Weapons of WarCrowell, 1968 - Всего страниц: 224 "The story of man as warrior from the first Stone Age man with his wooden club to modern man with his proverbial "push button" is told h ere through a precise and illuminating survey of the development of weaponry"--Jacket excerpt. |
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... German ordnance - mainly breech operated field guns , fired from behind the protection of steel shields over the old fashioned bronze muzzle loading cannon of their Gallic opponents . The French also placed undue reliance upon a new and ...
... German ordnance - mainly breech operated field guns , fired from behind the protection of steel shields over the old fashioned bronze muzzle loading cannon of their Gallic opponents . The French also placed undue reliance upon a new and ...
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... German forces , now at a disadvantage , sought the safety of a mined anchorage by making a fighting withdrawal . All told , six ships were lost by each of the contestants , and though the British could claim a technical victory through ...
... German forces , now at a disadvantage , sought the safety of a mined anchorage by making a fighting withdrawal . All told , six ships were lost by each of the contestants , and though the British could claim a technical victory through ...
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... German radar proved to be reliable , no less than four years were allowed to pass before a photo- graphic reconnaissance of the Stettin area was undertaken . The evidence so provided at first proved to be inconclusive , and remained ...
... German radar proved to be reliable , no less than four years were allowed to pass before a photo- graphic reconnaissance of the Stettin area was undertaken . The evidence so provided at first proved to be inconclusive , and remained ...
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Acknowledgements | 13 |
Bloodshed and Bronze | 28 |
Metal from Heaven | 52 |
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