During the final year of World War II, the defending Axis forces were steadily driven from southern skies by burgeoning Anglo-American power. This was despite the steady withdrawal of units to more ……続きを見る
Barbarossa was the biggest German invasion of World War II. Comprehensively illustrated, this study explores the air campaign that spearheaded it, and how it evolved during the rest of 1941.
The Ger……続きを見る
The Hawker Hunter was Britain's first swept-wing jet fighter capable of exceeding the speed of sound. It was a simple, rugged design that was easy to maintain in service. Once the limited initial ra……続きを見る
Long-ranged maritime reconnaissance aircraft were a part of British wartime strategy since the First World War, in the form of flying boats. During the Second World War, the flying boats were increa……続きを見る
A compelling account of the failure of Imperial Japan's Operation Ro-Go, intended to take the offensive in the Solomons theater of the Pacific War, but which became Japan's first line of defense aga……続きを見る
In "Der rote Kampfflieger" gewährt Manfred von Richthofen, der berühmteste Jagdflieger des Ersten Weltkriegs, einen faszinierenden Einblick in seine persönliche und militärische Geschichte. In einem……続きを見る
An illustrated study of the legendary Spitfire and the evolving tactics behind its early defence of Britain's shores.
The Spitfire endures as one of the most iconic aircraft of World War II. Neverth……続きを見る
著者:Peter E. Davies
出版社: Bloomsbury Publishing
発売日: 2024年07月18日
In 1960, SAC's B-52s began a nonstop, eight-year, nuclear-armed patrol. Fully illustrated, this study explains how one of the Cold War's most challenging operations was conceived and flown.
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著者:Amaru Tincopa
出版社: Helion and Company
発売日: 2020年05月13日
Based on diverse interpretations of the Real Ceduls (Royal Proclamations) by the Spanish monarchs of earlier centuries, the almost 200-year-old border dispute between Ecuador and Peru became one of ……続きを見る
This is the gripping story of the Battle of Britain; of some of the most fateful weeks in history.
Drawing on eyewitness accounts from both the RAF and the Luftwaffe, this is a compelling story of h……続きを見る
Questa è la Storia del Barone Azzurro, al secolo Carlo Luigi Amedeo Winspeare Guicciardi e della sua attiva partecipazione alla seconda guerra mondiale come ufficiale pilota nella Regia Aeronautica.……続きを見る
著者:Edward M. Young
出版社: Bloomsbury Publishing
発売日: 2013年08月20日
The duel between Japan's superb Mitsubishi A6M Zero and the USA's rugged Grumman F4F Wildcat in 1942 represented the clash of two contrasting design philosophies and naval fighter doctrines.
The Gru……続きを見る
This is the story of the Blue Baron, born Carlo Luigi Amedeo Winspeare Guicciardi and his active participation in the Second World War as a pilot officer in the Regia Aeronautica. But let us take tw……続きを見る
Illustrated throughout, this book describes the action pilots of the Polish Air Force saw from the first day of World War 2 until the final victory in Europe.
Flying hopelessly outmoded P.11 fighter……続きを見る
The follow-on volume to Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 11 Bf 109D/E Aces 1939-41, this book charts the story of the myriad aces who flew the later marks of Messerschmitt fighter through to VE-Day.
As g……続きを見る
著者:Fred H. Allison
出版社: University of North Texas Press
発売日: 2023年12月13日
My Darling Boys is the story of a New Mexico farm family whose three sons were sent to fight in World War II. All flew combat aircraft in the Army Air Forces. In 1973 one of the boys, Oscar Allison,……続きを見る
When on 22 June 1941, the news reached Spain of the attack that the Third Reich had initiated against the Soviet Union, it was received with great satisfaction, since they had just come out of a civ……続きを見る
In the Cockpit II: Inside History-Making Aircraft of World War II provides close-up access to the instrument panels, controls, and crew stations of 34 legendary World War II aircraft in the Smithson……続きを見る
The first history of how the aircraft of the British Pacific Fleet shattered Japanese oilfields in Sumatra, starving Japan of oil and proving how Anglo-American navies could fight together.
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In the first half of the 20th Century, there were several revolutions in Paraguay, starting in 1904, then 1908, 1911-12, 1922-23, 1936 and finally 1947. In 1922, a huge internal crisis in the Libera……続きを見る
著者:Robert Jackson
出版社: Bloomsbury Publishing
発売日: 2015年10月20日
The Messerschmitt Bf 109 was one of the truly world class piston-engined fighters of World War II. This reputation rests largely with the E and F variants, which bore the brunt of the Luftwaffe's mo……続きを見る
A new illustrated history of the German and Italian air campaigns in the invasions of Greece and Yugoslavia, the last full-scale Axis air offensives before Operation Barbarossa.
The Greece campaign ……続きを見る
著者:Jeffrey Watson
出版社: Hachette Australia
発売日: 2010年11月01日
Clive 'Killer' Caldwell was a natural and brilliant pilot, a superb shot, and a born leader. He saw action against the Germans, Italians and Japanese, and remains Australia's greatest ever fighter p……続きを見る
著者:James F. Miller
出版社: Bloomsbury Publishing
発売日: 2014年03月20日
A concise technical history of the German Albatros D.III and D.III(OAW) type scouts.
In 1916 German aerial domination, once held sway by rotary-engined Fokker and Pfalz E-type wing-warping monoplane……続きを見る
“Thrilling . . . With deep research and suspenseful storytelling, Mr. Randall reminds us that America’s pre-eminence in the aviation industry was never assured and that it took a race of unlikely he……続きを見る
著者:Doug Gordon
出版社: Fonthill Media
発売日: 2024年01月07日
The North American F-100 Super Sabre served with the United States Air Forces in Europe for a total of sixteen years at the height of the Cold War. The primary mission of the USAFE units that flew t……続きを見る
John Cunningham started his illustrious aviation career with the de Havilland Aeronautical Technical School, at the same time learning to fly with 614 Squadron at Hendon. On completing his apprentic……続きを見る
Stories of the British airmen shot down over Western Europe who evaded capture by the Germans and made their way to Allied territory during World War II.
During the five years from May 1940 to May 1……続きを見る
著者:Justo Miranda
出版社: Fonthill Media
発売日: 2024年01月08日
During the five years of the Second World War, the power of engines and speed of aircraft increased as much as it did during twenty years of peacetime. Conventional aircraft and engines reached the ……続きを見る
The little-known story of how the RAF and USAAF saved London from destruction at the hands of Hitler's V-1 flying bombs and V-2 missiles – by finding and bombing the hardened, heavily defended fortr……続きを見る