Militares

En 1521, Solimán el Magnífico conquistó la isla de Rodas, el bastión cristiano donde residían los últimos cruzados, los caballeros hospitalarios. Pero la caída de Rodas puso en marcha una cadena de acontecimientos que llevó a una guerra total en el Mediterráneo entre la Europa cristiana, liderada (...)

The Soviet Union's cruise missile submarines from the modified Whiskey, to the Oscar II classes were among the most formidable vessels of the Cold War. They were initially designed to carry land attack nuclear-tipped cruise missiles designed to strike targets on the eastern coast of the United (...)

A primera hora de la mañana del 22 de junio de 1941, las tropas alemanas invadieron la Unión Soviética. Acababa de comenzar la Operación Barbarroja y durante los cuatro años siguientes, el país se sumergiría en una época de violencia.Christian Hartmann, uno de los más reputados y aclamados (...)

Auge y caída del imperio naval venecianoCiudad de Fortuna traza el asombroso periplo de cinco siglos que llevó a Venecia a la cumbre de su poder, una historia épica que destaca por su drama, intriga y esplendor. En el mejor estilo de los historiadores clásicos aquellos que saben contar la Historia (...)

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 (...)

Between 1941 45, the Germans recruited around 175,000 men from a number of minorities in the USSR, distinguishing between "Turkomans" (predominantly Muslims) and "Caucasians" (predominantly Orthodox Christians). Of these, many formed rear-area auxiliary units, but at least 55,000 were combat (...)

The Roman shield, the scutum, was central to the Romans' conquest of the known world, and has become an emblem of the legions at the forefront of that effort. This new study draws on the latest research to reveal the history of this iconic equipment.The introduction of the scutum in the 4th century (...)

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, (...)