Pictorial category: 1048 books

The immediate post-VJ-Day period of RAF history is often consigned to be little more than a footnote in most published accounts. In this first detailed look at the RAF in the Middle and Far East regions in the three years following the end of the war, the RAF’s role in stemming the flow of immigrants...

In the spring of 1865, George Stoneman's cavalry division departed Salisbury, North Carolina, with one objective in mind: returning home. However, after the collapse of the Confederacy, the mounted division was ordered to apprehend the exiled Confederate president Jefferson Davis, even if it meant "follow[ing]...

Cultures of War in Graphic Novels examines the representation of small-scale and often less acknowledged conflicts from around the world and throughout history. The contributors look at an array of graphic novels about conflicts such as the Boxer Rebellion (1899-1901), the Irish struggle for national...

The decision to reintroduce unit Colours for the armed forces of the new Wehrmacht involved many problems. No unit flags and standards had been produced since before 1914. Paul Casberg, the well-known master painter and illustrator, was commissioned to design the new Army Colours, a commission which,...

Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau played host to some of the most dramatic military maneuvering of the Civil War. Straddling the entire state of Tennessee, the formidable tableland proved to be a maze of topographical pitfalls and a morass of divided loyalties. As Federal forces sought to capitalize on...

Many books have looked at the effect of the war on the Home Front, but this is the first book to take a glimpse at the Home Front photographically from an international point of view, covering both Allied and enemy countries, juxtaposing the same situations in different countries to show a similar...

In February 1864, General William Sooy Smith led a force of over seven thousand cavalry on a raid into the Mississippi Prairie, bringing fire and destruction to one of the very few breadbaskets remaining in the Confederacy. Smith's raid was part of General William T. Sherman's campaign to march across...

Many reminders of the Civil War were left behind in Northern Virginia for future generations to ponder. Also left behind were the graves of those who took part in the tumultuous events of war. Northern Virginia is a treasure house of history, perhaps more so than any other part of the country. One...

L'idea di usare il treno come mezzo bellico si diffuse durante la guerra Civile Americana, nel XIX secolo. I primi convogli armati erano semplici locomotive con carri scoperti al traino, su cui prendevano posto soldati e tiratori protetti da rudimentali barriere. Questa strategia venne poi adottata...

Cenni storici sugli inizi, la prima guerra afghana (1838-1842), il Grande Gioco (1843-1878), la seconda guerra afghana (1878-1880), la terza guerra afghana (1919-1929), l’Afghanistan dal 1929 al 1978, l’invasione russa (1978-1992), l’Afghanistan dal 1978 ai giorni nostri, l’esercito afghano...

Storia militare dei Normanni, come combattevano, organizzazione, insegne, panoplia, tattiche di guerra ed armi. Una guida veloce ed esauriente, che approfondisce le tattiche e le strategie militari dei Normanni. Con una lunga cavalcata attraverso l’epopea normanna si descrivono le battaglie e le...

Cuba è un paese che evoca un notevole fascino e ricco di una complessa storia militare. Una guida veloce ed esauriente, che approfondisce le tattiche e le strategie militari degli eserciti cubani dalle origini fino ai giorni nostri. Con una lunga cavalcata attraverso le gesta dei pirati, delle...

Questo agile e veloce testo si occupa di analizzare quei tempi, in cui le sorti militari di stati ed imperi, vennero affidati al coraggio e alla determinatezza di pochi cavalieri, ancora oggi ben poco si sa su vicende così lontane, perchè tanto si è scritto sugli aspetti più...

Prima edizione digitale ampliata dell’introvabile libro di Dino Campini Eroismo e miserie a El Alamein del 1952, nella prima parte è presentata la storia del IV Battaglione Carri M della Divisione Corazzata “Littorio” durante la battaglia di El Alamein come narrata dall’autore, che...