Militares

En el año 1939, recién concluida la Guerra Civil, se crea el Ejército del Aire. Tendrían que pasar todavía siete años para que, ya en 1946, viese la luz un Reglamento de Uniformidad que recogiera de forma pormenorizada las diferentes prendas y complementos que equiparían al nuevo Ejército.Dicho (...)

La mañana del 28 de junio de 1914, cuando el archiduque de Austria, Francisco Fernando, y su esposa, Sofía Chotek, llegaron a la estación de tren de Sarajevo, en Europa reinaba la paz. Treinta y siete días después, el continente estaba en guerra. La contienda tendría como resultado veinte millones (...)

This detailed new study explores the battle of Leuctra and the tactics that ultimately led to the complete defeat of Sparta, and freed Greece from domination by Sparta in a single afternoon.The battle of Leuctra, fought in early July in 371 BC was one of the most important battles ever to be fought (...)

A fully illustrated study of the extraordinarily successful early-generation jet, the F2H Banshee, a frontline aircraft that served with 27 US Navy and US Marine Corps squadrons and three Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) squadrons.The F2H Banshee was an extraordinarily successful early-generation jet that (...)

D-Day Fleet 1944, American Sector. The US Navy's Western Task Force.A fully illustrated study of how the US-led half of the Normandy invasion fleet was composed, commanded, and how it fought, from D-Day until the fall of Cherbourg. The D-Day landings and their aftermath were among the most complex (...)

An illustration-packed new account of the powerful Royal Navy fleet that fought alongside the US Navy throughout the last year of the Pacific War.The British Pacific Fleet was the Royal Navy's primary contribution to the direct defeat of Japan in 1945, and is among the most powerful fleets Britain (...)

VLR P-51 Mustang vs Japanese FightersJapan 1945An illustrated study of some of the final and most fierce aerial clashes of the Pacific War, featuring first-hand accounts and combat reports. For four months in 1945, the skies over Tokyo saw USAAF P-51 Mustang pilots clash with Imperial Japanese Army (...)