Militares

La obra "Guardia Real del Rey Juan Carlos I" consta de dos tomos: Historial de la Unidad y Diario de Operaciones.El Diario de Operaciones de la Guardia Real describe todas las actividades de esta Unidad durante el reinado del Rey Juan Carlos I. Es un trabajo de recopilación de las misiones (...)

The dominating Blanc Mont Ridge complex in the Champagne region of France was home to some of the most complex German defences on the Western Front. Its heights offered artillery observation that made even approaching the ridge virtually suicidal.Pessimistic about the ability of depleted and (...)

In many ways, the Heinkel He 177 'Greif' (Griffon) was Nazi Germany's 'lost' strategic bomber. With some fundamental creases ironed out, and built in large numbers, the He 177 would have offered the Luftwaffe the means with which to carry out long-range, mass bombing attacks against targets of a (...)

The United States Marine Corps came into its own in the Pacific Islands campaign against Japan in World War II. From Guadalcanal to Okinawa, US Marines formed the tip of the spear as Allied forces sought to push the Japanese back to their Home Islands.This fascinating study tracks the deployments (...)

The Soviet Union's cruise missile submarines from the modified Whiskey, to the Oscar II classes were among the most formidable vessels of the Cold War. They were initially designed to carry land attack nuclear-tipped cruise missiles designed to strike targets on the eastern coast of the United (...)

The first Italian armoured cars were used in the war in Libya in 1911-12 against the Ottoman Empire. With few tanks being developed, the Italians relied instead on the development of more mobile armoured cars like the Ansaldo Lancia 1 Z, during World War I, but post-war the army, focusing on the (...)

No hubo una Segunda guerra mundial, nos dice Max Hastings, autor de Armagedón, sino dos, completamente distintas: la que se desarrolló en Europa y la que tuvo por escenario el oriente de Asia y el Pacífico, con más de treinta millones de muertos. Este libro nos habla de esta otra guerra, no menos (...)

Depuis le traité de Campoformio du 18 octobre 1797, la France vit dans une paix relative. Seule la Grande-Bretagne poursuit encore la lutte, principalement sur les mers. C'est elle qui est directement visée lorsque Bonaparte embarque pour l'Egypte en mai 1798. En colonisant l'Egypte, la France (...)