Militares

Gibraltar ha sido punto extremo y casi mágico para la antigüedad clásica, puerta de entrada de una invasión que cambió España durante casi ocho siglos, y zona clave de la defensa de las costas del sur peninsular frente a piratas berberiscos en los siglos XVI y XVII. España, fuese cual fuese su (...)

Una obra única hasta la fecha en español, escrita para Ediciones Salamina en 2026 por una de las mayores autoridades en el Frente Oriental, el historiador sueco Christer Bergström. Como es habitual en los títulos de nuestro sello Selección, el libro viene totalmente ilustrado con fotografías, mapas (...)

A detailed look at the 1983 American invasion of Grenada, the largest and most significant US military operation since the end of the Vietnam War.When a hardline Marxist faction overthrew Grenada's existing communist regime in October 1983, a coalition of Caribbean countries requested US military (...)

An illustrated account of the action-packed combat missions carried out by the Luftwaffe's powerfully armed Junkers Ju 88C day and nightfighters.The Junkers Ju 88A was the Luftwaffe's most effective medium bomber during much of World War 2, and its high speed and surprising agility made it an ideal (...)

This fully illustrated study pits Germany's Panzer I against the Soviet T-26 in the Spanish Civil War.In 1936, as Spain descended into civil war, both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sent tanks to aid the opposing sides, keen to see how they fared in combat. Armed with twin machine guns, (...)

Escrito hace más de dos mil años en una China dividida por la guerra, El arte de la guerra sigue siendo uno de los libros más influyentes jamás escritos sobre estrategia, liderazgo y toma de decisiones.Más que un tratado militar, esta obra fundamental de Sun Tzu es una profunda reflexión sobre la (...)

Renowned authority M. C. Bishop investigates the origins, development, manufacture, decoration and use of the Roman cavalry helmet.Roman cavalry helmets of the Republican period at first differed little from the infantry helmets and identifying them proves a challenging but not impossible task. In (...)

Packed with illustrations, this is the first history of MarinegruppenkommandoSüd, Germany's southern naval command that fought a fast and furious war at the far end of the Mediterranean.As Germany and Italy overran Yugoslavia and Greece in early 1941, the Kriegsmarine established a new theatre (...)

Through World War II the US Army worked on projects for new heavy tanks, which are charted in this illustrated study of the M6 and the never-built T14, T28, and Pershing-derived designs.In this book, world-renowned armour expert Steven J. Zaloga examines the US Army's efforts to field a heavy tank (...)

Illustrated throughout, this uncovers the hundreds of British and French warships in the Dunkirk evacuation, whose actions have been overshadowed by the fame of the 'Little Ships'.In this book, naval historian Angus Konstam examines the backbone of the Dunkirk evacuation fleet: the warships of the (...)