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 Inside the US Navy SEALs 
 Author: Gary Stubblefield, Hans Halberstadt Inside the US Navy SEALs Motorbooks International 1995 Format: PDF Pages: 196 Language: English Size: 24.4 MB Inside the US Navy SEALs tells the story of a SEALs evolution from a "pup" all the way to a SEAL commander. Discover who the SEALs are and what they're supposed to be, their strengths and weaknesses, and photos taken on actual missions. Inside the US Navy SEALs gives you an unprecedented look at the inner workings of the SEAL community.
US Marines in Battle Al-Khafji: 28 January - 1 February 1991
 Author: Paul W Westermeyer US Marines in Battle Al-Khafji: 28 January - 1 February 1991 Marine Corps History Division 2008 Format: PDF Pages: 40 Language: English Size: 5 MB The Battle of Khafji was the first major ground engagement of the Gulf War. It took place in and around the Saudi Arabian city of Khafji, from 29 January to 1 February 1991 and marked the culmination of the Coalition's air campaign over Kuwait and Iraq, which had begun on 17 January 1991.
United States Marine Corps
 United States Marine Corps Author: Collective Faircount LLC 2007 Edition Pages: 148 Language: English Format: PDF (e-book) Size: 33 МВ The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the U.S. Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces. The U.S. Marine Corps is one of the four branches in the U.S. Department of Defense as well as one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. It operates posts on land and aboard sea-going amphibious warfare ships around the world. The Marine Corps has been a component of the U.S. Department of the Navy since 1834, working closely with naval forces for training, transportation, and logistics. The U.S. Marine Corps has around 194,000 active duty members and just under 40,000 reserve Marines as of 2007. It is the smallest of the United States Armed Forces in the U.S. Department of Defense.
The Australian Army: An Aide-Memoire 2014
 Author: The Australian Army: An Aide-Memoire Directorate of Plans – Army 2014 Pages: 64 Language: English Format: PDF Size: 3.5 MB
Killing the Bismarck: Destroying the Pride of Hitler's Fleet
 Author: Iain Ballantyne Killing the Bismarck: Destroying the Pride of Hitler's Fleet Pen & Sword Books 2010 ISBN: 1844159833 Format: EPUB Size: 4,6 МБ Language: English Pages: 288 In May 1941, the German battleship Bismarck, accompanied by heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, broke out into the Atlantic, to attack Allied shipping. The Royal Navy's pursuit and subsequent destruction of Bismarck was an epic of naval warfare. In this new account of those dramatic events at the height of the Second World War, Iain Ballantyne draws extensively on the graphic eye-witness testimony of veterans, to construct a thrilling story, mainly from the point of view of the British battleships, cruisers and destroyers involved. He describes the tense atmosphere as cruisers play a lethal cat and mouse game as they shadow Bismarck in the icy Denmark Strait. We witness the shocking destruction of the British battle cruiser Hood, in which all but three of her ship's complement were killed; an event that filled pursuing Royal Navy warships, including the battered battleship Prince of Wales, with a thirst for revenge. While Swordfish torpedo-bombers try desperately to cripple the Bismarck, we sail in destroyers on their own daring torpedo attacks, battling mountainous seas.
Diving Stations - The Story of George Hunt & The ULTOR
 Author: Peter Dornan Diving Stations - The Story of George Hunt & The ULTOR Pen and Sword 2011 Format: PDF Pages: 207 Language: English Size: 14.6 MB Diving Stations is the inspiring story of Captain George Hunt's career. Born in Uganda and then educated in Glasgow, he was determined to join the Navy and at 13 years old he entered HMS Conway. His prewar years saw him serving worldwide. In 1939, on the outbreak of war he was already serving in submarines. Over the next six years he was rammed twice, sunk once and had hundred of depth charges dropped around him. He gave more than he got! While in command of the Unity Class Submarine Ultor - mainly in the Mediterranean - he and his crew accounted for an astonishing 20 enemy vessels sunk by torpedo and 8 by gunfire as well as damaging another 4 ships. His fifteenth mission was described by the Admiralty as 'unsurpassed in the Annals of the Mediterranean Submarine Flotilla'. After the War George continued his distinguished naval career becoming Senior Naval Officer West Indies (SNOWI). He emigrated to Australia where he lives today.Dornan, Peter - Diving Stations - The Story of George Hunt ... .pdf
Russian and Soviet Tanks 1914-1941
 Author: Maximino Argüelles Martinez Russian and Soviet Tanks 1914-1941 Maximino Argüelles 2014 Format: PDF Pages: 104 Language: English Size: 17 MB About the evolution of the Soviet offensive doctrine during World War II. Where did this doctrine and armored formations that takes practice arise?. Why was the USSR as a nation which in 1940 developed a tank as advanced as the T-34?. 100 pages trying to answer these and other questions with a description of the principal armored vehicles and the formations in which were integrated from its beginnings in the Russian Empire until June 22, 1941.
The Royal Air Force in the Cold War 1950-1970
 Author: Ian Proctor The Royal Air Force in the Cold War 1950-1970 Pen and Sword Images of War ISBN: 1783831898 2015 Format: EPUB Pages: 192 Size: 6 Mb Language: English Soon after the Second world War, wartime allies became Cold War adversaries, and by 1950 the perceived threat of a Soviet strike on Western Europe or Britain dominated military planning. For the next forty years, the Royal Air Force was in the front-line of the Cold War. In Britain and Germany, light bomber crews exercised in preparation for a future conflict, while interceptor pilots stood by ready to counter incursions by Soviet aircraft. Between 1956 and 1969, the elite crews of the iconic V-Force of nuclear bombers trained to perform the ultimate mission, striking targets deep in the heart of Russia. Protecting British interests overseas, personnel at stations across the Middle East and Far East were regularly engaged in supporting operations during the many colonial conflicts which occurred throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
Explosives, Propellants and Pyrotechnics
 Explosives, Propellants and Pyrotechnics (Brassey's World Military Technology) Author: A. Bailey Brassey's ISBN: 1857532554 2000 Pages: 193 Format: PDF Size: 81.22МБ Language: English Fully revised and updated to take account of the most recent developments in the field, this useful text explains today''s explosives from simple theory to practical use and considers future developments.
Combat Helicopters
 Author: Jay Schleifer Combat Helicopters Capstone Press 1996 Format: PDF Pages: 54 Language: English Size: 31 MB A combat helicopter is a military helicopter with the primary role of an attack aircraft, with the capability of engaging targets on the ground, such as enemy infantry and armored vehicles. Due to their heavy armament they are sometimes called helicopter gunships.
U. S . Navy program guide 2015
 Author: U. S . Navy program guide 2015 Deportament of the Navy Pages: 202 Language: English Format: PDF Size: 5.7 MB
Royal Weddings Through Time
 Author: Janette McCutcheon Royal Weddings Through Time Amberley Publishing 2011 Format: PDF Pages: 100 Language: English Size: 26.7 MB Many rare images are used, telling the story of these important royal occasions from the twelfth century to the present day. Royal Weddings are always a time for public celebration; the build-up, the pomp and circumstance of the day, the dress, the sense of occasion. Author Janette McCutcheon takes us through the history of Royal Weddings, the highlights, the dresses, using period illustrations of many major royal weddings from Edward I to Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer. From the 800lb cake for Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon s wedding to the more private wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor at a French chateau and the pomp and circumstance of the wedding of Charles and Di, we are taken on a journey through the weddings that changed history.
Torpedo: The Complete History of the World's Most Revolutionary Weapon
 Author: Roger Branfill-Cook Torpedo: The Complete History of the World's Most Revolutionary Weapon Naval Institute Press ISBN: 1591141931 2014 Format: EPUB Pages: 256 Size: 11 Mb Language: English The torpedo was the greatest single game-changer in the history of naval warfare. For the first time it allowed any small, cheap torpedo-firing vessel - and by extension a small, minor navy - to threaten the largest and most powerful warships afloat. The traditional concept of seapower, based on huge fleets of expensive capital ships, required radical rethinking.
Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident
 Author: Donnie Eichar Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident Chronicle Books 2013 ISBN: 1452112746 Format: PDF Size: 31,1 МБ Language: English Pages: 288 In February 1959, a group of nine experienced hikers in the Russian Ural Mountains died mysteriously on an elevation known as Dead Mountain. Eerie aspects of the incident—unexplained violent injuries, signs that they cut open and fled the tent without proper clothing or shoes, a strange final photograph taken by one of the hikers, and elevated levels of radiation found on some of their clothes—have led to decades of speculation over what really happened. This gripping work of literary nonfiction delves into the mystery through unprecedented access to the hikers' own journals and photographs, rarely seen government records, dozens of interviews, and the author's retracing of the hikers' fateful journey in the Russian winter. A fascinating portrait of the young hikers in the Soviet era, and a skillful interweaving of the hikers narrative, the investigators' efforts, and the author's investigations, here for the first time is the real story of what happened that night on Dead Mountain.
The Grand Fleet - Warship Design and Development 1906-1922
 Author: D.K. Brown The Grand Fleet - Warship Design and Development 1906-1922 Pen & Sword 2010 Format: ePub (e-book) Pages: 340 Language: English Size: 11 MB
The Year in Defence 2010
 Author: Collective The Year in Defence 2010 Faircount LLC 2010 Format: PDF (e-book) Pages: 148 Size: 20 Mb Language: English The Year in Defense is one of today’s leading military and defense information sources for leaders and managers within the American defense community and industrial base. The publication reviews significant activities in the U.S. Department of Defense and military departments over the recent 12-month period while previewing the year ahead.
Hitler's Olympics: The 1936 Berlin Olympic Games
 Author: Christopher Hilton Hitler's Olympics: The 1936 Berlin Olympic Games Sutton Publishing 2006 Format: PDF Pages: 244 Language: English Size: 94.4 MB "I'm afraid the Nazis have succeeded with their propaganda." - William Shirer's diary, August 16, 1936. The Berlin Olympic Games, which remain the most controversial ever held, have their 70th anniversary in August 2006. "Hitler's Olympics" creates a vivid account of the disputes, the personalities and the events which made these Games so memorable. Ironically, the choice of Germany as the host nation for the 1936 Olympics was intended to signal its return to the world community after defeat in World War I. In actuality, Hitler intended the Berlin Games to be an advertisement for Germany as he was creating it, and they became one of the largest propaganda exercises in history. Two Germans Jews competed in the Games while the most memorable achievement was that of black American Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals. Ultimately, however, Germany was the overall biggest medal winner. The popular success of Owens allowed the Nazis to claim that their policies had no racial element and charges of anti-semitism which did arise were levelled at the Americans. In this stunning and important book, Christopher Hilton uses newspapers, diaries and interviews to recreate the unique atmosphere during the XIth Olympiad.
Armor of the West: NATO's Afnorth & Northag
 Author: Yves Debay Armor of the West: NATO's Afnorth & Northag (Concord Color 4004) Concord Publications 1992 Format: PDF Pages: 100 Language: English Size: 99 MB This photo book and a companion volume will take one last look at some of the NATO armored vehicles that would have blunted any Soviet-Warsaw Pact military invasion of Western Europe.
The Oxford Handbook of Iranian History
 Author: Touraj Daryaee The Oxford Handbook of Iranian History Oxford University Press ISBN: 0199732159 2012 Format: PDF Size: 31,9 МБ Language: English Pages: 426 This Handbook is a current, comprehensive single-volume history of Iranian civilization. The authors, all leaders in their fields, emphasize the large-scale continuities of Iranian history while also describing the important patterns of transformation that have characterized Iran's past. Each of the chapters focuses on a specific epoch of Iranian history and surveys the general political, social, cultural, and economic issues of that era. The ancient period begins with chapters considering the anthropological evidence of the prehistoric era, through to the early settled civilizations of the Iranian plateau, and continuing to the rise of the ancient Persian empires. The medieval section first considers the Arab-Muslim conquest of the seventh century, and then moves on to discuss the growing Turkish influence filtering in from Central Asia beginning in the tenth and eleventh centuries. The last third of the book covers Iran in the modern era by considering the rise of the Safavid state and its accompanying policy of centralization, the introduction of Shi'ism, the problems of reform and modernization in the Qajar and Pahlavi periods, and the revolution of 1978-79 and its aftermath. The book is a collaborative exercise among scholars specializing in a variety of sub-fields, and across a number of disciplines, including history, art history, classics, literature, politics, and linguistics. Here, readers can find a reliable and accessible narrative that can serve as an authoritative guide to the field of Iranian studies.
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