Militares

Drawing upon Soviet sources, this book assesses the evolving organization, uniforms, insignia, weaponry and personal equipment of Soviet naval infantry units from 1917 to 1991. Featuring eight plates of specially commissioned artwork alongside carefully chosen archive photographs, this study charts (...)

A fascinating account of Russia's Five-Day War against Georgia in 2008, notable for its strategic mistakes which prompted President Putin to undertake major military reforms. After Georgia's independence from Russia in 1991, President Saakashvili invited NATO advisers to assist in military reforms. (...)

The Battle of Minden is justifiably celebrated by the British infantry and artillery regiments involved, but it was a close-run affair. Like a Brazen Wall echoes that celebration, but also sets a fresh balance: appropriately applauding, where due, the dash and élan of the French and Saxon opponents (...)

An expert account of the development, role, and capabilities of the S-300 and S-400 air defence missile systems, key strategic weapons in Putin's Russia. Few modern missile systems have had such significance as the S-300 family. Highly regarded technically, Russia's most powerful air-defense (...)

A new illustrated study of the devastating, but little-known, Soviet armored blitzkrieg against the Japanese in the last weeks of World War II, and how it influenced Soviet tank doctrine as the Cold War dawned. Although long overshadowed in the West by the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima (...)

The Battle of Rocroi (19 May 1643) is famous for the French victory over the Spanish Tercios. The Duc d'Enghien, only 21 years old, defeated a Spanish army commanded by Francisco de Melo. The victory has traditionally been attributed to the military genius of the young Duke, to the superiority of (...)

Details the organization, arms, armor, dress, and daily life of samurai, soldiers, and commoners in Edo-period Japan.Tokugawa Ieyasu's decisive victory at Sekigahara in 1600 concluded the civil wars, confirmed his position of military supremacy as shôgun (generalissimo) of Japan, and inaugurated (...)

Escribir un libro sobre la guerra de Cuba no fue tarea fácil, dado el enorme prestigio que rodea a quien comandó la escuadra naval enviada a defender las islas de Cuba y Puerto Rico. Tampoco lo fue separar el dato del relato, a pesar de haberme aproximado a tan espinoso tema condicionado por el (...)

El avión derribado a finales de 1936 que transportaba al delegado del Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja en Madrid para denunciar en Ginebra las matanzas de Paracuellos no solo llevaba documentación probatoria; también informes secretos para el presidente de la Junta Técnica del Estado (...)

Le 19 octobre, la Marine nationale française célèbre la journée des fusiliers marins. Cette date correspond peu ou prou au début de la bataille de Dixmude qui a fait rage de mi-octobre (les premiers accrochages ont eu lieu le 16) au 10 novembre 1914. La brigade des fusiliers-marins s'est illustrée (...)

Jorge y Andrés, dos jóvenes apasionados de la aviación, continúan sus aventuras destinados en el 34 Escuadrón. A lo largo de su camino para asentarse definitivamente como comandantes de aeronave del imponente Canadair CL-215T, ambos aviadores se enfrentarán a innumerables retos y situaciones (...)

World War II saw the appearance of numerous revolutionary armaments on both sides of the conflict that would radically change the nature of warfare, from jet aircraft to the ballistic missile and the atomic bomb. The greatest conflagration in history also saw the conception of the first (...)

The Soviet Union's first successful atomic bomb detonation in August 1949 was a wakeup call for US Navy planners. The possibility of a single Soviet aircraft wiping out an entire convoy of merchant ships with a nuclear weapon had suddenly become very real. With military budgets having shrunk prior (...)

The story of the Messerschmitt Me 109's ultimate development, the Blohm & Voss BV 155, begins in 1942 with plans to split the Me 109 family into three branches a standard fighter, a highaltitude fighter and a carrier-based fighter. Initially these were known as the Me 409 but later became the Me (...)

La campaña de SomorrostroUn episodio crucial de la Tercera Guerra CarlistaSe conoce como Campaña de Somorrostro al conjunto de maniobras y combates sostenidos por los ejércitos republicano y carlista entre el 15 de febrero y el 2 de mayo de 1874 con el objetivo de levantar el sitio que los (...)

La Guerra Civil Española ha legado historias excepcionales, de vencedores y vencidos, de horror y de humanidad, de coraje y de compasión. Esta es una de esas historias. El trágico destino de la 84.ª Brigada Mixta del Ejército Popular, la única unidad republicana ante la que se rindió una capital de (...)

Teruel. La batalla que decidió la Guerra Civil española.La Batalla de Teruel fue el Stalingrado de la Guerra Civil española. Al igual que la batalla rusa, Teruel estuvo caracterizada por temperaturas gélidas, intensos combates urbanos y grandes maniobras. Ambas tienen en común el haber determinado (...)

This intriguing book describes the Romans' formidably warlike enemies in modern Romania and Bulgaria their 'most illustrated' opponents, thanks to friezes on Trajan's Column and carvings on Trajan's Adamklissi monument.Formidable warriors, able to field tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry and (...)

When human's learned, in 1903, they could cruise over land in a heaver than air flying machine, they never dreamed of using an advanced model of the aeroplane as an instrument of war. The novelty of flying intrigued a young Glenn H. Curtiss-an inventor obsessed with speed. In the decade before (...)

The Vietnam War (1945-1975) was one of the most important conflicts of the 20th century, not only for the countries involved, but also internationally.It was a battle between two very different ideologies and two very different military strategies.With over 240 official and private photos, it (...)