Air forces and warfare

From 1899 until the American entry into World War II, U.

"A hell of an adventure story.

Marine Corps Fighter Squadron 214 was hastily organized in the field during World War II to meet the urgent need for another combat squadron in the South Pacific.

Marine Corps Fighter Squadron 214 was hastily organized in the field during World War II to meet the urgent need for another combat squadron in the South Pacific.

" Was Hitler a moral aberration or a man of his people?

" Was Hitler a moral aberration or a man of his people?

" The 1943 invasion of Bougainville, largest and northernmost of the Solomon Islands, and the naval battles during the campaign for the island, contributed heavily to the defeat of the Japanese in the Pacific War.

" The 1943 invasion of Bougainville, largest and northernmost of the Solomon Islands, and the naval battles during the campaign for the island, contributed heavily to the defeat of the Japanese in the Pacific War.

Richard Lukas's book, encompassing the wartime recollections of sixty "ordinary" Poles under Nazi occupation, constitutes a valuable contribution to a new perspective on World War II.

From early zeppelins, to the Luftwaffe and the Enola Gay, to the unmanned aerial vehicles of today, air power has long been regarded as an invaluable instrument of war.

The Berlin blockade brought former allies to the brink of war.

In the winter of 19441945, Hitler sought to divide Allied forces in the heavily forested Ardennes region of Luxembourg and Belgium.

World War II submariners rarely experienced anything as exhilarating or horrifying as the surface gun attack.

This biography recounts one of the most significant yet unsung military careers of the twentieth century: "e;a major contribution to the history of World War II"e; (Foreign Affairs).

When Heinz Lning posed as a Jewish refugee to spy for Hitler's Abwehr espionage agency, he thought he had discovered the perfect solution to his most pressing problem: how to avoid being drafted into Hitler's army.

" When the Japanese Imperial Forces invaded the Philippine Islands at the onset of World War II, they quickly rounded up Allied citizens on Luzon and imprisoned them as enemy aliens.

This WWII naval history chronicles the prolific combat career of one of the most important US ships to fight in the Pacific War.

Following the Japanese invasion of the islands in 1942, North Luzon was the staging area for several Filipino-American guerrilla bands who sought to gather intelligence and to destroy enemy military installations or supplies.

Heroic accounts of American women who faced combat, surrender, and captivity.

Nineteen months before the D-Day invasion of Normandy, Allied assault forces landed in North Africa in Operation TORCH, the first major amphibious operation of the war in Europe.

According to Robin Higham and Stephen J.

" With a foreword by Stephen Ambrose and a preface by Franklin D.

From early zeppelins, to the Luftwaffe and the Enola Gay, to the unmanned aerial vehicles of today, air power has long been regarded as an invaluable instrument of war.

The Berlin blockade brought former allies to the brink of war.

In the winter of 19441945, Hitler sought to divide Allied forces in the heavily forested Ardennes region of Luxembourg and Belgium.

On June 22, 1941, Germany launched the greatest land assault in history on the Soviet Union, an attack that Adolf Hitler deemed crucial to ensure German economic and political survival.

World War II submariners rarely experienced anything as exhilarating or horrifying as the surface gun attack.

Few ships in American history have had as illustrious a history as the heavy cruiser USS Portland (CA-33), affectionately known by her crew as 'Sweet Pea.

Alois Dwenger, writing from the front in May of 1942, complained that people forgot "the actions of simple soldiers.

Following the Japanese invasion of the islands in 1942, North Luzon was the staging area for several Filipino-American guerrilla bands who sought to gather intelligence and to destroy enemy military installations or supplies.

""Even though women were not supposed to be on the front lines, on the front lines we were.

On November 8, 1943, U.

A valued adviser and trusted insider in the highest echelon of U.

During World War II, U.

One of America’s most distinguished military historians offers the definitive account of the greatest tank battle of World War II—an epic clash of machines and men that matched the indomitable will of the Soviet Red Army against the awesome might of the Nazi Wehrmacht.

How big is Germany's Air Force?

This startling book reveals the military and political plans of the Axis in the very words of its own generals and admirals.

Intrigued by hints of ';the bigger man' behind the war personality of Gen.

Hundreds of unique color photos showing how soldiers decorated their helicopters during the Vietnam War.

Photos of retired American military aircraft, emphasizing their nose art.

Riveting accounts from the pilots who flew such planes as the F-15, B-52, C-130, and many more.

Hundreds of unique color photos showing how soldiers decorated their helicopters during the Vietnam War.

Covers the D-Day airborne drops and amphibious landings at Omaha Beach and Utah Beach.

Photo chronicle of the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.

Action-packed memoir of aerial combat.

San Diego Book Award Winner: "e;An excellent overview of the U.

The Second World War was the greatest social, political, and economic upheaval of the 20th century.

As a teenager ‘Tich’ Palliser became ‘hooked on this flying game’ and aspired to take to the skies.

Negotiating China's Destiny explains how China developed from a country that hardly mattered internationally into the important world power it is today.

This Pulitzer Prize–winning history of World War II chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of the Japanese empire, from the invasion of Manchuria and China to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.