Kategoria BISAC: History >> Military - Weapons

Il grande Armoriale dell'ordine del Toson d'oro _ il primo volume su sei previsti dedicato al grande ordine cavallersco. I primi 25 cavalieri della fondazione di Bruges del 1430. L'Ordine del Toson d'oro fu istituito il 10 gennaio 1430 da Filippo III di Borgogna a Bruges per celebrare il proprio matrimonio con la principessa portoghese Isabella d'Avi, mentre il primo statuto reca la data del 27 Novembre 1430. L'Ordine del Toson d'Oro venne modellato sull'esempio dell'Ordine della Giarrettiera inglese, ma venne dedicato a Sant'Andrea, che ancora oggi E il patrono supremo dell'Ordine....

In the United States more than thirty thousand deaths each year can be attributed to firearms. This book on the history of guns in America examines the Second Amendment and the laws and court cases it has spawned. The author s thorough and objective account shows the complexities of the issue, which are so often reduced to bumper-sticker slogans, and suggests ways in which gun violence in this country can be reduced.

Briggs profiles not only protagonists in the national gun debate but also ordinary people, showing the ways guns have become part of the lives of many Americans. Among...

For centuries, the crossbow had dominated the battlefields of continental Europe, with mercenaries from Genoa and Brabant in particular filling the ranks of the French army, yet on the outbreak of the Hundred Years' War they came up against a more powerful foe. To master the English longbow was a labor of years, requiring far greater skill to use than the crossbow, but it was much more flexible and formidable, striking fear into French men-at-arms and cavalry.

This study examines three battles: Sluys (1340), Crecy (1346) and Poitiers (1356), and shows how the use of the longbow...

The Red Army suffered such catastrophic losses of armor in the summer of 1941 that they begged Britain and the United States to send tanks. The first batches arrived in late 1941, just in time to take part in the defense of Moscow. The supplies of British tanks encompassed a very wide range of types including the Matilda, Churchill, and Valentine and even a few Tetrarch airborne tanks. American tanks included the M3 (Stuart) light tank and M3 (Lee) medium tank and the M4 Sherman tank, which became so common in 1944-45 that entire Soviet tank corps were equipped with the type. With these...

Building on the earlier volume dealing with British armor of the First World War, this is the second of a multi-volume history of British tanks by renowned British armor expert David Fletcher MBE.

This volume traces the story of the British use of the tank through the early years of World War II, when Britain relied on its own tanks built in the late 1930s, and those designed and built with limited resources in the opening years of the war. Plagued by unreliable vehicles and poorly thought-out doctrine, these were years of struggle against an opponent well versed in the arts of...

The go-anywhere New King James Version Bible, lightweight and portable, now with the enhanced readability of Thomas Nelson's custom NKJV font in large print. That's the NKJV Value Thinline Large Print Bible, and it's the Bible you'll want to take with you throughout your day. Featuring the popular and reliable text of the New King James Version in a variety of compelling cover designs, you will enjoy the beautiful new layout, helpful reading plan, words of Christ in red, and full-color maps.

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Seized by the War Department in 1944 for the bomb project, the Runnymede Playhouse was transformed into a polonium processing facility, providing a critical...