Hitlers Ardennes Offensive, his last great throw of the dice, was stagnating. After the initial German successes, the Allies had rallied. In a desperate bid to recover the momentum, the Luftwaffe aimed to gain control of the air by launching a major...Loe edasi...
Many who lived during the Cold War asked the question of the V-force nuclear deterrent: ‘If the balloon had gone up, would it have got through?’ This book, written by an Air Electronics Officer with some 4,500 flying hours in Avro Vulcans, sets out t...Loe edasi...
Folland Gnat: Red Arrow and Cold War Fighter presents an illustrated and factual record of the challenges faced by William Petter, chief designer at Folland Aircraft, in gaining recognition for his cheap, lightweight fighter concept. He saw it as a...Loe edasi...
Outside of the Spitfire, the Nimrod was without doubt the RAF aircraft most familiar to the general public thanks to its role in maritime rescue co-ordination. But this was not the Nimrods primary role.As the first jet-powered dedicated anti-submari...Loe edasi...
Major Thomas Falcon Hazell DSO, MC, DFC and bar, Britain and Irelands most successful fighter ace to survive the Great War, is one of the unsung heroes who out-fought Herrman Goerings Jasta and duelled with Ernst Udet, second only to Baron von Richt...Loe edasi...
This book looks at the history of the US Air Force through the lens of its (lack of) preparedness for war, which is shown to be a result of its organisational culture....Loe edasi...
It was to be one of the most ambitious operations since 617 Squadron bounced their revolutionary bombs into the dams of the Ruhr Valley in 1943 . . . April 1982. Argentine forces had invaded the Falkland Islands. Britain needed an answer....Loe edasi...
An illustrated account of the action-packed combat missions carried out by the Luftwaffes powerfully armed Junkers Ju 88C day and nightfighters ...Loe edasi...
A complete and detailed description of the Spanish Army Airmobile Forces (FAMET), including its history since its creation in 1965 up until mid-2023, their helicopters, the units that fly them, their bases, weapons, crews, and technical personnel, de...Loe edasi...
The Decades of Rebellion mini-series examines the use of air power in multiple armed rebellions, and affairs related to armed strike and armed banditry in Mexico from the 1920s to the 1940s. Also because of its proximity to the ‘Mecca’ of the US avia...Loe edasi...
New paperback edition - This is an important book on one of the most controversial campaigns of the Second World War. When we came out above ground there was rubble everywhere, asphalt on the roads had melted in the heat. My only thought was to get...Loe edasi...
Assigned to the C-47 troop carrier squadrons, more than 6,500 glider pilots played a key role in the newly developed U.S. Army Airborne Doctrine in World War II. These servicemen faced an especially daunting challenge: deliver heavy equipment, tro...Loe edasi...
A leading historian of World War II sheds new light on the purposes and impact of the U.S. incendiary and atomic bombing of Japan’s cities in 1945. With the development of the B-29 “Superfortress” in summer 1944, strategic bombing, a central...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 07-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009728416)
In this new history of the development of American air power, Phillip Meilinger dispels the notion that young air zealots pushed for a bomber-heavy force, revealing instead the technological, economic and bureaucratic forces which shaped the air for...Loe edasi...
This engrossing history explores the creation, development and actions of the Special Duties squadrons, which carried spies, political figures and documents in and out of Occupied Europe.In 1940, Winston Churchill famously set in mo...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: America Through Time, ISBN-13: 9781634996273)
In 1938, the City of Denver donated more than 65,000 acres southeast of the city to the War Department for use as a bombing range. Preparing for the looming threat of war, by 1941 the site was named Buckley Field to honor Longmont, Colorado, native F...Loe edasi...
The watery, heavily vegetated marshlands of the Mekong Delta served as a formidable natural defense for Viet Cong units in the region, and the waterways served as the transportation corridor for Communist forces.. The Mobile Riverine Force formed the...Loe edasi...
