Tag: 1945

Free Download John Christopher, "The Race for Hitler’s X-Planes: Britain’s 1945 Mission to Capture Secret Luftwaffe Technology"
English | ISBN: 0752464574 | 2013 | 224 pages | EPUB | 7 MB
An account of the race for secret Nazi aviation technology at the end of World War II

Free Download German Motorcycles at War, 1939-1945: The Kradschützen Truppen by Ian Baxter
English | December 30th, 2024 | ISBN: 1036100561 | 128 pages | True EPUB | 31.44 MB
Explores the crucial role of motorcycles in the Nazi war machine, enhancing mobility and tactical effectiveness during WWII.

Free Download David Brown – Carrier Fighters: 1939-1945
Macdonald and Jane’s | 1975 | ISBN: 0356080951 | English | 168 pages | PDF | 122.32 MB
Development of Naval fighter aircraft to WW2. Tactics, Pilot training. Notable battles described in detail. Malta Convoys, Coral Sea, Midway & Philippine Sea. Techincal details.

Free Download Derrick Wright, "The Battle for Iwo Jima 1945"
English | ISBN: 0750945443 | 2006 | 304 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
Iwo Jima was the United States Marine Corps’ toughest ever battle and a turning point in the Pacific War. In February 1945, three Marine Divisions stormed the island’s shores in what was supposed to be a ten-day battle, but they had reckoned without General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, the enemy commander.

Free Download Vietnam and the Cold War 1945-1954: French Imperial Decline and Defeat at Dien Bien Phu
by John Pike
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1526789299 | 578 Pages | PDF | 12.7 MB

Free Download Monty’s Greatest Battles 1942-1945 by Adrian Stewart
English | July 21, 2024 | ISBN: 1399046012 | 272 pages | MOBI | 15 Mb
Examines both the strengths and weaknesses of one of Great Britain’s most renowned military leaders.

Free Download Rens van Munster, Casper Sylvest, "The Politics of Globality since 1945: Assembling the Planet"
English | 2016 | pages: 218 | ISBN: 1138645621, 1138477605 | PDF | 2,8 mb
This timely, comprehensive and interdisciplinary volume advances an original argument about the complex roots and multiple politics of globality. It shows that technological innovations and decisive developments since 1945 – from the nuclear revolution to anthropogenic climate change and debates about the Anthropocene – have prompted reflections on the global condition of humanity and helped reshape political communities by making the world (appear) small, manageable and interconnected.

Free Download The Augustow Roundup of July 1945: Accounts of the Brutal Soviet Repression of Polish Resistance by Teresa Kaczorowska, Bożena U. Zaremba, Halina Koralewski
English | April 18, 2023 | ISBN: 1476689040 | 185 pages | EPUB | 11 Mb
In 1945, remnants of the Polish Home Army re-formed to counter brutal Soviet repressions. In July of that year, more than 7,000 HA freedom fighters were arrested in the northeastern Augustow region and held in barns, pigsties and warehouses where they were beaten and tortured. Two thousand of them were never seen again-their whereabouts remain a mystery. Seventy-five years later, their relatives still search for answers and the location of their mass burial. This book examines the fateful events of the Augustow Roundup (a.k.a. "little Katyn") through eyewitness testimonies.

Free Download Frédéric Bozo, "French Foreign Policy since 1945: An Introduction"
English | ISBN: 1785332767 | 2016 | 220 pages | PDF | 1357 KB
When Charles de Gaulle declared that "it is because we are no longer a great power that we need a grand policy," he neatly summarized France’s predicament on the world scene. In this compact and engaging history, author Frédéric Bozo deftly recounts France’s efforts to reconcile its proud history and global ambitions with a realistic appraisal of its capabilities, from the aftermath of World War II to the present. He provides insightful analysis of the nation’s triumphs and setbacks through the years of decolonization, Cold War maneuvering, and European unification, as well as the more contemporary challenges posed by an increasingly multipolar and interconnected world.

Free Download Anglo-Australian Naval Relations, 1945-1975: A More Independent Service by Mark Gjessing
English | June 20, 2018 | ISBN: 3319927434 | 239 pages | PDF | 2.25 Mb
This book examines Anglo-Australian naval relations between 1945-75, a period of great change for both Australia and Great Britain and their respective navies. It explores the cultural and historical ties between the Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), the efficacy of communications between the services, and the importance of personal relations to the overall inter-service relationship. The author assesses the dilemmas faced by Great Britain associated with that nation’s declining power, and the impact of the retreat from ‘East of Suez’ on the strategic relationship between the United Kingdom and Australia. The book also considers operational co-operation between the Royal Navy and the RAN including conflicts such as the Korean War, the Malayan Emergency, and confrontation with Indonesia, as well as peacetime pursuits such as port visits and the testing of atomic weapons in the 1950s. Co-operation in matters of personnel and training are also dealt with in great detail,along with the co-operation between the Royal Navy and the RAN in equipment procurement and design and the increased ability of the RAN to look to non-British sources for equipment procurement. The book considers the impact of stronger Australian-American ties on the RAN and appraises the role it played in the conflict in Vietnam.