ISBN: 9781636240701 | Paperback
On a tiny island in the shadow of Guadalcanal a deadly game of cat and mouse is taking place between American and Japanese forces, both determined to ... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9781849085137 | Paperback
"US Macv-Sog Reconnaissance Team in Vietnam".... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9781472819529 | Paperback
In an effort to provide the US infantryman with more firepower to cover the range gap between the hand grenade and the light mortar, the 40mm M79 gren... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9781846034381 | Paperback
In many ways the end of the Vietnam War left the US army a spent force. Plagued by low morale, drug and race issues, and terrible public relations, th... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9781849080750 | Paperback
On the southwest shore of Laguna de Bay in the Philippines stood the Los Banos Internment Camp. Held within were 2,147 starving POWs, surrounded by th... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9781849081818 | Paperback
Evolved from the colonial units created by the French, this book discusses the original reorganization of these forces into the first national army. C... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9781849084611 | Paperback
The Kalashnikov AK-47 is the most ubiquitous assault rifle in the world, with more AK-47s and its variants in use than any other individual small arm.... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9781846036927 | Paperback
Little has been published on US armored infantry units and tactics over the years. However, their contribution to the war effort was hugely important.... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9781855326071 | Paperback
The final preliminary to the invasion of the Japanese mainland was possession of the Ryukyu island group, midway between Formosa and Kyushu, the south... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9781846032295 | Paperback
The helicopter changed war forever. This book examines the range of duties helicopter pilots carried out in Vietnam, from air-lift, med-evac and fire-... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9781849081535 | Paperback
The RPG-series of weapons is the most widely used family of lightweight antitank weapons in the world. RPGs have been used not only against their inte... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9781849087971 | Paperback
The cavalry regiments of the US Army were in the process of being transformed into a mechanized force when the USA entered World War II. While those c... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9781472801340 | Paperback
The brutal fighting between US Marines and Japanese infantry on the island of Guadalcanal in many ways came to typify the island-hopping war in the Pa... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9781846035784 | Paperback
The German Army of World War II collectively referred to its various engineer units as Pioniere (Pioneers). This organization included Pioniertruppen ... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9781846038471 | Paperback
Perhaps the biggest difference in the fighting between the two World Wars lay in the invention of the man-portable radio that allowed for a greater de... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9781780961293 | Paperback
The two major Army units that operated in the Pacific – the 11th Airborne Division and the 503rd Parachute Regimental Combat Team (PRCT) launched smal... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9781849083300 | Paperback
The Browning 50-cal has become the longest serving weapon in the US inventory. The fifty has been employed in every imaginable role for a machine gun.... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9781849083553 | Paperback
While Vietnam is usually perceived as an infantry war, with US forces deploying by helicopter, the long supply lines that led to their inland bases ha... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9781849087834 | Paperback
In 1965, soon after the first US combat troops had arrived in Vietnam, it was realized that in some areas the Viet Cong had developed vast tunnel comp... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9781849088084 | Paperback
The 10th was the only US mountain division to be raised in World War II, and still has a high profile, being involved in operations from Iraq to Somal... Meer informatie
