Robin Neillands è stato uno scrittore britannico la cui opera si è concentrata principalmente sulla storia dei viaggi e militare. I suoi scritti sono apprezzati per la loro leggibilità, ottenuta attraverso una ricerca rigorosa e resoconti personali avvincenti. Neillands non temeva di esprimere forti opinioni personali, supportate da prove convincenti, cercando spesso di sfatare i miti storici, in particolare in relazione alla Seconda Guerra Mondiale. Che tracciasse viaggi o dissezionasse conflitti, la sua produzione letteraria è costantemente meticolosamente ricercata e logicamente supportata.
Sedm měsíců trvající boje, které spojenecká vojska sváděla po skončení bitvy v Normandii, byly vždy velice komplexní a kontroverzní. I po šedesáti letech vyvolávají mnoho otázek.
Kdo byl skutečně odpovědný za neúspěch u Nijmegenu, za zničení britské 1. vzdušně výsadkové divize u Arnhemu a za krach operace Market Garden? Proč Montgomerymu hrozilo odvolání z funkce těsně poté, co napravil Bradleyho selhání v bitvě v Ardenách? Byla strategie generála Eisenhowera rozumná a Bradley s Pattonem ji podkopávali?
Posledních 50 týdnů války v Evropě očima těch, kdo byli při tom.
Tato unikátní kniha je živou reportáží z posledních jedenácti měsíců války v Evropě, z doby, která změnila mapu tohoto kontinentu a významně vymezila běh života značné části jeho obyvatel pro příštích padesát let. Autor živě zachycuje poslední rok války očima těch, kteří ho prožili, ke slovu se dostávají letci, kteří podnikli ničivý nálet na Drážďany.
Wellington and Napoleon tells the story of the convergence and final clash of
two of the most brilliant commanders ever to meet on the field of battle.
Wellington, his men said, did not know how to lose a battle. But Wellington
himself admired his adversary. schovat popis
What happened to the Allied armies in Normandy in the months after D-Day, 1944? Why, after the initial success of the landings, did their advance stall a few miles inland from the beaches? Why did the British take so long to capture Caen? Why did the US infantry struggle so much in the bocage south of Omaha beach? Who was right about the conduct of the land campaign - Eisenhower or Montgomery? How did the Germans, deprived of air support, manage to hold off such a massive Allied force for more than two months? And if Enigma was allowing the Allies to read German battleplans, why did things go wrong as often as they did?THE BATTLE OF NORMANDY 1944 re-examines the demands and difficulties of the campaign and sheds new light on both with the aid of accounts from veterans on both sides. (Oral history forms a large part of the book.) It also analyses in detail the plans and performance of the commanders involved: Eisenhower, Bradley, Patton, Montgomery, Crerar and, of course, Rommel. Controversial and at times catastrophic, the Battle of Normandy was the last great set-piece battle in history and is long overdue for reassessment.
The gigantic scale of the invasion is stunningly evoked' - Mail on Sunday Brilliant minute by minute description of a famous day Gripping accounts of action, triumphs and disasters
Focusing on the dramatic conflict between the Plantagenet and Valois dynasties, this accessible history covers the Hundred Years War from 1337 to 1453. It details the battles fought by armored men and archers, highlighting the standstill between England and France. The book aims to engage readers with a comprehensive account of the war, encouraging further exploration of this captivating period in European history.
Podtitul: Speciální jednotky od roku 1945 Přehled vývoje speciálních vojenských jednotek v letech 1945-1997, jejich konkrétní bojové operace a perspektivní úkoly zejména v boji proti terorismu. Autor popisuje vznik speciálních jednotek, podrobně se věnuje jejich historii po druhé světové válce a sleduje nasazení jednotek po roce 1945 v Korei, ve Vietnamu, ve válce o Falklandy, v Irsku a jiných zemích. Speciální jednotky se dnes také podílejí na protiteroristických akcích. Tím důležitější je jejich výcvik a nasazení pro příští dobu. Knihu napsal vojenský historik. Je doplněná fotografickou přílohou a přehledem speciálních jednotek jednotlivých zemí.... celý text
Robin Neillands examines every detail of the bomber campaign against Germany during World War II. He looks at the strengths and fundamental flaws in doctrine; the technical difficulties and developments; and the day-by-day, night-by-night endurance of the crews, flying to the limit in discomfort and danger. The book includes oral history in the shape of personal accounts not only of the British but of Americans, Australians, Canadians and other Allied fliers, and also of German aircrews and civilians.
A wide-sweeping panorama of the end of British world domination, A Fighting Retreat is the stirring tale of both the long, drawn out campaigns which accompanied the transfer of power and the untold oral history of the courageous individuals who took part
This is the story, from New Year's Day to VE Day, 8 May 1945, of the conquest of Germany in the words of those who were there. For example, Neillands recalls events in the words of the men who flew on the Dresden Raid, and those who made the horrific discoveries of the concentration camps.
