Militares

Preceding and simultaneously with the conquest of England by Duke William, other ambitious and aggressive Norman noblemen (notably the Drengot, De Hauteville and Guiscard families) found it prudent to leave Normandy. At first taking mercenary employment with Lombard rulers then fighting the (...)

In July 1936, a pro-fascist coup orchestrated by General Franco tore Spain apart and plunged the country into a bitter civil war. Like Spain itself, the Spanish Navy was torn in two: crews and most ships remained loyal to the Republican government but many of the Navy's officers joined Franco's (...)

Un nuevo modo de hacer la guerra que cambiará el mundo se está diseñando y ensayando en estos momentos en Estados Unidos. Implicará un cambio revolucionario en las operaciones militares, que se organizarán en unidades de combate de diseño mosaico, en enjambres y mediante operaciones multidominio y (...)

This is the first history of the legendary US Army's HAWK missile system, the world's first mobile air-defense missile system, which saw service and combat around the world.Designed to counteract the threat posed by advanced 1950s Soviet-built aircraft, the first HAWK unit became operational in (...)

A new history and analysis of the German and Soviet tank forces that battled on eastern German soil in the final months of World War II.The final months of World War II on the Eastern Front saw the Wehrmacht fighting with exhausted armoured divisions, albeit now armed with the most advanced and (...)

A study of the little-known career of Germany's Panther, perhaps the greatest tank of World War II, in foreign hands both during and after the war.The Panther was arguably the most successful medium tank design of World War II, demonstrated by the number of Germany's enemies that used them after, (...)

Podría decirse que (casi) todas las guerras son absurdas. Sin embargo, algunas más que otras. Con diferencia. Por eso, en este libro traemos un puñado de los conflictos bélicos con orígenes (o participantes) de lo más singulares, todo ello aliñado con humor y aderezado, cómo no, con un poquito de (...)

A sangre y fuego es una colección de relatos impactantes y profundamente humanos que retratan los horrores y las complejidades de la Guerra Civil Española. A través de historias ficticias basadas en hechos reales, Manuel Chaves Nogales se adentra en el sufrimiento de un país desgarrado por el (...)