World War II
epub |eng | | Author:Stephen Robinson

The officer stood out in the open directing the fire, the crews crouched behind the shields and fed and fired the guns while everything the enemy had was being pelted ...
( Category: World War II July 1,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Gordon Rottman

ERECTING A TREADWAY BRIDGE Here, US Army combat engineers construct an M2 treadway floating bridge from the near to the far bank of a German river, which is flowing from ...
( Category: World War II July 1,2020 )
epub |eng | 2015-03-09 | Author:Hilary & John Travis

Fig. 89. Mask from cavalry sports type E helmet, bronze, second to third century AD, from the Straubing Hoard, Straubing Museum. It has a face of Eastern appearance and more ...
( Category: Engineering July 1,2020 )
epub, pdf |eng | 2016-06-15 | Author:Gordon L. Rottman

The left-hand man carries the M1928 haversack without the bedding roll. This group of riflemen from the same squad, photographed in the Ardennes, demonstrate the extent of individual preference allowed. ...
( Category: World War II July 1,2020 )
epub |eng | 2012-01-18 | Author:Eric Hammel

Lieutenant Colonel Merritt “Red Mike” Edson, the legendary commanding officer of the 1st Raider Battalion at Tulagi and Edson’s Ridge. (Official USMC Photo) The critical value of the T-shaped ridge ...
( Category: Military History Pictorials June 30,2020 )
epub |eng | 2016-06-15 | Author:David Campbell

A Finnish soldier examines a Soviet sniping rifle, most likely captured in one of the battles around Suomussalmi and the Raate Road, 13 February 1940. The rifle, a 7.62mm Mosin-Nagant ...
( Category: World War II June 30,2020 )
epub |eng | 2018-06-14 | Author:Mark Seaman [Mark Seaman]

While London was understandably anxious to acquire information on the true course of events surrounding the PRUNUS debacle, it is surprising that, amidst the grave uncertainty, they sought to put ...
( Category: World War II June 30,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Steven Zaloga

The sole link between the battalions at Kommerscheidt was this narrow dirt trail up the side of the Kall ravine, barely wide enough for a tank to pass. Several tanks ...
( Category: World War II June 30,2020 )
epub |eng | 2018-07-20 | Author:David A. Messenger

( Category: World War II June 30,2020 )
epub |eng | 2012-01-30 | Author:Alexander Bielakowski

PC 1264 The patrol craft PC 1264 was the second of the two US Navy vessels whose crews were composed entirely of African Americans. Though she was actually in service ...
( Category: African-American Studies June 29,2020 )
epub |eng | 2013-05-30 | Author:Tim Newark

Three US tanks entered the town of Villalba. One of them flew a yellow flag with the black ‘L’ from its turret. When the tanks stopped in the town square, ...
( Category: Organized Crime June 29,2020 )
epub |eng | 2011-11-25 | Author:Dave McComb

Squadrons 53–56 joined the Fifth Fleet for Operation Forager against the Mariana Islands, which commenced on June 13 with the bombardment of Saipan. Vice Admiral Turner landed on the 15th; ...
( Category: World War II June 29,2020 )
epub |eng | 2011-06-15 | Author:Morris Beckman [Morris Beckman]

Chapter Eight For two months the Brigade manned its sector of the front line, playing its part in Allied Command’s preparations for the final offensive that would complete the liberation ...
( Category: World War II June 28,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-08-17 | Author:History, Hourly [History, Hourly]

Chapter Four The Soviet T-34 “The finest tank in the world.” —German Field Marshal Ewald von Kleist Hitler went into Operation Barbarossa with a sense of certainty that this was ...
( Category: World War II June 28,2020 )
epub |eng | 2017-06-14 | Author:Eppinga, Jane

CHAPTER 4 CONFESSIONS AND COURT-MARTIAL Murza was recalled again, and Church asked if the men were wearing gloves. Murza said they were and that he was prepared to swear to ...
( Category: World War II June 27,2020 )