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The border between East and West Germany was closed on 26 May 1953. On 13 August 1961 crude fences and walls were erected around West Berlin: the Berlin Wall had been created. The Wall encircled West Berlin for a distance of 155km, and its barri[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN: 978-1-84603-193-9 Artikel op pagina: 64 Indexering: 943.155 208 7 Tags: Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989 Talen: Engels Books
Steven j. Zaloga ; Hugh Johnson, Illustrateur ; Chris Taylor, Illustrateur | London : Osprey Publishing | Fortress | 2008Designed to change the course of the war, the V weapons required ambitious plans to defend their expensive and complicated launch sites. Steven J Zaloga describes the configuration and planned deployment of heavy missile sites, as well as the un[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN: 978-1-84603-247-9 Artikel op pagina: 64 Descriptors : Indexering: 940.544 943 Tags: World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, German ; V-bombs Talen: Engels Books
Clayton Donnell ; H. Johnson, Illustrateur ; L. Ray, Illustrateur ; B. Delf, Illustrateur | London : Osprey Publishing | Fortress | 2007On 29 October 1891, the new forts built around the cities of Liege and Namur, known as the 'Forts of the Meuse,' were turned over to the Belgian Army. This huge project, the brainchild of General Henri Brialmont, produced 21 modern concrete and [...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN: 978-1-84603-114-4 Artikel op pagina: 64 Indexering: 355.709 493 46 Tags: Fortification--Belgium ; Fortification--World War, 1914-1918 Talen: Engels Books
Provides an introduction to the design, development and purpose of American coastal defenses in the 'modern period' (1885-1950), a period defined by the use of concrete, steel, and powerful breech-loading rifles. This title offers period and mod[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN: 978-1-84176-922-6 Artikel op pagina: 64 p. Tags: United States--History, Military ; United States--History--19th century ; United States--History--20th century Talen: Engels Books
In 1943, Hitler ordered his forces to occupy the Italian mainland to protect the Third Reich's 'soft underbelly'. After the successfulthe Allied landings in Salerno, the Germans fought a series of hard, rearguard actions as the Allies slowly pus[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN: 978-1-84176-938-7 Artikel op pagina: 64 p. Tags: World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy ; World War, 1939-1945--Germany ; Italy--World War, 1939-1945 Talen: Engels Books
Vauban was the foremost military engineer of France during the period of its centralisation and wars of expansion in the 17th and 18th centuries. His influence persisted long after Waterloo, and his name has become synonymous with the science of[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN: 978-1-84176-875-5 Artikel op pagina: 64 p. Tags: Fortification--France (E) ; Vauban, Sébastien Le Prestre, 1633-1707 Talen: Engels Books
G. Rottman ; Chris Taylor, Illustrateur ; A. Mallinson, Illustrateur ; Lee Ray, Illustrateur | London : Osprey Publishing | Fortress | 2006Field fortifications and tunnel systems are typically thought of as defensive and active protective measures, but the VC/NVA also employed them offensively. It was common for extensive field works to be constructed to support assaults and sieges[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN: 978-1-84603-003-1 Artikel op pagina: 64 p. Tags: Vietnam War, 1954-1975 ; Fortification Talen: Engels Books
ISBN/ISSN/EAN: 978-1-84176-883-0 Artikel op pagina: 64 p. Tags: United States--History--Civil war, 1861-1865 Talen: Engels Books
At the outbreak of World War II, Fort Eben Emael in Belgium was the strongest fortress in the world, and it lay exactly across the German invasion route of Belgium and France. The fort’s elimination was essential for the success of Hitler’s inva[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN: 978-1-84176-821-2 Artikel op pagina: 64 p. Descriptors : Indexering: 940.54219346 Tags: Belgium--History--World War, 1939-1945 Talen: Engels Books
ISBN/ISSN/EAN: 978-1-84176-775-8 Artikel op pagina: 64 p. Tags: Fortification--United States--19th century Talen: Engels Books
ISBN/ISSN/EAN: 978-1-84176-838-0 Artikel op pagina: 64 p. Tags: Ballistics ; United States--History Talen: Engels Books
Bernard Lowry ; Chris Taylor, Illustrateur ; Vincent Boulanger, Illustrateur | London : Osprey Publishing | Fortress | 2004In the summer of 1940, Britain asked itself not 'will Hitler invade?' but 'when?' SEALION, the German invasion plan, provoked the construction of pillboxes, coastal defences, heavy-gun emplacements and anti-aircraft batteries, as well as the for[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN: 978-1-84176-767-3 Artikel op pagina: 64 p. Tags: Defense (E) Talen: Engels Books
This volume details the different styles of fortification used on the Western Front throughout the course of the war, from the early ditches of 1914 to the complicated systems of 1918. Il explains the development of the "defence in depth" German[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN: 978-1-84176-760-4 Artikel op pagina: 64 p. Tags: World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Western Front ; Fortification--World War, 1914-1918 Talen: Engels Books
The German Army of World War II considered itself an offensive, mobile force. The experiences in the trenches in World War I had done much to shape its concept of field fortification, and its mobile warfare ethos was intended to prevent the prev[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN: 978-1-84176-761-1 Artikel op pagina: 64 p. Descriptors : Tags: Fortification--Germany ; World War, 1939-1945--Germany Talen: Engels Books
The West Wall (or the Siegfried Line as the Allies called it) played a crucial role in the bitter fighting of 1944 and 1945 in North-West Europe. Constructed in the period immediately after the remilitarisation of the Rhineland in 1936, the Wall[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN: 978-1-84176-678-2 Artikel op pagina: 64 p. Tags: World War, 1939-1945--Germany ; Fortification--Germany Talen: Engels