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The first unofficial biography of Sir Basil Liddell Hart (1895-1970). Nobody had more influence on Anglophone military thought over the last 100 years. He was born in the reign of Victoria, came of age in the year before the Great War, and wrote doctrine...

Geoffrey Page was one of the most remarkable fighter pilots of World War Two. Shot down in a fireball during the Battle of Britain his hands were burnt to the bone and his face badly charred. Despite his horrific injuries Page went onto fly at D-Day, the...

Krieg unter den Wellen - Die letzte Reise der LusitaniaTauchen Sie ein in die erschütternde und fesselnde Erzählung von „War Beneath the Waves - The Lusitania's Final Journey" von Hannah Paxton. Dieses Buch entführt den Leser in eine der tragischsten und...

波の下の戦争 - ルシタニア最後の旅ハンナ・パクストンによる「波下の戦争 - ルシタニア最後の旅」の悲惨かつ魅力的な物語に飛び込んでください。この本は読者を第一次世界大戦の最も悲劇的で衝撃的な海難の一つ、ルシタニア号の沈没へと導きます。ルシタニア最後の航海1915 年 5 月 1 日、スピードと優雅さで有名な豪華客船 RMS ルシタニア号がリバプールに向けてニューヨークを出港しました。ドイツの U...

La guerre sous les vagues - Le dernier voyage du LusitaniaPlongez dans le récit poignant et captivant de War Beneath the Waves - The Lusitania's Final Journey d'Hannah Paxton. Ce livre transporte les lecteurs vers l'une des catastrophes maritimes les...

Stríð undir öldunum - Lokaferð LusitaniaKafaðu niður í hrífandi og grípandi frásögn "War Beneath the Waves - The Lusitania's Final Journey" eftir Hannah Paxton. Þessi bók flytur lesendur til einnar hörmulegustu og áhrifamestu sjóslysa fyrri...

The Crusader tank-tank (Mk.I, Mk.II and Mk.III) was perhaps the most typical and well-known military vehicle employed by Britain during the Second World War. Armed with a 57mm cannon, it was equipped with a very powerful and reliable engine, well...

Il carro armato-cacciacarri Crusader (Mk.I, Mk.II e Mk.III) fu forse il più tipico e noto mezzo militare impiegato dalla Gran Bretagna durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale. Armato di cannone da  57mm, era dotato di un motore molto potente ed...

Clearing Vietnam': Anatomy of a U.S. Army Land Clearing Team, captures the sights, sounds, and unusual encounters of a young combat engineer who found himself operating a specialized bulldozer within the dense jungles of South Vietnam. It was a place...

The CUCV or Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle is a US Military vehicle based on readily available commercial trucks. Originally intended to augment the purpose-built, but expensive GAMA Goat 6x6 and older Jeeps. The first generation was based on...

The CUCV or Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle is a US Military vehicle based on readily available commercial trucks. Originally intended to augment the purpose-built, but expensive GAMA Goat 6x6 and older Jeeps. The first generation was based on...

The Indian navy's silent but deadly sub surface fighting arm has undergone tremendous changes since the first Foxtrot submarine was inducted into the service on 8th December 1967. The submarines have been a complex mix of diesel-electric – nuclear...

This manual contains parts and special tool information for the 5 ton M939 US Military Trucks. This is volume 2 of 2 in the Direct / General Support Manual Parts and Special Tools Series. M939 series trucks are a 5 ton heavy duty 6x6 truck...

This manual contains maintenance information for the 5 ton M939 US Military Trucks. This is volume 4 of 4 in the Direct / General Support Manual Series. M939 series trucks are a 5 ton heavy duty 6x6 truck. Cargo versions were designed...

This manual contains parts and special tool information for the 5 ton M939 US Military Trucks. This is volume 1 of 2 in the Direct / General Support Manual Parts and Special Tools Series. M939 series trucks are a 5 ton heavy duty 6x6 truck...

Aerial reconnaissance, an invaluable part of US military warfare for intelligence gathering and support of ground troops, was referred to in its developmental years as overhead espionage. Although overhead espionage is most often associated with the Cold...

The Indian journey to become a missile power was enabled by a team of dare devils at the Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL). The book traces the origin and development of India's missile related infrastructure and missiles till 1982 until...

Madsen "Ty" Cobb Kokjer grew up in a small city in the middle of Nebraska. Halfway through college in 1940, he chose the adventure of becoming an Army Air Corps pilot. This book is the memoir he might have written about the war he so unexpectedly found...

Pulitzer nominated Kanenas is now safe enough to use his real name as he exposes this historical Naval corruption.Say hello to Michael A Matrozos, telling his story for the first time without needing the Anonymity of Anonymous Author Kanenas.May 16,...

T-72 - The Definitive Guide to the Soviet Workhorse explores the evolution of Soviet T-72 main battle tank design from start to finish. By drawing on an exceptional range of original Russian sources, this book offers a new, fresh and detailed look at a...

The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II, published in 1999 and updated here in a new format and with a complete index of all ships mentioned in the text (absent from the 1999 edition), is the authoritative resource on the war at sea...

The outstanding military career of Dilwyn StarrThis book follows the military career and First World War experiences of Dilwyn Starr, a young American volunteer who was determined to fight for the allied cause in the Great War. It was written by Starr's...

Following on from Volume 1, this is a fascinating and unique first-hand account of war in the air with the RAF in Burma and along the Burma Road to China, flying Lysanders and Hurricane Mk IIs alongside the American Volunteer Group, the 'Flying Tigers'...

There are very few WW2 epics still to be uncovered. The Big Little War is one - based on recently discovered war diaries, it's the incredible story of how a handful of RAF trainees and their instructors fought overwhelming odds to save Britain's Middle...

This Off Roading Log is a perfect way that you can keep track your off roading adventures. Whether you're rock crawling, mudslinging, all terrain mudding, or just going for a leisure ride on the trail in your spare time, you can record your ATV & UTV...

During the Vietnam war, the U.S. Army's Corps of Engineers was tasked with removing heavy jungle cover along roadways that were being used by the Viet Cong and NVAs to attack passing convoys in South Vietnam. A unique tractor was developed to cut...

From March 1965-December 1972 the United States carried out the longest sustained naval aerial bombardment campaign in the history of modern warfare. By the time the conflict formally ended in January 1973 nearly 600 Navy aviators had lost their...

Ordeal by Sea, first published in 1963, is the moving account of the World War Two-era cruiser U.S.S. Indianapolis and her crew. On July 30, 1945, after delivering parts for the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan at the U.S. base at Tinian, the ship was...

At Close Quarters: PT Boats in the U.S. Navy, first published in 1962, is the official Navy history of Patrol Torpedo (PT) boats during World War II. The book opens with a look at PT boat design and construction, naval activities in the Philippines and...

After the first two volumes on Italian artillery, devoted to the study and analysis of artillery pieces inherited from the First World War, both domestically produced and sources of wartime prey (typically Austro-Hungarian) following the victory in...

Dopo i primi due volumi sui cannoni italiani, dedicati allo studio e l'analisi dei pezzi d'artiglieria ereditati dal primo conflitto mondiale, sia di produzione nazionale che fonti di preda bellica (tipicamente austro-ungarica) a seguito della vittoria...

Repair Parts Scale for the Australian Army Land Rover 110 "Perentie" FFR (Fitted For Radio) vehicle with winch. As a specialised model, the FFR (With Winch) Repair Parts Scale covers equipment and fittings not found on other "Perentie" Land Rover 110...

Repair Parts Scale for the Australian Army ½ Ton No. 5 Tactical Trailer. The No. 5 Trailer Repair Parts Scale covers parts and equipment comprising the No. 5 Trailer. A Repair Parts Scale book is an illustrated catalog of parts for vehicles and trailers...

Ufficialmente designato come Medium Tank, M3, fu il primo carro armato medio statunitense ad essere fabbricato in grande serie. Venne ideato e progettato intorno al 1940 e divenne operativo nel 1941. La sua torretta venne realizzata in due...

The armoured cars were a perfect example of the adaptability of the Royal Army's forces in World War II, both the domestically developed models and the improvised versions. They were obviously recovered and redeployed by the forces of the Italian Social...

Le camionette furono un perfetto esempio di capacità di adattamento delle forze del Regio Esercito nella Seconda Guerra Mondiale, sia i modelli sviluppati in patria che le versioni improvvisate. Vennero ovviamente recuperate e ripiegate dalle forze della...

At the end of the First World War, Hungary, as a member of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, found itself on the losing side. Its army disintegrated and its armaments were acquired or destroyed by the victorious Allied nations. However, in the late 1920s,...

The USS Rasher had an extraordinary record in World War II: she sank 18 enemy ships and destroyed 99,901 tons--the second highest tonnage of the war. Her fifth war patrol is the stuff of legends. In August 1944 during a single night surface attack on a...

Wings Over the Wilderness tells the story of the secret WW II airway that arched across 8,000 miles of sub-Arctic wilderness and the adventures of the men that flew it. Non-fiction, WW II history, aviation. During June of 1941, under an assault that...

The invention and development of the chariot around the third millennium revolutionized the art of warfare and dominated the battlefields for some 3000 years. It seems to have evolved in the borderlands between the steppes and the riverlands. It is...

India’s Aircraft Industry, despite having been formed as early as in December 1940 has been unable to meet the equipment needs of the aviation users, whether military or civil, in the country. As a consequence India imports all its aircraft needs...

The MEP series of Military Generators are reknowned for their quiet, durable operation and conservative power ratings.  This is the PMCS, General Maintenance, and Direct Support Maintenance manual for the 15KW version of the generator issued...

Book 3, the last of a three-book series, continues from 1968 in book 2 to cover the action of Marine Corps Tankers and Ontos crewmen fighting the locally grown Viet Cong; the better armed, trained, organized, and equipped Viet Cong main forces; and the...

The German Tiger was dramatically more powerful than any other tank when deployed in 1942. Why were the Allies taken by surprise? How did the Germans employ Tigers while preserving their secrets? How did the Allies react? Was the Tiger a monstrous...

A Tale of Courage and SurvivalLarge Print edition of the WWII memoirs of the late Robert Binzer about his experiences as a combat transport pilot with the 14th Airforce flying the China-Burma-India Hump from 1943 to 1945. His plainspoken tale of flying...