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de Tim Hodkinson ...

Seria Cartea 2 - Knight Templar Richard Savage
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Seria Cartea 1 - The History of the Vikings
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de James D. Hornfischer ...

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de Roger Crowley ...

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Seria seria Indo-Pacific in Context
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de Harold Atkins Larrabee ...

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de H. C. Bering. Liisberg ...

Seria Cartea 1 - Danmarks søfart og søhandel
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Editat de Thomas J Cutler ...

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de Mauricio Nieto Olarte ...

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1943 The Second World War at Sea in Photographs

de Phil Carradice ...

Seria seria The Second World War at Sea in Photographs
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A Signal Victory

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de David C Skaggs, Gerard Altoff ...

Seria seria Bluejacket Books
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de M V V Ramana ...

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de Mark Stille ...

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Written by US Navy expert Mark Stille, this book offers a unique insight into the Standard-type classes of US battleships.Alongside illustrations throughout, it provides a detailed investigation into the histories of each of the warships in the Standard-type battleship classes. The Standard-types reflected a new design philosophy: by designing each class to meet common standards of maneuvrability ... Citiți mai mult

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Bloody Sixteen

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de Peter Fey ...

Strategy and reality collide in Peter Fey’s gripping history of aircraft carrier USS Oriskany’s three deployments to Vietnam with Carrier Air Wing 16 (CVW-16). Its tours coincided with the most dangerous phases of Operation Rolling Thunder, the ill-fated bombing campaign against North Vietnam, and accounted for a quarter of all the naval aircraft lost during Rolling Thunder—the highest loss rate ... Citiți mai mult

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