The Brassey's Book of Military Blunders
Title | The Brassey's Book of Military Blunders PDF eBook |
Author | Geoffrey Regan |
Publisher | Potomac Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Battles |
ISBN | 9781574882520 |
A look at a history that has been marked as much by incompetence as by gallantry and glory. Find out which general believed he was pregnant with an elephant and which British cruiser torpedoed itself.
Brassey's Book of Military Blunders
Title | Brassey's Book of Military Blunders PDF eBook |
Author | Geoffrey Regan |
Publisher | |
Pages | 186 |
Release | 1998-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781574881899 |
A look at a history that has been marked as much by incompetence as by gallantry and glory. Find out which general believed he was pregnant with an elephant and which British cruiser torpedoed itself.
The Brassey's Book of Naval Blunders
Title | The Brassey's Book of Naval Blunders PDF eBook |
Author | Geoffrey Regan |
Publisher | Potomac Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Errors |
ISBN | 9781574882537 |
A fascinating catalog of naval incompetence throughout history, from Roman times to the Gulf War
The Guinness Book of Naval Blunders
Title | The Guinness Book of Naval Blunders PDF eBook |
Author | Geoffrey Regan |
Publisher | |
Pages | 198 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780851127132 |
The author of Guinness's two books of military blunders from all periods of history presents a corresponding survey of naval incompetence, focusing on the misjudgements and oversights of captains, fleet commanders and strategic planners from Roman times to the Falklands War. omissions of sailors of every rank, the book incorporates failed amphibious operations, avoidable submarine disasters and naval aviation disasters. Case studies at the end of each chapter provide analysis of what went wrong in key battles and campaigns such as Navarino, Tsushima, Gallipoli, Jutland, Midway and Leyte Gulf.
Military Blunders
Title | Military Blunders PDF eBook |
Author | Saul David |
Publisher | Constable |
Pages | 278 |
Release | 2012-09-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1780338619 |
Retelling the most spectacular cock-ups in military history, this graphic account has a great deal to say about the psychology of military incompetence and the reasons even the most well-oiled military machines inflict disaster upon themselves. Beginning in AD9 with the massacre of Varus and his legions in the Black Forest all the way up to present day conflict in Afghanistan it analyses why things go wrong on the battlefield and who is to blame.
Brassey's Book of Naval Blunders
Title | Brassey's Book of Naval Blunders PDF eBook |
Author | Geoffrey Regan |
Publisher | |
Pages | 186 |
Release | 1998-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781574881882 |
Which British cruiser torpedoed itself in the Arctic in 1942?
World War One
Title | World War One PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Bull |
Publisher | Batsford |
Pages | 152 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Germany |
ISBN |
This new addition to Brassey's History of Uniforms series covers the German Army at war from 1914-1918 and is the partner volume to the title World War One: British Army. The author analyses the uniforms, equipment, and weapons used by the German army on the Western Front. Many classic German items of equipment were created in this period and those innovations in equipment assisted their successes on the battlefield. Lavishly illustrated and includes not only details of service dress and regimental distinctions but also information on the Pickelhaube, steel helmet, personal equipment, and weapons.