Автор: James Kochan, Dave Rickman
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 2001
isbn: 1841760870
Количество страниц: 52
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
When the Revolutionary War ended Washington's victorious Continental Army was disbanded. The infant United States had very mixed feelings about standing armies; but years of Indian-fighting on the frontier emphasised the need for a force larger than Josiah Harmar's original 700-man 1st American Regiment. In the event Secretary Hamilton's far-sighted reforms, which produced 'Wayne's Legion' in the early 1790s, were to be short-lived, and it took later threats of international war to stimulate the eventual expansion of the young US Army. James Kochan's meticulously researched study of a dramatic and confused period in American military history - the years of St Clair's disaster, 'Mad Anthony' Wayne's victory at Fallen Timbers, and Harrison's at Tippecanoe - is illustrated with many rare and important paintings and drawings.
Автор: Kenneth Conboy, Simon McCouaig
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 1989
isbn: 0850459389
Количество страниц: 48
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
From 1893 Laos remained a relatively peaceful French protectorate until the Second World War, when it was seized by Japan. As the war drew to a close, the Japanese encouraged the growth of nationalist movements to forestall the return of French power. Despite these efforts the French re-entered Laos. Soundly defeated, the Free Laos moved to Thailand. In 1949 a splinter fraction made its way into northern Vietnam and contacted the anti-French Viet Minh forces. Commonly as the Pathet Lao, and trained and equipped by the Viet Minh, these forces would eventually plunge Laos into another bloody war.
Автор: John Selby, Michael Roffe
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 1971
isbn: 0850450527
Количество страниц: 50
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
This book examines the uniforms, equipment, history and organisation of Jackson’s ‘Stonewall Brigade’, and its combat experience during the American Civil War. The brigade’s major engagements at Bull Run and Chancellorsville are covered, and uniforms are shown in full colour artwork.
Автор: W. Laird Clowes
Издательство: Sampson Low, Marston and Company
Год издания: 1901
Количество страниц: 638
Язык: english
Формат: DJVU
Sir William Clowes's superb seven-volume study is the preeminent history of the Royal Navy and England's maritime legacy. This remarkable series includes the work of Alfred Thayer Mahan, Theodore Roosevelt, Sir Clements Markham, and H. W. Wilson.
Автор: Charles Melson, Paul Hannon
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 1994
isbn: 1855323915
Количество страниц: 65
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
In 1976 Maj. James Capers Jr. welcomed new men and their families into a force reconnaissance company. 'Only the most capable Marines are selected for this duty due to rigid mental and physical demands. A very thorough screening of each applicant is conducted … to test alertness and endurance. The result is a small elite unit with highly qualified Marines who are considered the best in the world'. Ex-Marine Charles D Melson examines the history, equipment and insignia of the Marine's amphibious and ground long-range patrol reconnaissance specialists in this volume which contains a wealth of photographs and 12 full page colour plates by Paul Hannon.
Автор: Anthony Bryant, Angus McBride
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 2001
isbn: 1855321319
Количество страниц: 68
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
War played a central part in the history of Japan. Warring clans controlled much of the country. The wars were usually about land, the struggle for control of which eventually gave rise to perhaps the most formidable warriors of all time: the Samurai. Ancient Yayoi warriors developed weapons, armour and a code during the ensuing centuries that became the centrepiece for the Japanese Samurai. Anthony Bryant chronicles the history, arms and armour of these truly élite warriors, from the rise of the Yayoi through the Genpei War between the Minamoto and Taira clans to the Mongol invasions of the 13th century.
Автор: Martin Windrow, Kevin Lyles
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 1991
isbn: 0850456290
Количество страниц: 64
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
The decision, in Spring 1948, to form two battalions of Foreign Legion paratroopers was prompted by the requirement for enlarged airborne forces in Indochina, and the healthy recruitment then employed by the Legion. There were some initial doubts. The Legion were known to be magnificent heavy infantry, but were felt by some to lack the flexibility and agility demanded by independent airborne operations. In the Legion itself there were some misgivings over the possible clash between the self-consciously exclusive 'para mentality', and the Legion's own very marked ésprit de corps. Over time, however, all these doubts evaporated with experience.
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