La historia de la mayor operación anfibia de todos los tiempos. Bajo el nombre en clave de Husky, el asalto aliado de Sicilia a partir del 10 de julio de 1943 fue la mayor operación anfibia de la historia. Ese día, más de 160?000 tropas británicas, estadounidenses y canadienses aterrizaron o (...)
En sus anteriores libros, Batallas de la Guerra de los Treinta Años Vols. I y II, Guthrie se centra necesariamente en la guerra en Europa central y Alemania, excluyendo los importantes acontecimientos acaecidos en Europa oriental, el Báltico, Italia y Francia. El presente libro viene a cubrir ese (...)
A study of the Soviet and NATO armored forces that faced each other off in Central Europe in the early Cold War, and how their technology, tactics, and doctrine were all rapidly developed.For 45 years, the most disputed point in the World was the dividing line between East and West in Europe; here (...)
La Guerra Civil Española fue un momento crucial en la Historia del comunismo internacional y en las vidas de los comunistas. Muchos afirmaron, entonces y después, que en España vivieron sus ideales de forma más intensa, apasionada y plena que en ningún otro sitio. Incluso para los que terminaron (...)
During the Korean War and the Vietnam War, US Navy Special Warfare units played a variety of vital combat roles amid two of the deadliest conflicts of the Cold War. In Korea, underwater demolition teams (UDTs) surveyed beaches for amphibious operations, cleared sea mines from harbors, conducted (...)
The reign of Louis XIV of France had a great impact on the course of European and world military history. The years 1643 to 1715 were a defining epoch for western military, diplomatic and economic matters. Most of those years were marked by conflict between major European powers and the Sun King's (...)
This 2-title series covers all fixed-wing combat aircraft operated by the US military during the Vietnam War, from 1964 to 1975. The first volume covers aircraft operated by the US Air Force.The book is illustrated with numerous colour and monochrome photographs and specially commissioned colour (...)
The German invasion of Norway was a pivotal moment in modern warfare, the first joint campaign that featured air power as an equal element of all operations. It was, in fact, the superior use of their air force that gave the Germans the decisive margin of victory and ensured the failure of the (...)
The German invasion of the Netherlands was meant to be a lightning-fast surgical strike, aimed at shoring up the right flank of the assault on France and Belgium. With a bold plan based largely on Luftwaffe air power, air-landing troops, and the biggest airborne assault yet seen, a Dutch surrender (...)