Strategy
epub |eng | 2015-03-24 | Author:van Creveld, Martin

6. War at Sea In our survey so far, naval warfare has barely been mentioned. This is not because the role it played in war was unimportant. After all, from ...
( Category: Strategy December 13,2015 )
epub |eng | | Author:Bryan Perrett

When the troops, having been briefed on the operation, marched out of camp at 04:30 on 20 October, their muttered opinion of the generals was ripe, to say the least. ...
( Category: Strategy November 24,2015 )
epub |eng | 2012-11-07 | Author:Lee L. Brice

References Burn, A. R. Persia and the Greeks: The Defence of the West. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1984. Cawkwell, George. The Greek Wars: The Failure of Persia. Oxford: Oxford ...
( Category: Greece November 8,2015 )
epub |eng | 2007-10-10 | Author:Jr. Samuel W. Mitcham [Mitcham, Jr. Samuel W.]

An American Sherman tank (right) passes an abandoned Panzer Mark IV in the Ardennes, December 1944 or January 1945. Notes and Sources: Carell 1966: 454; Keegan: 156; Kursietis: 259; MacDonald ...
( Category: World War II October 29,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-09-16 | Author:Andrew Rawson

Seventh Army’s battle, 16–19 December. While LXXXV Corps broke through 28th Division on Seventh Army’s right, LXXX Corps struggled to establish a bridgehead across the River Sauer. To the south, ...
( Category: World War II October 28,2015 )
epub |eng | 2013-04-10 | Author:Frieser, Karl-Heinz

Bunker No. 2/152a (west of Clairfayts) was taken in the evening of 16 May during the breakthrough of Rommel’s 7th Panzer Division as it punched through the extended Maginot Line. ...
( Category: World War II October 28,2015 )
epub |eng | 2013-09-25 | Author:Philip Warner

14 The Battles for Calais and Boulogne ON 19 MAY both Calais and Boulogne appeared to be safely in Allied hands and unlikely to experience more than bombing; however, if ...
( Category: World War II October 24,2015 )
epub |eng | 2005-10-19 | Author:Robert Gretzyngier [Gretzyngier, Robert]

Hurricane V7235/RF-M was Paszkiewicz’s lucky mount and he used it during most of his sorties. (Author’s collection) S/Ldr Zdzisław Krasnodębski, the Polish OC 303 Sqn, resting in the shade of ...
( Category: World War II October 21,2015 )
epub |eng | 2012-10-16 | Author:Anthony Saunders

Successful raiding party from the 6th Seaforth Highlanders who carried out a trench raid on the Railway Salient near Armentières on 15 September 1916. The board is chalked with ‘The ...
( Category: World War I October 14,2015 )
epub |eng | 2015-07-27 | Author:William M. Arkin [Arkin, William M.]

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Ring of Fiber [… How can I keep silent?] How can I stay quiet? [My friend, whom I loved, has turned] to clay, my friend Enkidu, whom I ...
( Category: Executive Branch October 11,2015 )
epub |eng | | Author:James Lucas

15 The frustrating mud and the scouring dust From the previous chapter it can be appreciated how the cold weather affected the nature of the campaign. But there was another ...
( Category: World War II September 9,2015 )
epub |eng | 2015-04-29 | Author:John Hamilton

As the first shell screamed towards us, nearly every man straightened himself and looked to see what would come of it. ’Twas beautifully ranged and landed right in our midst, ...
( Category: Strategy September 5,2015 )
epub |eng | 2013-09-24 | Author:Peter Caddick-Adams [Caddick-Adams, Peter]

In retrospect it is surprising that Monty ever got the job of 21st Army Group commander. Two names were in the frame: Alexander and Monty, and Eisenhower had let it ...
( Category: World War II August 19,2015 )
epub |eng | | Author:Mike Spick

WERNER SCHROER The second highest scorer in North Africa was Werner Schroer, with 61 victories. A combat débutante in the Battle of Britain, and a member of I/JG 27 when ...
( Category: Aviation August 14,2015 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Sun-Tzu [Sun-Tzu]

BOOK 7 MANIPULATION OF CIRCUMSTANCE The warlord with vision understands the ruler’s desires for the future. He maintains the army in accordance with the knowledge that he will in time ...
( Category: Strategy July 31,2015 )