Автор: Helmut Gerresheim
Издательство: Motorbuch Verlag
Год издания: 1993
isbn: 3613015390
Количество страниц: 134
Язык: другой
Формат: PDF (scan)
Язык: немецкий Inhalt: - Einleitung - Britische Zivilluftfahrt nach 1945 - Phoenix aus der Asche - Eine revolutionäre Idee - Vom Postflugzeug zum Airliner - Das Jet-Zeitalter beginnt - Die Comet im Einsatz - Ende der britischen Führungsrolle - Der Traum zerbricht - Comet 4 rettet das Ansehen - Die neue Generation - Comet und Nimrod bei der Royal Air Force - Ins 21. Jahrhundert - Technische Daten - Betreiber des ersten Jet-Airliners - Auf der ganzen Welt - Anhang.
Автор: Christopher W. Wilbeck
Издательство: The Aberjona Press
Год издания: 2004
isbn: 0971765022
Количество страниц: 272
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
The Tiger and King Tiger tanks gained legendary status during World War II. Numerous tank commanders attained phenomenal tallies of kills and accomplished extraordinary feats during combat in these tanks, building the legend to near mythic proportions after the war. During WWII, the Germans created eleven Army and three Waffen-SS heavy tank battalions. These heavy tank battalions were employed in nearly every part of Europe against almost every enemy of Germany. As vast in breadth and scope as the employment of Tiger battalions themselves, Sledgehammers provides historical examples and analysis of heavy tank battalions’ actions in North Africa, Normandy, Italy, the Ardennes Offensive, and numerous battles on the Eastern Front including Operation ZITADELLE/the Battle of Kursk, Operation BAGRATION, the battle of the Cherkassy Pocket, late war attacks to relieve Budapest, and many other more minor engagements. Although a great deal has already been published about Tiger tanks’ technical details and some of the units which used them, until now, very little has been written concerning the organization and tactical employment of these tanks throughout the German armed forces and across the theaters in which they were employed. Sledgehammers provides an in-depth look at heavy tank battalions’ organizations and tactics, including the tactical doctrine by which these elite units were supposed to fight and how they were actually employed on the battlefield by their commanders and crews. Even given the Tiger’s reputation, many readers will be amazed by the fearsome casualties inflicted by the crews of many of these behemoth armored vehicles. It is safe to say that no other armored vehicle of the war wreaked as much havoc among enemy formations as Tigers. Many will, however, also find it equally stunning to learn of the Tigers’ many technical and tactical vulnerabilities. Through the systematic use of extremely detailed primary source and other impeccably reliable research, Sledgehammers demolishes several major myths about Tigers in World War II. Meticulously researched and written with the perspective and respect for Tigers' crews that only a professional tanker can bring to the subject, Sledgehammers synthesizes information to provide new and definitive insights into the strengths and flaws of World War II’s most feared and legendary tanks. Prologue by famed Tiger ace Otto Carius. Epilogue by Tiger killers Viktor Iskrov and Ray Holt. 35 original maps. 42 photos.
Автор: Michael Barthorp
Издательство: Cassell
Год издания: 2002
isbn: 0304362239
Количество страниц: 190
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Beautifully illustrated from the work of pioneer war photographers, this is a marvellously readable account of the British Empire at war. From the British invasion of Egypt to the tragedy of Gordon of Khartoum, it culminates in General Kitchener's march to Omdurmann that saw Winston Churchill participate in one of the last battlefield charges by British cavalry. Michael Barthorp reveals the strengths and weaknesses of Queen Victoria's army, its brilliant but wayward officer corps and the professional soldiers who inspired so many Kipling poems.
Автор: Тодор Предов
Издательство: Термит 97
Год издания: 2003
isbn: 9549089045
Количество страниц: 98
Язык: другой
Формат: PDF (scan)
Язык: болгарский, пояснения к рисункам дублированы на английском The book acquaints the readers with the emergence and development of dirks, as a weaponry item of officers in Bulgaria, and their relation to history of military and police uniform. Bulgarian text with English photo-captions and summary.
Автор: Adrian Greaves
Издательство: Cassell
Год издания: 2002
isbn: 0304357006
Количество страниц: 212
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
The Zulu handed the British one of the biggest disasters in their colonial history. Ignoring orders to the contrary, Viscount Chelmsford led his troops into Zululand in 1879, establishing a camp at Islandlwana. But, while Chelmsford and about half his men were away trying to intercept a Zulu force, the camp was hit by a surprise attack. When the Viscount returned the next day, the area was strewn with bodies: of the 1600 troops, all but 55 Europeans and 300 natives had been killed. Armed with new information from recent excavation of the battle site, and important never-before-published documents, Adrian Greaves challenges all previous interpretations of the attack that proved once and for all that the British army was not invincible.
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