The Indonesian Confrontation that raged from 1963 to 1966 stemmed from Indonesia's opposition to the creation of Malaysia. Fighting in the challenging jungle terrain of Borneo and in the countryside straddling the Malaysia/Indonesia border, where there were few roads, posed significant logistical (...)
In 1963, Eugen Sanger, became head of the Eurospace organization which promoted the 'AeroSpace Transporter'. In response to a Eurospace call, aircraft makers in France, Germany and UK designed recoverable, winged spacecraft. From 1964 to 1970 the French government led studies to evaluate the (...)
This meticulously researched history of the Luftwaffe's innovative, yet daunting rocket-powered interceptor is a revised and updated combined edition of the two volumes on the Me 163 which have long been out-of-print. It draws on rare archival and private sources along with the recollections of (...)
Organised chronologically by type, German Tanks of World War II offers a highly illustrated guide to the main types of armoured fighting vehicles used by the German armed forces during the conflict.Ranging from heavy tanks to self-propelled guns, from light tanks to captured foreign tanks used by (...)
Al final de sus días, Alejandro Magno había redibujado el mapa del mundo antiguo creando un imperio que se extendía desde el mar Adriático hasta el subcontinente indio. Sin embargo, su éxito no fue solo fruto de su propio genio y de su gran ímpetu, sino que se cimentó en décadas de esfuerzo y (...)
El Frente de China fue el escenario bélico más bárbaro y destructivo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, solo equiparable en salvajismo al Frente Oriental de la Unión Soviética. Sobre este vasto teatro de miles de kilómetros de frente, tuvieron lugar campañas de magnitud gigantesca con millones de (...)
This book analyzes original, eye-catching color variants and camouflage patterns introduced by the German Army late 1944 as used during the last year of the war, 1945. Throughout the guides 72 pages the modeler will find inspiration for the next project. The book contains more than 180 color (...)
Este libro muestra el camuflaje aleman original de los vehiculos utilizados por el Deutsche Afrika Korps, con variantes de color durante toda la guerra. Vemos los colores del vehiculo del ejercito aleman para la campaña africana, incluido el gris oscuro europeo (RAL 7021) en el que llegaron a (...)
Durante los primeros meses de 1945, las vanguardias del Ejército Rojose detuvieron en la orilla este del rio Oder, Ohm barrera geográficade importancia que les separaba de su objetivo final: la capital delReich.Ambos bandos eran conscientes de que la batalla quese avecinaba sería decisiva, y en la (...)