Saunders - European General 1

The Story of Malta charts the island's long arc: from megalithic sanctuaries and Phoenician traders through Roman, Arab, and Norman dominion, to the Knights of St. John, the 1565 siege, and British ……続きを見る

An illustrated account of the challenge posed to RAF Fighter Command by the Luftwaffe's Fw 190, and the ways in which Spitfire crews adapted to this deadly new threat. The introduction of Focke-Wulf……続きを見る

The 1944 battle for Caen saw intense Allied-German combat, defensive actions, and key operations like Charnwood. With the German reinforcement of Normandy in April 1944, the chance of I Corps captur……続きを見る

The 3rd Division's slow progress on D-Day, hindered by German defenses and reinforcements, delayed the capture of Caen, pivotal to Allied strategy. The COSSAC planners in 1943 outlined a strategy to……続きを見る

"...this is an excellent partner to the original volume, very well presented by experienced military men, with a clear tactical eye and it is extremely well illustrated. It comes highly recommended.……続きを見る

The Naturalis historia by Pliny the Elder provided Renaissance scholars, artists and architects with details of ancient architectural practice and long-lost architectural wonders - material that was……続きを見る

This is an astonishing, absolutely absorbing account of the accomplishments of those picked men from the Royal Navy, the British Army, and the Royal Air Force, who work with U.S. Rangers and others ……続きを見る

They were no ordinary soldiers. Their battlefields were behind enemy lines. They dropped silently from the sky, bringing messages of death and destruction. Lightly armed, unsupported by tanks and he……続きを見る

In "Rebuilding Britain: A Survey of Problems of Reconstruction After the World War," Sir Alfred Hopkinson provides a thorough analysis of the multifaceted challenges faced by Britain in the aftermat……続きを見る

*Winner of the PEN Ackerley Prize 2022* 'This is family history at its best... the words fizz off the page and flutter in the mind' Sunday Times If you open that suitcase you'll never close it again……続きを見る

"I am not worried about the fighting. I know you're fairly bloody-minded. But I want to speak of discipline during the battle." "You must get ashore, if you have to swim, and I hope some of you will……続きを見る

Scholars of British America generally conclude that the early eighteenth-century Anglo-American empire was commercial in economics, liberal in politics, and parochial in policy, somnambulant in an e……続きを見る

Straddling Europe and Asia, the Russian Federation is the largest country in the world and home to a panoply of religious and ethnic groups from the Muslim Tatars to the Buddhist Buryats. Over the p……続きを見る

By early August 1944 the Germans fighting in Normandy had been worn down by the battles around Caen, while to the west, the American breakout was finally gaining momentum. Now was the time to launch……続きを見る

This eagerly awaited study of Russia under Alexander I, Nicholas I and Alexander II -- the Russia of War and Peace and Anna Karenina -- brings the series near to completion. David Saunders examines ……続きを見る

Includes, 21 maps/diagrams and 23 Illustrations/photos The Royal Air Force is the oldest independent air force in the world, having gained its spurs over the trenches of Flanders in the First World ……続きを見る

Includes, 20 maps/diagrams and 23 Illustrations/photos The Royal Air Force is the oldest independent air force in the world, having gained its spurs over the trenches of Flanders in the First World ……続きを見る