Militares

A compelling account of the failure of Imperial Japan's Operation Ro-Go, intended to take the offensive in the Solomons theater of the Pacific War, but which became Japan's first line of defense against the Allies' Rabaul raids and Bougainville landings.By the midpoint of World War II in the (...)

A gripping tale of three crucial battles fought at the end of 1943 as Allied forces approached the Gustav Line in Italy.After repulsing the German counter-attack at Salerno in September 1943, the US Fifth Army and British Eighth Army advanced up the Italian Peninsula. By October, the Allied armies (...)

Former RAF Tornado pilot Michael Napier chronicles the action-packed history of the Harrier GR 7/9, and its missions in West Africa, the Balkans, the Middle East and Afghanistan over a 14-year period of ceaseless operations.The Harrier GR 7/9 was at the 'tip of the spear' for the RAF when it came (...)

This book details the exploits of the highly skilled Naval Aviators charged with achieving air supremacy over New Guinea in their A6M2/3 Zero-sens.The combat record of the Zero-sen in New Guinea has mostly been overstated, with little due being given to the constraining conditions under which the (...)

This illustrated study investigates the Indo-Islamic fighting men of South Asia from the 7th century AD to the Mughal conquest of the 16th century.From 1206, much of what is now India as well as parts of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal were ruled by a succession of Islamic dynasties that had their (...)

Order deadline has been set for this item. This item cannot be cancelled after the deadline.This item is limited to 4 per household.This item is written in English.- The Battlefield of Ukraine series, which started in February 2022, is based on the theme of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.- The first (...)

Unos días antes de que la División Española de Voluntarios, la División Azul, partiera hacia Rusia para luchar contra el comunismo, encuadrada en el Ejército alemán, España y Alemania acordaron de forma un tanto precipitada y de manera excepcional que los soldados españoles quedasen sometidos (...)

Desde comienzos de 1954, España comenzó a recibir ayuda y asesoramiento militar por parte los Estados Unidos de América. Unos meses antes, en septiembre de 1953, se habían firma- do en Madrid unos Acuerdos que posibilitaban dicho acercamiento y que otorgaban a los ameri- canos el uso de varias (...)

An aviation legend designed in the mid-1940s, the Canberra entered service in 1951 with RAF Bomber Command. It served in the conventional, interdictor and nuclear bomber role with the RAF, in the UK, Germany, the Middle East and Far East. Its performance and adaptability made it ideal as a (...)

An aviation legend designed in the mid-1940s, the Canberra entered service in 1951 with RAF Bomber Command. It served in the conventional, interdictor and nuclear bomber role with the RAF, in the UK, Germany, the Middle East and Far East. Its performance and adaptability made it ideal as a (...)