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A Castilian French Historical Simulation Von André Geraque Kiffer

Synopsis

In the simulation of the battle of Nájera the center of gravity of both maneuvers (defensive and offensive) will be the Nájera Bridge over the Najerilla River. The French and Castilians will have t...

Printed Version € 8,01 | E-Book Version € 3,41

War, Warburg and the World War I press photos

The press photography collection of World War I in the Warburg Archive: report of a research Von Leão Serva

Synopsis

This book is a new study on an unknown collection of war photos of the WW1 found in the Warburg Institute Archive in London. The photos were gathered by Aby Warburg (1866-1929), years before his fa...

E-Book Version € 13,35

Battle of Nagashino, 1575, in the Civil War in Japan from 1573 to 1615

A historical simulation Von André Geraque Kiffer

Synopsis

The Battle of Nagashino took place on June 28, 1575 near Nagashino Castle on Shitarabara Plain in Mikawa Prefecture, Japan. Many historians cite it as the first modern Japanese battle. I will simul...

Printed Version € 7,38 | E-Book Version € 3,41

Battle of Wittstock, 1636, in the Thirty Years’ War

A historical simulation Von André Geraque Kiffer

Synopsis

The Thirty Years' War from 1618 to 1648 is considered one of the most destructive wars in European history. It is estimated that between 4.5 and 8 million soldiers and civilians died as a direct re...

Printed Version € 8,55 | E-Book Version € 3,41

War

Love or Hate Von Jonatan do Vale

Synopsis

Delve into the intricate world of modern warfare with this thought-provoking and comprehensive ebook, "Modern Wars: Understanding the Complexities and Building Paths to Peace." Drawing on a multidi...

E-Book Version € 5,60

Battle of Naseby, 1645, in the English Civil Wars

A historical simulation Von André Geraque Kiffer

Synopsis

The English Civil Wars, between 1642 and 1651, were a series of political machinations between parliamentarians - the round heads - and royalists - the gentlemen -, mainly over the form of governan...

Printed Version € 8,44 | E-Book Version € 3,41

Battle of Algiers, 1956 and 1957

A historical simulation Von André Geraque Kiffer

Synopsis

The Battle of Algiers was an urban guerrilla campaign fought by the FLN (Front for the National Liberation of Algeria) against French colonial authorities in Algeria from late 1956 to late 1957, in...

Printed Version € 7,49 | E-Book Version € 3,41

NATO versus USSR

A simulation Von André Geraque Kiffer

Synopsis

A simulation, through a war game, of what would have been a military confrontation between the forces of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and those of the Union of Soviet Socialist Rep...

Printed Version € 8,73 | E-Book Version € 3,41

Battle of Ituzaingó, 1827

A historical simulation Von André Geraque Kiffer

Synopsis

The biggest pitched battle in Brazilian territory took place on February 20, 1827, about 13 km east of the current city of Rosário do Sul. Alvear (commander of the platine republican army) disguise...

Printed Version € 7,84 | E-Book Version € 3,41

Battle of Dunkirk, 1658, in a Franco-Spanish War

A historical simulation Von André Geraque Kiffer

Synopsis

Seventeenth-century Europe was dominated by the struggle between the Bourbon kings of France and their Habsburg rivals in Spain and the Holy Roman Empire. The Franco-Spanish War (1635-1659) was fou...

Printed Version € 7,65 | E-Book Version € 3,41

The Study of Wars and the Chess Games

Von André Geraque Kiffer

Synopsis

I started the development of this work in 1995, when, inspired by Arnold Toynbee’s masterpiece, "A Study of History," and the book "Future Wars", from Trevor N. Dupuy, I wrote the monograph "A fore...

E-Book Version € 3,41

Battle of Créçy, August 26, 1346

A French historical simulation Von André Geraque Kiffer

Synopsis

We consider that Créçy was a great French skirmish that turned into a great victorious English battle during the Edwardian phase of the Hundred Years War. Along with the later battles of Poitiers a...

E-Book Version € 3,41

Battle of Aljubarrota, August 14, 1385

A Castilian historical simulation Von André Geraque Kiffer

Synopsis

Aljubarrota was one of the great pitched battles of the Middle Ages between two royal armies and one of the most decisive events in the history of Portugal. In the diplomatic field, it allowed the ...

E-Book Version € 3,41

France Campaign, 1914

A German historical simulation Von André Geraque Kiffer

Synopsis

Both the French and the Germans followed offensive plans. The French offensive in the Ardennes was to be the largest Plan XVII, consisting initially of the Third, Fourth, and Fifth armies. But on 1...

E-Book Version € 3,41

Naval Battle of Tsushima, 1905

A Russian historical simulation Von André Geraque Kiffer

Synopsis

It has been noted that the Russian Navy has shyly sought to comply with the maritime military strategic principles for a naval victory by attempting to bring together two of its largest squadrons (...

E-Book Version € 3,41

Jutland, 1916

A historical simulation of the last great clash between battleships. Von André Geraque Kiffer

Synopsis

Jutland was the largest naval battle in World War I and the third historic action between battleships (steel-armored battleships) following the battles of the Yellow Sea (1904) and Tsushima in 1905...

E-Book Version € 3,41

Battle of Pharsalus, August 9th, 48 BC

A Roman republican historical simulation Von André Geraque Kiffer

Synopsis

When Caesar marched into Greece, Pompey had the strategic option of avoiding battle and transporting himself by sea to Italy, securing the peninsula in the absence of Caesar and his forces. Another...

E-Book Version € 3,41

Crusades in the Levant, 1096 to 1291

A Catholic historical simulation Von André Geraque Kiffer

Synopsis

Crusade is called any of the Christian-inspired military movements from Western Europe to the Holy Land (the name Christians called Palestine) and the city of Jerusalem to conquer, occupy, and keep...

E-Book Version € 3,41

Land battles in the 16th century

A historical simulation Von André Geraque Kiffer

Synopsis

As the main characteristics of this period in the Terrestrial War, we highlight that the infantry underwent profound developments, evolving from a force that wielded swords and halberds to a more f...

E-Book Version € 3,41

German submarines combats in the Second World War

A historical simulation Von André Geraque Kiffer

Synopsis

The Kriegsmarine (War Navy) was the navy of Germany from 1935 to 1945. It replaced the German Imperial Navy of the German Empire (1871-1918) and the interwar Reichsmarine (1919–1935) of the Weimar ...

Printed Version € 9,07 | E-Book Version € 3,41

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