Militares

Aunque la mayoría de los humanos prefieren la paz, no existe ninguna sociedad que haya conseguido evitar la guerra. Ofensivas, defensivas, internas, vecinales o de conquista, la guerra siempre ha acompañado al ser humano a lo largo de toda su historia. ¿Por qué recurrimos a ella? Este ensayo se (...)

Cuando el Imperio Otomano entró en la primera Guerra Mundial a finales de 1914, la contienda europea se extendió a latitudes impensables como fueron las altas cumbres del Cáucaso o las milenarias tierras de Persia. En el caso de la Cordillera Caucásica, desde el principio, el Ejército Turco sería (...)

In late 1942, as part of its attempts to strike back at ever-increasing numbers of Soviet tanks, the German air ministry authorised the development of an adaptation and enhancement of the longspan Junkers Ju 87D-5 Stuka dive-bomber. The aircraft was duly fitted with two underwing pods containing 37 (...)

This book tells the story of the two squadrons 1/5 and 2/5, which made up the Groupe de Chasse 1/5 during the Campaign for France. A large part has been devoted to the accounts of the pilots and mechanics, and what they lived through together.The Groupe was credited with one hundred and eleven (...)

This book, composed of three parts, first of all recalls the design and the manufacture of the gliders, the creation of the flying schools as well as the setting-up of the program of pilot training. The second part is interested in the use of the American gliders on June 6, 1944 in Cotentin by (...)

The first edition of this historic text, an indisputable and virtually unobtainable reference, is finally reissued, reviewed, corrected and expanded. This book offers a wealth of information including a comprehensive overview of the intervention of German fighters in the skies of Normandy, the Ile (...)