Militares

A lo largo de la historia, el hombre ha mostrado su carácter más despiadado cuando se ha enfrentado a otros hombres. La Segunda Guerra Mundial se convirtió en el punto culminante de esa siniestra evolución del mal; el holocausto fue la expresión máxima de los límites que puede alcanzar el odio y la (...)

Son muchos los libros que celebran las victorias de los genios militares y muy pocos los que se ocupan de la plétora de estúpidos guerreros que, vistiendo los uniformes de todas las naciones y al frente de ejércitos, flotas y fuerzas aéreas, han enviado a centenares de miles de hombres a morir (...)

A history of the US Navy's remarkable 1945 South China Sea raid against the Japanese, the first time in history that a carrier fleet dared to rampage through coastal waters. As 1945 opened, Japan was fighting defensively everywhere. As the Allies drew closer to the Home Islands, risks of Japanese (...)

Enjoy a detailed examination of Operation Olive as US, British, Commonwealth and Allied forces seek to smash through the last German defensive line in Italy. The Italian theatre of operations post-summer 1944 was often (and incorrectly) surmised at the time as a quiet sector of World War II, (...)

The full history of how the United States targeted and destroyed the Japanese capital from the air, in a ten-month long campaign by the US Army Air Force and the US Navy.In November 1944, the US Army Air Force launched a 111-plane B-29 strike against Tokyo, the first raid since the morale-boosting (...)

The US Navy's 1944 Philippines raids were the first time naval aircraft had challenged and beaten a land-based air force. With artwork and rare photos, this is the first book to study them.During September 1944, the US Navy's Task Force 38 launched a series of huge airstrikes against Japanese (...)