Air forces and warfare

Based on extensive archival research, Sterling Michael Pavelec recounts the adventures of the handful of aviators and their aircraft during the Gallipoli Campaign.

To his enlisted men on U-154, Lieutenant Oskar Kusch was the ideal skipper-bright, experienced, successful, caring, tolerably eccentric-and a popular captain who always brought his boat home safely when so many others vanished without a trace.

A common theme of airpower histories is that the Combined Bomber Offensive was the proving ground for a post-war independent air force.

This classic study examines the deployment of U.

On January 27, 1962, a concert at the Maly Theatre in Leningrad is interrupted by a gunshot and an ex-state prisoner is arrested.

Rise of the War Machines: The Birth of Precision Bombing in World War II examines the rise of autonomy in air warfare from the inception of powered flight through the first phase of the Combined Bomber Offensive in World War II.

At the Dawn of Airpower: The U.

In the waning years of World War II, as the tragic plight of the European Jews was coming to light in ever more horrific detail, a Jewish fighting force, known as the Jewish Infantry Brigade Group, was born as part of the British Eighth Army.

Genesis of the Grand Fleet: The Admiralty, Germany, and the Home Fleet, 1896-1914 tells the story of the prewar predecessor to the Royal Navy's war-winning Grand Fleet: ?

After Jutland analyses the naval war in Northern European waters following the critical, but inconclusive Battle of Jutland.

Learning War examines the U.

Drawing on extensive State Department files, declassified Navy policy papers, interviews with both former top officials and individuals who were involved in incidents, David F.

Strategic bombing is likely the most studied element in Aviation History.

Always at War is the story of Strategic Air Command (SAC) during the early decades of the Cold War.

Inspired from assorted first-hand accounts, this fictional story of World War I is an anthropomorphic retelling of that global conflict and the soldiers who experienced the horrors of the front lines and high seas.

This book is a collective biography of the 318 men who joined the German Navy in 1934 to become officers.

Given the dearth of scholarship on the Phoney War, this book examines the early months of World War II when Winston Churchill's ability to lead Britain in the fight against the Nazis was being tested.

At the beginning of World War II, professor Lauren Post, San Diego State College, asked his students entering military service to write to him.

India's armed forces play a key role in protecting the country and occupy a special place in the Indian people's hearts, yet standard accounts of contemporary Indian history rarely have a military dimension.

Few American presidents have exercised their constitutional authority as commander in chief with more determination than Franklin D.

Two years before the atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki helped bring a quick end to hostilities in the summer of 1945, U.

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The 390th Bomb Group Anthologyincludes 83 stories written by 45 members of the 390th Bomb Group relating their personal adventures during the World War II years.

Two years before the atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki helped bring a quick end to hostilities in the summer of 1945, U.

Camp Huntsville was one of the first and largest POW camps constructed in America during World War II.

As a young Air Force officer, Major General Paul Landers flew small Cessna O-1 aircrafts, called Bird Dogs, over the trees and rice paddies of the Mekong Delta as a forward air controller (FAC).

"e;My Unbelievable Journey"e; is a powerful autobiography from a flight aircrewman's perspective.

Based on extensive archival research, Sterling Michael Pavelec recounts the adventures of the handful of aviators and their aircraft during the Gallipoli Campaign.

With heightened tensions mounting in the Cold War, President Dwight Eisenhower's request for more accurate intelligence information on the Soviet Union was the spark that ignited the U-2 project.

Au cœur de Nancy, à deux pas de la place Stanislas, le lycée Jeanne d’Arc fait partie du quotidien des Nancéens depuis plus de 120 ans.

In January 1940, navy nurse Dorothy Still eagerly anticipated her new assignment at a military hospital in the Philippines.

In January 1940, navy nurse Dorothy Still eagerly anticipated her new assignment at a military hospital in the Philippines.

"e;No One Avoided Danger"e; is a detailed combat narrative of the 7 December 1941 Japanese attacks on NAS Kaneohe Bay, one of two naval air stations on the island of O'ahu.

The creation and intense training regimens of the British Special Operations Executive and the American Office of Strategic Services leading into WWII.

The best way for today's sailors to learn about a battle is from those who fought it.

The ‘Turtle’ and the ‘Dreamboat’ is the first detailed account of the race for long-distance flight records between the U.

The ‘Turtle’ and the ‘Dreamboat’ is the first detailed account of the race for long-distance flight records between the U.

On December 22, 1964, at a small, closely guarded airstrip in the desert town of Palmdale, California, Lockheed test pilot Bob Gilliland stepped into a strange-looking aircraft and roared into aviation history.

On December 22, 1964, at a small, closely guarded airstrip in the desert town of Palmdale, California, Lockheed test pilot Bob Gilliland stepped into a strange-looking aircraft and roared into aviation history.

This military study of the air war in Vietnam offers a vividly detailed examination of the critical role played by unarmed photo recon aircraft.

A fully illustrated account of the Red Army's fierce April 1945 offensive meant to encircle and assault Berlin amidst desperate German resistance.

"e;Author James Mills presents an amazing, detailed history review of the German surface-to-air guided missile technology development.

In 1940, the U.

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In World War II, the U.

"e;This book is of interest to any scholar of World War II, particularly those focused on bridging culture and war.

"e;I would recommend the book to intelligence practitioners, scholars, and other persons interested in World War II intelligence history.

A fully illustrated account of the infamous 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend, from their formation through to the fierce battles for Caen.

A detailed summary of all types of Diamond T vehicles used by the U.

A German perspective of D-Day, written by an Army Corps intelligence officer in Normandy when the Allies invaded, published in English for the first time.