Robin Neillands was a British writer whose work primarily focused on travel and military history. His writings are lauded for their readability, achieved through rigorous research and engaging firsthand accounts. Neillands was unafraid to express strong personal views, buttressed by cogent evidence, often seeking to debunk historical myths, particularly concerning World War II. Whether charting journeys or dissecting conflicts, his literary output is consistently meticulously researched and logically supported.
A wide-sweeping panorama of the end of British world domination, A Fighting Retreat is the stirring tale of both the long, drawn out campaigns which accompanied the transfer of power and the untold oral history of the courageous individuals who took part
The vicious conflict between the English noble houses of York and Lancaster—known as the War of the Roses—marked the end of medieval England and the birth of the Renaissance. Here is a concise and fascinating study of that 30-year period, which recounts the secret plots, hidden romances, royal murders, great battles, political intrigues, and broken promises. Written by a popular and well-known military historian, it follows the collapse of the great Plantagenet dynasty, which had ruled all of England and much of France for more than 300 years, and the rise of the Tudors, destined to dominate British political life during the 16th century.
The gigantic scale of the invasion is stunningly evoked' - Mail on Sunday Brilliant minute by minute description of a famous day Gripping accounts of action, triumphs and disasters
Thomas, Roger, Sheely, Terence, Neillands, Rob, Fonley, Rosa
Robin Neillands, military historian and himself a former Royal Marine Commando, here tells the story of special forces since the end of World War II, where possible in the words of the soldiers themselves. He describes the operational successes and failures, advances in military technology crucial to special force effectiveness, and the achievements, challenges, and exploits of a wide range of special force units. From the intense cold of the Korean winter, the mountains of Cyprus, and the Libyan night, to the jungle heat of Vietnam and the green hills of Northern Ireland, In the Combat Zone provides a compelling and revealing portrait of these highly trained troops, without the by-now banal glorification so characteristic of such discussions.
Arthur Harris und die Bomberoffensive der Alliierten 1939 - 1945
Beschreibung des strategischen Bombenkrieges als einem militärischen Dogma, das zwischen 1939 und 1945 unter schrecklichen Verlusten praktisch perfektioniert und exemplifiziert wurde.
Kniha je příběhem jednoho z nejdůležitějších dnů dvacátého století - 6.června 1944. Popisuje všechny události, které vedly k operaci Overlord, jak byla krycím jménem pojmenována invaze Spojenců do Normandie, a dále jednoduchým a srozumitelným stylem líčí, jak byla tato největší invaze v dějinách válečnictví plánována, ověřována a nakonec i provedena.... celý text
