Military
epub, azw3 |eng | 2016-06-20 | Author:Jim Storr

Figure 7.5 The Cirencester Area. It is perhaps meaningless to look for the capitals of post-Roman kingdoms. It is, however, well worth looking at the area five miles west of ...
( Category: Ancient Civilizations February 16,2019 )
epub |eng | 2009-12-01 | Author:Holger H. Herwig [Herwig, Holger H.]

The assault on Saint-Quentin, the cornerstone of Joffre’s grand design, had ended in failure. As bloody 29 August came to a close, a depressed Bülow took stock of the situation. ...
( Category: Military February 14,2019 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Sun-Tzu [Sun-Tzu]

20. When you plunder a countryside, let the spoil be divided amongst your men; Sun Tzu wishes to lessen the abuses of indiscriminate plundering by insisting that all booty shall ...
( Category: Military February 14,2019 )
mobi |eng | 2012-08-01 | Author:Thomas R. Flagel

1. FIRST FULLY MOTORIZED ARMY (SEPTEMBER 1939) World War II often conjures images of German armor and American industry. But the first entirely mechanized armed forces belonged to Great Britain. ...
( Category: Encyclopedias & Subject Guides February 13,2019 )
epub |eng | 2005-07-07 | Author:Dyke, Henry Van [Dyke, Henry Van]

VIII But who could raise protecting walls for thee, Thou young, defenceless land of liberty? Or who could build a fortress strong enough, Or stretch a mighty bulwark long enough ...
( Category: Essays & Correspondence February 13,2019 )
epub |eng | 2018-02-12 | Author:Levis Sullam, Simon; Kertzer, David I.; Smyth, Oona

Six HUNTING DOWN JEWS IN FLORENCE The first Florentine roundup took place at dawn on November 6, 1943. It was carried out by the same German military forces responsible for ...
( Category: Judaism February 13,2019 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-11-14 | Author:Mark Thompson

Looking back at Cadorna’s prestige during the war, Carlo Sforza was caustic: ‘The Italian middle classes wanted to believe that a harsh mask and hermetic silence were the sure signs ...
( Category: Military February 13,2019 )
epub |eng | 2018-10-31 | Author:Jason Fox

19 This is not good. This is really not good. As I bunkered down in a luxury hotel room, unable to push away my bed covers, unwilling to face the ...
( Category: Memoirs February 13,2019 )
epub |eng | 2011-08-16 | Author:Jim Baggott [Baggott, Jim]

( Category: History & Philosophy February 12,2019 )
mobi |eng | 1994-01-01 | Author:Antony Beevor; Artemis Cooper

Part Three INTO THE COLD WAR 19 The Shadow-Theatre: Plots and Counter-Plots The institution which was most disturbed by de Gaulle’s resignation was the officer corps. There was nobody left ...
( Category: World February 12,2019 )
epub |eng | | Author:Walter G. Winslow [Winslow, Walter G.]

17 DELAYED REPORT OF A “ROUTINE PATROL” It was a cruel joke to call scouting patrols conducted by PBY seaplanes of Patrol Wing 10 “routine.” Hell, anything could happen on ...
( Category: Military February 11,2019 )
epub |eng | | Author:Andrew Ward

A little before 5:00 p.m., Anderson disembarked from the Platte Valley and urged Chalmers to order the steamers to shove off, for he intended to burn what little remained of ...
( Category: Americas February 11,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2015-05-31 | Author:Parkinson, Roger [Parkinson, Roger]

Throughout 1907 Dumas kept the Admiralty and the Foreign Office informed of naval developments in Germany. Dumas alerted the Admiralty to the second novelle on 3 October 1907 and said ...
( Category: Military February 11,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2012-08-04 | Author:

(2) Flame Gun At first sight, the flame gun which projects 5.28 feet beyond the curved shield of the turret, has the identical appearance of the usual 50-mm tank cannon. ...
( Category: Military February 11,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2014-11-29 | Author:Smith, Peter C [Smith, Peter C]

The strike on Midway The A6M strength of twenty-seven fighters for the attack on Midway comprised nine from Akagi under Lieutenant Aya-o Shirane, with Petty Officers Seiji Ishii, Shinaji Iwama, ...
( Category: Military February 11,2019 )