Militares

Se ha escrito mucho sobrela División Azuldesde el punto de vista político, diplomático y militar, pero muy poco acerca de la experiencia vivida por estos cerca de 48.000 hombres, de los que unos cinco mil cayeron en combate. Xosé M. Núñez Seixas nos habla de ellos, de quiénes eran los reclutados y (...)

Treinta mil kilómetros recorridos, treinta y seis meses de trabajo, ochenta horas de conversaciones, cientos de llamadas telefónicas, decenas de noches sin dormir, docenas de libros leídos, miles de consultas, de peticiones y de súplicas. Todo esto y una ingente cantidad de voluntad ?el ingrediente (...)

The Rif War in rugged northern Morocco is remembered for romantic films and novels about the French Foreign Legion, such as Beau Geste. In reality, the French intervention, although very important, was late and secondary in importance to that of the Spanish.The second volume of The Rif War begins (...)

El académico sueco Peter Englund trenza con maestría vidas y testimonios reales en este relato coral sobre el fatídico noviembre de 1942, que cambió el rumbo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. La intrahistoria del mes más importante de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, contada exclusivamente a partir de los (...)

This is the first volume of a work published in English, recounting France's efforts to rebuild its deterrent capabilities in the aftermath of and since the end of World War II.As a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council since the end of World War II, France has endeavored to (...)

Operaciones de desinformación; atentados contra altos mandos del Ejército; sabotajes a bordo de submarinos; o viajes desde Marruecos a bordo de un caza robado por un as de la aviación española. Estas son algunas de las historias que pueblan las páginas de este libro, que aborda episodios poco o (...)

Nominally at least, the bloody and ruinous eight-year war fought between Iran and Iraq was a confrontation dominated by operations on land. The traditional impression is that the resources devoted to naval warfare were minute in comparison to those of its major land battlefields. As so often, the (...)

Well away from the major battlefields on the ground in the Iran-Iraq War, and hidden from the gaze of the curious public, the navies and air forces of the two belligerents contested the waters of the Persian (or Arabian) Gulf. This naval aspect of the war still remains largely unknown and hugely (...)

In Last War of the Superfortresses the authors provide a detailed history of the confrontation between Soviet fighters and the United States Far East Air Force's B-29 Superfortress' bombers during the Korean War of 1950 1953, drawing on Military documents in the Central Archive of the Ministry of (...)

In December 1979 the USSR's 40th Army crossed the border into Afghanistan. Special forces troops the infamous GRU Spetsnaz and KGB agents had already entered the country and in a fierce gun battle assassinated Afghanistan's President Hafizullah Amin in Tajbeg Palace so that he could be replaced by (...)

On 24 February 2022, the Russian Federation launched an all-out invasion of Ukraine. Coming after years of tensions following Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea and thinly veiled direct armed support for separatists fighting in Donbass and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, observers gave Ukraine's (...)

Recuerda que eres mortal o Roma te lo hará pagar . Roma, mediados del siglo II a. C. El pequeño Tiberio Sempronio Graco empieza a conocer el convulso mundo en el que vive: la feroz pugna por el poder en el seno de la nobleza romana, ávida de prebendas y gloria; la cada vez más ancha fractura entre (...)

Explores the J-20 stealth fighter's development, technologies, and global impact, highlighting China's rise as a major player in combat aviation.The J-20 fifth generation stealth fighter program has epitomised China's rise from a laggard in combat aviation into a potential world leader. J-20 Mighty (...)

Examines the early Cold War development of the USAF's jet fighters and fighter-bombers, detailing political, industrial, and technological challenges and innovations.In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, the air forces of the United States faced unprecedented challenges. (...)

In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, the air forces of the United States faced unprecedented challenges. Demobilization had stripped the armed forces of millions of personnel, while the rapid transition from a wartime economy strained the aviation industry at the same time as the US (...)

Examines the state of the British Army in 2025, focusing on its organization, reviews, and equipment updates.The October 2024 revision of the British Army's website carried the headnote 'The Army The Nation Needs: Protecting the United Kingdom and helping it prosper by fighting and winning our (...)