Military
epub |eng | 2015-11-29 | Author:Ludwig Heinrich Dyck [Dyck, Ludwig Heinrich]

Chapter Fourteen Vercingetorix, the Last Hope of the Gauls “The Romans have not won by superior courage or in a fair fight … but by their expert knowledge of siege ...
( Category: Ancient Civilizations June 21,2017 )
mobi |eng | 2004-08-05 | Author:D. Augustus Dickert

* * * MAJOR WILLIAM M. GIST. * * * Major William M. Gist was a son of Governor W.H. Gist, the Governor just preceding Secession, and Mrs. Mary E. ...
( Category: Americas June 20,2017 )
epub |eng | | Author:Gilbert, Martin

Index compiled by the author Aachen: bombed, 128, 142, 160; surrenders, 153 Aarhus: and an air attack, 209 Abbeville: 160 Abdul Kalam, A.P.J.: quoted, 226 Abyssinia (Ethiopia): 16, 116, 206, ...
( Category: Atlases & Maps June 20,2017 )
epub |eng | 2017-05-20 | Author:Hugh Sebag-Montefiore [Sebag-Montefiore, Hugh]

20 Breaking the Deadlock The Mediterranean and Bletchley Park OCTOBER–DECEMBER 1942 As the German U-boats sank more and more ships off the east coast of America during the first half ...
( Category: Military June 20,2017 )
epub |eng | 2009-05-21 | Author:Mark Hughes

Strength of the Union Army The total strength of the armies on both sides fluctuated during the war. Below are figures on U.S. Army strength—both Regulars and volunteers—taken at various ...
( Category: Americas June 20,2017 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-11-09 | Author:George Wilson [Wilson, George]

Next morning broke clear and cold as I led the company out into attack the first time as its commander. As planned, the lead platoon went up through G Company ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People June 20,2017 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-03-22 | Author:Hastings, Max [Hastings, Max]

On 27 March, another landmark was passed when the first UN troops – ROK I Corps – once more crossed the 38th Parallel. They took the town of Yangyang four ...
( Category: Military June 20,2017 )
epub |eng | 2006-09-06 | Author:Rodger, N A M [Rodger, N A M]

Not everyone was so pleased, for St Vincent brought with him the ‘discipline of the Mediterranean Fleet’. Perceptive observers like Spencer and Colling-wood were concerned that ‘there are a great ...
( Category: Military June 20,2017 )
mobi |eng | 2001-03-15 | Author:James C. Humes

CHAPTER 14 FORT SAM LEWIS, WASHINGTON The maneuvers fortified my conviction that I belonged with troops; with them I was always happy. DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER WHEN EISENHOWER’S SHIP, the Cleveland, ...
( Category: Military June 20,2017 )
epub |eng | 2012-05-15 | Author:Robert Leonhard [Leonhard, Robert]

EXTENDED CLOSE COMBAT (ECC) Not to be confused with deep operations is extended close combat (ECC), called for by ALB-F(H). An innovative approach to the tactical level of war, the ...
( Category: Military June 20,2017 )
epub |eng | 2017-06-16 | Author:Diana Preston

Chapter Twelve It is not feasible any longer to maintain our position in this country. —MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM ELPHINSTONE, NOVEMBER 1841 As the insurrection entered its second week, the mood ...
( Category: Asia June 20,2017 )
epub |eng | 2014-09-29 | Author:Le Tissier, Tony

Back in Küstrin Many times have I watched troops getting into their ready positions. But what was played out on the roads to Küstrin exceeded all previous experience. Infantry, tanks, ...
( Category: Military June 20,2017 )
epub |eng | 2014-09-29 | Author:Le Tissier, Tony

Back in Küstrin Many times have I watched troops getting into their ready positions. But what was played out on the roads to Küstrin exceeded all previous experience. Infantry, tanks, ...
( Category: Military June 20,2017 )
epub |eng | 2012-10-11 | Author:William H. Prescott

CHAPTER IV GONZALO PIZARRO’S EXPEDITION—PASSAGE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS—DISCOVERS THE NAPO—INCREDIBLE SUFFERINGS—ORELLANA SAILS DOWN THE AMAZON—DESPAIR OF THE SPANIARDS—THE SURVIVORS RETURN TO QUITO 1540—1542 GONZALO PIZARRO received the news of his ...
( Category: Americas June 20,2017 )
epub |eng | 2016-07-20 | Author:C. V. Wedgwood

3. The Treaty of Bärwalde was open to any German ruler who wished to join in throwing off the oppression of the Emperor. This was a direct invitation to the ...
( Category: Europe June 20,2017 )