Langues
Osprey Publishers
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TANKS IN THE BATTLE OF GERMANY 1945 - EASTERN FRONT
Steven J. Zaloga
- Osprey publishers
- 24 Novembre 2022
- 9781472848710
A new history and analysis of the German and Soviet tank forces that battled on eastern German soil in the final months of World War II.
The final months of World War II on the Eastern Front saw the Wehrmacht fighting with exhausted armoured divisions, albeit now armed with the most advanced and heaviest tanks of the war, to slow the Soviet advance. The Red Army meanwhile was rolling relentlessly westwards, with its own highly developed tank forces now equipped with T34/85s and the huge IS-2 heavy tanks, intent on taking Berlin and as much German territory as possible.
This book is a history and analysis of the state of these two mighty armoured forces, as their battles decided the fate of Germany. It covers their initial encounters on the German frontier in 1944 (East Prussia), the fighting of the Oder-Vistula offensive in January 1945 and describes the condition of the German tank forces and their Hungarian allies as they were beaten back. It also considers the huge impact of The Red Army and other significant Allied forces such as those from Poland, Czechoslovakia and Romania on the outcome of victory in the war.> -
JAPANESE CONQUEST OF BURMA 1942 - THE ADVANCE TO THE GATES OF INDIA
Tim Moreman
- Osprey publishers
- 24 Novembre 2022
- 9781472849731
This book provides a fascinating exploration of the Japanese conquest of Burma, as the Allied forces were forced back in disarray to India and China.
The Japanese invasion of Burma, which began in January 1942 and ended in May with the arrival of Burcorps at Imphal in Manipur on the borders of British India, was the longest land campaign fought by British Commonwealth troops during World War II. In the Burmese jungles, the battle-hardened, highly trained and lightly equipped Imperial Japanese Army quickly proved itself a vastly superior fighting force to the British, Indian and Gurkha troops that formed 1st Burma and 17th Indian Division, and to the allied Chinese nationalist forces fighting in eastern Burma.
This superbly illustrated book narrates Burcorps'' successful and lengthy fighting retreat north across hundreds of miles of highly malarial, challenging terrain. Among the battles covered are the 22 February 1942 Sittang Bridge (where 17th Indian Division was nearly destroyed), the Fall of Rangoon in March 1942, and the clashes at Yenangyaung and Monywa in April.
The story of how Burcorps successfully escaped destruction is covered in detail and, accompanied by hundreds of thousands of refugees, managed to make it to safety in India before the monsoon broke, battling disease, exhaustion, malnutrition and superior Imperial Japanese Army pursuers the entire way, is one of the epic campaigns of the war.> -
Fully illustrated, this book investigates the articulated plate armour worn by Roman legionaries.
First named by Renaissance historians studying the reliefs on Trajan''s Column, lorica segmentata evaded successful attempts to reconstruct it until a series of important archaeological finds in the 20th century revealed how it worked and the truth of its extended chronology. The earliest finds date from the late 1st century BC, and its discovery at Kalkriese in Germany shows how rapidly it was adopted. At the same time, discoveries in Spain and Britain showed that, despite its apparent fragility, it continued in use into the 4th century AD.
The spectacular find of six halves of cuirasses in a chest at Corbridge in 1964 has now been matched by the rare discovery of a complete set of this armour at Kalkriese. The Corbridge find provided the context to interpret and reconstruct earlier finds. There is now years of experience gleaned from reenactors over the practical strengths and weaknesses of this form of armour. At the same time, scientific analysis has provided insights into the technology behind this revolutionary form of armour so characteristic of the Roman Army. Featuring specially commissioned artwork and drawing upon the latest findings, this study lifts the veil on the formidable plate armour used by the legionaries of Imperial Rome.> -
The Do 217 had a much larger bomb load capacity and had considerably greater range than the Do 17, which it replaced in frontline service from mid to late 1941. Although initially used simply as a bomber, later variants were developed to allow the Do 217 to undertake the precision maritime strike role. In order to perform the latter mission, the Do 217 was modified to launch glide bombs - units employing these pioneering weapons enjoyed some success in the Mediterranean from the autumn of 1943. During the course of these operations the Do 217 became the first aircraft in military aviation history to deploy a precision-guided bomb in combat in the form of the ''Fritz X'' radio-guided, free-fall weapon, which sank the Italian battleship Roma shortly after Italy capitulated in September 1943. The Do 217 served on all fronts, and was often used on anti-shipping strikes during the Battle of the Atlantic and against the Allied invasion fleet at Normandy. This versatile aircraft was also converted into a nightfighter, seeing action in the Defense of the Reich through to war''s end.
This highly illustrated study explores the design and development of the Do 217 and chronicles its use in the frountline as a strategic bomber, launch platform for first generation precision weapons, reconnaissance aircraft and nightfighter, among others.>
