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Ce livre classique a été initialement publié il y a des décennies sous le titre "" Gunnery in 1858Being a Treatise on Rifles, Cannon, and Sporting Arms; Explaining the Principles of the Science of Gunnery, and Describing the Newest Improvements in Fire-Arms . Il a maintenant été traduit par Writat en langue française pour leurs lecteurs francophones. Chez Writat, nous sommes passionnés par la préservation du patrimoine littéraire du passé. Nous avons traduit ce livre en français afin que les générations présentes et futures puissent le lire et le conserver.

After his young family is killed during aerial bombings of France in WWII, Pierre survives in near despondency, eventually embarking on the vagabond life as his outlet for grief and for time to ponder revenge. Despite suffering continuous reflections of his tragic past, Pierre journeys across continents bestowing kindness to other troubled souls.The War is an intimate story of a man whose wife and children are killed during the bombardments of France in WWII. Devastated and embittered, Pierre leaves everything behind and embarks on an odyssey to bury his past in the darkest recesses of his mind. The journey, which lasts more than forty years, involves a sequence of events and coincidences that ultimately provide him with a new direction and a sense of purpose.

»The First World War - a defensive war?«: The First World War was the most extensive war in history to date. What were the causes of this war? In the official account of the German government, Germany was engaged in a defensive war. The author questions this account and discusses the role of influential forces in the empire that may have pursued annexationist war aims with the war. Similarly, the significance of World War I for subsequent events in 20th century history is examined. In what ways did it shape the anti-semitic ideology of National Socialism? Was National Socialism also a result of the First World War? What lines of connection can be drawn to the Second World War?

Alexander der Große - Das Vermächtnis eines GeniesAlexander der Große eroberte in nur einer Dekade den Großteil der damals bekannten Welt. Mithilfe der makedonischen Phalanx gewann er Schlacht um Schlacht gegen die Perser und schuf das Alexanderreich, den ersten aus einem europäischen Kulturraum heraus entstandenen Flächenstaat, der sich über drei Erdteile erstreckte und zahlreiche Völkerschaften vereinte. Alexander der Große ermöglichte die Verbreitung der griechischen Kultur über die Grenzen Griechenlands hinaus und verhalf damit dem Hellenismus zur Weltgeltung. Mit seinen Zügen von Europa nach Asien und Afrika löste Alexander den ersten Globalisierungsschub in der Geschichte der Menschheit aus und erwies sich als würdiger Botschafter der Alten Welt.Vordenker der Antike als Vorbild für die GegenwartDoch Alexander der Große war nicht nur ein überragender Stratege auf dem Schlachtfeld, sondern auch ein überzeugter Förderer von Handel sowie dem Wandel hin zur urbanen griechischen Kultur. Der von ihm begründete Hellenismus machte ihn zu einem weitsichtigen Visionär und unterscheidet ihn von allen anderen Herrschern seiner Zeit.In seinem neuen Buch erläutert Albert Stähli unter Berücksichtigung aktueller Forschungsergebnisse die Bedeutung Alexander des Großen für die Antike - und darüber hinaus, denn von Alexanders Entschlossenheit, Neugier und Bereitschaft, Grenzen zu überschreiten, können wir auch heute noch viel über Führung, Dynamik und Vision lernen. Das Buch bietet eine einzigartige Perspektive auf die Persönlichkeit sowie das politische und kulturelle Erbe von Alexander dem Großen.

Das "Lexikon der Lexika", bei dem sich jeder einbringen kann, hat alle anderen Nachschlagewerke vom Markt verdrängt: Wikipedia ist kostenlos, in über 300 Sprachen verfügbar und wird vom Hochschulprofessor gleichermaßen genutzt wie von Lehrern und Schülern oder Journalisten und Redakteuren. Ein Wissensmonopol birgt indes Gefahren. Deshalb gilt hier im Besonderen: Wissen bedeutet nicht nur Macht, sondern vor allem Verantwortung in Bezug auf die Richtigkeit und Neutralität der Inhalte. Aber wird Wikipedia diesem Anspruch gerecht? Ist das Lexikon wirklich so frei und unabhängig, wie es sich darstellt? Manch einer hat es schon geahnt, mit diesem Buch wird es zur Gewissheit: In der Wikipedia gibt es gezielte, ja systematische Manipulation zugunsten einflussreicher Interessengruppen aus Politik und Wirtschaft, die auf diese Weise ihre Agenda durchzusetzen suchen. Dass es sich dabei nicht um eine Verschwörungstheorie handelt und wie dies in der Praxis geschieht, zeigt das Buch anhand zahlreicher Quellen und erhellender Beispiele. In diesem, dem zweiten Band von "Schwarzbuch Wikipedia" geht es zudem um die dubiose Finanzierung der Trägerorganisation "Wikimedia Foundation" und auch darum, in welchen Kreisen sich ihre Verantwortlichen bewegen.Nicht zuletzt wird im Buch behandelt, wie man sich juristisch erfolgreich gegen Verleumdung und Rufmord auf Wikipedia wehren kann. Mit Beiträgen von Soumyadipta Banerjee, Gottfried Böhmer, Helen Buyniski, Miljenko Jergovic, Andrew Keen, Erwin Kessler, Andreas Kolbe, Michael Olenick, Hermann Ploppa, Paul Craig Roberts, Helmut Roewer, Yumiko Sato, Swiss Policy Research, Alexander Unzicker, Volker Wendeler

Napoleons vergessener Feldzug: Während zahlreiche Publikationen sich schon bald nach dem Ende der Napoleonischen Kriege mit den militärischen Ereignissen im Herbst 1813 auseinandersetzten, blieb der Nebenschauplatz Niederelbe / Mecklenburg oftmals nur eine Randnotiz. Dabei wurde er in seiner Bedeutung oftmals unterschätzt. Durch einen raschen Vormarsch durch Mecklenburg sollte das Korps des Marschall Davout der alliierten Nordarmee in den Rücken fallen und so Napoleons Offensive gegen Berlin entlasten, sowie die Verbindungslinien der Schweden zur Ostsee bedrohen. Die Bedeutung dieses Schauplatzes würdigte erstmals Friedrich Brasch in seiner großen Studie über Davouts Feldzug gegen Mecklenburg im August 1813. Darin schildert er - Aufmarsch der Franzosen, Dänen und Verbündeten - Gefecht bei Lauenburg - Besetzung Schwerins und Wismars durch Franzosen und Dänen - Gefecht bei Retschow - Räumung Mecklenburgs und Rückzug der Franzosen auf Hamburg Braschs Werk besticht vor allem durch seine kritische Haltung gegenüber früheren Darstellungen - vor allem der Memoirenliteratur. Seine historisch-systematische und unvoreingenommene Analyse rückt Absichten und Kenntnisstände der Beteiligten ins rechte Licht. Dabei vermeidet er Spekulationen über vermeintlich wahre Absichten, für die sich in den Quellen keine Grundlagen finden. Sein moderner quellenkritischer Ansatz macht Braschs inhaltlich noch immer aktuelle Arbeit besonders wertvoll. Dieses Buch ist unverzichtbare Lektüre für jeden an Militärgeschichte, der Napoleonischen Epoche und dem Herbstfeldzug 1813 Interessierten und liegt hier in neuer Rechtschreibung, neu hinzugefügten militärischen Anhängen und Karten vor.

The dispatch of an Ottoman Army by Australian-led Imperial air power in the Wadi Fara on 21 September 1918 occurred just five years after the advent of military aviation in Australia. In 1914, the fledgling Australian air service operated the flimsy Bristol Boxkite; four years later it was flying the far more advanced Bristol F2B Fighter. This leap forward represented a profound progress in technology that has typified the technical development of aviation, particularly in Australia ever since. Ironically, on 21 September 2014, 96 years after the events of the Wadi Fara, Australian squadrons were again deployed to the same part of the world where they would remain for more than three years on operations against extremist terrorism. Armageddon and OKRA contrasts these events, a century apart, in the context of the development of Australian air power. The book tracks the history where Australia has maintained a balanced air service compelling high technical, logistics and engineering standards, and effective training and command and control systems, for more than 100 years. These processes were as applicable a century ago as they are today. By examining these operational events, the author establishes the connection that access to the technology associated with air power is intrinsically linked to Australia's enduring foreign and defence policy - more so, that military power is a means to an end, and never an end unto itself.

Tarra describes the 25 years of service provided to the nation by a 125-foot Wooden Cargo Vessel, operated by the Australian Army from her launch in 1945 to her abandonment in huge seas off the north coast of New South Wales in 1965. During the war in the South Pacific, the only mode of transport available to provide food ammunition and supplies to the fighting forces and civilian population to the north of Australia, other than aircraft and pack horses, was seagoing small craft and small ships. The Tarra story follows her launch in Tasmania in 1945, when the ship was employed in dumping ammunition off the east coast. Based in Newcastle and later in Cairns, she was seconded to the Graves Registration Unit during the establishment of the Bomana War Cemetery, and then lent to the civil authorities to collect copra from remote islands. Tarra provided the only form of transport for materials and personnel for the construction of the Vanimo Outstation of the Pacific Islands Regiment on the Indonesian border in 1952, and she continued to resupply the Company base for the next ten years, making two voyages per year from Brisbane. Tarra and her sister, Vasse, played a key role in training soldiers to become sailors, particularly in the Citizen Military Forces and in the development of the Australian Regular Army after the war and during the Pentomic experiment. In declining condition, she was sold to the Societe Marine Caledonian and renamed Milos Del Mar in April 1965. The dramatic rescue of her civilian crew eight months later and her abandonment to sink slowly in rough seas was described on the front pages of major newspapers at the time and by the commander of the Force Sea Air Rescue aircraft, thereby completing Tarra's story. Water Transport continues today, with Landing Craft operated by 35 Water Transport Squadron RACT.

The Peace Negotiations A Personal Narrative by Robert Lansing has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not made from scanned copies, the text is readable and clear.

The Battle for Passchendaele on 12 October 1917 was one of the epic struggles of the First World War. British Field Marshal Douglas Haig allocated II ANZAC Corps to capture Passchendaele village, with Major General Monash's 3rd Australian Division and the New Zealand Division leading the attack. For both divisions the battle was a bloody debacle. Monash's division started the battle with 5800 men and, just 24 hours later, could only muster 2600, suffering horrendous losses for a small territorial gain which was later relinquished. The New Zealand Division was trapped in front of the German wire and barely moved from its start line, suffering one of its highest casualty rates of the war. Fought in conditions which seemed to preclude any chance of success, the battle has become a metaphor for pointless sacrifice. After the battle the British and Australian leadership were unanimous in placing blame for the defeat on the all-pervasive mud. Monash, writing to his wife, believed that his plan 'would have succeeded in normal conditions'. Yet, two weeks later, in similar weather and terrain, Lieutenant General Currie's Canadian Corps succeeded where Monash and Godley's II ANZAC Corps did not. The central focus of this book is a detailed analysis of the 3rd Australian Division's plan and execution of the attack on Passchendaele. By examining the differences between the Australian and Canadian plans for the capture of Passchendaele, the author casts this iconic battle in a completely different light. It is a re-examination that is long overdue.

They all know the history; they have all grown up with the repression. They have grown up fighting. They have seen their leaders shot and jailed. They live with the military post on the corner. The searches, the document checks, the beatings, the arrests, the surveillance and the swaggering, casual violence of the Indonesian army and police. They all have one thing in common: an overwhelming desire to right a historic wrong. The West Papuan independence movement has reignited, and Indonesian troops are cracking down. Chemical weapons have been deployed, hundreds of people killed, tens of thousands displaced - all on Australia's doorstep. And almost no one is writing about it. In The Road, investigative reporter John Martinkus gives a gripping, up-to-date account of the province's descent into armed conflict and suppression. Replete with vivid detail, new information and photos not seen anywhere else, this revelatory work of journalism shows how and why a highlands road triggered an uprising, and where this might all lead.

Les heures longues, 1914-1917 by Colette a été considéré comme un travail important tout au long de l'histoire humaine, et afin de garantir que ce travail ne soit jamais perdu, nous avons pris des mesures pour assurer sa préservation en republiant ce livre dans un format contemporain pour les générations actuelles et futures. Ce livre entier a été retapé, remanié et reformaté. Étant donné que ces livres ne sont pas fabriqués à partir de copies numérisées, le texte est lisible et clair.

The Lusitania's Last Voyage ;Being a narrative of the torpedoing and sinking of the R. M. S. Lusitania by a German submarine off the Irish coast, May 7, 1915 by Jr. Charles Emelius Lauriat has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not made from scanned copies, the text is readable and clear.

The War in Afghanistan was the longest military conflict in American history. In a diverse collection of primary documents, this book explores the evolving legacy of the war and its impact on the countless lives it changed forever. Following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the United States spent almost 20 years at war in Afghanistan until it officially withdrew its military forces in August 2021. As the longest war in American history, the War in Afghanistan cost trillions of dollars to sustain and claimed the lives of thousands of American soldiers and many more Afghan civilians. This book tells the story of the war from its varied perspectives, including documents from American and Afghan politicians, high-ranking military officers, and diplomats. The topics covered are even more diverse, ranging from the building and training of security forces and the use drones in modern warfare to the importance of education and the role of women in combat. What the editors lead readers to understand is that the peoples referred to as Afghans have little in common beyond the land itself-a simple, basic, and ultimately ignored reality at the heart of the U.S. invasion, occupation, and frustration in Afghanistan.

''Comrades in distress we were, and it was now that one felt the existence of a brotherhood that establishes itself in circumstances of this kind â¿¿ A few of the men are very dejected, and appear to be losing all interest in themselves, their habits and practices not being approved by the majority. In some cases, for the most miserable reward, they cringe to the Germans for the chance of being of some service; others also, despite the fact their bodies can ill-afford the sacrifice, trade their boots and other clothing in exchange for food and smokes â¿¿ This is regrettable, but censure has no effect on the few. Most of us have resolved to maintain some sort of dignity, though 'tis difficult.'' So wrote Australian prisoner of war (POW) Corporal Lancelot Davies who was captured at the First Battle of Bullecourt on 11 April 1917 where Allied forces were 'badly smashed up'. Davies was one of almost 1,200 Australians captured that day, facing an uncertain future at the hands of their German captors. - he described the future as 'blank' and unpredictable. The experiences of Australian prisoners of war (POWs) or Kriegsgefangeners held captive in Germany has been largely forgotten or ignored - overshadowed by the horrid stories of Australians imprisoned by the Japanese during World War Two. Yet, as David Coombes makes known, the stories are interesting and significant - not only providing an account of what those young Australian soldiers experienced, and the spirit they showed in responding to captivity - but also for the insight it provides into Germany in the last eighteen months of the war. Coombes draws upon previous inaccessible records - including the interviews conducted many years before by Chalk - as well as private papers and unpublished manuscripts. He paints a vivid picture of young soldiers who survived the trauma of battle, only to find themselves facing an unknown fate at the hands of an often vindictive and cruel enemy. These 'comrades in distress', many wounded and traumatised by trench warfare, quickly discovered the bond of brotherhood, often the key to survival in a harsh environment with little food, poor medical treatment, back-breaking work and the anguish of confinement. What emerges in the pages of this amazingly detailed account is the typical Australian sense of humour and the sheer will to live that marked these men. Above all, it was their determination to be free and to return once more to their families that ensured their survival; often against overwhelming odds. Crossing the Wire is a fitting tribute to the World War One soldiers and POWs. David Coombes highlights the ordeals these men went through, their stoicism in enduring their mistreatment, and the fearlessness of a few in launching ingenious attempts to escape. He proves beyond doubt that their stories are by no means less compelling than those of their World War II brothers.

My SAS selection course instructor, was as hard as nails. At the start of each day's training, he would say, 'Men, the easy day was yesterday.' With that, we'd all let out a silent sigh contemplating the tortures that lay ahead of us. From his cage in a putrid, overcrowded Indian gaol, Paul Jordan reflects on a life lived on the edge and curses the miscalculation that robbed him of his freedom. His childhood, marred by the loss of his father and brother, produce a young man hell bent on being the best of the best - an ambition he achieves by being selected to join the elite SAS. He survives the gut-wrenching training regime, deployment to the jungles of Asia and the horrors of genocide in Rwanda before leaving the army to embark on a career as a security adviser. His new life sees him pursuing criminals and gun-toting bandits in Papua New Guinea and the Solomons, protecting CNN newsmen as the US 7th Cavalry storms into Baghdad with the outbreak of the Iraq War, and facing death on a massive scale as he accompanies reporters into the devastated Indonesian town of Banda Aceh, flattened by the Boxing Day tsunami. During his 24 days in an Indian gaol, Paul Jordan discovers that friendship and human dignity somehow survive the filth and deprivation. This is a personal account of a tough, hardened fighter who suddenly finds himself totally dependent on others for his every need. The Easy Day was Yesterday is fast paced, brutally honest and raw, but laced with dark humour. The core of Paul Jordan's eventful life, however, is the strength of his bonds with family and friends and the ability of the human spirit to survive even the direst adversity.

This meticulously researched book provides the first comprehensive study of the employment of artillery and naval gunfire support at Anzac. Faced with huge difficulties on inferior ground the Australian, New Zealand, Indian, and British gunners quickly adapted to a hostile environment, employing innovative techniques to counter superior numbers of Ottoman artillery and provide fire support to their infantry and light horse colleagues. How well they performed is a central theme of The Artillery at Anzac. Using a host of primary sources including official manuals, war diaries, operation orders, letters, and private papers the authors trace the story of this neglected feature of the Gallipoli campaign. Commencing with an evaluation of the nascent pre-war Australian and New Zealand artillery, they take the reader through the testing introduction to the realities of modern warfare, the trials and difficulties the gunners experienced throughout the campaign, to the phased evacuation in December, without alerting the Ottomans to the re-duced number of guns. Along the way, they challenge a long held controversy concerning the light horse charge at the Nek, and evaluate the effectiveness of the fire support provided to the infantry attacks, including that at Lone Pine, the attacks on the Sari Bair Range, and at Hill 60. In doing so, the authors illuminate long-buried information to provide new and penetrating insights into the campaign at Anzac.

Auf das Kampfflugzeug Messerschmitt Me 210 setzte das Reichsluftfahrtministerium große Hoffnungen und bestellte vom Reißbrett weg 2.000 dieser Flugzeuge, ohne eine Flug - erprobung abzuwarten. In der Erprobung ergaben sich dann immer mehr aerodynamische und technische Probleme. Die Schwierigkeiten führten letztendlich im März 1942 zum Stopp der Produktion in Augsburg und Regensburg - für den Messerschmitt-Konzern ein Fiasko. Im Buch werden zahlreiche Fotos und technische Dokumente erstmals veröffentlicht. Auch wird der verlustreiche Einsatz der Me 210 bei der Luftwaffe in den Jahren 1942-1944 erstmals dokumentiert. Ein besonderes Kapitel befasst sich zudem mit der Symbolik der Uniformen im Dritten Reich.

Peaceless Europe by Francesco Saverio Nitti has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not made from scanned copies, the text is readable and clear.

Luck on the Wing: Thirteen Stories of a Sky Spy by Elmer Haslett has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not made from scanned copies, the text is readable and clear.

In the spring of 1862, three green armies clashed in the Tennessee pine barrens near an obscure flatboat landing on the Tennessee River. Desperate to stop two Union armies from joining forces-and by so doing, to prove his worth to the Confederacy, Albert S. Johnston, with Pierre G. T. Beauregard, led the 40,000 man Army of Mississippi north from Corinth, Mississippi. It didn't help that Johnston and Beauregard didn't trust each other, nor that their army, collected from all over the South, had never fought-let alone marched-together...Planning an advance on Corinth, Ulysses S. Grant and the Army of West Tennessee waited near the trading hamlet of Pittsburg Landing on the west side of the Tennessee River, near a small church called Shiloh, anticipating the arrival of Don C. Buell and the Army of the Ohio. It didn't help that Buell hated Grant, thought they barely knew each other...On 6 April 1862, the Confederates, most of whom hadn't eaten in days, stumbled into the Federal camps in the dark of night. By sunrise, a fifth of Grant's army had become casualties, but Grant himself wasn't there...yet...By sunset, the die was cast for a different future for America...This encounter-two days of fighting that produced over twenty-thousand casualties-was the first major battle of a war that was projected to last only six months. Instead, it dragged on for three more years, and changed the American way of war forever.The Devil's Own Day: Shiloh and The American Civil War is a careful examination of this pivotal battle, from the co-author of Why The Samurai Lost Japan: A Study in Miscalculation and Folly, and the creator of The Stella's Game Trilogy.