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  • Operation Praying Mantis 1988

    The US Navy takes on Iran's fleet

    door Si Sheppard ...
    Serie Boek 61 - Raid
    Dramatically illustrated, this is an expert account of America's biggest surface battle since World War II, when the US Navy took on Iran's navy and air force in open combat.Operation Praying Mantis was the culmination of the 1980s Tanker Wars in the Persian Gulf between the US and Iran. This one-day naval battle was a rare full-scale clash between modern warships, and the only occasion since ... Meer lezen

    15,09 €

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  • The Viking Siege of Paris

    Longships raid the Seine, AD 885–86

    door Si Sheppard ...
    Serie Boek 56 - Raid
    The Vikings' siege of Paris in 885–86 was a turning point in the history of both Paris and France.In 885, a year after Charles the Fat was crowned King of the Franks, Danish Vikings sailed up the Seine demanding tribute. The Franks' refusal prompted the Vikings to lay siege to Paris, which was initially defended by only 200 men under Odo, Count of Paris, and seemingly in a poor state to defend ... Meer lezen

    13,93 €

  • We Killed Yamamoto

    The long-range P-38 assassination of the man behind Pearl Harbor, Bougainville 1943

    door Si Sheppard ...
    Serie Boek 53 - Raid
    He masterminded the most devastating surprise attack against the United States in its history. He was a marked man in the war that followed.A key intelligence breakthrough enabled the military to pinpoint his location. An elite team was assembled and charged not with his capture and subsequent trial but with his execution. Osama bin Laden? No – this was Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in ... Meer lezen

    15,09 €

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  • Saxons vs. Vikings

    Alfred the Great and England in the Dark Ages

    door Ed West ...
    Serie series Very, Very Short History of England
    A witty and concise look at the beginnings of English history, when the nation consolidated after clashes between the Saxons and invading Vikings.In 871, three of England's four kingdoms were overrun by Vikings, the ruthless, all-conquering Scandinavian raiders who terrorized early medieval Europe. With the Norsemen murdering one king with arrows and torturing another to death by ripping out his ... Meer lezen

    12,29 €

  • Miracle at Midway

    New York Times bestseller: The true story of the WWII naval battle portrayed in the Roland Emmerich film is "something special among war histories" ( Chicago Sun-Times )."Epic." — The New York Times"The most detailed and comprehensive account of Midway." —James D. Hornfischer, bestselling author of The Fleet at Flood... ... Meer lezen

    12,29 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • A Distant Mirror

    The Calamitous 14th Century

    A “marvelous history”* of medieval Europe, from the bubonic plague and the Papal Schism to the Hundred Years’ War, by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Guns of August*Lawrence Wright, author of The End of October, in The Wall Street JournalThe fourteenth century reflects two contradictory images: on the one hand, a glittering age of crusades, cathedrals, and chivalry; on the other, a world ... Meer lezen

    3,41 €

  • Carrier Clash

    door Eric Hammel ...
    CARRIER CLASHThe Invasion of Guadalcanal &the Battle of the Eastern SolomonsAugust 1942Eric HammelThe Battle of the Eastern Solomons was historys third carrier clash. A collision of U.S. Navy and Imperial Navy carriers in the wake of the invasion of Guadalcanalwhose airfield the United States desperately needed and the Japanese desperately wanted backthe battle was waged at sea and over ... Meer lezen

    7,30 €

  • The Sea-Wolves

    door Lars Brownworth ...
    In AD 793 Norse warriors struck the English isle of Lindisfarne and laid waste to it. Wave after wave of Norse ‘sea-wolves’ followed in search of plunder, land, or a glorious death in battle. Much of the British Isles fell before their swords, and the continental capitals of Paris and Aachen were sacked in turn. Turning east, they swept down the uncharted rivers of central Europe, captured Kiev ... Meer lezen

    4,99 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • Tora! Tora! Tora!

    Pearl Harbor 1941

    door Mark Stille ...
    Serie Boek 26 - Raid
    In the early hours of December 7, 1941, the Japanese First Air Fleet launched a massive air-strike against the American Pacific Fleet based at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Supported by a group of midget submarines, the attack gutted the American battleship fleet but, owing to a lack of intelligence, the American aircraft carriers they hoped to destroy were not present. In this new study of the raid, ... Meer lezen

    13,45 €

  • 1066 and Before All That

    The Battle of Hastings, Anglo-Saxon and Norman England

    door Ed West ...
    Serie series Very, Very Short History of England
    A riveting account of the most consequential year in English history, marked by bloody conflict with invaders on all sides.1066 is the most famous date in history, and with good reason, since no battle in medieval history had such a devastating effect on its losers as the Battle of Hastings, which altered the entire course of English history.The French-speaking Normans were the pre-eminent ... Meer lezen

    12,29 €

  • The Unknown Battle of Midway

    The Destruction of the American Torpedo Squadrons

    door Alvin Kernan ...
    Serie series The Yale Library of Military History
    "A memoir and more . . . Kernan brings this maritime battle superbly to life. . . . And he narrates the air assault in gripping detail" ( The Wall Street Journal).The Battle of Midway is considered the greatest US naval victory, but behind the luster is the devastation of the American torpedo squadrons. Of the 51 planes sent to attack Japanese carriers only 7 returned, and of the 127 aircrew only ... Meer lezen

    12,29 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • Mercenaries

    The epic adventure of a true band of brothers

    door Jack Ludlow ...
    Serie Boek 1 - Conquest
    1033, the Norman/French border. Six brothers, the sons of Tancred de Hauteville, prepare to experience their first taste of battle. They have been trained since birth to become great warriors, following in their father's footsteps. As knights, they have but one true purpose: to fight. Nothing matters more to a Norman of noble birth than the ability to engage in battle; nothing has greater ... Meer lezen

    11,99 €