Chris McNab
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
304 pages : illustrations (mostly color) ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"In addition to a detailed historical overview of firearms from the medieval period to the present day, the book also contains 350 entries on individual guns. Each entry explains the history of the firearm, plus a full specification."--from front flap of dustjacket.
3) Gymnastics
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Introduces the sport of gymnastics and provides information on how to prevent and treat the most common gymnastics injuries.
Author
Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
424 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The definitive work on Hitler's war machine, charting its evolution from the formidable force which won stunning victories during the Blitzkrieg in 1940, to the hard campaigns it fought in the deserts of North Africa and the frozen wastelands of the Soviet Union to the eventual retreat to the Fatherland itself. Drawing upon Osprey Publishing's unique archive, this volume expertly weaves together the story of the development and deployment of Hitler's...
Author
Publisher
Metro Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
224 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
How would Europe have looked if Nazi Germany had been victorious in World War II? Between 1933 and 1945, Hitler developed a vision for an infrastructure, architecture, racial hierarchy, labor force, and Lebensraum-the acquiring of "living space"-among many other plans. Some of these were implemented during his leadership as the German Wehrmacht expanded the Nazi sphere of influence, but what were the unrealized plans for a Europe dominated by the...
Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
384 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The SS has become the most infamous military formation in history. From its diminutive origins in the 1920s as Hitler's personal bodyguard, by the late war years it grew to a sprawling organization of hundreds of thousands of men, with a field army (the Waffen-SS-Armed-SS) numbering nearly 40 divisions and huge corporate, racial, and political power in the Allgemeine-SS (General-SS). The activities of the SS ranged from the heroic to the horrific;...