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Walcheren 1944
Storming Hitler's Island Fortress
- Osprey, 2011
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 96 páginas
PVP: 19,50 €
ISBN 978-1-84908-237-2
EAN 9781849082372
Although the Alllies captured Antwerp in September 1944, the port itself could not be opened due to the continued German presence on the island of Walcheren, which guarded the port entrance. In November, the Allies launched an assault on the island, using a number of Commando units. Supported by warships and assault vehicles, the Allies ...
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Kasserine Pass 1943
Rommel's Last Victory
- Osprey, 2011
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 96 páginas
PVP: 19,50 €
ISBN 978-1-84176-914-1
EAN 9781841769141
The North African campaign of November 1942-May 1943 was a baptism of fire for the US Army. After relatively straightforward landings, the US II Corps advanced into Tunisia to support operations by the British 8th Army. Rommel, worried by the prospect of an attack, decided to exploit the inexperience of the US Army and strike ...
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- Osprey, 2011
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 384 páginas
PVP: 32,50 €
ISBN 978-1-84908-520-5
EAN 9781849085205
A History of the World in 100 Weapons tells the stories of the hundred definitive weapons whose effects have been the most revolutionary, changing the way war is waged and the very world we live in. From the gladius of ancient Rome to the AK-47, all one hundred are revealed in an array of sumptuous ...
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- Osprey, 2011
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 128 páginas
PVP: 7,50 €
ISBN 978-1-84908-222-8
EAN 9781849082228
Invented during World War I to break the grim deadlock of the Western Front trenches, tanks have gone on to revolutionise warfare. From the lightning Blitzkrieg assaults of World War II to the great battles in the Middle Eastern desert and the largest ever tank battles on the Eastern Front, tanks have become one of ...
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- Osprey, 2011
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 96 páginas
PVP: 19,50 €
ISBN 978-1-84176-623-2
EAN 9781841766232
The battle for Cassino was probably the most bitter struggle of the entire Italian campaign. The dominating peak of Montecassino crowned by its magnificent but doomed medieval monastery was the key to the entire Gustav Line, a formidable system of defences that stretched right across the Italian peninsula. This position completely dominated the Liri valley ...
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- Osprey, 2011
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda
PVP: 13,00 €
ISBN 978-1-84176-637-9
EAN 9781841766379
During the middle decade of the 16th century a new type of sailing vessel emerged, designed to carry the wealth of the Americas to Spain. This was the galleon, and over the next century these vessels would serve Spain well as treasure ships and warships, becoming a symbol of Spanish power and wealth during the ...
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- Osprey, 2011
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 96 páginas
PVP: 25,00 €
ISBN 978-1-84908-313-3
EAN 9781849083133
When the Romans occupied the southern half of Britain in AD 43, the Iceni tribe quickly allied themselves with the invaders. Having paid tribute to Rome, they continued to be ruled by their own kings. But 17 years later when Prasutagus, the king of the Iceni, died the Romans decided to incorporate his kingdom into ...
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- Osprey, 2011
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 80 páginas
PVP: 15,60 €
ISBN 978-1-84908-243-3
EAN 9781849082433
In the summer of 1914, as Europe teetered on the brink of war, the spectre of immediate Zeppelin raids on London and other major British towns and cities loomed large. When Winston Churchill accepted responsibility for the defence of London, he realised that Zeppelins were most vulnerable when on the ground. Despite limited resources, he ...
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- Osprey, 2011
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 96 páginas
PVP: 19,50 €
ISBN 978-1-84603-580-7
EAN 9781846035807
On the night of 1 August 1798 a British fleet under the command of Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson met a French fleet under the command of Admiral François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers. By morning the British had won a near-complete victory: only two of the 13 French ships-of-the-line escaped and the rest were either captured or destroyed. It ...
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The Bismarck 1941
Hunting Germany's greatest Battleship
- Osprey, 2011
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda
PVP: 19,50 €
ISBN 978-1-84908-383-6
EAN 9781849083836
The break of the German battleship Bismarck into the North Atlantic in May 1941 was one of the most dramatic episodes of World War II. It began with a battle between the Bismarck and the British battleship Prince of Wales and the heavy cruiser Hood. The Hood was blown to pieces, while the battered Prince ...
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- Osprey, 2011
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 96 páginas
PVP: 19,50 €
ISBN 978-1-84908-191-7
EAN 9781849081917
With the wars between the US and the Native Americans drawing to a close, one tribe in Eastern Oregon continued to resist. The Nez Perce, led by the Red Napoleon' Chief Joseph, refused to surrender and accept resettlement. Instead, Chief Joseph organized a band of 750 warriors and set off for the Canadian border, pursued ...
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- Osprey, 2011
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 96 páginas
PVP: 25,00 €
ISBN 978-1-84603-581-4
EAN 9781846035814
Quintilius Varus, give me back my legions!' supposedly yelled Augustus Caesar when he received the news of the disaster in the Teutoburg Forest. One of the greatest military disasters of the Roman Empire, Teutoburg Forest witnessed the near-total annihilation of three Roman legions at the hands of the German barbarians led by their Roman-educated chief ...
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In 1916, in the seas near Jutland, two fleets of armoured dreadnoughts met in open battle. This book tells the story of the British and German battleships of these two great fleets - from their development as the first generation of fully- armoured warships - to their combat experiences. The differing weapon systems and crew ...
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Following the Soviet invasion in 1979, the Mujahideen defenders of Afghanistan developed and reinforced many natural cave systems to use as supply bases and defensive positions. The Taliban and Al Qaeda further strengthened these positions in the 1990s. Following the events of September 11, 2001, these cave systems have once more come to prominence and ...
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- Osprey, 2010
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 360 páginas
PVP: 11,69 €
ISBN 978-1-84908-164-1
EAN 9781849081641
Through history armies of occupation and civil power have been repeatedly faced with the challenges of insurgency. US involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan has highlighted this form of conflict in the modern world. Armies, sometimes reluctantly, have had to adopt new doctrines and tactics to deal with the problems of insurgency and diverse counterinsurgency strategies ...
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Kohima 1944
The Battle that Saved India
- Osprey, 2010
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 96 páginas
PVP: 19,50 €
ISBN 978-1-84603-939-3
EAN 9781846039393
In March 1944 the Japanese Army launched Operation U-Go, an attack on Assam in India intended to inspire a rising against British rule. A month earlier the Japanese had launched Operation Ha-Go, which was intended as a feint to draw British attention away from the Imphal area. But British forces employed new defensive techniques to ...
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London 1918-18
The Bomber Blitz
- Osprey, 2010
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 96 páginas
PVP: 19,50 €
ISBN 978-1-84603-682-8
EAN 9781846036828
On a sunny May afternoon in 1917, the peace of an English seaside town was shattered when a flight of German Gotha bombers appeared without warning. Twenty-three Gothas had set out to attack London in this first bomber raid, but heavy cloud forced them to target Folkestone and the Shorncliffe army camp instead. It was ...
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- Osprey, 2010
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda
PVP: 16,20 €
ISBN 978-1-84908-153-5
EAN 9781849081535
Osprey's new Weapon series provides a highly-detailed yet affordable overview of the development, use, and impact of small arms throughout history - from the sword to the machine gun.Learn the surprising truths behind one of modern warfare's most popular and controversial firearms. Developed immediately after World War II (1939-1945), the RPG-series have proved to be ...
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- Osprey, 2010
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 96 páginas
PVP: 19,50 €
ISBN 978-1-84603-501-2
EAN 9781846035012
In less than one day, the might of the Imperial Japanese Navy was destroyed and four of her great aircraft carriers sank burning into the dark depths of the Pacific. Utilizing the latest research and detailed combat maps, this book tells the dramatic story of the Japanese assault on Midway Island and the American ambush ...
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- Osprey, 2010
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 48 páginas
PVP: 13,00 €
ISBN 978-1-84603-512-8
EAN 9781846035128
The tanks used during the Spanish Civil War are not often examined in any great detail, and are often labeled as little more than test vehicles in a convenient proving ground before World War II. But, with groundbreaking research, armor expert Steven J Zaloga has taken a fresh look at the tanks deployed in Spain, ...
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