Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea, Paperback

A gripping chronicle of the personal and political rivalries from the birth of Queen Victoria to the unification of Germany during the decades lead...

This book examines the scale and scope of the largely forgotten role played for the Admiralty by 3000 armed fishing vessels, 39, 000 fishermen and ...

DescriptionOn 18 April 1947, British forces set off the largest non-nuclear explosion in history. The target was a small island in the North Sea, f...

The overriding image of the First World War is the bloody stalemate of the Western Front, but although much of the action did occur on land, the ov...

Publisher: Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie PublishersAuthor(s): Kevin WraightNumber of pages: 172Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 130 x 198 x 18Cover typ...

An expert overview of the history of the battleship, looking at its origins, the role played by battleships in both World Wars, famous ships, and w...

Reducere. After eleven years as an American living in London, the renowned travel writer Paul Theroux set out to travel clockwise around the coast of Great B...

After eleven years living as an American in London, the author set out to travel clockwise round the coast and find out what Britain and the Britis...

Reducere. "During the past three centuries the spread of the English-speaking peoples over the world's waste spaces has been not only the most striking featu...

In 1961, Charles Gallagher graduated from the Naval Academy at the age of 20. Little did he know that after his first ship completed a Mediterranea...

Reducere. The Krupp family were the premier German arms manufacturers from the middle of the 19th century until the end of World War II, producing artillery ...

Masterly.' - CHARLES VYVYAN, STANDPOINT'Fascinating stuff.' - SPECTATOR'Possibly the finest, most comprehensive analysis of the home front in the G...

When Ronald Reagan took office in January 1981, the United States and NATO were losing the Cold War. The USSR had superiority in conventional weapo...

Brings together the early histories of the development of the turbojet, turboprop and turboshaft engines. This work describes the work of twelve na...

Reducere. ``Remarkable.... The first comprehensive history of the war written from the perspective of the Central Powers.`` --Los Angeles Review of BooksFor ...

With more than 125 breathtaking maps and charts, this is the only exclusively cartographic presentation of the Great War at sea.

Power. Glory. Death. Courage. How well do we know the story of the Second World War?

The third of a three-part series which aims to provide a complete history course for the whole of Key Stage 3 of the National Curriculum. A teacher...

If you are young person growing up today, you are entering a world that is growing more and more competitive. If you want more control over your li...

Reducere. This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordabl...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

A special two volume set on the Russian navy at war in the early 20th century Vladimir Semenoff's account of the famous naval Battle of Tsushima is...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

A sweeping, groundbreaking epic that combines military with social history, to illuminate the ways in which Great Britain and its people were perma...

Presents a thorough chronology and atlas of naval warfare from the Age of Galleys to The Nuclear Age.

Acclaimed naval historian Don Keith tells one of the most inspiring sea stories of World War II: the Japanese attack on the American oiler USS Neos...

Reducere. "During the past three centuries the spread of the English-speaking peoples over the world's waste spaces has been not only the most striking featu...

Reducere. Grayscale coloring book for adults. 25 images of buildings and castles.

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): Pam PreedyIllustration(s): 0Number of pages: 430Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 157 x 233 x 50Cov...

DescriptionMichel Goya's Flesh and Steel during the Great War is one of the most thoughtful, stimulating and original studies of the conflict to ha...

Publisher: Hodder EducationAuthor(s): Greg HethertonIllustration(s): colour illiustrationsNumber of pages: 112Collection: Discovering the Past for ...

Reducere. DescriptionIn the closing days of World War II a crisis was emerging for German civilians trapped on the Eastern Front by the Red Army. Many lived ...

Reducere. "During the past three centuries the spread of the English-speaking peoples over the world's waste spaces has been not only the most striking featu...

Reducere. The Mediterranean is the maritime crossroads where Europe, Asia, and Africa meet. More major naval actions were fought there than in the Atlantic o...

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): Pam PreedyIllustration(s): 0Number of pages: 430Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 160 x 239 x 46Cov...