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Author : Frida H. Brackley
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Total Pages : 774 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Brackles : Memoirs of a Pioneer of Civil Aviation written by Frida H. Brackley and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frida H. Brackley
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Total Pages : 774 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Brackles : Memoirs of a Pioneer of Civil Aviation written by Frida H. Brackley and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles Stephenson
Publisher : Pen and Sword Maritime
ISBN 13 : 1526783649
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)
Download or read book The Eastern Fleet and the Indian Ocean, 1942–1944 written by Charles Stephenson and published by Pen and Sword Maritime. This book was released on 2022-04-06 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the British Royal Navy’s activities in the Indian Ocean during World War II, led by Admiral Sir James Somerville. The story of the British Eastern Fleet, which operated in the Indian Ocean against Japan, has rarely been told. Although it was the largest fleet deployed by the Royal Navy prior to 1945 and played a vital part in the theatre it was sent to protect, it has no place in the popular consciousness of the naval history of the Second World War. So Charles Stephenson’s deeply researched and absorbing narrative gives this forgotten fleet the recognition it deserves. British pre-war naval planning for the Far East is part of the story, as is the disastrous loss of the battleship Prince of Wales and battlecruiser Repulse in 1941, but the body of the book focuses on the new fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir James Somerville, and its operations against the Japanese navy and aircraft as well as Japanese and German submarines. Later in the war, once the fleet had been reinforced with an American aircraft carrier, it was strong enough to take more aggressive actions against the Japanese, and these are described in vivid detail. Charles Stephenson’s authoritative study should appeal to readers who have a special interest in the war with Japan, in naval history more generally and Royal Navy in particular. Praise forThe Eastern Fleet and the Indian Ocean, 1942–1944 “This meticulously researched, outstandingly clear, well written and absorbing account is long overdue and will most likely become a standard work. The text is most helpfully supported by over 80 pages of detailed end notes referenced to each chapter and a detailed index. This is not only a book for naval historians but also for anyone with an interest in the War in the Indian Ocean region. Highly recommended.” —Military Historical Society “I enjoyed this book – it gives us an account of an often neglected part of the war at sea, and of the achievements of Admiral Somerville, who kept his fleet intact in the face of a potentially overwhelming opponent, then was willing to acknowledge that his fleet needed to improve massively before it could take on the Japanese.” —Dr John Rickard, author and webmaster of the ‘Military History Encyclopedia on the Web’
Author : Robin Higham
Publisher : Fonthill Media
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Britain's Imperial Air Routes 1918-1939 written by Robin Higham and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2017-01-20 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Gunn
Publisher : john gunn
ISBN 13 : 9780702217074
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (17 download)
Download or read book The Defeat of Distance written by John Gunn and published by john gunn. This book was released on 1985 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephen Roskill
Publisher : Seaforth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1473877423
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)
Download or read book Naval Policy Between the Wars, Volume I written by Stephen Roskill and published by Seaforth Publishing. This book was released on 2016-07-30 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1968 and 1976, the two volumes of this work still constitute the only authoritative study of the broad geo-political, economic and strategic factors behind the inter-war development of the Royal Navy and, to a great extent, that of its principal rival, the United States Navy. Roskill conceived the work as a peacetime equivalent of the official naval histories, filling the gap between the First World War volumes and his own study of the Navy in the Second. As such it is marked by the extensive use of British and American sources, from which Roskill extracted shrewd and balanced conclusions that have stood the test of time.
Author : E.W. Stedman
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
ISBN 13 : 1772824380
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (728 download)
Download or read book From boxkite to jet written by E.W. Stedman and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 1972-01-01 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Air Vice Marshall E.W. Stedman, who was the first Director of Technical Services of the Canadian Air Force, was at the centre of every major technical development in which the RCAF was involved and as a consequence, his memoirs contain more information of air force engineering problems than are available from any other source.
Author : Steven R. Schwankert
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9888208187
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (882 download)
Download or read book Poseidon written by Steven R. Schwankert and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Royal Navy submarine HMS Poseidon sank in collision with a freighter during routine exercises in 1931 off the Chinese coast. Thirty of its fifty-six-man crew scrambled out of the hatches as it went down. Of the twenty-six who remained inside, eight attempted to surface using an early form of diving equipment: five of them made it safely to the surface in the first escape of this kind in submarine history and became heroes. The incident was then forgotten, eclipsed by the greater drama that followed in World War II, until news emerged that, for obscure reasons, the Chinese government had salvaged the wrecked submarine in 1972. This lively account of the Poseidon incident tells the story of the accident and its aftermath, and of the author’s own quest to discover the shipwreck and its hidden history.
Author : Robin Higham
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857733346
Total Pages : 515 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)
Download or read book Speedbird written by Robin Higham and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05-30 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1939 and 1946 BOAC (the British Overseas Airways Corporation) was the nationalised airline of Great Britain - and between 1946 and 1974 as such it exclusively operated all long-haul British flights. With its iconic 'Speedbird' logo and its central role in the glamorous 'jet age' of the 1950s and 1960s, BOAC achieved a near cult-status with admirers around the globe. Yet, to date there has been no comprehensive history of the organisation, covering its structure, fleet and the role it played in the critical events of the age - from World War II to the end of empire, a period when BOAC played a pivotal part in projecting British political power, even as that power was waning. During World War II, BOAC operated a limited wartime service and prepared for the return of commercial flight in the postwar era. But it was in the service of Britain's colonies - and latterly the process of decolonisation - that BOAC achieved its most pivotal role. The development of flight technology enabled much faster connections between Britain and her imperial possessions - as the colonies prepared for independence BOAC ferried diplomats, politicians and colonial administrators between London and the far-flung corners of Africa and Asia in much faster times than had previously been possible. In this book, acclaimed historian Robin Higham presents a unique comprehensive study of BOAC from the early jet travel of the de Havilland Comet and the Vickers VC10 to the dawn of supersonic passenger aviation. Highly illustrated and meticulously researched using previously unseen sources, this book will be essential reading for all aviation enthusiasts and anyone interested in the history of modern Britain.
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Total Pages : 752 pages
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Download or read book Air University Periodical Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jürgen P. Melzer
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 1684176107
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (841 download)
Download or read book Wings for the Rising Sun written by Jürgen P. Melzer and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-02-01 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The history of Japanese aviation offers countless stories of heroic achievements and dismal failures, passionate enthusiasm and sheer terror, brilliant ideas and fatally flawed strategies. In Wings for the Rising Sun, scholar and former airline pilot Jürgen Melzer connects the intense drama of flight with a global history of international cooperation, competition, and conflict. He details how Japanese strategists, diplomats, and industrialists skillfully exploited a series of major geopolitical changes to expand Japanese airpower and develop a domestic aviation industry. At the same time, the military and media orchestrated air shows, transcontinental goodwill flights, and press campaigns to stir popular interest in the national aviation project. Melzer analyzes the French, British, German, and American influence on Japan’s aviation, revealing in unprecedented detail how Japanese aeronautical experts absorbed foreign technologies at breathtaking speed. Yet they also designed and built boldly original flying machines that, in many respects, surpassed those of their mentors. Wings for the Rising Sun compellingly links Japan’s aeronautical advancement with public mobilization, international relations, and the transnational flow of people and ideas, offering a fresh perspective on modern Japanese history."
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Total Pages : 760 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals written by and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mark Peattie
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612514367
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)
Download or read book Sunburst written by Mark Peattie and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2013-09-02 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This acclaimed sequel to the Peattie/Evans prizewinning work, Kaigun, illuminates the rise of Japanese naval aviation from its genesis in 1909 to its thunderbolt capability on the eve of the Pacific war. In the process of explaining the navy's essential strengths and weaknesses, the book provides the most detailed account available in English of Japan's naval air campaign over China from 1937 to 1941. A final chapter analyzes the utter destruction of Japanese naval air power by 1944.
Author : Jonathan Parkinson
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1788035216
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (88 download)
Download or read book The Royal Navy, China Station: 1864 - 1941 written by Jonathan Parkinson and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A definitive history of the Royal Navy’s China Station. In the The Navy List for April 1864 the China Station was first shown as a separate Royal Navy Station . It remained as such until the outbreak of the Pacific War in December 1941 which was to signal the end of that era. In addition to a precis of the lives and naval careers of each of the Commanders in Chief of the China Station, this volume also gives relevant information outlining something of the concurrent internal affairs of China and Japan. Both are very different but sad tales, the former in decline towards the end of the Manchu Ch’ing dynasty and then into the chaotic 1920’s and 1930’s, and the latter increasingly adopting a militaristic attitude which was to result in their disaster of the Pacific War of 1941-1945. As a reminder of these days long gone are interwoven brief references to the British Consular Service. This is especially relevant for China, and for a shorter period for Japan during that era of extraterritoriality. Mention is also made of the British Colonial Service with whom, necessarily, the Navy worked very closely. In addition, being one important reason for it all, frequent references are made to a few British shipping and trading interests together with those of some other nations. All of these areas are linked together to give a definitive history of this very important Royal Navy Station.
Author : John Gunn
Publisher : john gunn
ISBN 13 : 9780702221286
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (212 download)
Download or read book High Corridors written by John Gunn and published by john gunn. This book was released on 1988 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Gunn
Publisher : john gunn
ISBN 13 : 9780702220173
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Challenging Horizons written by John Gunn and published by john gunn. This book was released on 1987 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Keith Grieves
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719023453
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (234 download)
Download or read book Sir Eric Geddes written by Keith Grieves and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
