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A mediados de junio de 1944 la guerra estaba claramenteperdida para el Tercer Reich. La cuestión era cuanto duraría,a qué coste para ambos bandos, y como sería el mundo resultantetras el final. La poderosa ofensiva que el Ejercito Rojolanzo el 22 de junio, justo tres años despues de Barbarroja, fuedecisiva para aclarar esas cuestiones.La Wehrmacht, ya exangue y al limite de sus capacidades,apenas podia cubrir el extenso frente oriental. Incapaz de unadefensa adecuada, carente de reservas moviles, con sus mejoresveteranos muertos, perdida la batalla por la produccionindustrial, la logistica y las materias primas, fue presa facilpara el mejor Ejercito Rojo de la historia.Demostrando lo que habia dolorosamente aprendido ydesarrollando casi a la perfeccion el concepto de arte operacional,el ejercito sovietico lanzo la Operacion Bagration, a unaescala inimaginable para los alemanes, que destrozo el frentey lo llevo a las puertas de Varsovia. El inexorable final yaestaba muy cerca.

De las lanzas asirias al AK47, las armas y los guerreros que las empuñan han forjado la historia, decidiendo la suerte de imperios y revoluciones a golpe de hacha, arco, espada y fusil. Arma es la guia definitiva de esta apasionante historia desde tiempos remotos al dia de hoy. Arma sigue la evolucion tecnologica de armas y armaduras en una cronica de su uso belico, cinegetico y criminal a fin de componer un completo registro visual de las herramientas de combate de la humanidad

Some 84 of the 250 Hornets committed by Central Command to Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) proudly bore MARINE titling on their rear fuselages. A further 14 were marked with the distinctive kangaroo roundel of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The exploits achieved by the units that flew these jets into combat is detailed in this volume, the third of three titles published in the Combat Aircraft series on what has been dubbed by many TACAIR insiders the 'Hornet's War'. Although the bulk of this book deals with the major hostilities phase of OIF I, which ran from 20 March to 20 April 2003, the decade of pre-war OSW missions and ongoing post-war OIF II operations are also covered in significant detail from the Marine Corps perspective. Profusely illustrated with rare frontline photography and more than 30 specially commissioned colour artworks, this book also features the combat experiences of 24 pilots and Weapons Systems Officers.

A highly illustrated study of the T-55 Main Battle Tank and its variants that formed the backbone of the Soviet Army during the years of the Cold War.The T-55 is one of the most iconic weapons created by the Soviets during the Cold War and also one of the most widely deployed weapons in history. Like its younger brother, the T-54, the T-55 enjoyed a long career in the Red Army and even into the early days of the reformed Russian Army. Under their control it saw very little combat use or deployments, but it was widely sold to other nations and participated in many of the wars and combat operations from the mid-1960s to the present. The T-55 has been employed in almost every conflict in the Middle East and Africa from its introduction into service. Even today the tank is still employed by both sides in the Syrian Civil War, and they are also in service with Kurdish forces in the struggle against ISIS in the northern part of Iraq.

Kill Chain is the essential history of drone warfare, a development in military technology that, as Andrew Cockburn demonstrates, has its origins in long-buried secret programmes dating to US military interventions in Vietnam and Yugoslavia. Cockburn follows the links in a chain that stretches from the White House, through the drone command center in Nevada, to the skies of Helmand Province. The book reveals the powerful interestsmilitary, CIA and corporatethat turned the Pentagon away from manned aircraft and boots on the ground to killing by remote control. Cockburn uncovers the technological breakthroughs, the revolution in military philosophy, and the devastating collateral damage resulting from assassinations allegedly targeted with pinpoint precision. Vivid, powerful and chilling, Kill Chain draws on sources deep in the military and intelligence establishment to lay bare the failure of the modern American way of war.

With speed, violence, and deadly power, heavily armored tanks spearheaded the German blitzkrieg that stormed across Europe in 1939. Tracks rattling and engines roaring, these lethal machines engaged in some of the fiercest fighting of World War II, from the beaches of Normandy and the Ardennes Forest to the snow-encrusted Eastern Front. In this reprint of the hugely popular book, prolific author Franz Kurowski tells the gritty, action-packed stories of six of the most daring and successful officers ever to command Panzers, including Michael Wittmann, Hans Bolter, Hermann Bix, and others. Timelines mark the milestones of each officer's career.