検索キーワード： 軍事・戦争

Nach langen Jahren sowjetischer Kriegsgefangenschaft kehrt Toni im Herbst 1955 in seine Heimatstadt Jena zurück, er ist einer der letzten Zehntausend, die aus den russischen Lagern entlassen werden. Jahre unendlichen Leids, Kälte und der Unmenschlichkeit liegen hinter ihm. In den dunkelsten Stunden der Gefangenschaft gaben ihm die handgeschriebenen Seiten eines Mitgefangenen über ihre gemeinsame thüringische Heimat Halt.

César commence par y relater la guerre des Gaules, justifiant la soumission d'un monde considéré comme barbare, avant de nous plonger dans la guerre civile, c'est-à-dire l'effondrement de la République romaine. Comme le souligne Pacôme Thiellement, qui signe une postface audio inédite, entendre César aujourd'hui, c'est assister à la naissance d'une idéologie qui structure encore notre rapport au monde : domination, expansion et justification de la guerre.

This book is a short autobiography of my life. It details the trials, adversity, setbacks, and self defeat that I experienced during my life and while trying to achieve my goal of becoming a U.S. Navy SEAL. It lays out the road I traveled to keep going into BUD/S training and HELL Week four times until finally becoming successful. I hope it helps to inspire and grow in you a sense of perseverance, grit, and intestinal fortitude needed to help you achieve your goals in life, never give up, and to always keep pressing forward.

The Kron family survived the horror of the Nazi regime, thanks to the resourcefulness of Meyer and Gita Kron and the bravery of their rescuers. While Ruta’s Closet is based on fact, it flows like fiction. The drama of the events described and the richness of the characters make it a compelling work of narrative nonfiction—as intriguing as it is inspirational.

The Cost of Service explores the profound personal and emotional sacrifices made by those in law enforcement, ministry, and the military. Through compelling narratives, it reveals the unseen burdens borne by their families. The book honors their commitment while examining the toll of a life devoted to others. It is a tribute to courage, calling, and the quiet cost of duty.

O dia em que conheci Brilhante Ustra, de Alexandre Solnik, relata a prisão do autor, no dia 4 de setembro de 1973, seu encarceramento por 45 dias e sua soltura, sem nenhuma explicação, depois desse período em que viveu os horrores de testemunhar violências e torturas contra presos políticos. O Brasil vivia uma ditadura militar, com enfrentamento entre grupos de luta armada e o governo, que recorreu à repressão, inclusive por grupos clandestinos, prisões ilegais, tortura e morte de pessoas, muitas delas inocentes.

You’re in the cockpit of the legendary F-14 Tomcat fighter, blazing along at twice the speed of sound seven miles above the ocean and the carrier that hurled you off its deck. You’re practicing dogfighting with “aggressors,” guys on your side flying F-16s. You’re patrolling the tense skies above Iraq, and with the push of a button you can launch the 100-mile Phoenix missile that can blow a foe to scrap before you even see him. You are an expert in fighter tactics and aircraft carrier operations, and it all leads to your command of an F-14 fighter squadron of more than three hundred people.

Read by the author, Dave Berke The third book in the Extreme Ownership series, following on the phenomenal success of ex-Navy Seals Jocko Willink and Leif Babin’s Extreme Ownership and The Dichotomy of Leadership. The Need to Lead invokes the classic Top Gun movie quote. It is also an...

In the summer of 1940, darkness was falling over Europe. Led by Winston Churchill, the British rediscovered the virtues that had made a humble people the rulers of the world. In June 1940, Winston Churchill called the battle Britain's "finest hour", and he was right.

By 1942, Churchill faced a vastly different war than the one he'd inherited from Neville Chamberlain. Britain was no longer alone; the Soviets were now an unlikely ally in the East, and Pearl Harbor had finally pushed America into action. In Advance Britannia, historian Alan Allport reveals the war as it was lived - from the battlefields to the ration books, in the War Ministry and in the air raid shelters. Mixing social history with dramatic storytelling, this is a definitive account of the war that reshaped the world.

Pilote d'exception, le jeune Irakien est envoyé par l'armée de l'air pour être formé en URSS, avant de disparaître en 1974, entre Bagdad et Krasnodar. Trente ans plus tard, son neveu Taymour ne supporte plus le mystère qui entoure l'absence de cet oncle.

Trauma from abuse can crush your spirit unless you confront your enemies. After years of stuffing her emotions, putting on a happy face, and enduring hardship like a good airman, Jakia Lindley realized she needed to stand toe-to-toe against her foes. She needed to fight back.

Part war story, part memoir, telling the story of Mark's father's RAF flying boat crew on special duties operations in the Indian Ocean. Through the lens of his relationship with his father and the stories he would share with young Mark when they looked through his logbook together, Mark will bring to life the lives of the men he served with – including the death of his father's best friend in an attack with a Japanese fighter.

Churchill fu protagonista di una eccezionale gamma di attività ed esperienze: nominato ufficiale durante il regno della regina Vittoria, partecipò alle guerre coloniali in Africa e alle prime fasi di sviluppo dell'aviazione, ma soprattutto guidò l'Impero britannico nella sua ora più buia, durante i giorni cupi e gloriosi della Seconda guerra mondiale.

Ivy tells the story of a brave young woman who was awarded a special war commendation in signals during World War II in the Women's Arny Corp. She disarmed a German officer pointing a pistol in her face, survived strafing by a German bomber as she walked along a farm path as a Land Girl and lived in a garage with a dirt floor and cold water tap after migrating to Australia, She raised three young children after her husband dropped dead aged 39.

In Wings of Justice, bestselling author Davis Truman delivers a gripping, emotionally charged tribute to the legendary Tuskegee Airmen, America’s first Black military pilots, who not only fought against the Axis powers during World War II, but also challenged the deep-rooted injustice of segregation at home.

Explore the career of an F-16 Crew Chief and lessons learned along the way. Starting from Basic Training to retirement, enjoy stories and experiences along the way.

Aquella trágica derrota del ejército español fue el comienzo de la última guerra colonial española, que duró seis años y finalizó con la ocupación militar del Protectorado de España en Marruecos. En este libro, Gerardo Muñoz cuenta cronológica y detalladamente los hechos acaecidos durante el Desastre de Annual, pero también lo sucedido durante la campaña militar del resto del año 1921 y las dramáticas experiencias vividas por algunos de los españoles capturados.

Nella notte tra il 17 e il 18 luglio 1936, il colpo di Stato delle truppe guidate dal generale Franco segnò l'inizio di una guerra civile che dilaniò la Spagna per i tre anni seguenti: fu una vera e propria prova generale della Seconda guerra mondiale, in cui vennero sperimentate sulla popolazione quelle atrocità che avrebbero caratterizzato il conflitto successivo. Alcuni dei protagonisti furono gli stessi: Hitler e Mussolini inviarono truppe in aiuto di Franco, e Stalin sostenne con armi, uomini e denaro le formazioni comuniste.

For Ant Middleton, first as a commando in the Royal Marines with 40 Commando and later as an elite operator with the SBS, the combat zone was a training ground like no other. In Military Mindset, he'll share that hard-won military know-how, allowing listeners to take insights and apply them in meaningful, practical ways to their daily lives.