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In the early 5th century, Germanic Angles, Saxons and Jutes crossed the North Sea in increasing numbers and began settling among the ruins of the former Roman province of Britannia. This led to centuries of warfare as these 'Anglo-Saxons' carved new, independent kingdoms at the point of the sword, fighting the native Britons and each other. From the late eighth century they also had to face the threat of the Vikings, at first as opportunistic raiders but increasingly bent on conquest. The last Viking invasion was defeated by Harold Godwinson at Stamford Bridge but he was defeated by the Normans in that same fatal year of 1066, ending the Anglo-Saxon Age.Gabriele Esposito gives an overview of Anglo-Saxon military history, narrating the great campaigns, such as those of Alfred the Great of Wessex and Harold Godwinson. He discusses in detail the composition of Anglo-Saxon forces, their tactics, weapons and equipment, detailing developments across the period. The informative, accessible text is supported by dozens of color images showing replica Saxon war gear in use.

Exposes the political and ideological links and dovetailing ethnonationalist projects of India and Israel

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Berthed today at NAUTICUS, the National Maritime Center, the USS Wisconsin (BB-64) was the last authorized of the four Iowa-class battleships, the largest American dreadnoughts ever built. Wisconsin saw action in World War II and the Korean Conflict for which the Big Wisky earned a collective six battle stars. Brought out of mothballs and recommissioned a second time on October 22, 1988, the Wisconsin saw action again during the Persian Gulf War but was decommissioned a third time on September 30, 1991. But this great piece of American history was not destined for a lengthy slumber. Resurrected by the city of Norfolk and USS Wisconsin Foundation, working in lockstep with the Navy, it has become a museum ship and Navy heritage site that continues the legacy of duty, honor, and country that was the calling card of Wisconsin's crew, and to inspire future generations of Americans.

A New York Times BestsellerWinner of the George Washington PrizeA surprising account of the middle years of the American Revolution and the tragic relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold, from the New York Times bestselling author of In The Heart of the Sea, Mayflower, and In the Hurricane's Eye."May be one of the greatest what-if books of the age—a volume that turns one of America’s best-known narratives on its head.”—Boston Globe"Clear and insightful, [Valiant Ambition] consolidates Philbrick's reputation as one of America's foremost practitioners of narrative nonfiction."—Wall Street JournalIn the second book of his acclaimed American Revolution series, Nathaniel Philbrick turns to the tragic relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold. In September 1776, the vulnerable Continental army under an unsure George Washington evacuated New York after a devastating defeat by the British army. Three weeks later, one of his favorite generals, Benedict Arnold, miraculously succeeded in postponing the British naval advance down Lake Champlain that might have lost the war. As this book ends, four years later Washington has vanquished his demons, and Arnold has fled to the enemy. America was forced at last to realize that the real threat to its liberties might not come from without but from withinComplex, controversial, and dramatic, Valiant Ambition is a portrait of a people in crisis and the war that gave birth to a nation.

In a complex transformation, the Basel-based architecture firm Focketyn del Rio Studio has converted the main building of the city's former military barracks into a vibrant cultural and creative hub. Situated on the embankment of the Rhine, already a hotspot of Basel's almost Mediterranean-style nightlife, it offers some 32,000 square feet of work and project spaces, a spacious plaza, a theater hall, as well as a bar and restaurant. This book documents the building's new architecture in detail and tells the story of Focketyn del Rio Studio, which won the competition for rebuilding the Kaserne Basel in 2013 only six months after it was established. Interviews, concise texts, photographs, as well as plans and drawings, provide insight into the evolution of the project, the history of the old barracks, and the complex process of their transformation. It also features the perspectives of the various participants and stakeholders in the undertaking. All Under One Roof also takes the example of what has been inaugurated as kHaus in the spring of 2022 to discuss key questions of the design and use of urban public spaces, topics of great importance for urbanists, architects, and public decision-makers far beyond Basel.

In this new history of the 'Galicia' Division, David McCormack debunks many of the myths that have resulted in enduring controversies involving the public, the media, academics, and politicians. Were the volunteers and conscripts of this Ukrainian Waffen-SS formation heroes or villains? Or were they just ordinary soldiers?

Drawing upon Soviet sources, this book assesses the evolving organization, uniforms, insignia, weaponry and personal equipment of Soviet naval infantry units from 1917 to 1991.Featuring eight plates of specially commissioned artwork alongside carefully chosen archive photographs, this study charts the history and appearance of the Soviet Union's naval infantry, from the October Revolution to the end of the Soviet era.Although Russian naval infantry achieved fame during the October Revolution they were quickly disbanded, only being re-established in 1939. Following the Axis invasion of 1941 some 500,000 Soviet Navy personnel served on land, fighting in the defence of Leningrad, Odessa and Sevastopol and the recapture of the Crimea in 1943-44; Soviet naval troops also participated in the invasion of Manchuria in 1945.During the Cold War era the Soviet Union developed an amphibious assault capability that had a vital strategic role - to capture an aggressor's geographical exits to the oceans and thereby forestall threats to Soviet submarine bases. Naval infantry forces could deploy a wealth of firepower assets, while the use of amphibious ships, hovercraft and helicopters aided their rapid deployment, even amid ice-bound terrain in the Arctic. All of these developments are described and illustrated in absorbing detail in this study.

Meticulously researched, this book examines the evidence for the post-Roman military forces of France and Britain during the 'Dark Ages', reconstructing their way of life and the battles they fought in compelling detail.The collapse of the former Western Roman Empire during the so called 'Dark Ages' c. AD 410 was gradual and piecemeal. Out of this vacuum arose regional tribes and leaders determined to take back kingdoms that were theirs and oust any Roman presence for good. However, the Roman guard was tenacious and survived in small pockets that emerged in both Gaul and Britain. These areas of Romano-Celtic resistance held out against the Saxons until at least the mid 6th century in Britain and against the Visigoths and the Merovingian Franks until the late 8th century in France.Drawing on archaeological finds, contemporary sculpture and manuscript illuminations, Dr Raffaele D'Amato presents contemporary evidence for 5th to 9th-century Gallic and British 'Dark Age' armies and reconstructs their way of life and the battles they fought. The text, accompanied by photographs and colour illustrations, paints an intricate picture of how these disparate groups of Roman soldiers survived and adapted on the fringes of the Roman Empire.

A fascinating account of Russia's Five-Day War against Georgia in 2008, notable for its strategic mistakes which prompted President Putin to undertake major military reforms.After Georgia's independence from Russia in 1991, President Saakashvili invited NATO advisers to assist in military reforms. Separatist groups in Georgia's border provinces rebelled which led to fighting in South Ossetia during August 2008. The Russian Army invaded Georgia alongside these forces, stripped it of these rebellious provinces, and garrisoned them to maintain a threat over Georgia. But despite the inevitable outcome of this hugely unbalanced conflict, it revealed serious Russian military weaknesses and incompetence, and the NATO-trained and partly Western-equipped Georgian Army put up a much more successful local resistance than Russia had expected. The conflict also demonstrated the first use of Russian cyber-warfare, and its so-called 'hybrid warfare' doctrine.Author Mark Galeotti is an expert in the field of international relations and a former Foreign Office adviser on Russian security affairs. In this book, he provides a vivid snapshot of the Russian, Georgian, Abkhazian and South Ossetian forces and gives an in-depth analysis of the conflict. Using meticulous color artwork for uniforms, insignia and equipment, rare photographs and detailed 'fact-boxes' for significant units and individuals, this book is a compelling guide to Russia's Five-Day War in Georgia.

The Wild Geese, Irish soldiers exiled in France at the end of the seventeenth century, gained fame fighting for France on the battlefields of Europe, India and America in the eighteenth century.

En mand forlader et retslokale i Østre Landsret. Han går let foroverbøjet langs rettens ydermur og forsøger at ignorere de mange journalister og fotografer. Med den ene hånd holder han en mobiltelefon fast mod øret. Mellem to fingre på den anden hånd, som stritter skråt bagud, klemmer han en cigaret.Manden har siddet i isolation i celle nummer 172 i Vestre Fængsel i 111 døgn, men man kan ikke se det på ham.Nu er han atter en fri mand. Han kan genoptage sit arbejde i Bruxelles på det kontor, som har været forseglet i alle de uger, han har siddet sig i varetægt.”Men har du aldrig hørt navnet Lenz før?” spørger en journalist.Han stirrer med et indigneret, næsten vantro blik: ”Aldrig.”LENZ er historien om embedsmanden, der var hovedmistænkt i den største danske spionsag siden krigens tid. Det er historien om en ung mands opstigen fra proletariatet i Københavns Sydhavn til eurokratiet i Bruxelles. Om den mest venstreorienterede generation nogensinde. Og om det skridt videre, bogens hovedperson gik for den højere sag og for sine hemmelige arbejdsgivere i den østtyske efterretningstjeneste Stasi.LENZ er en dokumentarisk beretning baseret på aktindsigter fra det centrale Stasi-arkiv i Berlin, historiske arkivalier og samtaler med centrale mundtlige kilder, der kender hovedpersonen siden hans barn- og ungdom. Bogen afdækker den fortid, hovedpersonen endnu ikke vil stå ved, og det bitre efterspil, hans sag fik, da den blev politisk.

Højaktuel bog om opgøret både i medierne om Danmark under Den Kolde Krig - og i landsretten, der skal tage stilling til, om det var injurierende, da professor dr. phil. Bent Jensen citerede PET-dokumenter, der betegnede journalist Jørgen Dragsdahl som KGB-agent. Bogens medforfattere er professor Bent Jensen, journalist Jakob Andersen, historikeren Jørgen Granum-Jensen, direktør Jens Gregersen og redaktør Lars Hedegaard.