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Jantinus Mulder S-class destroyer Piet Hein ex HMS Serapis
Ordered by the Royal Navy in 1941, the destroyers of the 5th Emergency Flotilla became known as S-class and served as fleet and convoy escorts in World War II. In the last months of the war, three were transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy for service in the Far East. HMS Serapis was renamed HNLMS Piet Hein and served in the Indonesian War of Independence and saw action in the Korean War. She was sold for scrap in 1962. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 52 pagina's (ePub2, 22 MB) | Lanasta, Amsterdam | 2024
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Bert Lamers America
The s.s. 'America' was an ocean liner which entered service in 1940 for the United States Lines. She was designed by the famous naval architect William Francis Gibbs. In the 54 years between her introduction and her wrecking in 1994, she had eight different owners (of which one twice) and sailed under the names of 'America' (carrying this name three different times), 'West Point', 'Australis', 'Italis', 'Noga', 'Alferdoss' and 'American Star'. She served most in passenger service as s.s. 'America'...
Engels | 52 pagina's (ePub2, 29 MB) | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2024
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Arne Zuidhoek Normandie
Her novel design and lavish interiors led many to consider her the greatest of ocean liners. Despite this, Normandie was not a commercial success. During service the flagship of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, made 139 westbound transatlantic crossings and held the Blue Riband for the fastest transatlantic crossing at several points during her service career. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 48 pagina's (ePub2, 36 MB) | Lanasta, Amsterdam | 2024
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Arne Zuidhoek Achille Lauro
The Italian cruise ship Willem Ruys was built between 1939 and 1947. When it was sold to the Italian Lauro Organization in 1966, it was renamed after the company owner Achille Lauro. After being hijacked by Palestinian warriors (PLO), in October 1985, the blue liner and cruiser made international headlines. Swept by a catastrophic fire Achille Lauro sank December 2, 1994, off the Somalian coast. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 48 pagina's (ePub2, 25 MB) | Lanasta, Amsterdam | 2024
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Bob Roetering Warship 13
Tripartite Minehunter Haarlem
In the eighties, the Royal Netherlands Navy acquired 15 minehunters of the Alkmaar-class. They were deployed worldwide in conflicts (the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf and the Libyan Sea). In all European waters they exercised and cleared historical ordnance. HNLMS Haarlem represents the rich history of the tripartite minehunters of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 52 pagina's (ePub2, 43 MB) | Lanasta, Amsterdam | 2023
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Nederlandse Vereniging ter beoefening van de Militaire Historie | Liesbeth Brama Camouflage
55 jaar Mars et Historia
Non-fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 149 pagina's | Nederlandse Vereniging voor Militaire Historie Mars et Historia, [Den Haag] | 2022
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Michael S. Fulton Contest for Egypt
the collapse of the Fatimid caliphate, the ebb of crusader influence, and the rise of Saladin
Non-fictie
Engels | 193 pagina's | Brill, Leiden | 2022
Gedrukt boek
Brian Smith A history of military morals
killing the innocent
Non-fictie
Engels | 487 pagina's | Brill, Leiden | 2022
Gedrukt boek
W. Klinkert Dutch military thought, 1919-1939
a small neutral state's visions of modern war
Non-fictie
Engels | 362 pagina's | Brill, Leiden | 2022
Gedrukt boek
Andris J. Kursietis Under three flags
the German Navy under the Kaiser, the Republic and the Third Reich 1914-1945
Military historian Andris Kursietis' new book Under Three Flags is his latest work covering the military history of the first part of the 20th Century. The book provides an analysis of the German Navy under the Kaiser, the Republic, and the Third Reich, with information about the major commands and ships of the navy, as well as a biographical dictionary section that covers the careers of all of Germany's admirals during the period 1914 - 1945. Whilst much of this information is contained in fragmented...
Non-fictie
Engels | 295 pagina's | Aspekt Publishers, Soesterberg | 2016
Gedrukt boek
Andris J. Kursietis Lions of Finland
the Military Commanders of Finland 1918 - 1945
Non-fictie
Engels | 201 pagina's | Aspekt Publishers, Soesterberg | 2018
Gedrukt boek
Lhamsuren Munkh-Erdene The Taiji government and the rise of the warrior state
the formation of the Qing Imperial Constitution
Non-fictie
Engels | 549 pagina's | Brill, Leiden | 2021
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George A. Bournoutian From the Kur to the Aras
a military history of Russia's move into the South Caucasus and the first Russo-Iranian war, 1801-1813
Non-fictie
Engels | 318 pagina's | Brill, Leiden | 2021
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Conor Whately Procopius on soldiers and military institutions in the sixth-century Roman Empire
Non-fictie
Engels | 299 pagina's | Brill, Leiden | 2021
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Łukasz Różycki Battlefield emotions in late antiquity
a stuy of fear and motivation in Roman military treatises
Non-fictie
Engels | 333 pagina's | Brill, Leiden | 2021
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Medieval and modern civil wars
a comparative perspective
Non-fictie
Engels | 316 pagina's | Brill, Leiden | 2021
Gedrukt boek
Dweezil Vandekerckhove Medieval fortifications in Cilicia
the Armenian contribution to military architecture in the Middle Ages
Non-fictie
Engels | 266 pagina's | Brill, Leiden | 2020
Gedrukt boek
Massimiliano Afiero Dutch Waffen-SS Legion & Brigade 1941-1944
Non-fictie
Engels | 48 pagina's | Osprey Publishing, Oxford | 2020
Gedrukt boek
Andrea Guidi Books, people, and military thought
Machiavelli's Art of war and the fortune of the militia in sixteenth-century Florence and Europe
Non-fictie
Engels | 304 pagina's | Brill, Leiden | 2020
Gedrukt boek
Eddie Rickenbacker Fighting the Flying Circus
"Fighting the Flying Circus" is fighter ace Eddie Rickenbacker WWI memoir. He fought in and eventually became commander of the 94th "Hat-in-the-Ring" Squadron, which ended the war with the highest number of air victories of any American squadron. The circus mentioned in the title refers to the German squadron commanded by the famous Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen. Eddie Rickenbacker (1890-1973) was an American World War I pilot. He was the most successful fighter ace in that war and received...
Engels | 10 uur (437 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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