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paperbackEngels80 blz.9781472849366
1e druk
24-11-2022
U-505 was the first enemy warship the US Navy captured at sea since 1812. This is a new account of how Captain Gallery planned and executed the raid on his own initiative, and how his success almost endangered the war against the U-boats. Meer
paperbackEngels80 blz.9781472853844
1e druk
28-9-2023
An authoritative analysis of how Putin's Russia conquered the Crimea in 2014 using 'grey zone' warfare techniques, blending operations by anonymous special forces with cyber, sabotage, and propaganda. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781846034534
10-5-2010
On the night of 22-23 April 1918 the Royal Navy carried out a raid on the German held ports of Zeebrugge and Ostend - Operation Z-O. The author reveals how despite failure, the raid demonstrated to Germany that Britain was still capable of offensive action, even as its armies were being forced back. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781846038488
20-6-2010
The night before D-Day, light infantry and a detachment of Royal Engineers landed by gliders at Pegasus Bridge, which spanned the Caen Canal. Quickly overwhelming the guards, they managed to hold the bridge and help prevent German reinforcements from reaching the British landing beaches. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781846038501
10-4-2010
Written by a Special Forces expert, and featuring lately-declassified material, the first account of this raid supported by specially commissioned artwork, detailed maps and overhead shots. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781846033940
10-9-2009
In the early hours of D-Day, 1944, a group from the US Army 2nd Rangers Battalion were sent on one of the legendary raids of World War II. The mission was to scale the cliffs overlooking Omaha beach and assault the German coastal artillery at Pointe-du-Hoc. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781846034626
10-4-2010
The rescue of imprisoned Italian dictator Benito Mussolini from atop the Gran Sasso plateau was one of the most dramatic special forces operations in military history. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781849082457
20-2-2011
The daring account of the most spectacular of Sir Francis Drake's raids on the Spanish Main that was the casus belli for war between England and the Spanish Empire. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781849083768
20-4-2011
In 1977, Lufthansa Flight 181 was hijacked by terrorists and flown to Mogadishu, Somalia. There, members of the German special missions group, GSG-9, stormed the plane. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781849084277
20-8-2011
Using information gleaned from decades of research, photographs and illustrations from his own photo library, world-leading samurai expert Stephen Turnbull details the background, planning, and execution of this incredible raid. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781849085885
20-9-2012
Although somewhat overshadowed by Wellington's main campaign in the north, the Alcantara raid was an outstanding success. The primary objective of alarming and distracting the French forces in Spain was achieved. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781849086011
20-6-2012
On 25 May 1944, 800 men of the 500th SS Parachute Battalion descended on Drvar, a town behind enemy lines in north-western Bosnia. Their aim was to kill or capture Tito, the leader of the partisan movement in the region. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781849087575
20-11-2012
A up-to-date military study of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry – one of the catalysts of the American Civil War. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781846036934
10-3-2010
On the night of December 7, 1942, five canoes were launched off the mouth of the Gironde river, each containing a pair of British commandoes tasked with slipping into the port of Bordeaux and destroying as many of the merchant ships as possible. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781846038495
10-8-2010
In the darkest days of World War II, the British planned a daring airborne operation to capture the secret of the German radar. Lead by Major John Frost, a company of paratroopers dropped into Bruneval on the French coast, and quickly neutralized a small German garrison. Meer