検索キーワード： 軍事・戦争

Este Diario de la Segunda Guerra Mundial es el fruto de años de trabajo, de tenaces investigaciones, que han hilado una madeja de incontables sucesos para darnos una imagen amplia de la totalidad de la guerra. No solo es extraordinario el alcance de esta obra, que cubre seis años de un conflicto que se extendió por los cinco continentes, también lo es el método que emplea para capturar de manera concisa sus distintos aspectos. Este audiolibro contiene el mes de Enero 1942.

Este Diario de la Segunda Guerra Mundial es el fruto de años de trabajo, de tenaces investigaciones, que han hilado una madeja de incontables sucesos para darnos una imagen amplia de la totalidad de la guerra. No solo es extraordinario el alcance de esta obra, que cubre seis años de un conflicto que se extendió por los cinco continentes, también lo es el método que emplea para capturar de manera concisa sus distintos aspectos. Este audiolibro contiene el mes de Noviembre 1942.

This memoir tells the story of a Marine rifle platoon commander’s time in the mountainous jungle of the northernmost province of the then Republic of Vietnam. While tasked with fighting the enemy, G.M. Davis made some great friends but saw too much death. The author tracks his tour of duty in the jungle, leading Marines not against the Viet Cong but against the North Vietnamese Army, a well-trained and well-supplied professional army dedicated to unifying the two Vietnams.

This sequel to Welcome to Vietnam, Macho Man digs deep into the mind of a Khe Sanh vet. The author, Ernest Spencer, opens up and shares with the world his life experiences from both before and after surviving the longest battle in the Vietnam War. How does wartime service change a person? Ernest shares his struggles with finding a place to fit back into the American Dream. Some, like the author, transition back into society very well in the eyes of the world, yet the demons deep inside are grappled with daily.

Havoc-06 is the call sign of former Australian Combat Controller Troy Knight. As a Royal Australian Air Force Airfield Defence Guard, Troy had not found the military adventure he sought: combat operations. His thirst for overseas deployment saw him privately contract his services in Iraq and South East Asia, but when he got whiff that the Australian Defence Force was raising a new defence capability, he couldn’t help but want to be part of it.

Master Sergeant Jan W. “Dutch” Wierenga is a little known but highly respected Special Forces and CIA legend. He has served the USA for 60 years in total, in some of the most dangerous and difficult circumstances imaginable. Born in Indonesia in 1936, he and his family spent a total of four years imprisoned in Japanese and Indonesian internment camps under unspeakably harsh conditions. They were rescued under fire by British Gurkha troops in 1946. He was running jungle combat patrols by age 16, and emigrated to Holland by cargo ship in 1955.

Kesällä 1942 Saksan ja sen liittolaisten panssarivaunut tunkeutuvat Stalingradiin. Saksa haluaa Stalingradin, sillä kaupunki on Neuvostoliiton tärkeimpiä teollisuuskeskittymiä ja sen kautta kulkee reitti öljyn luo. Niin Hitlerillä kuin Stalinillakin on paljon pelissä Stalingradin taistelussa. Kumpi vie voiton kamppailussa elintärkeistä resursseista ja millä hinnalla? Stalingradin taistelu oli yksi kaikkien aikojen verisimmistä taisteluista, ja siihen osallistui jopa viisi miljoonaa sotilasta.

Paul Tremelling was just seven years old when he watched the Royal Navy's Sea Harriers leave their home base in Somerset to do battle against the Argentine Air Force in the Falklands War. Two decades later, he would join this exclusive club, one of an elite band of Fleet Air Arm fighter pilots, charged with standing in the way of Her Majesty's enemies. This is the story of what it takes to make it in the dog-eat-dog arena of fighter combat. In the cockpit or crew room, the pressure is relentless, the humour merciless. It's no place for the faint-hearted.

"Wir schweigen nicht, wir sind Euer böses Gewissen, die Weiße Rose lässt Euch keine Ruhe!", hieß es auf einem Flugblatt der kleinen studentischen Widerstandsgruppe in München, zu dessen innerem Kreis neben Alexander Schmorell und Hans Scholl dessen jüngere Schwester Sophie, Christoph Probst, Willi Graf sowie der Universitätsprofessor Kurt Huber gehörten. Selbst vor Roland Freisler sprach die 21-Jährige im Gerichtssaal unbeirrt aus, was sie dachte: "Was wir schrieben und sagten, das denken Sie alle ja auch, nur haben Sie nicht den Mut, es auszusprechen."

Follow four tentmates lives as they join the military from their hometowns, train to fly a variety of planes, and travel to India, where they are stationed for three years of their lives. This book isn't about combat, but rather about humans and their struggles and accomplishments. Compiled from preserved documents and photographs, this book and the two before it recount the daily situation of being a C-47 pilot in World War II.

Viljapellot hiiltyvät mustiksi sata kilometriä etelään Neuvostoliiton Kursk-kaupungista. On vuosi 1943, ja puna-armeija on puolustautunut jo viikon saksalaisten panssarivaunujen rajuja hyökkäyksiä vastaan. Kurskin valtaus suoristaisi mutkan rintamalinjassa, joten Saksa on salassa valmistautunut motittamaan kaupungin. Samaan aikaan Neuvostoliittoa puolustaa kuusi linjaa miehiä: ensimmäisen kaatuneen sotilaan takana seisoo viisi uutta valmiina uhraamaan henkensä. Puna-armeijankin panssarikalusto on viritetty tuhovoimaiseksi. Kumpi voittaa maailman suurimman panssaritaistelun?

Joe Johnson Jr. ran away from home at the age of 12, hopping a freight train at the height of the Great Depression. He managed to talk his way into the U.S. Army two years later. Seeking freedom and adventure, he was sent to the Philippines.

Listen to firsthand accounts of training and piloting B-17s and B-29s, Webster’s thrilling missions between Saipan and Japan, and the P-51s and P-47s out of Iwo Jima that flew alongside. Written from notes made in 1944 and 1945 and stored undisturbed in an Army-issue briefcase for over 60 years, this account was drawn from vivid memory and written during the seven-and-a-half-hour flights back home to Saipan after missions. This book puts you in the pilot's seat during one thrilling mission after another.

Stuart Hills embarked his Sherman DD tank on to an LCT at 6.45 a.m., Sunday 4 June 1944. He was 20 years old, unblooded, fresh from a public-school background and Officer Cadet training. He was going to war. Two days later, his tank sunk, he and his crew landed from a rubber dinghy with just the clothes they stood in. After that, the struggles through the Normandy bocage in a replacement tank, engaging the enemy in a constant round of close encounters, led to a swift mastering of the art of tank warfare and remarkable survival in the midst of carnage and destruction.

FSB Argonne, Hill 1308, was located on the border with Laos and just south of the DMZ. This story is told by the Marines that fought this fight, in their own words. There are 22 stories of the same fight, all from individual perspectives and experiences. LZ Sitting Duck is a down-in-the-dirt, grunt view of the Vietnam war. This was a fierce battle for the Marines of Delta Company (+ HQ), 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, and 3rd Marine Division.

Charles, first marquis of Cornwallis (1738-1805), was a leading figure in late 18th-century Britain. His career spanned the American War of Independence, Irish Union, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the building of the Second British Empire in India - and he has long been associated with the unacceptable face of Britain's colonial past. In this vivid new biography, Richard Middleton shows that this portrait is far from accurate. Cornwallis emerges as a reformer who had deep empathy for those under his authority and was clear about his obligation to govern justly.

Part detective story, part personal quest, Michael Good's book is the story of the German commander of a Lithuanian work camp who saved hundreds of Jewish lives in the Vilnius ghetto - including the life of Good's mother, Pearl. Who was this enigmatic officer Pearl Good had spoken of so often? After five years of research - interviewing survivors, assembling a team that could work to open German files untouched for 50 years, following every lead he could, Good was able to uncover the amazing tale of one man's remarkable courage.

George Washington came to be known as father of his country. In his role as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, George Washington defeated the British in the American Revolution and established the United States of America. Through his extraordinary military leadership, he guaranteed that the American Republic would move forward in its revolutionary experiment. So how was Washington able to win this seemingly unwinnable war? This compelling 15-lecture audio course answers this and many more questions about one of the most foundational figures in American history.

You do not have to be an aviation aficionado to enjoy Colonel Steve Ladd’s fascinating personal tale, woven around his 28-year career as a fighter pilot. This extremely engaging account follows a young man from basic pilot training to senior command through the narratives that define a unique ethos. From the United States to Southeast Asia; Europe to the Middle East; linking the amusing and tongue-in-cheek to the deadly serious and poignant, this is the lifelong journey of a fighter pilot.

Saksalaissotilaat odottavat peloissaan vihollisen hyökkäystä Ranskassa vuonna 1944. He tietävät, että liittoutuneet hyökkäävät vielä jonakin päivänä, mutta on vielä arvoitus milloin ja minne. Lopulta Normandiassa, Ranskan pohjoisrannikolla alkaa tapahtua. Kuudentena kesäkuuta näkyviin lipuu satojen pienten maihinnousualusten joukko, ja taaempana siintää taistelu- ja kuljetuslaivoja, tykkejä sekä panssarivaunuja. Alkaa Normandian maihinnousu, yksi toisen maailmansodan verisimmistä ja keskeisimmistä taisteluista.