Libros

A detailed examination of one of the crucial campaigns of World War II in Burma, in which British and Commonwealth forces achieved their first decisive victory over Japanese arms.The hard-fought Second Arakan campaign was a second attempt by Allied arms to advance in the coastal Arakan region in (...)

The first part of a detailed study of one of the longest, and most brutal, tactical operations of World War II.In September 1944, the Allied High Command continued to press eastwards towards the Rhine, the thrust being spearheaded by Courtney Hodges' US First Army, whose proposed line of advance (...)

A compelling narrative of the largest land battle of its time, and the decisive engagement of the Russo-Japanese War.Mukden stands out as the most significant battle of the Russo-Japanese War. By February 1905, the conflict had reached its culmination, as Port Arthur had fallen to the Japanese (...)

El autor de este libro, Carl von Haartman fue uno de los poquísimos nórdicos que combatió en la Guerra Civil española en el bando de Franco. La singular personalidad de este oficial se demuestra en estas memorias, en las que relata su participación en dos grandes campañas contra el comunismo: la (...)

Ante el exceso de incienso esparcido para la conmemoración del bicentenario de las independencias americanas, es necesario hacer un análisis crítico de lo que éstas supusieron, tanto para España como para las repúblicas nacientes.El comercio y la economía han marcado el devenir histórico de la (...)

An illustrated study of the uniforms and personal equipment worn by the personnel of the Kriegsmarine, the German Navy of the Third Reich, from 1935-45.Founded in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles, the Kriegsmarine was established in 1935 and reached a peak strength of more than 800,000 (...)

World War I was Britain's last moment as the world's naval superpower, and its Grand Fleet was then the most powerful ever seen. Fully illustrated, this explores its fighting power.At the start of World War I, the Royal Navy's forces were amalgamated into a single entity, the Grand Fleet, and (...)

El periodista Hans Heusser vivía en Madrid, en julio de 1936.Era corresponsal del periódico suizo Basler Nachrichten y presenció la lucha por la capital española desde su comienzo. Como tal observador, su juicio de lo que vivió en Madrid los primeros meses de la contienda es totalmente objetivo, y (...)

Fully illustrated, this is the second volume in a detailed study of the German auxiliary troops who fought for Britain in the American Revolutionary War.During the American Revolutionary War (1775 83), German auxiliary troops provided a vital element of the British war effort. While the largest (...)