Military History Pictorials
epub |eng | | Author:Martin Windrow

TACTICAL EFFECTIVENESS Viet Minh Regulars, and many Regional units, were first class; it is clear that they had successfully made the mental transition from guerrillas to soldiers. Neutral journalists who ...
( Category: Engineering March 14,2020 )
epub |eng | 2016-03-13 | Author:Jeremy Black [Black, Jeremy]

SIEGE WORKS AT SEVASTOPOL, 1854 Despite heavy artillery support, Anglo-French land assaults on Sevastopol in 1855 initially failed, for the city was well defended. Moreover, the attacking Allied armies lacked ...
( Category: Cartography March 14,2020 )
epub |eng | 2011-11-27 | Author:Dave McComb

One of the most famous photographs taken during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 shows Shaw’s forward magazine exploding. She, Cassin, and Downes were all in dry ...
( Category: World War II March 14,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Stephen Turnbull

Starvation during the siege of Tottori. The most horrific siege in samurai history was the one conducted by Toyotomi Hideyoshi against the castle of Tottori in 1581. The defenders were ...
( Category: Japan March 13,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-03-17 | Author:David Greentree & Peter Dennis

The gliders were late in arriving, with seven lost on the way; 26 landed at LZ L and two elsewhere. The German reaction was immediate. A Coy suffered the most, ...
( Category: Military Aviation History March 13,2020 )
epub |eng | 2017-02-28 | Author:Diamond, Dr. Jon

WESTERN TASK FORCE The Western Task Force’s assault on Safi by Maj. Gen. Ernest Harmon’s forces would be confronted by French batteries as well as a garrison of fewer than ...
( Category: Africa March 13,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Gosling, Lucinda

‘Sixth Column Strategy – Stout Patriots Dislodge an Enemy Machine Gun Post from the Dome of St. Paul’s’, The Sketch, 17 July 1940. Probably Heath Robinson’s most famous cartoon from ...
( Category: Satire March 13,2020 )
epub, pdf |eng | | Author:Rebecca Skinner

Lieutenant-Colonel John Frost, CO 2nd Parachute Battalion, meets Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in North Africa. Lieutenant-Colonel Frost had already seen action at Bruneval and would go on to lead his ...
( Category: Military History Pictorials March 12,2020 )
epub |eng | 2014-12-31 | Author:British Special Operations Executive

Lead acetate 1% Ammonium sulphide 5% Good. Ammonium sulphide hard to obtain Sulphuric Acid. Very dilute. Heat Poor. Chalk Few grains dissolved in acetic acid (White vinegar). Iron until paper ...
( Category: Engineering March 11,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-01-22 | Author:Brad Butkovich

( Category: Miniatures March 11,2020 )
epub |eng | 2015-03-10 | Author:David Greentree

On 23 May, Neave described ‘a clear day and I could see the cliffs of Dover’ (Neave 1972: 95). However, black smoke from a burning oil refinery, the sight of ...
( Category: Military History Pictorials March 11,2020 )
epub |eng | 2016-01-07 | Author:Bouko de Groot

( Category: Netherlands March 11,2020 )
epub |eng | 2018-03-10 | Author:Ed Darack

Rocket and Gun Run Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, California Close air support, or CAS (pronounced “cass”), ranks among the most dangerous and difficult missions in military aviation. The reasons ...
( Category: Individual Photographers March 11,2020 )
epub |eng | 2013-05-19 | Author:Peter Taylor

Wing The regiment wore the same wing as the SAS on the right arm. Shoulder Title The title comes in two forms, the first being in metal and reads RSR. ...
( Category: World War II March 11,2020 )
epub, pdf |eng | 2019-03-10 | Author:Ian Gardner

KEY 1. Wolfswaard Brick Factory 2. Crossing Point for Operation “Pegasus 1” 3. Renkum Brick Factory 4. Schoonderlogt – 506 CP Oct 28–Nov 25 5. 101st Airborne Divisional CP – ...
( Category: World War II March 11,2020 )