Air forces and warfare

This book provides a comprehensive account of the use of airpower in the first year of the Ukraine conflict.

During the course of the Second World War, the Allies mounted a series of attempts to prevent Germany from manufacturing heavy water utilising hydroelectric plants in occupied Norway.

It was truly the most breathless and in a way the most exhilarating time I have ever had in my life.

"e;Just when you thought everything about the 82nd Airborne Division in World War II had been published, author Ben Powers delivers Never a Dull Moment, The 80th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion in World War II.

During World War II, the United States earned the nickname "e;the arsenal of democracy"e; due to its sheer productive output, which included over 3,000,000 trucks and jeeps, 86,000 tanks, 6,750 naval platforms, 300,000 aircraft of all types.

Mary Frances Willard, a public-school principal from Chicago, was one of thousands of American women who served as welfare workers for U.

This work is a close examination of the conditions surrounding and precipitating the last gasp of British naval hegemony and events that led to its demise.

Bettina Görings Biografie ist eine Auseinandersetzung mit ihrer dunklen Familiengeschichte und dem verbrecherischen Erbe ihres Großonkels, Reichsmarschall Hermann GöringBettina Görings Name ist ihr Schicksal.

An illustrated account of the dramatic engagement between the Luftwaffe's Me 163 units and Allied bombers during the closing years of World War II.

Brought to life by the personal accounts of six Navy pilots and one British POW, this is the history of the U.

An illustrated account of how the USAAF's might was challenged by the Jagdflieger and their heavily armed, and armoured, Fw 190A-8 Sturmj ger.

Mary Frances Willard, a public-school principal from Chicago, was one of thousands of American women who served as welfare workers for U.

An illustrated account of how the USAAF's might was challenged by the Jagdflieger and their heavily armed, and armoured, Fw 190A-8 Sturmj ger.

This work is a close examination of the conditions surrounding and precipitating the last gasp of British naval hegemony and events that led to its demise.

Brought to life by the personal accounts of six Navy pilots and one British POW, this is the history of the U.

The true story of the the misfits and mavericks who waged psychological warfare against the NazisSeptember, 1939.

Perverse Memory and the Holocaust presents a new theoretical approach to the study of Polish memory bystanders of the Holocaust.

Perverse Memory and the Holocaust presents a new theoretical approach to the study of Polish memory bystanders of the Holocaust.

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An insider's account of training and service in Nazi Germany's twenty-fifth Panzer Regiment during World War II.

During the 1930s the Soviet Union launched a major effort to create a modern Air Force.

An illustrated account of the dramatic engagement between the Luftwaffe's Me 163 units and Allied bombers during the closing years of World War II.

The story of a German boy drafted into military service during WWII is vividly recounted in this memoir of combat and survival.

Hitler's decision to renege on his alliance with Stalin and invade Russia in June 1941 was to have the most far reaching consequences for the world.

After the defeat at Stalingrad, Hitler had lost his momentum and was looking for a way to regain it.

An aviation historian explores Russian airborne assault innovations in the decade before WWII using paratrooper memoirs and archival research.

The story of a German boy drafted into military service during WWII is vividly recounted in this memoir of combat and survival.

After the defeat at Stalingrad, Hitler had lost his momentum and was looking for a way to regain it.

By participating in 1956 Suez Crisis Israel exploited an opportunity to join forces with France and the United Kingdom in an attack against Egypt in order to accomplish diplomatic, military and political objectives: to open the Red Sea international shipping lane to ships sailing from and to Eilat; to strengthen its alliance with France; to end - or at least to scale down - Egyptian hosted Palestinian terror attacks against Israel; to launch a preventive war in order to crush Egyptian military power before its completion of the transition to Soviet weapons could tempt Egypt to attack Israel and in order to accomplish a profound victory to deter Egypt from pursuing a another round of war policy.

Finalist, 2023 Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Awards Quite simply, without engineers the U.

A history of the Royal Navy's FAA since 1945, featuring a survey of the aircraft flown, the conflicts fought, and the daily life of those in service.

Hawker Aircraft Ltd at Kingston was arguably the most successful and long-lasting manufacturer of military aircraft in Great Britain and Europe.

Corporal Leonard Guttridge was among the many unsung heroes of the Battle of Britain--the Royal Air Force mechanics and armorers who patched bullet holes, repaired engines, refueled empty tanks and replenished ammunition, enabling outnumbered pilots to return to the skies.

A remarkable collection of accounts of intrepid American aircrew shot down over enemy lines during World War II and how they got away.

A remarkable collection of accounts of intrepid American aircrew shot down over enemy lines during World War II and how they got away.

This book examines the full story of the German and Soviet aerial battles in the Leningrad sector during the siege.

The second of two comprehensive directories of all the Luftwaffe's single-seater fighter pilots who were awarded the Knight's Cross during the Second World War.

The second of two comprehensive directories of all the Luftwaffe's single-seater fighter pilots who were awarded the Knight's Cross during the Second World War.

The biography of Thomas Brown,who provided the template for a successful search by the German navy for oil access.

The Evacuation of Singapore to the Prison Camps of Sumatra aims to describe the events prior to, during and after the Fall of Singapore and the ways in which former prisoners are remembered on Bangka Island today.

Edward J.

The Second World War in Eastern Europe is far from a neglected topic, especially since social, cultural, and diplomatic historians have entered a field previously dominated by operational histories, and produced a cornucopia of new scholarship offering a more nuanced picture from both sides of the front.

This book examines the full story of the German and Soviet aerial battles in the Leningrad sector during the siege.

Roland J.

With original research and interviews with survivors, a journalist reveals the brutal yet forgotten battles in Latvia during the final months of WWII.

With original research and interviews with survivors, a journalist reveals the brutal yet forgotten battles in Latvia during the final months of WWII.

Described as the 'unseen terror of East Prussia', Soviet World War II sniper, Roza Shanina was celebrated for her remarkable shooting accuracy and astonishing bravery.

The diary of the Soviet World War II sniper known as the "e;unseen terror of East Prussia"e; who killed 59 enemy soldiers before dying heroically at age 20.