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World of Tanks – The SU-152 and Related Vehicles


Free Download World of Tanks – The SU-152 and Related Vehicles by Yuri Igorevich Pasholok, Dana Lombardy, Christopher Parker
English | April 1, 2020 | ISBN: 194016902X | 272 pages | EPUB | 13 Mb
In 2012, the company that created World of Tanks, the phenomenal world-wide massive, multi-player online game, started publishing a series of books in Russian that utilized Soviet documents and archival materials that had never before been seen by outsiders or published in any language about the design, procurement, development, manufacturing, and combat employment of Soviet armored fighting vehicles (AFVs) during World War Two (the Great Patriotic War to Russians). Now these remarkable books are being published in English with the obvious aphorism The Russian View. Hundreds of photos, illustrations, tables, and diagrams tell the story about the development of the SU-152 tank-killer.

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World War 2 In Review No. 62 Yugoslavia At War


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English | June 17, 2019 | ISBN: 0359719376 | 744 pages | PDF | 20 Mb
Merriam Press World War 2 In Review Series. The following articles on Yugoslavia in World War II are in this issue: (1) World War II in Yugoslavia; (2) Royal Yugoslav Armed Forces; (3) Yugoslav 7th Army; (4) Invasion of Yugoslavia; (5) Yugoslav Accession to the Tripartite Pact; (6) Yugoslav Coup d’йtat; (7) Uprising in Serbia, 1941; (8) Battle of Loznica, 1941; (9) Capture of Banja Koviljača; (10) Chetniks; (11) Adriatic Campaign of World War II; (12) Yugoslavia and the Allies; (13) Hungarian Occupation of Yugoslav Territories; (14) Communist Purges in Serbia in 1944-45; (15) Air Warfare in Yugoslavia; (16) Operation Retribution, 1941; (17) Balkan Air Force; (18) Allied Bombing of Yugoslavia in World War II; (19) Vjesnik; (20) Chetnik Command; (21) Banat (1941-44); (22) Italian Governorate of Montenegro; (23) German Occupied Territory of Montenegro; (24) Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation; (25) World War II Reparations Towards Yugoslavia. 318 B&W/color photos/maps/illustrations.

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World War 2 In Review No. 30 Grumman’s Wildcat


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English | January 3, 2018 | ISBN: 1387487922 | 100 pages | EPUB | 15 Mb
Merriam Press World War 2 In Review Series. This issue of World War 2 In Review covers the Grumman F4F Wildcat with 383 B&W and color photographs and illustrations of its prototypes and variants, and the air forces that used this famous naval fighter. The Grumman F4F Wildcat was an American carrier-based fighter aircraft that began service with both the United States Navy and the British Royal Navy (as the Martlet) in 1940. First used in combat by the British in Europe, the Wildcat was the only effective fighter available to the United States Navy and Marine Corps in the Pacific Theater during the early part of World War II in 1941 and 1942.

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World Internet Development Report 2022


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English | 2023 | ISBN: 9819953855 | 378 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 8 MB
This book objectively presents the status quo and trends of world Internet development in 2022, systematically summarises Internet development in major countries and regions, and deeply analyses new development conditions and trends in key areas of the Internet in terms of eight aspects, i.e. information infrastructure, information technology, digital economy, e-government, cybermedia, cybersecurity, cyberlaw and international cyberspace governance. This book maintains the index system of world Internet development, optimises some indexes, and comprehensively evaluates Internet development in major countries and regions of the world, in order to better show the strength and characteristics of Internet development in various countries and reflect the overall trend of world Internet development in a comprehensive, accurate and objective way.

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