Libros

El siglo XVIII fue un periodo de liza entre la monarquía española y el Reino Unido por el control de los mares, escenario de porfiados combates y de arriesgadas operaciones anfibias contra posiciones estratégicas de uno u otro contendiente. En este conflicto interminable, la base naval de Ferrol (...)

El 6 de septiembre de 1941, mientras la batalla de Kiev seguía su curso, Adolf Hitler, en su directiva número 35, prepara la futura ofensiva del Heeresgruppe "Mite" en dirección a Moscú. Era la operación "Taifún" (Tifón). La ofensiva hacia Kiev, sin embargo, había retrasado los planes alemanes y (...)

A rigorous new analysis of America's legendary 'Big Week' air campaign which enabled the Allies to gain air superiority before D-Day.The USAAF's mighty World War II bomber forces were designed for unescorted, precision daylight bombing, but no-one foresaw the devastation that German radar-directed (...)

Just two weeks after the close of the Vietnam War, communist Cambodian Khmer Rouge elements seized the S.S. Mayaguez in international waters. Believing they had to act quickly, United States Marines boarded the ship, only to find the crew had been removed. They then launched an assault on a nearby (...)

This is the history of how the mighty Gothic Line was defeated by American air power, in one of the most pivotal but least-known air campaigns of World War II.By late 1944, the Italian Campaign was secondary to the campaigns in France, and Allied forces were not strong enough to break the Germans' (...)

A new history of the most crucial few months of the Arctic Convoys, when Germany's air power forced the Allies to retreat to the cover of winter.Between spring and autumn 1942, Germany was winning the battle of the Arctic Convoys. Half of PQ-15 was sunk in May, PQ-17 was virtually obliterated in (...)

Packed with never-before-seen photos, plans and meticulous new digital artwork, this is the first history of the USAAF's futuristic World War II prototype interceptor, the XP-67 "Moonbat".The series of X-planes that sprang from the US Army's Request for Data R40C, focused on high-altitude, (...)

The Trails War formed a major part of the so-called 'secret war' in South East Asia, yet for complex political reasons, including the involvement of the CIA, it received far less coverage than campaigns like Rolling Thunder and Linebacker. Nevertheless, the campaign had a profound effect on the (...)

Fully illustrated with colour maps and images, this is an accessible introduction to Julius Caesar's Civil War.Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great were two of the greatest generals Rome had ever produced. Together they had brought vast stretches of territory under Roman dominion. In 49 BC they (...)

Featuring specially commissioned artwork and archive illustrations, this engrossing study describes the US Marine Corps' early operations and illustrates its evolving uniforms and personal equipment.The US Marine Corps' uniforms, personal equipment, insignia, and weaponry are all described and (...)

Erwin Rommel, oficial condecorado durante la Gran Guerra con la orden Pour Le Mérite en reconocimiento a su valor en batalla, y autor del libro Infantería al ataque, un interesante manual de táctica militar, acompañó a Hitler en 1939 durante la campaña de invasión a Polonia como jefe de seguridad, (...)

Las zonas montañosas cubren el 26,5% del total mundial de la superficie terrestre continental. Hay infinidad de datos interesantes por descubrir sobre las montañas: desde conceptos geológicos, clima, fauna, flora, paisajes, ecología, aspectos sociales y humanos e incluso cuestiones políticas.

Miguel Ángel encarnado por Charlton Heston; Kirk Douglas con las facciones atormentadas de Van Gogh; José Ferrer cono Touluse-Lautrec... Este libro recoge información de casi 900 filmes y series de televisión y de unos 1.200 personajes directamente relacionados con la imagen del artista en el cine. (...)

¿Alguna vez te has preguntado si realmente estuvo aquí? ¿Sabías que en España aún resuenan los ecos de sus pasos? ¿Por qué sabemos tanto de sus hazañas en las Galias y permanece en la sombra de la anécdota el sello hispano de su leyenda?Pocas figuras han quedado impresas de forma tan indeleble en (...)