Air forces and warfare

A Royal Navy Vice Admiral describes the strategy and logistics in deploying ships and crafts for the D-Day amphibious landings in World War II.

This WWII memoir of an NCO Royal Air Force pilot offers a vivid, personal account of wartime life and dangerous operations over Europe.

This is a different approach to Aviation Archaeology.

The 51st Highland Division was the most famous infantry division that fought with the British Army in WW2.

Le Cateau (26-27 August 1914) was the second major action fought by the BEF in the Great War.

A World War II memoir of a clerk who put down his pen and took up a weapon, rising through the ranks to become an elite Special Air Service soldier.

Originally conceived as a carrier-born maritime attack aircraft, the Blackburn design included many original features such as Boundary Layer Control, a system which blew hot air over the flying surfaces to increase lift when landing.

The incredible story of the dive bomber is told through official reports and personal accounts from combat pilots in this sweeping military history.

This is the story of the fighter aces who flew throughout the war in many different operational theatres.

The posthumous memoirs of a World War II Pathfinder pilot and Distinguished Flying Cross recipient who flew target-marking missions in enemy territory.

In Spring 1945 the outcome of the war was ritually certain but the mighty River Rhine still stood in the way of the Allies.

Ace fighter pilots from the British Royal Air Force share stories from the experiences during World War II's Battle of Britain.

The first recipient was Flight Sergeant Leslie Wallace, a wireless operator with 83 Squadron, who extinguished a major fire in his Lancaster and despite his severe wounds returned to his radio until the crippled aircraft returned to England.

This book contains selected images from three different Royal Flying Corps albums.

This is a comprehensive reference to the structure, operation, aircraft and men of Fighter Command from its formation in 1936 to 1968 when it became part of Strike Command.

The UK has some of the most dramatic landscapes for NATO pilots to exercise the increasingly important military art of high-speed low flying.

"e;Fascinating insight into the early development of the B-17 Flying Fortress .

In the summer of 1914, our finest young men flocked to the colors in Northern towns and cities to answer Lord Kitcheners Call to Arms in a spontaneous burst of enthusiasm and patriotism.

Although the Battle of Arnhem was fought over sixty years ago.

Early on 1 September 1914, the Germans surprised 1st Cavalry Brigade harboring in the little town of Nry.

While best known as being the scene of the most terrible carnage in the WW1 the French department of the Somme has seen many other battles from Roman times to 1944.

"e;A useful review of the development of a classic jet bomber that saw widespread service in the Royal Air Force and was exported to many overseas air forces.

September 1941 approval was given for the formation of two long-range Air-Sea Rescue squadrons.

A career pilot's memoir of flying fighter jets through two wars and through the evolution of aviation technology.

The six years of prolonged world-wide conflict spawned some 340 serving generals in the British Army.

To bale out of a stricken airplane is a pilot's or aircrew's final chance to escape death.

"e;Takes a seemingly mundane subject as airfields and turns it into a fresh understanding of air combat on the Western Front .

Twenty-three compelling accounts of desperate circumstances and unbelievable survival when planes went down in remote and dangerous locations.

In Spring 1945 one final hurdle faced the American and British Armies under Ike's supreme command - the Rhine.

The fighting on Redan Ridge in 1916 has long been overshadowed by events on each flank, namely Serre on the left and Beaumont Hamel on the right.

This is a wartime escape memoir that ranks with the finest.

Dramatic photographs of Nazi Germany's shocking Ardennes Offensive that nearly turned the tide of World War II-from the author of In Pursuit of Hitler.

The first volume of Roger Brooks detailed reference to the Victor covers the conception, design and test-flying of the prototype HP 80 and then the production and operation of the Mark 1 in its many roles.

A World War II survivor describes his combat experiences as a member of the Red Army's 5th Guards Cavalry Division in the fight against the Nazi Germany.

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For sixty years the dramatic story of the Dunkirk evacuation and the defeat of France-the story of the German conquest of northwest Europe-has been the focus of historical study and dispute, yet myths and misconceptions about this extraordinary event persist.

A history of the British RAF division in Norfolk dedicated to radio countermeasures during WWII.

To the US Navy they were CVEs!

The book contains twenty-three stirring accounts of what life flying as air-crew in World War Two was really like.

This WWII battlefield guide offers a detailed history of the Siege of Fort Eben Emael during the Nazi invasion of Belgium-with maps and photos throughout.

Ninety years after the Battle of the Somme was fought, visitors continue to flock in very large numbers to the massive Memorial to the Missing at Thiepval, site of a bitter three-month struggle during the summer of 1916.

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