Weapons category: 1025 books

Tanks were the beasts of the Second World War, machines designed to destroy anything and anyone in their path. Throughout the summer of 1944, the Allied forces readily employed tanks and armored vehicles to gain ground in the bloody campaign of Normandy. Heavily armed, they provided a kind of support...

The U.S. Army has a long record of fielding innovations that not only have enhanced its effectiveness on the battlefield but also sometimes had an impact far beyond warfare. General Editor Jon T. Hoffman has brought together eleven authors who cover the gamut from the invention of the M1 Garand rifle...

Hitler’s Wehrmacht led the way in armored warfare as the successful blitzkriegs in Poland and North West Europe in 1940 so convincingly proved. The contribution of light tanks such as Panzers I, II and 35(t) was critical. As the war spread to the Balkans, north Africa and the invasion of...

Conheça as armas utilizadas pelas culturas humanas para travar suas batalhas quando a pólvora não é uma opção.Escrito por Antonio Luiz M. C. Costa, de “Títulos de Nobreza e Hierarquias: um guia sobre as graduações sociais na história”, autor de ficção especulativa e editor de...

Le bombardement de Paris n’a été précédé d’aucune sommation, d’aucun avertissement, comme il est d’usage entre peuples civilisés. Si la guerre n’est qu’un duel, on devrait au moins se prévenir au moment de se bombarder, comme deux adversaires...

La regola numero uno della pagina numero uno di un libro di guerra è "Non marciare su Mosca". Diverse persone ci hanno provato, da Napoleone ad Hitler, e non è una buona cosa.  -  Maresciallo Visconte Montgomery di Alamein.

A Guerra Fria nunca se aqueceu, mas se tivesse, a União Soviética estaria pronta. Este trabalho referência detalha 73 grandes máquinas de guerra soviéticas, da 2P26 “Baby Carriage” – veícuo enganosamente leve, estilo jipe com quatro mísseis anti-tanque – ao tanque de batalha principal...

O exército dos Estados Unidos é a mais bem equipada força em toda a história militar, desde a simples baioneta até às multimilionárias maravilhas tecnológicas como o tanque Abrams M1 e o helicóptero Apache Longbow. "Defenderemos a Pátria!" resume as mais importantes armas...

Sometimes, the ideology that formed the basis for founding an empire can become the cause of its fall. The decline of the Spanish Empire is a clear example of how ideology may both adversely influence national grand strategies and trigger processes of decline of an empire. The strong religious conviction...

Due to so much misinformation throughout America regarding firearms, I got tired of seeing innocent people die each and every day at the hands of criminals. Ive come to take this poor information and loss of innocent lives in this great country very personally, and I decided to put together a book...

The Remington 1858 or New Model Army Revolver has an intimate relationship with the film Gone With the Wind. After purchasing an 1858, research into its supposed use by the Dalton Gang and the discovery that this type of gun had been used as a prop in Gone with the Wind created a perfect opportunity...

She was the pampered daughter of a wealthy manufacturer, then the bored wife of the man who took over the business, lost in suburbia, drifting through the days until she found politics. Claire Reed always believed in helping others, but it wasn't until she began working with Women Strike for Peace,...

The savage partisan war on the Eastern Front during World War II saw a wide variety of forces deployed by both sides. On the Soviet side, civilian partisans fought alongside and in co-operation with Red Army troops and Red Army and NKVD 'special forces'. On the German side, German Army security divisions,...

The Saratoga Campaign (June-October 1777) was a watershed event for the United States. The American conduct of the campaign is a textbook study in the application of the tenets of maneuver warfare principles at the operational and tactical levels. General Schuyler's brilliant shaping campaign against...