Militares

Narra magistralmente la historia de las muchachas que se ofrecieron voluntarias para luchar contra la invasión nazi de la Unión Soviética.Al igual que hizo con Las brujas de la noche, Vinogradova hilvana y narra magistralmente la historia de las muchachas que se ofrecieron voluntarias para luchar (...)

La minusvalorada por todos, empezando por el ejército español y el régimen franquista, guerra del Ifni (1957-1958), se ha tratado como un episodio menor del conflicto descolonizador de Marruecos o se ha diluido en el contexto general de la cuestión del Sahara. Lo que ha menospreciado enfoques y (...)

Una historia original, apasionante y profundamente conmovedora sobre una de las grandes tragedias contemporáneas: los campos de concentración Una larga noche es un relato riguroso y objetivo de la historia de los campos de concentración, una narración valiente y sólida sobre la crueldad, pero (...)

In August 1940, the Luftwaffe began an operation to destroy or neutralize RAF Fighter Command, and enable Hitler to invade Britain that autumn. It was a new type of air warfare: the first ever offensive counter-air campaign against an integrated air defence system. Powerful, combat-proven and (...)

In August 1940, the Luftwaffe began an operation to destroy or neutralize RAF Fighter Command, and enable Hitler to invade Britain that autumn. It was a new type of air warfare: the first ever offensive counter-air campaign against an integrated air defence system. Powerful, combat-proven and (...)

One of the prime objectives for the Allies following the D-Day landings was the capture of sufficient ports to supply their armies. The original Overlord plans assumed that ports along the Breton coast would be essential to expansion of the Normandy beach-head. This included the major ports at (...)

¿Se acuerda alguien del conquense Julián Romero de Ibarrola? Nació hace cinco siglos. Fue uno de los soldados españoles más famosos del siglo XVI. Un hombre que, desde su adolescencia, pasó la mayor parte de su vida junto a la muerte, matando en la lucha y evitando ser muerto. Dicen que vivió con (...)

Over the last 30 years, the technical' or armed pick-up truck has become arguably the most ubiquitous military land vehicle of modern warfare.Harking back to the armed Jeeps and Chevrolet trucks of the SAS and Long Range Desert Group in North Africa in World War II, the world's first insurgent (...)

The emergence of the tank in World War I led to the development of the first infantry weapons to defend against tanks. Anti-tank rifles became commonplace in the inter-war years and in the early campaigns of World War II in Poland and the Battle of France, which saw renewed use in the form of the (...)

In 1519, the Conquistador Hernán Cortés landed on the mainland of the Americas. His quest to serve God, win gold, and achieve glory drove him into the heartland of what is now Mexico, where no European had ever set foot before. He marched towards to the majestic city of Tenochtitlan, floating like (...)

Although the F-4 Phantom II was the most important fighter-bomber to see action with all three American services during the Vietnam War, it was essentially a US Navy design, and the carrier-borne squadron crews were its main operators in combat.The aircraft pioneered the use of long-range, (...)

"La estrategia más importante del gobierno del Tercer Reich en España tuvocomo objetivo la consolidación de una red de apoyo y espionaje de primer nivelen todo el territorio. El presente trabajo descubre con objetividad la organizaciónde una verdadera Quinta Columna nazi construida a partir de la (...)

The Italian Royal Navy (Regia Marina) operated one of largest cruiser forces of World War II. As a signatory to the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty, the Regia Marina immediately attempted to reinforce its treaty-limited battleship force by building seven large 10,000-ton heavy cruisers. Italian light (...)

"TALVISOTA es un thriller político que toma el nombre de laGuerra de Invierno entre Finlandia y la Unión Soviética enlos prolegómenos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Su protagonistaes un malagueño que se asomó por curiosidadal comunismo, pero esta ideología lo arrasó. Acabó conlo más preciado de su (...)

This is the definitive history of the evolution of the feared German Panzerwaffe, from its earliest beginings to the height of its success. With rare and revealing combat reports and photographs sourced from previously unseen private and archival collections, it uncovers the technical and (...)

Warship 2018 is devoted to the design, development, and service history of the world's combat ships. Featuring a broad range of articles from a select panel of distinguished international contributors, this latest volume combines original research, new book reviews, warship notes, an image gallery, (...)

La Aviación Militar española comenzó su desarrollo a principios del siglo XX gracias a unos audaces aviadores que, en los primitivos aeroplanos de entonces, empezaron a surcar los cielos de España y pronto se percataron de la importancia que en el futuro iba a tener el poder aéreo. El Ejército del (...)