_______________Powerful A humbling and important first-hand account of a brutal civil war in which as many as 500,000 people have died - GuardianA memoir of resistance and survival unique in the annals of modern war If the shedding of blood ca...Lasīt vairāk
A rare and forgotten first-hand account of the first day of the Battle of the Somme by a British infantry soldier who went over the top and survived. There are many accounts of the Battle of the Somme by surviving British soldiers. However, the S...Lasīt vairāk
Hugh Glass was left to die. AttackedWhilst hunting in the fur-rich, Native American-held territory of the Upper Missouri River, Hugh Glass was attacked and mauled by a grizzly bear. Hundreds of miles away from help; his fellow hunters were unable to...Lasīt vairāk
A cold winter morning in the Ardennes Forest, 1944, and Hitler launches his last and most audacious attack on the unprepared Allies. Standing between the German forces and the desperately regrouping Allies were just eighteen young Americans, hidden i...Lasīt vairāk
A gripping account of the fighting between cavalry of the Union and Confederate armies at small-unit level. This book presents new insights on the role of cavalry in the age of massed infantry gunfire and is augmented, as usual, with stunning Osprey...Lasīt vairāk
A gripping account of the fighting between cavalry of the Union and Confederate armies at small-unit level. This book presents new insights on the role of cavalry in the age of massed infantry gunfire and is augmented, as usual, with stunning Osprey...Lasīt vairāk
On 25 April 1915, Allied forces landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in present-day Turkey to secure the sea route between Britain and France in the west and Russia in the east. After eight months of terrible fighting, they would fail...To this day, Tur...Lasīt vairāk
The bloody campaigns of the American Revolutionary War pitted Britains redcoats against Washingtons Continentals in a host of encounters, from Germantown in 1777 to Cowpens in 1781. The Redcoats were a highly trained organization manned by long-ser...Lasīt vairāk
The bloody campaigns of the American Revolutionary War pitted Britains redcoats against Washingtons Continentals in a host of encounters, from Germantown in 1777 to Cowpens in 1781. The Redcoats were a highly trained organization manned by long-ser...Lasīt vairāk
The armour clashes in May 1940 were the biggest the world had yet seen, as the sweeping German advances of that period came to epitomize Blitzkrieg.The Wehrmachts Panzer III was well matched by the French Somua S35 tanks, the two representing very d...Lasīt vairāk
The armour clashes in May 1940 were the biggest the world had yet seen, as the sweeping German advances of that period came to epitomize Blitzkrieg.The Wehrmachts Panzer III was well matched by the French Somua S35 tanks, the two representing very d...Lasīt vairāk
Acclaimed author Andrey Kurkov gives powerful insight into life in Kyiv following the 2013 protests and before the 2022 Russian invasion.-16 C, sunlight, silence. I drove the children to school, then went to see the revolution. I walked between the t...Lasīt vairāk
Warsaw Boy is the remarkable true story of a sixteen-year old boy soldier in war-torn Poland. Poland suffered terribly under the Nazis. By the end of the war six million had been killed: some were innocent civilians - half of them were Jews - but the...Lasīt vairāk
The allied expeditionary force landed on the beaches of Calamita Bay, on the south-west coast of the Crimean Peninsula, in September 1854. The campaign that followed would create such iconic figures as the nurses Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole...Lasīt vairāk
In the bleakest years of the Second World War when it appeared that nothing could slow the advance of the German army, Hitler set his sights on the Mediterranean island of Crete, the ideal staging ground for domination of the Middle East. But German...Lasīt vairāk
Featuring specially commissioned full-colour artwork, this engaging study casts new light on the background and details of this clash between two turretless tank destroyers as the two sides contested Hungarys vital oil resources in March 1945.As Wor...Lasīt vairāk
Featuring specially commissioned full-colour artwork, this engaging study casts new light on the background and details of this clash between two turretless tank destroyers as the two sides contested Hungarys vital oil resources in March 1945.As Wor...Lasīt vairāk
In the centenary year of the Great War, names such as Ypres, the Marne, the Somme, Passchendaele are heavy with meaning as settings for the near-destruction of a generation of men. It is this aura of tragedy that makes Huntly Gordon s memoir, drawn f...Lasīt vairāk
Quite simply, this is one of the greatest, most riveting books of war letters I have ever read. Stephen E. Ambrose on War LettersIn 2001 Andrew Carroll authored the US top ten bestseller, War Letters - a unique compilation of extraordinary correspo...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 01-Jul-2013, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: The History Press Ltd, ISBN-13: 9780752494029)
A dramatic and tragic episode in British military history that will soon not be part of living memory. More than 100,000 British troops fought in Korea between 1950 and 1953, of which just over 1,000 died, with a further 1,000 captured and held in...Lasīt vairāk
Brian Castner served three tours of duty in the Middle East, two of them as the commander of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit in Iraq. He and his team his brothers disarmed bombs. Sometimes they used robots and remote controls. Sometimes they...Lasīt vairāk
This book covers the fierce night naval battles fought between the US Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy during late 1943 as the Allies advanced slowly up the Solomons Islands toward the major Japanese naval base at Rabaul.During this period, severa...Lasīt vairāk
This book covers the fierce night naval battles fought between the US Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy during late 1943 as the Allies advanced slowly up the Solomons Islands toward the major Japanese naval base at Rabaul.During this period, severa...Lasīt vairāk
Tom Bud Abraham was one of the very few Englishmen to serve in Vietnam. As an officer in the 1st Cavalry Division during 1967/8, he saw combat in some of the fiercest encounters of the war. His gallantry earned him a chestful of medals, including t...Lasīt vairāk
One of the last major untold stories of the war, this is the first-hand account of a conscientious objector born into a famous artistic family who, after the death of his brother on active service, decides to fight the Nazis and joins SOE. Barely 28...Lasīt vairāk
Although US and Japanese tank forces first clashed in 1941, it was on in 1944 that tank-vs-tank action became more common as both sides poured larger numbers of tanks into the combat zone.These battles were a means of demonstrating each sides latest...Lasīt vairāk
Although US and Japanese tank forces first clashed in 1941, it was on in 1944 that tank-vs-tank action became more common as both sides poured larger numbers of tanks into the combat zone.These battles were a means of demonstrating each sides latest...Lasīt vairāk
Ive written this book to help you the soldier kill the enemy when you get the chance and, most importantly, come back home in one piece.To achieve this aim Ive covered combat training from boot camp up to the level required of a Special Forces...Lasīt vairāk
The Battle of France in 1940 involved the first large-scale tank-against-tank battles in history. The massive clashes at Stonne, Hannant, and Gembloux involved hundreds of tanks on both sides, yet have faded from memory due to the enormity of the Fre...Lasīt vairāk
The Battle of France in 1940 involved the first large-scale tank-against-tank battles in history. The massive clashes at Stonne, Hannant, and Gembloux involved hundreds of tanks on both sides, yet have faded from memory due to the enormity of the Fre...Lasīt vairāk
