Résultats pour "Sand" dans Militaire

War. People love the clean version of war. Simple motivations, clear victories, and neat endings, but that version is a mirage. Born and raised in Iowa, Jeff Harstad enlisted in the U.S. Army on September 12, 2001, one day after the attacks that changed everything. Fort Benning’s demanding Infantry School taught him the basics. Then the real world taught him the rest.

'An indelible and enthralling work of moral witness' PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE 'These questions of memory and impunity are forever timely' FINANCIAL TIMES 'An extraordinary achievement . . . I read with open mouth and thumping heart' STEPHEN FRY The house at 38 Londres Street in Santiago, Chile, is...

Since the Second World War, Arab armed forces have consistently punched below their weight. They have lost many wars that by all rights they should have won, and in their best performances only ever achieved quite modest accomplishments. Over time, soldiers, scholars, and military experts have offered various explanations for this pattern.

Written with flair and exuberance, Joan Rice's diary is a compelling and personal account of life and love in the Second World War. Including additional material from her husband's own diary, Sand in my Shoes is a record of one woman's coming-of-age.

The mighty, iconic A-10 Warthog was first thrust into battle in Operation Desert Storm. The men who took it through walls of flak and surface-to-air missiles to help defeat the world's fourth-largest army were as untested as their airplanes, so they relied on personal determination and the amazing A-10 to accomplish their missions, despite the odds.

De zoektocht naar de waarheid achter de vlucht en mysterieuze dood van een naziofficier. Otto Wächter was tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog verantwoordelijk voor de dood van honderdduizenden Joden en Polen. Vijfenzeventig jaar later is zijn zoon Horst nog altijd overtuigd van zijn onschuld. Aan het einde van de oorlog werd Otto Wächter beschuldigd van massamoord. Achternagezeten door de Sovjets, de Amerikanen en de Britten sloeg hij op de vlucht. Drie jaar lang verschool hij zich in de Oostenrijkse Alpen, waarna hij zich naar Rome begaf en met steun van het Vaticaan kon onderduiken.