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El canal de Panamá

El canal de Panamá

Los Libros de la Catarata

Hace cien años, coincidiendo con el comienzo de la Primera Guerra Mundial, tuvo lugar la inauguración del canal de Panamá.

Una obra emblemática de la ingeniería moderna que contribuyó a la transformación del mundo contemporáneo. Sin embargo, aunque hizo posible la unión de dos océanos, también consumó la segregación del continente en dos Américas; fue ...

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US Fast Battleships 1938-91

US Fast Battleships 1938-91

Burr, Lawrence

Osprey Publishing

In 1938, the United States abandoned the constraints imposed by the Washington Teaty and began work on a new class of super-battleships. This book covers the design, construction, and employment of the four Iowa-class battleships, the largest in the American fleet. During World War II, they served as guards for the aircraft carriers and their ...

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pvp.15,00 €

German Battleships 1914-18 (2)

German Battleships 1914-18 (2)

Staff, Gary

Osprey Publishing

Supported by official documents, personal accounts, official drawings and specially commissioned artwork, this volume is an informative history of the key classes Kaiser, König and Bayern that formed the backbone of the German Imperial Navy throughout World War I, detailing the technological revolution that had taken place to enable the building of these large dreadnought ...

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pvp.15,50 €

US Navy Aircraft Carriers 1942-45 "WWII-built ships"

US Navy Aircraft Carriers 1942-45 "WWII-built ships"

Stille, Mark

Osprey Publishing

Aircraft carriers were the US Navy's principal weapon against Japan during the Pacific War. Development of the Essex class began in 1939, becoming the largest class of carrier ever to be built. Early in the Pacific War it became renowned for its 'Sunday Punch' of 36 fighter planes, 36 dive bombers, and 18 torpedo planes. ...

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pvp.15,00 €

Midway 1942 "Turning Point in the Pacific"

Midway 1942 "Turning Point in the Pacific"

Healy, Mark

Osprey Publishing

One of the most important naval battles in history, Midway was fought barely six months after the devastating Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The badly damaged USS Yorktown was repaired in just 48 hours and with Enterprise and Hornet set out to meet the Japanese. In a battle marked by great heroism on both sides ...

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pvp.23,00 €

British Submarines of World War I

British Submarines of World War I

McCartney, Innes

Osprey Publishing

As the major powers engaged in an arms race in the early years of the 20th century, the Admiralty was tasked with developing that deadly stalker of the high seas - the submarine. In 1905, briefed with creating a vessel that could be employed on an enemy's coastline, the Admiralty took several technological leaps forward ...

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Pearl Harbor 1941 'The day of infamy - Revised Edition'

Pearl Harbor 1941 'The day of infamy - Revised Edition'

Smith, Carl

Osprey Publishing

December 7, 1941 was one of the single most decisive days of World War II - the day that brought the USA into the fight. Six Japanese aircraft carriers disgorged their full complements in two waves on the superior US Pacific Fleet as it lay slumbering in Pearl Harbor. Depending on opposing viewpoints, the attack ...

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pvp.22,50 €

Imperial Japanese Navy Heavy Cruisers 1941-45

Imperial Japanese Navy Heavy Cruisers 1941-45

Stille, Mark

Osprey Publishing

Designed with little more than a passing nod to the international naval treaties of the inter-war period, the Imperial Japanese Navy's heavy cruisers were fast and heavily armed. Like the other vessels of the Japanese Navy, the heavy cruisers were technologically superior to and far more innovative than their Allied rivals, whom they met in ...

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British Battleships 1914-18 (1) "The Early Dreadnoughts"

British Battleships 1914-18 (1) "The Early Dreadnoughts"

Konstam, Angus

Osprey Publishing

The launch of HMS Dreadnought in 1906 changed the face of naval warfare. The first half-dozen dreadnoughts were all improvements of the basic Dreadnought design, all carrying ten 12-inch guns. It was only in 1911, with the launch of HMS Neptune that the layout of this powerful armament was altered as a result of practical ...

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pvp.15,00 €

British Dreadnought vs German Dreadnought "Jutland 1916"

British Dreadnought vs German Dreadnought "Jutland 1916"

Stille, Mark

Osprey Publishing

In 1916, in the seas near Jutland, two fleets of armoured dreadnoughts met in open battle. This book tells the story of the British and German battleships of these two great fleets from their development as the first generation of fully- armoured warships to their combat experiences. The differing weapon systems and crew training of ...

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pvp.19,50 €

British Light Cruisers 1939-45

British Light Cruisers 1939-45

Konstam, Angus

Osprey Publishing

The light cruiser was a natural development of the sailing frigate a fast multi-purpose warship that could patrol the sea lanes, protect convoys and scout for enemy battle fleets. By the inter-war period the need for this type of ship was even more important, given the increasing need for protection from aircraft, and the need ...

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pvp.15,90 €

US Destroyers 1942-45 "Wartime classes"

US Destroyers 1942-45 "Wartime classes"

McComb, Dave

Osprey Publishing

Few if any 20th century warships were more justly acclaimed than the destroyers of the U.S. Navy's Fletcher class. Admired as they were for their advanced and rakish design, it was their record as workhorses of the Pacific War that placed them among the most battle-tested and successful fighting ships of all time. This title ...

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pvp.15,50 €