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 Strategy for Defeat: The Luftwaffe, 1933-1945 
 Author: Williamson Murray Strategy for Defeat: The Luftwaffe, 1933-1945 Freundlich Books 1987 ISBN: 0881910317 Format: PDF Size: 20,5 МБ Language: English Pages: 379 Dr. Murray's book provides a detailed analytical study of the development of the Luftwaffe. The author takes an in-depth look at the "easy war" (1939-40) and the turn toward Russia in Operation Barbarossa. Dr. Murray investigates the war of attrition from 1942 through early 1944 and the reasons for the final demise of the Luftwaffe from April through September 1944.
Naval Aviation in the Second World War (Images of War)
 Author: Philip Kaplan Naval Aviation in the Second World War (Images of War) Pen and Sword Military 2013 Format: EPUB Pages: 160 Size: 6 Mb The first aircraft carriers made their appearance in the early years of World War I. These first flattops were improvised affairs built on hulls that had been laid down with other purposes in mind, and it was not until the 1920s that the first purpose-built carriers were launched, but no-one was as yet clear about the role of the carriers and they were largely unloved by the 'battleship admirals' who still believed that their great dreadnoughts were the ultimate capital ships. World War II changed all that, At Taranto, Pearl Harbor, and in the North Atlantic, the carrier, the ugly duckling of the world's navies, proved itself to be the dreadnought nemesis. As the tide of war turned, the fast attack carriers of the U.S. Navy spearheaded the counter-attack in the Pacific while the makeshift escort carriers helped to seal the fate of the German U-boats in the Atlantic.
Battlefield Bombers: Deep Sea Attack
 Author: Martin Bowman Battlefield Bombers: Deep Sea Attack Pen and Sword ISBN: 1783831979 2014 Format: EPUB + PDF (conv) Size: 2,7 МБ + 11,0 МБ Language: English Pages: 216 The Battlefield Bomber series details both daylight and night time bombing operations by RAF Bomber Command crews from 1939 until the end of the Second World War. Featuring a unique selection of wide-ranging experiences of British and Commonwealth Bomber Command aircrew during World War Two, this new release details the deep sea bombing raids that occurred within this timeframe. The enduring bravery and fortitude of these bomber pilots is communicated through a series of firsthand recollections, as is their humor and occasional cynicism. All reflect the ethos, fear and bravery of these ordinary men, most of whom were plucked from ‘civvy street’ and thrust into a frightening, bitter conflict which was made even more dangerous by the lethal advance of technology. With characteristic self-effacing modesty, the pilots, gunners, navigators and engineers tell of acts of great heroism, of dreadful injuries bravely borne, and personal fears overcome in the heat of battle. A comprehensive account of RAF Bomber operations on the infamous German warship Tirpitz is included, alongside many other similarly dramatic episodes. The gentle and unassuming narratives convey the sense of purpose that these men felt, employed in some of the most dangerous yet vital operations of the war. It is a fitting tribute to those that survived and the many thousands who died in the struggle against Hitler's dreadful ambitions in Europe.
The Battle of the Bismarck Sea, March 1943
 Author: Gregory P Gilbert The Battle of the Bismarck Sea, March 1943 Royal Australian Air Force 2013 Format: PDF+EPUB Pages: 100 Language: English Size: 32 MB 'The Battle of the Bismarck Sea' details and analyses the planning and preparation of both Allied and Japanese forces leading up to the battle, description of the battle itself and discussion of the aftermath, including stunning photographs taken during the fighting by renowned wartime photographer Damien Parer.
Seizing the Enigma: The Race to Break the German U-boat Codes, 1939-1943
 Author: David Kahn Seizing the Enigma: The Race to Break the German U-boat Codes, 1939-1943 Arrow Books 1996 Format: PDF Pages: 372 Language: English Size: 43 MB An account of one of the key campaigns of World War II, the Battle of the Atlantic. While the Royal Navy and RAF protected Allied shipping and captured secret documents and cipher machines, the Intelligence group at Bletchley Park fought the backroom war to unravel the German code, Enigma.
Ases del Zerstorer Bf-110 de la II Guerra Mundial (Aviones en Combate: Ases y Leyendas №34)
 Author: Juan María Martínez Ases del Zerstorer Bf-110 de la II Guerra Mundial (Aviones en Combate: Ases y Leyendas №34) Ediciones del Prado 2000 Format: PDF Pages: 66 Language: Spanish Size: 29 MB Aunque el caza monomotor Messerschmitt Bf 109 recibió la mayoría de los aplausos por haber conseguído prácticamente la superioridad aérea sobre Europa entre los años 1939-1940, las hazañas del Zerstórer bimotor Bf 110, fabricado igualmente por Messerschmitt, durante el primer año de guerra, también dejaron una huella indeleble. Al constituir la principal vanguardia de la Luftwaffe, las Zerstórergeschwader que participaron en la invasión de Polonia barrieron de los cielos a la Fuerza Aérea Polaca en cuestión de días. Sus éxitos continuaron hasta la primavera de 1940, cuando, tras el lanzamiento de la Blitzkrieg en el oeste de Europa, tuvieron que enfrentarse por primera vez en cantidades importantes a los primeros Spitfire y Hurricane de la RAF. A partir de aquel momento, las tripulaciones de los Bf 110 tuvieron que luchar por sus vidas. Sólo en los Balcanes y en el lejano norte de África en 1941, el Bf 110 pudo disfrutar de un cierto respiro operando como caza diurno. A pesar de haber quedado obsoleto, este avión siguió operando como caza pesado, especialmente entre 1943 y 1944 cuando las formaciones de bombarderos pesados de la USAAF realizaban incursiones sobre Alemania a diario. Este volumen abarca los años de guerra desde la Campaña de Polonia hasta la lucha en defensa del Reich.
Churchill and the Generals
 Author: Barrie Pitt Churchill and the Generals Bantam Books 1981 Format: PDF Pages: 232 Language: English Size: 28.2 MB This book vividly brings alive the dramatic situation facing Europe and the Allies after the loss of Dunkirk. Churchill and his generals - Alexander, Brooke, Wavell and Montgomery - were faced with many disasters that required courageous decisions in order to pursue their aim of victory. This is the inside story of the situations they faced, the decisions they made and the outcome of those choices. An incredible portrayal of the courage, the nerve and the commitment of those brave men who affected the course of history.
A Question of Honor: The Kosciuszko Squadron (Forgotten Heroes of World War II)
 Author: Lynne Olson, Stanley Cloud A Question of Honor: The Kosciuszko Squadron (Forgotten Heroes of World War II) Alfred A. Knopf 2003 Format: PDF Pages: 520 Language: English Size: 81.4 MB A Question of Honor is the gripping, little-known, and brilliantly told story of the scores of Polish fighter pilots who helped save England during the Battle of Britain and of their stunning betrayal by the United States and England at the end of World War II.Centering on five pilots of the renowned Kosciuszko Squadron, the authors show how the fliers, driven by their passionate desire to liberate their homeland, came to be counted among the most heroic and successful fighter pilots of World War II. Drawing on the Kosciuszko Squadron's unofficial diary--filled with the fliers' personal experiences in combat--and on letters, interviews, memoirs, histories, and photographs, the authors bring the men and battles of the squadron vividly to life. We follow the principal characters from their training before the war, through their hair-raising escape from Poland to France and then, after the fall of France, to Britain. We see how, first treated with disdain by the RAF, the Polish pilots played a crucial role during the Battle of Britain, where their daredevil skill in engaging German Messerschmitts in close and deadly combat while protecting the planes in their own groups soon made them legendary. And we learn what happened to them after the war, when their country was abandoned and handed over to the Soviet Union.A Question of Honor also gives us a revelatory history of Poland during World War II and of the many thousands in the Polish armed forces who fought with the Allies. It tells of the country's unending struggle against both Hitler and Stalin, its long battle for independence, and the tragic collapse of that dream in the "peace" that followed. Powerful, moving, deeply involving, A Question of Honor is an important addition to the literature of World War II.
Tank Turret Fortifications
 Tank Turret Fortifications Author: Neil Short The Crowood Press 2007 ISBN: 1861266871 Pages: 192 Language: English Format: EPUB Size: 11 MB Tank Turret Fortifications traces the origins of the idea from the development of the first armored turrets in the nineteenth century through to the present day. On the way it covers the inter-war period when the first turrets were used in this way, the Second World War when tank turrets were used on every front in the European Theatre of Operations, and the post-war period when tank turrets were used even more widely. The book also details the decline of the idea as countries reassessed the threats they faced and slowly dismantled all their fixed fortifications. Widely used during World War II and since, tank turret fortifications deserve a history, and Neil Short has spent several years writing this, the first proper study.
The Second World War: A Complete History
 The Second World War: A Complete History Author: Martin Gilbert RosettaBooks 2014 ISBN: 9780795337314 Format: pdf Pages: 950 Size: 18 Mb Language: English, English In one brilliant volume, eminent historian Martin Gilbert offers the complete history of the Second World War. With unparalleled scholarship and breadth of vision, Gilbert, the official biographer of Winston Churchill as well as one of the leading experts on the Holocaust, weaves together political, military, diplomatic, and civilian elements to provide a global perspective on the war, in a work that is both a treasure trove of information and a gripping, dramatic narrative.
The Illustrated History of World War II
 The Illustrated History of World War II Author: John Walton, Owen Booth Sterling 2103 ISBN 13: 978-1435146501 Pages: 256 Language: English Format: EPUB Size: 17 MB Lavishly illustrated with over 500 black-and-white and color photographs, this comprehensive account covers all aspects of this tragic war, including the women's revolution, the war at sea, life under enemy occupation, and the inside stories of government happenings on both sides of the battle. Includes twenty-six full-color maps showing what happened during specific engagements on land, sea and air.
British Tanks: The Second World War
 Author: Pat Ware British Tanks: The Second World War Pen and Sword Images of War 2012 Format: EPUB Pages: 128 Size: 66 Mb Language: English Perhaps the British did not produce the most successful tanks of the Second World War, but they certainly designed an extraordinary range of light, medium and heavy tanks along with many that were adapted for special purposes. This fascinating variety of military machinery is recorded in Pat Ware's photographic history. Using a selection of wartime photographs - supported by some modern photographs of preserved vehicles - the book describes the origins of the tank in Britain during the First World War, looks at British tank development during the inter-war period and contrasts this with advances made elsewhere - in Germany, France, the USA and the Soviet Union.
Land Battles: North Africa, Sicily, and Italy (The Military History of World War II vol.3)
 Author: Trevor Nevitt Dupuy Land Battles: North Africa, Sicily, and Italy (The Military History of World War II vol.3) Franklin Watts, Inc. 1962 Format: PDF Pages: 104 Language: English Size: 27.6 MB The bitter fighting in the North African desert and the bold men in command - Montgomery, Patton, and Rommel - through to the invasion of Sicily and Italy.
Nazi Concentration Camp Commandants 1933-1945 (Images of War)
 Author: Ian Baxter Nazi Concentration Camp Commandants 1933-1945 Pen and Sword Images of War ISBN: 1781593884 2014 Format: EPUB Pages: 160 Size: 9 Mb Language: English Through words and pictures the chilling truth emerges. In many respects these monsters were all too normal. Rudolf Hess, the Commandant of Auschwitz, was a family man and hospitable host and yet while there is no record of his committing acts of violence personally he presided over a regime that accounted for over a million deaths. Others such as Amon Goeth and Josef Kramer personally promoted violence and terror and took pleasure from ever more brutal practices. They were competitive in obtaining ‘results’. While following orders from above they did not hesitate to use their own initiative in pursuit of their barbaric objectives.
Juno Beach: Canadian 3rd Infantry Division (Battleground Europe)
 Author: Tim Saunders Juno Beach: Canadian 3rd Infantry Division Pen and Sword Military Battleground Europe 2004 Format: EPUB Pages: 160 Size: 42 Mb Language: English By June 1944, Juno Beach was a key part of Hitler's vaunted Atlantic Wall, with no less than four major strong points along its length. German pillboxes were sited to sweep the beaches with machine gun fire and were surrounded by belts of barbed wire and mines. Leading the attack were the 3rd Canadian Division, supported by the specialist assault tanks of the 79th Armoured Division (Hobart's 'Funnies'). Despite careful planning, poor D-Day weather led to a piecemeal landing and heroic individual battles in the streets of the seaside towns.
STUG: Assault Gun Units in the East, Bagrations to Berlin. Vol II
 STUG: Assault Gun Units in the East, Bagrations to Berlin. Vol II Author: Dennis Oliver ADH Publishing Firefly Collection No.7 ISBN: 978 0987601346 2014 Language: English Pages: 36 Format: PDF Size: 22,2 MB The second and final part of STUG: Assault Gun Units In The East. In volume 1 we covered the independent StuG Battalions and the Panzerjaeger companies attached to Infantry divisions equipped with the StuG III and IV and in this book we examine the units of the Waffen SS, the Luftwaffe and the Panzer divisions – some of which contained mixed battalions of tanks and assault guns.
Japan 1941: Countdown to Infamy
 Author: Eri Hotta Japan 1941: Countdown to Infamy Alfred A. Knopf ISBN: 0307594017 2013 Format: EPUB Size: 5,2 МБ Language: English Pages: 352 A groundbreaking history that considers the attack on Pearl Harbor from the Japanese perspective and is certain to revolutionize how we think of the war in the Pacific. When Japan launched hostilities against the United States in 1941, argues Eri Hotta, its leaders, in large part, understood they were entering a war they were almost certain to lose. Drawing on material little known to Western readers, and barely explored in depth in Japan itself, Hotta poses an essential question: Why did these men—military men, civilian politicians, diplomats, the emperor—put their country and its citizens so unnecessarily in harm’s way? Introducing us to the doubters, schemers, and would-be patriots who led their nation into this conflagration, Hotta brilliantly shows us a Japan rarely glimpsed—eager to avoid war but fraught with tensions with the West, blinded by reckless militarism couched in traditional notions of pride and honor, tempted by the gambler’s dream of scoring the biggest win against impossible odds and nearly escaping disaster before it finally proved inevitable.
Armoured Warfare on the Eastern Front (Images of War)
 Armoured Warfare on the Eastern Front Author: Anthony Tucker-Jones Pen and Sword Images of War 2011 ISBN: 1848842805 Pages: 160 Language: English Format: EPUB Size: 8 MB On the Eastern Front during the Second World War massive Soviet and German tank armies clashed in a series of battles that were unmatched in their scale and ferocity. Several of them have attained almost legendary status. But epic encounters such as these were only part of a broader story, as Anthony Tucker-Jones demonstrates in this selection of graphic photographs. While the images give a fascinating inside view of combat, they also reveal the daily routines of tank warfare 65 years ago. Training, maintenance, transportation and supply are shown, as are the daily lives of the tank crews and the often appalling conditions in which they worked and fought. The photographs also record in vivid detail the destructive reality of armored warfare, from the initial triumphant advance of the German panzers deep into the Soviet Union to the massive Red Army counter-offensives which drove the German armies back to Berlin.
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