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.
Описание: From a surrealistic lab in wartime Poland comes one of the great untold accounts of moral and intellectual heroism of the Second World War.
Автор: Pike Название: Franco and the Axis Stigma ISBN: 0230202896 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780230202894 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 13974.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Examines Franco`s relations with Hitler and Mussolini during the Second World War, this book makes use of two major sources: the German Admiralty`s archives, stunning in their evidence of Franco`s support; and the Spanish press, operating under a totalitarian regime and yearning for an Axis victory to the bitter end.
Описание: Following Churchill`s directive to `set occupied Europe ablaze`, the SOE and later its American sister organization, the OSS, were deployed across the continent. This book examines different pieces of sabotage equipment and the technicalities involved in deploying them effectively, offering an insight into the secret war behind enemy lines.
Автор: Rottman Gordon L. Название: Vietnam War Booby Traps ISBN: 1472842456 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472842459 Издательство: Osprey Рейтинг: Цена: 2226.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Written by a noted authority, this fully illustrated study investigates the development, construction, use, impact, and legacy of the booby traps used by Viet Cong forces during the Vietnam War.
During the Vietnam War, the Viet Cong were frequently unable to hold their own in stand-up fights against US and allied forces who were superior in strength, firepower, mobility, and logistics. They relied instead on traditional guerrilla warfare tactics including small-scale hit- and-run attacks, ambushes, terrorist actions, and precision attacks against bases. These included one of the oldest of guerrilla weapons--the boobytrap. Booby traps could be made in large numbers in village workshops and jungle camps using locally available materials as well as modern munitions. The VC were adept at making booby traps "invisible" in the varied terrain of Vietnam, often emplacing them in locations and surroundings totally unexpected by their enemies. Booby traps could be incredibly simple or startlingly complex and ingenious, ranging from pointed sticks to command-detonated submerged floating river mines. Besides a wide variety of booby traps, they also used land and water mines, both contact/pressure-detonated and command-detonated. Between January 1965 and June 1970 11 percent of US troop deaths in action and 17 percent of injuries were by caused booby traps and mines. This fascinating title explores not only the wide variety of booby traps employed by the Viet Cong, but also their various uses in halting, stalling, or locating an enemy, and the many evolutions these traps underwent in order to retain the element of surprise. Written by a Vietnam veteran with first-hand experience of such traps, this is an engaging look at one of the most frightening aspects of guerrilla warfare.
Описание: Although the Axis alliance during the Second World War was a set of political relationships just as much as the victorious alliance of the United Nations, it is rarely seen in these terms. Martin Folly's book rectifies this omission. He traces how the members of the alliance pursued their objectives by political as well as military means, addresses not only the diplomacy of relations between Germany, Japan and their allies, but also their attempts to gain benefits from relations with states not involved in the war - including, up until 1941, the United States and the Soviet Union. He also demonstrates the ways which they sought to exploit international politics- such as the inherent differences between the 'Big Three' of Britain, the US and the USSR - first to achieve their expansionist goals, then, as defeat closed in on them, to salvage something from the wreckage by renewed diplomatic initiatives. New Order Diplomacy sheds light on a missing element of the history of the Second World War. By incorporating the story of Axis diplomacy into the narrative of the war, Folly allows for a deepened understanding of the nuanced relationships between the German, Japanese and Italian regimes, their minor allies and with neutral states. This original study will prove a vital contribution to the study of the Second World War and 20th-century international relations.
Автор: Afiero Massimiliano Название: The Axis Forces 2 ISBN: 8893272407 ISBN-13(EAN): 9788893272407 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2067.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Book magazine dedicated to the German, Italian and Japanese armed forces and their allies during WW2.
Автор: Mahoney Kevin Название: Fifteenth Air Force Against the Axis ISBN: 0810884941 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780810884946 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 26400.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In Fifteenth Air Force against the Axis: Combat Missions over Europe during World War II, Kevin Mahoney provides a detailed combat history of the critical role played by this Air Force unit during World War II from November 1943 through May 1945.
Автор: Boobbyer Philip Название: The Spiritual Vision of Frank Buchman ISBN: 027105980X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780271059808 Издательство: NBN International Рейтинг: Цена: 6748.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Explores the main ideas of Pennsylvania-born religious leader Frank Buchman (1878-1961), his work in the movement known as the Oxford Group and Moral Re-Armament, and his enduring legacy in the areas of peace-building and interfaith understanding.
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