained Israeli intelligence resources. Since the 1967 Six Day War, Israeli military intelligence had greatly underestimated their Arab adversaries. The Israelis had become over-confident; and they were about to pay dearly for their errors, on the holiest day in the Jewish year, 'Yom Kippur'.
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