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Free Download Michael E. Haskew – Small Arms 1914-45 (The Essential Weapons Identification Guide)
Amber Books | 2012 | ISBN: 1908273755 | English | 200 pages | PDF | 149.66 MB
Illustrated with outstanding color profile artworks, The Essential Identification Guide: Small Arms 1914-45 is the definitive study of the small arms equipment of warring nations across both world wars. Organized by conflict and within each war by front, the book describes in depth the various models in service with each force. All the key small arms are featured, such as handguns, machine guns and submachine guns, bolt-action and automatic rifles, and grenade launchers, and all the key models are included, such as the Colt .45 handgun, the Thompson M1928 submachine gun, the Type 92 machine gun, the SMLE rifle, the Bren gun, the MP40 machine pistol, and the M1 Garand rifle. Illustrated with more than 200 color profile artworks and with accompanying specifications and background text, The Essential Identification Guide: Small Arms 1914-45 is an excellent reference guide for modelers and any enthusiast with an interest in the military technology of the twentieth century.

Free Download Damien Lewis, Peter Noble (Narrator), "Brothers in Arms: Churchill’s Special Forces During WWII’s Darkest Hour"
English | ASIN: B0CRLHHP6J | 2024 | M4B@64 kbps | ~14:22:00 | 432 MB
In 1941, as World War Two raged, scores of men stepped forward to answer Winston Churchill’s call for volunteers for Special Service, a high-risk opportunity to undertake the most hazardous, top-secret duties of war. Comprised of some of the finest fighting units in the entire British Army, these warriors longed to leave behind their mind-numbing garrison duties for battle. A rightfully proud regiment with an unrivaled esprit de corps, they were disavowed as unruly by top brass, unyieldingly vaunted by Churchill, and courageously loyal to the clandestine "butcher and bolt" raids that made their sacrifices-and their triumphs-legendary. But even as the combat-worn ranks of the SAS risked all to deliver the first resounding defeats on Nazi Germany, there were well-founded fears that their fortunes would change.
In Brothers in Arms, Damien Lewis pays tribute to the mavericks and visionaries who founded elite-forces soldiering-the SAS. Exhaustively researched from an invaluable trove of never-before-seen documents, wartime letters, diaries, mission reports, rare photos, undeveloped film, plus interviews with WWII veterans and their surviving families, Damien follows one close-knit band of men from the founding of the SAS through to the Italian landings, which truly turned the tide of the war.

Free Download Jebrael Nokandeh, Hamid Omrani Rekavandi, "Ancient Arms Race: Antiquity’s Largest Fortresses and Sasanian Military Networks of Northern Iran: A joint fieldwork project by the Iranian Center for Archaeological Research, the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism and the University of Edinburgh"
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1789254620 | PDF | pages: 929 | 184.0 mb
Which ancient army boasted the largest fortifications, and how did the competitive build-up of military capabilities shape world history? Few realise that imperial Rome had a serious competitor in Late Antiquity. Late Roman legionary bases, normally no larger than 5ha, were dwarfed by Sasanian fortresses, often covering 40ha, sometimes even 125-175ha. The latter did not necessarily house permanent garrisons but sheltered large armies temporarily – perhaps numbering 10-50,000 men each. Even Roman camps and fortresses of the Early and High Empire did not reach the dimensions of their later Persian counterparts. The longest fort-lined wall of the late antique world was also Persian. Persia built up, between the fourth and sixth centuries AD, the most massive military infrastructure of any ancient or medieval Near Eastern empire – if not the ancient and medieval world. Much of the known defensive network was directed against Persia’s powerful neighbours in the north rather than the west. This may reflect differences in archaeological visibility more than troop numbers. Urban garrisons in the Romano-Persian frontier zone are much harder to identify than vast geometric compounds in marginal northern lands. Recent excavations in Iran have enabled us to precision-date two of the largest fortresses of Southwest Asia, both larger than any in the Roman world. Excavations in a Gorgan Wall fort have shed much new light on frontier life, and we have unearthed a massive bridge nearby. A sonar survey has traced the terminal of the Tammisheh Wall, now submerged under the waters of the Caspian Sea. Further work has focused on a vast city and settlements in the hinterland. Persia’s Imperial Power, our previous project, had already shed much light on the Great Wall of Gorgan, but it was our recent fieldwork that has thrown the sheer magnitude of Sasanian military infrastructure into sharp relief.

Free Download Czechoslovak Armies 1939-45
by Thomas, Nigel;, Johnny Shumate
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1472856856 | 50 pages | True PDF EPUB | 16.23 MB

Free Download A History of the Small Arms made by the Sterling Armament Company: Excellence in Adversity by James Edmiston, Peter Laidler
English | November 6, 2020 | ISBN: 1526773309 | 336 pages | MOBI | 4.15 Mb
Extensive notes on inter-model interchangeability, serial number ranges, quantities produced, client-country purchases of the various Sterling Marks, and accessories.

Free Download Jeffrey A. Larsen, "Arms Control at a Crossroads: Renewal or Demise?"
English | ISBN: 1685859844 | 2024 | 331 pages | EPUB, PDF | 839 KB + 3 MB
Is there a role for traditional arms control in today’s increasingly complex security environment? What new concepts and mechanisms are needed to make it valuable as a tool for managing competition and conflict amid the rise of new strategic domains and the spread of new technologies and weapons? Addressing these critical questions, the authors of Arms Control at a Crossroads review the foundations of arms control and cooperative security, highlight the perspectives of the major nuclear powers, and assess current initiatives and future potential for meeting the challenges ahead.

Free Download Competitive Arms Control : Nixon, Kissinger, and SALT, 1969-1972
by John D. Maurer
English | 2022 | ISBN: 0300247559 | 312 Pages | True ePUB | 1.42 MB

Free Download Brothers in Arms: Hollanders in the Anglo-Boer War By Chris Schoeman
2012 | 264 Pages | ISBN: 1770223401 | EPUB | 10 MB
More than a hundred years later, there is still a great interest in Anglo-Boer War literature. It is an event that has captured the imagination of readers more than most other events in South African history have. The book is by far the most comprehensive account of the Hollander volunteers’ participation in the Anglo-Boer War in South Africa.At the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Boer War in 1899, a large number of Hollanders and Dutch expatriates joined the Boers, their reasons ranging from loyalty to their common ancestry to strong anti-British sentiments and a search for adventure. Brothers in Arms documents the trials and tribulations of these volunteers – most of them unaccustomed to the harsh landscape and climate of South Africa. Quotations and personal anecdotes from their diaries and memoirs vividly bring to life their hardships on commando, the thunder and chaos of battle, and the trauma of comrades falling around them. Some of the prominent figures in the book are Cornelius van Gogh, brother of the painter Vincent van Gogh; the Dutch artist Frans Oerder, who became the Transvaal’s first official war artist; Jochem van Bruggen, four-times winner of the coveted Hertzog Prize for Afrikaans literature; and Rev. Herman van Broekhuizen, who played rugby for South Africa in 1896 and later served as South African ambassador in The Hague.Based on numerous personal diaries and personal memoirs written by the Hollanders, Brothers in Arms covers the full spectrum of the Hollanders’ roles as soldiers at the various battle fronts, ambulance personnel and military attachés, and their life in prisoner-of-war camps overseas.

Free Download Robert C. Plumb, "Your Brother in Arms: A Union Soldier’s Odyssey"
English | 2013 | ISBN: 0826220177, 0826219209 | EPUB | pages: 336 | 2.7 mb
George P. McClelland, a member of the 155th Pennsylvania Infantry in the Civil War, witnessed some of the war’s most pivotal battles during his two and a half years of Union service. Death and destruction surrounded this young soldier, who endured the challenges of front line combat in the conflict Lincoln called "the fiery trial through which we pass." Throughout his time at war, McClelland wrote to his family, keeping them abreast of his whereabouts and aware of the harrowing experiences he endured in battle. Never before published, McClelland’s letters offer fresh insights into camp life, battlefield conditions, perceptions of key leaders, and the mindset of a young man who faced the prospect of death nearly every day of his service. Through this book, the detailed experiences of one soldier-examined amidst the larger account of the war in the eastern theater-offer a fresh, personal perspective on one of our nation’s most brutal conflicts.

Free Download Brothers in Arms: Churchill’s Special Forces During WWII’s Darkest Hour by Damien Lewis
English | October 24th, 2023 | ISBN: 0806542675 | 400 pages | True EPUB | 1.01 MB
From a critically acclaimed and #1 internationally bestselling author, the most riveting WWII story of Churchill’s legendary SAS, the special forces unit of the British Army, chronicling one close-knit band of warriors from the SAS foundation through to the Italian landings-which truly turned the tide of war.