Knihobot

Michael Fredholm von Essen

    The Shogun's Soldiers Volume 2
    The Kalmar War, 1611-1613
    Charles X's Wars: Volume 3 - The Danish Wars, 1657-1660
    Army of the Manchu Empire
    Sweden's War in Muscovy, 1609-1617
    The Lion from the North
    • 2024

      The Swedish campaign in Muscovy of 1609-1610 and the Ingrian War between Sweden and Muscovy of 1610-1617 took place during Russia's Time of Troubles.

      Sweden's War in Muscovy, 1609-1617
    • 2023

      The book describes the 'Swedish Deluge' (potop szwedski), the devastating 1655-1660 wars fought between Sweden, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Brandenburg-Prussia, Muscovite Russia, Transylvania, Cossack Ukraine, the Tatar Khanate of Crimea, and the Holy Roman Empire during the reign of Swedish King Charles X Gustavus. This is the second of th

      Charles X's Wars: Volume 3 - The Danish Wars, 1657-1660
    • 2023

      The Kalmar War of 1611-1613 was the last war in which Denmark-Norway prevailed against Sweden, then under young Gustavus Adolphus who inherited the war from his father. Gustavus Adolphus's defeat against Denmark was the catalyst which set him on the path to remake Sweden into a regional great power.

      The Kalmar War, 1611-1613
    • 2022

      In 1975, Lieutenant Commander Valeriy Sablin led his crew in a mutiny on the Soviet warship Storozhevoy. Facing the loss of a modern warship with armaments, electronics, communication devices, and code books, Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev ordered Naval Aviation Colonel Arkhip Savinkov to destroy the Storozhevoy - with a nuclear missile.

      The Hunt for the Storozhevoy
    • 2022

      King Charles, an experienced former general from the Thirty Years' War, saw the war as an opportunity to put an end to the Polish King's claim to the Swedish throne and to gain additional territories which would enable him to control the Baltic Sea. The book presents new research on a war previously seldom described in English.

      Charles X's Wars Volume 1
    • 2022

      The book describes the two devastating wars fought between Sweden and Denmark-Norway during the reign of Swedish King Charles X Gustavus, presenting new research on two wars previously seldom described in English.

      Charles X's Wars Volume 2
    • 2022

      This book describes the organization, arms, armor, dress, and daily life of samurai, soldiers, and commoners in Edo-period Japan.

      The Shogun's Soldiers
    • 2020

      After the death of Gustavus Adolphus, his chancellor Axel Oxenstierna assumed overall command and led the Swedish army to victory in the Thirty Years War.

      The Lion from the North