Military forces and sectors

Flight Lieutenant Thomas 'Tommy' Rose, a First World War fighter ace, was a pioneer of private flying.

"e;Lambert was a drafter of no mean skill .

The essential compendium covering the year in naval developments-the only annual overview of its kind.

Thomas Percy Gleave began his RAF career in 1930, three years later becoming a member of the RAF aerobatic team.

Rene Mouchotte was born on 21 August 1914, at Saint Mande, Paris.

Rene Mouchotte was born on 21 August 1914, at Saint Mande, Paris.

During the Second World War, the British movie industry produced a number of films concerning the war, all of which were, by necessity, heavily myth-laden and propagandised.

This book is about Americans not of Japanese ancestry, who served as Japanese language officers in World War II.

"e;Comprehensive scholarship and convincing reasoning, enhanced by an excellent translation, place this work on a level with the best of David Glantz"e; (Dennis Showalter, award-winning author of Patton and Rommel).

A photographic history of World War II's largest naval battle, in which the Japanese and Americans squared off in the Philippines.

The dramatic history behind one of WWII's most powerful-and dangerous-planes, "e;spiced with many first-hand accounts, American and British"e; (Aeroplane).

How the United States helped restore a Europe battered by World War II and created the foundation for the postwar international orderSeventy years ago, in the wake of World War II, the United States did something almost unprecedented in world history: It launched and paid for an economic aid plan to restore a continent reeling from war.

This historical study of the UK's WWII homeland defense service dispels the propaganda and pop culture myths to reveal its true wartime role.

The author of The Kompromat Conspiracy reveals the truth behind Great Britain's secret World War II group.

"e;A compelling chronicle of the Battle of Papua New Guinea with rarely viewed images from World War II .

Saltire Society "e;History Book of the Year"e; Award winner.

A fascinating comparative history of the treatment of fallen airmen in Second World War Europe.

Ethiopia, a country of ancient origins in eastern Africa, remains a military powerhouse of that continent until our days.

The North African campaign was one of the hardest fought episodes of the Second World War, yet the vital part played by the Italian Army - and in particular, its Folgore Parachute Division on behalf of the Axis Alliance - is frequently overlooked.

The B-17 Flying Fortress, a term coined by a Seattle Daily Times report in 1935, was a quantum leap in offensive air power.

Alfred von Tirpitz (1849-1930), who joined the Prussian Navy in 1865 as a midshipman, was chiefly responsible for rapidly developing and enlarging the German Navy, especially the High Seas Fleet, from 1897 until the years immediately prior to the First World War.

The M113 has become as much a recognizable part of the US military machine at war as the Bell UH-1 Iroquois and M16 assault rifle.

2023 Naval Institute Press Author of the YearFinalist - National Security Book Award This nation';s Cold War and Global War on Terror defense structures need an update.

A detailed re-examination of Midway, one of the most significant battles in the Pacific Theater of World War II.

The authors have created a competent, well-written, and very well-illustrated overview history of an important but lesser-known battle of World War II in the Pacific.

In this second volume detailing the service of the Fw 190, Chris Goss has assembled 190 photographs, many from the archive of the late Dr.

Between 1961 and 1974 Portugal fought a war to retain its African colonies of Angola, Guinea-Bissau, and Mozambique.

Fully illustrated, this book pits US Navy submarines against the aircraft carriers of the Imperial Japanese Navy at the height of World War II.

American missionaries Henry Roy Bell and his wife Edna had been teaching in the Philippines at Silliman University for twenty years when the Japanese invaded the islands after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

A study of the Red Army's penultimate offensive operation in the war in Europe.

Esteemed Pacific War historian Jeffrey Cox has produced a fast-paced and absorbing read of the crucial New Georgia phase of the Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign during the Pacific War.

A hard-hitting history of the U.

Esteemed Pacific War historian Jeffrey Cox has produced a fast-paced and absorbing read of the crucial New Georgia phase of the Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign during the Pacific War.

The full visual history of the special forces combat diver from World War II to the present day.

An illustrated exploration of the development, technology and operations of Wilde Sau fighters in the night skies over Germany during the Defence of the Reich.

This book examines military space strategy within the context of the land and naval strategies of the past.

*** BARACK OBAMA'S SUMMER READING LIST 2024 ****** One of the New York Times Top Ten Books of 2024 ****** NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ***'The story of Captain Cook s third voyage.

A new framework contextualizes crucial international security issues at sea in the Indo-PacificCompetition at sea is once again a central issue of international security.

The untold story of Mexican aviators in WWII, including their role in the Battle of the Philippines, is revealed in this illustrated military history.

The United States established an academy for educating future army officers at West Point in 1802.

This illustrated study investigates the Indo-Islamic fighting men of South Asia from the 7th century AD to the Mughal conquest of the 16th century.

This illustrated study investigates the Indo-Islamic fighting men of South Asia from the 7th century AD to the Mughal conquest of the 16th century.

"e;Doug Nash addresses a crucial pe-riod of December 1944.

Existing literature maintains that the U.

Owing its origins to Lord Trenchard's desire to establish an elite corps of civilians who would serve their country in flying squadrons during their spare time, the Auxiliary Air Force (AAF) was first formed in October 1924.

An illustrated history of the World War II British amphibious attack on a dry dock in the German-occupied French town.

According to the prevailing view of counterinsurgency, the key to defeating insurgents is selecting methods that will win the people’s hearts and minds.

A fresh exploration of the Second World War through twelve key events that shaped the conflict The Battle of Britain.

A fresh approach to the Battle of the Atlantic, told through the spectacular story of HG-76, a major turning point in the naval war.

A fresh approach to the Battle of the Atlantic, told through the spectacular story of HG-76, a major turning point in the naval war.