In 1940, the strategically vital island of Malta was Britain's last toehold in the central Mediterranean, wreaking havoc among Axis shipping. Launching an air campaign to knock Malta out of the war, first Italy and then Germany sought to force a surrender or reduce the defenses enough to allow an invasion.
Drawing on original documents, multilingual aviation analyst Ryan Noppen explains how technical and tactical problems caused the original Italian air campaign of 1940-41 to fail, and then how the German intervention came close to knocking Malta out of the war. Using stunning full color artwork, this fascinating book explains why the attempt by the Axis powers to take the British colony of Malta ultimately failed.
Автор: Harding Richard Название: Emergence of Britain`s Global Naval Supremacy ISBN: 1843838230 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781843838234 Издательство: Boydell & Brewer Рейтинг: Цена: 4750.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Discusses the lessons which Britain learned in the war of 1739-48 which, when applied in later wars, brought about Britain`s global naval supremacy.
Автор: Myke Cole Название: Legion versus Phalanx ISBN: 1472828429 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472828422 Издательство: Osprey Рейтинг: Цена: 2970.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
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From the time of Ancient Sumeria, the heavy infantry phalanx dominated the battlefield. Armed with spears or pikes, standing shoulder to shoulder, and with overlapping shields, they presented an impenetrable wall of wood and metal to the enemy. It was the phalanx that allowed Greece to become the dominant power in the Western world. That is, until the Romans developed the legion and cracked the phalanx.
In Legion versus Phalanx Cole weighs the two fighting forces against each other. Covering the period in which the legion and phalanx clashed (280--168 BC), he looks at each formation in detail--delving into their tactics, arms, and equipment, organization and the deployment. It then examines six key battles in which legion battled phalanx: Heraclea (280 BC), Asculum (279 BC), Beneventum (275 BC), Cynoscephalae (197 BC), Magnesia (190 BC), and Pydna (168 BC)--battles that determined the fate of the ancient world. Drawing on original primary sources, Myke Cole presents a highly detailed but lively history of this defining clash of military formations.
Автор: Rieber Название: Stalin and the Struggle for Supremacy in Eurasia ISBN: 1107426448 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107426443 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4277.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Following the fall of the great Russian, Habsburg, Iranian, Ottoman and Qing Empires in the early twentieth century, this book explores the successor states that emerged in their wake and how the Soviet Union renewed the struggle over the borderlands through to the end of the Second World War.
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