Militares

El uso que el hombre ha hecho del mar ha condicionado la forma de navegar por él y ha determinado el tipo de embarcaciones que se necesitaban en cada momento o circunstancia. La pesca, el comercio, la exploración, el recreo, la guerra... cada utilidad ha exigido la construcción de un tipo de nave (...)

Waterloo 1815 si fue la última batalla de Napoleón. Es el culmen de los acontecimientos que se desarrollan durante los 100 Días en los que el Emperador francés escapa de su cautiverio, y con la rapidez que siempre le caracterizó, es capaz de formar un ejército enorme con el fin de enfrentarlo a los (...)

Even before the spectacular success of its X-1 rocket-powered aircraft in breaking the "sound barrier," the adventurous Bell Aircraft Corporation was already pushing ahead with a parallel project to build a second aircraft capable of far higher speeds. The X-2 (or Model 52) explored the equally (...)

This title examines the U.S. bombers of World War 2, including experimental and lesser-known military aircraft variants, including the aircraft developed for both the U.S. Army and Navy air forces. To cover the subject coherently, the author selects design concepts and proposals from the period (...)

HMS Trincomalee belonged to a class of 38-gun Fifth Rates which can claim to have been the Royal navy's standard frigate type for the whole of the Napoleonic Wars. Built in India of teak, she is now beautifully restored at Hartlepool, and can justly claim to be the last of Nelson's frigates. As is (...)

This illustrated series presents the uniforms and equipment of the United States Army from the nineteenth century to the present day. Each volume combines detailed and informative captions with over 100 rare and unusual images. These books are a must for anyone interested in American military (...)

This volume in the popular G.I. series illustrates a much-neglected aspect of American military history - the U.S. Army artillerymen, named redlegs after the red stripes on their trousers. The photographs, most of them rarely seen in other sources, range from the Civil War and the campaigns against (...)

This fascinating addition to the GI series demonstrates the full range of uniforms, equipment, and armament used by the troops who fought for Abraham Lincoln's Union army during the American Civil War. Far from being uniformly clad in blue, the Union soldier appeared in a great variety of clothing, (...)