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  • Operation Praying Mantis 1988

    The US Navy takes on Iran's fleet

    podle Si Sheppard ...
    Série Kniha 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 ... Přečtěte si více

    341,39 Kč

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  • We Killed Yamamoto

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

    podle Si Sheppard ...
    Série Kniha 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 ... Přečtěte si více

    356,89 Kč

  • The Viking Siege of Paris

    Longships raid the Seine, AD 885–86

    podle Si Sheppard ...
    Série Kniha 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 ... Přečtěte si více

    341,39 Kč

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  • 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... ... Přečtěte si více

    283,29 Kč nebo zdarma s Kobo Plus

  • Carrier Clash

    podle 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 ... Přečtěte si více

    177,49 Kč

  • A Distant Mirror

    The Calamitous 14th Century

    podle Barbara W. Tuchman ...
    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 ... Přečtěte si více

    78,00 Kč

  • Tora! Tora! Tora!

    Pearl Harbor 1941

    podle Mark Stille ...
    Série Kniha 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, ... Přečtěte si více

    308,09 Kč

  • The Sea-Wolves

    podle 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 ... Přečtěte si více

    194,80 Kč nebo zdarma s Kobo Plus

  • The Unknown Battle of Midway

    The Destruction of the American Torpedo Squadrons

    podle Alvin Kernan ...
    Série série 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 ... Přečtěte si více

    283,29 Kč nebo zdarma s Kobo Plus

  • Mercenaries

    The epic adventure of a true band of brothers

    podle Jack Ludlow ...
    Série Kniha 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 ... Přečtěte si více

    237,19 Kč

  • Operation Vengeance

    The Astonishing Aerial Ambush That Changed World War II

    podle Dan Hampton ...
    "Operation Vengeance is colorful, intimate, eye-popping history, delivered at a breakneck pace. I loved it." –Lynn VincentThe New York Times bestselling author of Viper Pilot delivers an electrifying narrative account of the top-secret U.S. mission to kill Isoroku Yamamoto, the Japanese commander who masterminded Pearl Harbor.In 1943, the United States military began to plan one of the most ... Přečtěte si více

    234,49 Kč

  • US Fast Battleships 1938–91

    The Iowa class

    podle Lawrence Burr ...
    Série Kniha 172 - New Vanguard
    In 1938, the United States abandoned the constraints imposed by the Washington Treaty and began work on a new class of super-battleships.This book covers the design, construction, and employment of the four Iowa-class battleships, the largest in the American fleet. During World War II, they served as guards for the aircraft carriers and their bombardments provided cover for the numerous landings ... Přečtěte si více

    277,69 Kč