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Takes readers inside the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, with exclusive photos by Patrick Bunce. Includes insights into the working life of the crew and technicalities of life on board.

This book explains in detail the procedures and tactics that enabled the British people to survive the Blitz, and describes the individual and coordinated workings of the numerous organisations involved. Lavishly lllustrated throughout the book brings to life the incredible response of the Civil Defence services and the British people themselves.

Unter Druck die Nerven bewahren, sich richtig verhalten, wenn es kritisch oder gar lebensgefährlich wird. Dieses Handbuch zeigt, wie sich die militärischen Eliteeinheiten der SAS mentales und körperliches Durchhaltevermögen erarbeiten. Der Leser erhält einfache Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitungen, wie er seine Ausdauer und Stärke aufbauen kann, wie seine Lebensqualität davon profitiert und wie ein psychologischer Vorteil gegenüber dem Gegner erlan...

The AK-47 is an authoritative work on one of the few weapons that have genuinely changed the balance of power across the world.

Airborne assault was one of the great innovations of the 1930s and 1940s, adding a new ¿vertical¿ dimension to infantry warfare. By the onset of World War II in 1939, Germany, Italy, and Russia were already advanced in their development of paratrooper units. Germany in particular demonstrated the tactical shock of paratroopers in Western Europe in 1940 and, most spectacularly, in Crete in 1941, galvanizing the UK and the United States to expan...

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science

From volcanoes and lava flows to geysers and geothermal pools, from bird life to whale-watching, from national parks, verdant valleys to inland tundra, and from how waterfalls are used for hydro-electric power to Reykjavik's city life, Iceland is packed with 200 spectacular colour photographs.

From the chaos of the civil war to the political manoeuvring of the Cold War, Russia's armed forces have shaped the future not only of Russia but of countless other countries around the globe. The Great Bear at War: The Russian and Soviet Army, 1917-Present explores the development and struggles of Soviet and Russian armed forces across the numerous conflicts which mark its history. It charts the great historical events that have defined the R...

From volcanoes and lava flows to geysers and geothermal pools, from bird life to whale-watching, from national parks, verdant valleys to inland tundra, and from how waterfalls are used for hydro-electric power to Reykjavik's city life, Iceland is packed with spectacular colour photographs.

From the US Civil War in the 1860s up to the present, Weapons is an accessible reference guide to 400 small arms, armoured vehicles, aircraft and ships from around the world. With an entry per page, each weapon is illustrated with two artworks and a photo alongside abrief account of its production and service history, and specifications.

It is easy to forget that Allied victory in WWII was far from certain, especially when both the Nazis in Europe and the Japanese in the Pacific were sweeping all before them. Illustrated with maps, colour artworks and photographs, History of World WarII chronicles the campaigns of the conflict with day-by-day chronologies of key stages.

This book explains every aspect of the samurai life, from their role as imperial palace guards through to the peak of their power and influence. It includes detail on their military training and fighting techniques, their literacy and artistic sensibilities, attitudes to women, ritual suicide, and much more.

During the later stages of the Vietnam War, the US-made M41 Walker Bulldog light tank fought the Soviet-designed T-54 main battle tank in a series of battles in Laos and Vietnam. Fully illustrated, this engaging study investigates the origins, combat record, and legacy of these two armored fighting vehicles.Illustrated with full-color artwork as well as rare and revealing photographs from both sides, this book studies these two iconic tanks in...

Since 1987 the US Special Operations Command has used a wide array of sophisticated weapons in action around the world. Fully illustrated with specially commissioned artwork, this absorbing study explores the origins, development, and combat record of the distinctive weaponry carried by these elite forces, from pistols to assault rifles.Assessing the technology and capabilities of these combat weapons, as well as how they have been used in mod...

Submarine commanders in WWII dealt with both enormous risk and responsibility, charged with sinking enemy shipping whilst avoiding detection, they had to correctly locate and identify enemy craft, getting close enough to strike whilst attempting to safeguard the lives of their crew. It was a deadly game, the Germans lost over 600 U-boats during the war, and one in five submariners in the US Navy were killed, the highest proportion of any of th...

Heavily illustrated throughout with more than 500 line artworks and diagrams, How to Survive Anything Anywhere gives the reader practical measures of survival which are easy to memorise and apply: it is a vital single source of invaluable survival information.

Per quasi due decenni le guerre napoleoniche insanguinarono l'Occidente, dai ghiacci della Russia alle aride terre della Penisola iberica, dall'Egitto a Waterloo. In questo periodo Napoleone condusse la sua Grande Armée e i suoi alleati contro coalizioni di diversa composizione. Questo libro si propone come guida per conoscere sia gli eserciti dei Paesi che furono i principali protagonisti delle campagne napoleoniche - Francia, Gran Bretagna, ...

He is usually dressed rather like a tramp. His sweater is worn, his trousers frayed, while what was once a cap is perched askew on his tanned face. He wears no gold braid or gold buttons: neither does he jump to the salute briskly. Nobody goes out of his way to call him a 'hero', or pin medals on his breast. No - he is just a seaman of the British Merchant Service. Yet his serves in our Front Line today." Montague Smith, writing in The Daily M...

Modern Small Arms looks in detail at 300 of the most widely used pistols, rifles, submachine guns, machine guns and other small arms of the last 100 years. It includes famous small arms such as the AK-47, the M16, the SA80, the Lee Enfield, the MP40, the MG42, the Browning Hi Power, the M60, the Thompson sub-machine gun, the Colt .45, the Sten and the L115A3 sniper rifle. Arranged by type, each small arm is illustrated by a full colour artwork...