Tag: Commanders

Free Download History’s Greatest Military Commanders: The Brilliant Military Strategies Of Hannibal, Alexander The Great, Sun Tzu, Julius Caesar, Napoleon Bonaparte, And 30 Other Historical Commanders (Audiobook)
English | ISBN: 9798868681493 | 2023 | 3 hours and 56 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 218 MB
Author: Barry Linton
Narrator: Jim D. Johnston
Armed conflict has produced many of the great leaders in human history. Some fought purely for glory, others waged war out of desperation, and even more were driven by a sense of duty. Every leader has human qualities that transcend time and culture. The lessons taught, tactics used, and losses suffered stand as a testament to their lives and accomplishments. In his book entitled History’s Greatest Military Commanders author Barry Linton covers these leaders and great military commanders in fascinating detail, highlighting their distinguishable backgrounds and origins.

Free Download James Arnold, Robert Hargis, Darko Pavlovic, "US Commanders of World War II (1) Army and USAF"
English | 2002 | pages: 66 | ISBN: 1841764744 | PDF | 3,1 mb
To be a successful commander requires experience, character, tenacity and boldness: the ability to establish a good rapport with both your staff and your men is also vital. The real test comes in combat though, where a large proportion of luck is involved – the luck to be in the right place at the right time – and lasting reputations can be formed in a very brief and frenetic period. The key US commanders of World War II were subject to (and often gratuitously fostered) the projection of their ‘characters’, exploiting the growing power of the media. This title examines the careers, personalities and fortunes of the key US Army and Air Force commanders of World War II (1939-1945).

Free Download Richard Hook, "Samurai Commanders (2): 1577-1638"
English | 2005 | pages: 68 | ISBN: 1841767441 | PDF | 16,5 mb
This second volume about Japan’s samurai commanders covers the generals of the later years of the Age of the Warring States (Sengoku period), a period when only the most able leaders survived. This was a time when the prowess of a commander was measured as much by his strategic and organizational abilities as by his individual fighting skills and he was expected to give as great a show of strength in the council chamber as on the battlefield. This book discusses the lives, battles and wider roles of talented commanders such as Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi – great men who stood out prominently due to their elaborate suits of armour and helmets, their stunning personal heraldry and their great armies.

Free Download Richard Hook, "Samurai Commanders (1): 940-1576"
English | 2005 | pages: 68 | ISBN: 1841767433 | PDF | 32,7 mb
Osprey’s examination of Samurai commanders during the Gempei Wars (1180-1185), the Onin War(1467-1477), and the early Sengoku period. The samurai were the military elite of medieval and early modern Japan, and the men who led them were hailed as the very greatest, most heroic and most honourable of all samurai warriors. This first of two books examines the lives, equipment, battles and wider roles of the samurai commanders between 940 and 1576, the period from the emergence of the samurai to the triumph of Oda Nobunaga, who set Japan on the road to reunification. The styles of armour and weaponry of the samurai changed considerably during this time and this book visually recreates some of the most famous samurai commanders, such as Taira Masaka (c. 903-940), Minamoto Yorimasa (1106-1180), and Takeda Shingen (1521-1573).

Free Download Philip Haythornthwaite, Patrice Courcelle, "Napoleon’s Commanders (2): c.1809-15"
English | 2002 | pages: 67 | ISBN: 1841763454 | PDF | 16,5 mb
Osprey’sexamination of commanders of the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815). On the Napoleonic battlefield victory or defeat could still depend on the skills, reactions and personalities of individual commanders. Even under a genius such as Napoleon the dispersal of his armies on campaign, and the lack of fast communications, left command and control of the different corps and divisions in the hands of his marshals and generals. This second in a pair of Elite titles describes in concise but colourful detail the careers and personalities of more than two dozen of Napoleon’s leading subordinate commanders in the armies of the later Empire, from c1809 to the Hundred Days campaign of 1815. Their individual appearance, and the typical uniforms of a variety of staff officers, are reconstructed in 12 dazzling colour plates.

Free Download Philip Haythornthwaite, "Napoleon’s Commanders (1): c.1792-1809"
English | 2001 | pages: 62 | ISBN: 1841760552 | PDF | 10,4 mb
Victory or defeat on the Napoleonic battlefield was dependent on the skills, reactions and personalities of individual commanders. Even under a military genius such as Bonaparte, the dispersal of his armies on campaign and the lack of fast communications left command and control of the different corps and divisions in the hands of his marshals and generals. Illustrating the appearance of more than two dozen of Napoleon’s leading colleagues and subordinate commanders, this first in a pair of Elite titles describes in concise but colourful detail their careers and personalities in the Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic campaigns up to 1809.

Free Download Philip Katcher, Richard Hook, "Elite 94: American Civil War Commanders (4) Confederate Leaders in the West"
English | 2003 | pages: 67 | ISBN: 1841763195 | PDF | 11,0 mb
Osprey’s study of the commanders of the American Civil War (1861-1865). In the Western theater of war the Confederacy had the misfortune to face, with inferior resources, some of the outstanding Union leaders early in their careers. The Southern commanders who faced Grant, Sherman and Sheridan in these campaigns were of varied backgrounds and talents: some had been sent West in disfavour, others were foolishly quarrelsome, and after A.S.Johnston’s death at Shiloh there was no single figure with the authority to dominate them. Some were nevertheless of the highest class: men like Joseph E.Johnston, the cavalry leader Nathan Bedford Forrest, and the little known Patrick Cleburne and Alexander Stewart earned ungrudging respect. This book details the careers, personalities and appearance of 24 generals of the Army of Tennessee and the other Confederate commands in the West.

Free Download The Commanders: The Leadership Journeys of George Patton, Bernard Montgomery, and Erwin Rommel by Lloyd Clark
English | November 15, 2022 | ISBN: 0802160220 | 432 pages | PDF | 9.19 Mb
From an acclaimed military historian, the interlocking lives of three of the most important and consequential generals in World War II

Free Download Sea Monsters: Savage Submarine Commanders of World War Two by Tony Matthews
English | January 1, 2022 | ISBN: 0369373995 | 331 pages | PDF | 8.61 Mb
The true story of a deeply murderous intent that lurked menacingly beneath the waves during World War Two. The torpedoes strike explosively and nine thousand people die – five thousand of them are just defenceless children. Another ship founders after being attacked by a brutal submarine commander and the ship’s crew and passengers are used in a murderous kind of blood-sport. Merchant seamen are savagely machine-gunned in the water, callously slaughtered with hand-grenades or simply left to the circling sharks. And hundreds of doctors, nurses, ship’s crew, ambulance drivers and hospital orderlies are viciously killed without compassion, despite being protected by the Geneva Convention. From the heart-rending account of the sinking of the German liner Wilhelm Gustloff in 1945 – the worst maritime disaster in world history – through to a variety of other brutal actions carried out by numerous submarine commanders, including the sinking of the hospital ship Centaur in 1943, this book comes from the deep shadows of a tragic past. It reveals the terrible truth of a secretive war that was responsible for the deaths of unimaginable numbers of innocent people. Sea Monsters includes powerful and poignant interviews with survivors – never before published.

Free Download Masters and Commanders: How Four Titans Won the War in the West, 1941-1945 (Audiobook)
English | June 23, 2020 | ASIN: B089QVT3WW | MP3@64 kbps | 26h 23m | 712.25 MB
Author: Andrew Roberts
Narrator: Nigel Patterson