John Aubrey (Inbunden)
avRuth Scurr
ISBN: 9780701179076 - UTGIVEN: 2015-03Anno 1634, Easton Pierse I was born about sun rising in my maternal grandfather's bedchamber on 12th March 1626. St. Gregory's Day, very sickly, likely to die. John Aubrey loved England. From an early age, he saw his England slipping away and, against extraordinary odds, committed himself to preserv[...]
Germany's Spanish Volunteers 1941-45 (Pocket)
avJohn Scurr
ISBN: 9780850453591 - UTGIVEN: 1986-06The Spanish Civil War had been a conflict between the nationalists and conservatives on one side, and what they saw as the opposing anarchic atheistic Marxism which was eroding the traditional Catholic values of Spain. The nationalists eventually won with the aid of Germany against the Soviet backed[...]
The Malayan Campaign, 1948-60 (Häftad)
avJohn Scurr
ISBN: 9780850454765 - UTGIVEN: 198211In June 1948 Communist insurgent forces commenced a guerrilla war to end British rule in Malaya. During the ensuing 12 years of conflict there were 8750 reported 'contacts' between units of the Security Forces and the Communist enemy. Eventually Malaya was made independent, and the British and their[...]
Balaclava, 1854 (Häftad)
avJohn Scurr
ISBN: 9780850459616 - UTGIVEN: 199009Osprey's examination of one of the most important battles of the Crimean War (1853-1856). The port of Balaclava was crucial in maintaining the supply lines for the Allied siege of Sevastapol. The Russian attack in October 1854 therefore posed a major threat to the survival of the Allied cause. This [...]
