Militares

An illustrated account of the clashes between RAF Fighter Command's Hurricane and Spitfire and the Luftwaffe's Ju 87 Stuka in the skies over France, the Channel and southern England.The story of the Luftwaffe's Ju 87 Stuka and its use against British targets in 1940 has been clouded by the (...)

This illustrated study lifts the veil on the gladiators of ancient Rome, who provided a bloody spectacle for the people of the Eternal City and its vast empire.By the start of the Principate in 27 BC, the gladiator games were a long-standing part of the social and political life of Rome and its (...)

Featuring full-color artwork, this book describes and illustrates the Chinese and North Korean troops who fought US and UN forces in Korea during 1950 53.In June 1950, North Korean forces armed and equipped by the Soviet Union invaded South Korea, forcing back the US and South Korean troops facing (...)

The first book to examine the Japanese and American tank forces in the Philippines campaigns, which saw the biggest armored clashes of the Pacific War.The Philippines saw the most extensive tank combat of any single theater in the Pacific War. In this book, armor expert Steven J. Zaloga explains (...)

Through a series of novelistic biographies that showcase the pivotal roles and actions of those involved, dive into a centuries-long fight for survival for the Han empire that resulted in a golden age for China.The Han-Xiongnu War (133 BC AD 89) pitted the Han dynasty of China against a (...)

Poco después de las elecciones generales que ganó el Frente Popular en febrero de 1936, Joaquín María Palomo Calvente, culto juez de carrera como fue calificado por el maestro de juristas Joaquín Garrigues, llega cargado de ilusiones a Melilla para ponerse al frente de su juzgado de primera (...)

This important project brings together the early histories of the development of the turbojet, turboprop and turboshaft engines for the first time. he work of twelve nations Great Britain, Germany, the Soviet Union, the United States, Japan, France, Canada, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy, (...)

El 19 de julio de 1936, Mateo Arbeloa partió a la guerra como voluntario carlista desde Mañeru (Navarra), dejando en casa a su esposa Josefina Muru y a su pequeño hijo Manolín, de solo seis meses. El requeté y su i queridica /i Josefina intercambiaron, en los meses siguientes, un centenar de cartas (...)

Los protagonistas de estas historias son imprescindibles para entender los albores de la aviación española. Sus contribuciones fueron decisivas para colocar a España en la vanguardia de la aviación mundial, a pesar de las circunstancias que obstaculizaron el pleno desarrollo en España de una (...)