Militares

Lituania nació como estado independiente en noviem bre de 1918, al finalizar la Primera Guerra Mundial, aunque tuvo que luchar contra los bolcheviques, los alemanes, las tropas rusas blancas de Bermondt-Ava lov e, incluso, contra sus vecinos polacos. En 1940, tras haber recuperado la ansiada región (...)

Darío Madrid desmantela parte de los relatos oficiales de un capítulo trágico en la historia de España. A través de una investigación basada en archivos y hemeroteca, el autor saca a la luz las manipulaciones, los silencios y las distorsiones que han moldeado la memoria colectiva desde ambos bandos (...)

The little-known history of the Hawaii-based Seventh Air Force's war as it fought in all the major island campaigns from the Gilberts and Marshalls to the Marianas, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa.Rebuilt after being shattered at Pearl Harbor, the Hawaii-based Seventh Air Force was assigned responsibility (...)

A detailed look at the battle of Bouvines, which saw Philippe II of France defeat the German and English coalition forces, changing the history of Europe forever.In early 1214, a coalition of forces led by Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV and bankrolled by King John of England was assembled to challenge (...)

This illustrated study tells the story of the Russian mercenary force led by business tycoon Yevgeny Prigozhin, and the mutiny it launched against Putin's government in 2023.Conceived by the Kremlin in 2013 as an instrument of 'deniable' power projection, the Wagner private military company (PMC) (...)

An authoritative, illustrated history of how Germany fought to dominate the North Sea in early World War II, and take the naval war to Britain's coasts.Britain's war economy relied not only on the Atlantic Convoys, but also on superiority in coastal waters. Six days out of seven, convoys left (...)

A fully illustrated study of the 6th-century campaigns that saw the Byzantine Empire largely reconquer the Mediterranean, examining Emperor Justinian I's generals and troops in detail.While the Germanic invasions of 5th century destroyed the Western Roman Empire, the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) (...)

The invasion of the Soviet Union saw the Red Army's vast tank fleets crushed by the outnumbered Germans. Fully illustrated and packed with data, this book explains how and why.Contrary to popular belief, the largest tank battles of World War II were not during the Kursk campaign of 1943, but during (...)

Secrets and maps are a match made in heaven. A Second World War military plan of a cave system covered with red stamps, a tatty hand-drawn treasure map marked with an X', or even your personal phone screen showing a precise blue dot' location. These maps contain confidential, coded, precious or (...)

Adolf Hitler la definió como la mayor organización de construcción de todos los tiempos . Bajo la dirección de Fritz Todt y Albert Speer, la Organización Todt (OT) reunió a los principales ingenieros y arquitectos de Alemania para materializar la visión del régimen nazi. Con el tiempo se convirtió (...)

¿Sabías que, en plena Segunda Guerra Mundial, una finca de Toledo fue el escenario de un alucinante secuestro de la Gestapo? ¿Has oído hablar del diplomático que, asqueado por el nazismo, halló refugio en la España de Franco y desafió órdenes directas de Ribbentrop, ministro de Exteriores de (...)