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Book Synopsis Legend of the Lancasters by : Martin W. Bowman
Download or read book Legend of the Lancasters written by Martin W. Bowman and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2009-08-19 with total page 1249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a riveting account told in ten big chapters of the young RAF crews who flew Lancasters in RAF Bomber Command from 1942 to the end of the war in Europe in April 1945. It is unique in that the story is told using first person accounts from RAF aircrew and German night fighter crews who fought each other on raids on occupied Europe and Germany from 1942 onwards. Details of what it was like to be on the receiving end in Hamburg, Berlin, Cologne etc are also included. A whole host of incredible first-hand accounts by British, Commonwealth, American and German air crews permeate the action and describe the aerial battles as only they can. This unique book also includes many accounts and photos that have not previously been seen before while the rich mix of combat accounts from all sides are brought together for the first time in one volume.
Download or read book Flypast written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Legendary Douglas DC-3 by : Michael S. Prophet
Download or read book The Legendary Douglas DC-3 written by Michael S. Prophet and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2022-12-01 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following on from the epoch-making DC-2 technology, the DC-3 is generally considered the greatest single commercial transport plane in history, and certainly the most famous. Indeed, the DC-3 revolutionized air travel to an extent not equaled until the arrival of the jet age. Many of these revolutions related to safety; thanks to the DC-3’s reputation for reliability, in 1937 air travel insurance finally became available to the general public. This is the airliner that not only made flying respectable but enabled the emerging aviation industry to end its reliance on mail subsidies and profit from passenger journeys. DC-3 are still flying eight decades after their first debut, a tribute to their brilliant design, and are likely to continue flying well into the 21st century. '... een zeer kleurrijk boek. (...) Het boek is een prachtig eerbetoon en een mooie momentopname van wat er op dit moment op de wereld nog te zien is van dit ontwerp van voor de Tweede Wereldoorlog.' – De Vliegende Hollander
Download or read book Jeeps 1941–45 written by Steven J. Zaloga and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-10-20 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The jeep was the most famous military vehicle of World War II, and its name has become synonymous with a whole class of military and civilian all-terrain vehicles. The jeep originated in a prewar US Army requirement for a simple, inexpensive, and robust vehicle for basic utility chores. Its simple design proved to be adaptable to a host of military tasks including use as a scout vehicle, battlefield ambulance, communications vehicle, and staff car. This book, covering “the savior of World War II”, focuses on the design and development of this versatile vehicle used on nearly every front of World War II.
Book Synopsis The Liberator Legend by : Philip A. St. John
Download or read book The Liberator Legend written by Philip A. St. John and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 1990 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Euphoria and Exhaustion by : Nikolaus Katzer
Download or read book Euphoria and Exhaustion written by Nikolaus Katzer and published by Campus Verlag. This book was released on 2010-10-04 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The architects of the Soviet Union intended not merely to remake their society--they also had an ambitious plan to remake the citizenry physically, with the goal of perfecting the socialist ideal of man. As Euphoria and Exhaustionshows, the Soviet leadership used sport as one of the primary arenas in which to deploy and test their efforts to mechanize and perfect the human body, drawing on knowledge from physiology, biology, medicine, and hygiene. At the same time, however, such efforts, like any form of social control, could easily lead to discontent--and thus, the editors show, a study of changes in public attitude towards sport can offer insight into overall levels of integration, dissatisfaction, and social exhaustion in the Soviet Union.
Book Synopsis Dambusters: The Forging of a Legend by : Chris Ward
Download or read book Dambusters: The Forging of a Legend written by Chris Ward and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2009-07-19 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 617 Squadron of 5 Group RAF Bomber Command was without doubt the most famous RAF Squadron in World War II. It was formed to carry out the precision low-level attack on the Mohne, Eder and Sorpe Dams, using Barnes Wallaces newly developed rotating mine, now commonly referred to as The Bouncing Bomb. The raid was a tremendous success, although at great cost to the squadron, and proved to be a great moral booster for the war-weary British public. Guy Gibson VC was tasked with organizing the formation and training of the new squadron and the Dambusters have been national heroes ever since. Although several books have previously been written on this epic adventure, this is a new look at their first raid and then the long and envious history of 617 until the end of the war. This new version of the Dams raid within the book, pays particular attention to timings, as it is easy to overlook the fact, that this was a complex three-phase operation, spanning 8 hours and 47 minutes, with action occurring simultaneously at widely dispersed locations. It also attempts to settle finally the circumstances of the losses, by examining the testimony of eyewitnesses on both sides, and presenting arguments to help readers decide for themselves what actually happened where previous accounts are contradictory or at variance. In the later war years 617 suffered greatly during an attack on the Dortmund-Ems Canal but recovered and their list of priority special targets then included the German missile research plant at Peenemunde, Hamburg, the U boat pens at La Pallice and the sinking of the battleship Tirpitz. The legendary Leonard Cheshire VC led the Squadron for much of that period. This newly researched account of 617s wartime record contains many first-hand accounts from squadron members and also German and Dutch witnesses who were present at some of the most spectacular raids and have explained many of the mysterious losses of the Squadrons aircraft.Lengthy appendices contain a Roll of Honour, Commanders, Airfields and aircraft, Operational statistics and Aircraft Histories.
Download or read book Special List written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Special List - National Archives and Records Service by : United States. National Archives and Records Service
Download or read book Special List - National Archives and Records Service written by United States. National Archives and Records Service and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Air Combat Legends: Supermarine Spitfire, Messerschmitt Bf109 by :
Download or read book Air Combat Legends: Supermarine Spitfire, Messerschmitt Bf109 written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Operation Pedestal 1942 by : Angus Konstam
Download or read book Operation Pedestal 1942 written by Angus Konstam and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-10-26 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating story of a key turning point in the War in the Mediterranean, as the island of Malta was thrown a vital lifeline. Since 1940, the island of Malta had been a thorn in the Axis' side. It sat astride the direct sea route between Italy and its North African colonies, and from 1941 the Royal Navy had used the island as a base for its attacks on Axis convoys. The island, though, relied on convoys to survive, and from early 1941 these came under increasingly heavy air and submarine attack. As the situation became critical in 1942, the decision was made to send through a heavily protected convoy, carrying fuel and supplies, in an effort to save the island. This mission was codenamed Operation Pedestal. This fascinating work describes how, after leaving Britain on 2 August 1942, the convoy was repeatedly pummeled by Axis air and submarine attacks as it ground its way towards Malta, with most of the merchant ships sunk during the passage, along with an aircraft carrier and two cruisers. It also explores how despite this grim toll, the sacrifice was worth it. The specially commissioned illustrations in this work cover the progress of the convoy step by step, the submarine and surface naval actions during Pedestal's voyage, the Stuka attack on the carrier Indomitable and the air attacks against the convoy, and the broader strategic situation in the Western Mediterranean. The result is a unique visual exploration of one of the most famous episodes of the war in this theatre.
Book Synopsis The Daring Dozen by : Gavin Mortimer
Download or read book The Daring Dozen written by Gavin Mortimer and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06-20 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this new book, Gavin Mortimer reveals the 12 legendary Special Forces commanders of World War II. Prior to the war, the concept of 'special forces' simply didn't exist, but thanks to visionary leaders like David Stirling and Charles Hunter, our very concept of how wars can be fought and won has totally changed. These 12 men not only reshaped military policy, but they led from the front, accompanying their troops into battle, from the sands of North Africa to jumping on D-Day and infiltrating behind enemy lines. Mortimer also offers a skilful analysis of their qualities as military commanders and the true impact that their own personal actions, as well as those of their units, had on the eventual outcome of the war.
Book Synopsis The Changi Brownlow by : Roland Perry
Download or read book The Changi Brownlow written by Roland Perry and published by Hachette Australia. This book was released on 2012-07-31 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the moving, powerful and surprising story of a group of Australian POWs who organise an Australian Rules Football competition under the worst conditions imaginable - inside Changi prison. After Singapore falls to the Japanese early in 1942, 70 000 prisoners including 15 000 Australians, are held as POWs at the notorious Changi prison, Singapore. To amuse themselves and fellow inmates, a group of sportsmen led by the indefatigable and popular `Chicken? Smallhorn, created an Australian Football League, complete with tribunal, selection panel, umpires and coaches. The final game of the one and only season was between `Victoria? and the `Rest of Australia?, which attracted 10 000 spectators, and a unique Brownlow Medal was awarded in this unlikely setting under the curious gaze of Japanese prison guards. Meet the main characters behind this spectacle: Peter Chitty, the farm hand from Snowy River country with unfathomable physical and mental fortitude, and one of eight in his immediate family who volunteered to fight and serve in WW2; `Chicken? Smallhorn, the Brownlow-medal winning little man with the huge heart; and `Weary? Dunlop, the courageous doctor, who cares for the POWs as they endure malnutrition, disease and often inhuman treatment. Changi Brownlow is a story of courage and the invincibility of the human spirit, and highlights not only the Australian love of sport, but its power to offer consolation in times of extreme hardship.
Book Synopsis The Polish Underground Army, the Western Allies, and the Failure of Strategic Unity in World War II by : Michael Alfred Peszke
Download or read book The Polish Underground Army, the Western Allies, and the Failure of Strategic Unity in World War II written by Michael Alfred Peszke and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This military history covers the attempts of General Wladyslaw Sikorski and his successor (General Kazimierz Sosnkowski) to integrate Polish forces into Western strategy, and to have their clandestine forces declared an allied combatant. It addresses such topics as Poland's part in the Norwegian and French campaigns, the Battle of Britain, Polish intelligence services, Polish radio communications, the Polish Parachute Brigade, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, the Bomber Offensive, the Katyn graves, Polish air crews in the RAF Transport Command, the Tehran Conference, Polish Wings in the 2nd Tactical Air Force, the Bardsea Plan, the invasion of Normandy, the Pierwsza Pancera, the Warsaw Uprising, Operation Freston, the disbanding of the Polish Home Army, and the Yalta Conference.
Download or read book North Korea written by Paul French and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2015-08-15 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: North Korea continues to make headlines, arousing curiosity and fear in equal measure. The world’s most secretive nuclear power, it still has Gulag-style prison camps, allows no access to the Internet and bans its people from talking to foreigners without official approval. In this remarkable and eye-opening book, internationally best-selling author Paul French examines in forensic detail the history and politics of North Korea, Pyongyang’s complex relations with South Korea, Japan, China and America, and the implications of Kim Jong-un’s increasingly belligerent leadership following the death of his father, Kim Jong-il. As an already unstable North Korea grows ever more unpredictable, antagonizing enemies and allies alike, North Korea: State of Paranoia delivers a provocative and frightening account of a potentially explosive nuclear tripwire.
Book Synopsis Searching for John Ford by : Joseph McBride
Download or read book Searching for John Ford written by Joseph McBride and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2011-02-11 with total page 983 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Ford's classic films—such as Stagecoach, The Grapes of Wrath, How Green Was My Valley, The Quiet Man, and The Searchers—have earned him worldwide admiration as America's foremost filmmaker, a director whose rich visual imagination conjures up indelible, deeply moving images of our collective past. Joseph McBride's Searching for John Ford, described as definitive by both the New York Times and the Irish Times, surpasses all other biographies of the filmmaker in its depth, originality, and insight. Encompassing and illuminating Ford's myriad complexities and contradictions, McBride traces the trajectory of Ford's life from his beginnings as “Bull” Feeney, the nearsighted, football-playing son of Irish immigrants in Portland, Maine, to his recognition, after a long, controversial, and much-honored career, as America's national mythmaker. Blending lively and penetrating analyses of Ford's films with an impeccably documented narrative of the historical and psychological contexts in which those films were created, McBride has at long last given John Ford the biography his stature demands.
Book Synopsis Bharat Ratnas by : Anil Kumar / Manish Kumar
Download or read book Bharat Ratnas written by Anil Kumar / Manish Kumar and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2021-01-19 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on an enlightening journey through the lives of India's most revered individuals with "Bharat Ratnas" by Anil Kumar and Manish Kumar, a comprehensive exploration of the recipients of India's highest civilian honor. Through meticulous research and engaging storytelling, the authors shed light on the remarkable achievements, contributions, and legacies of those who have been bestowed with the prestigious Bharat Ratna award. Delve into the lives and accomplishments of the illustrious Bharat Ratna awardees as Kumar and Kumar offer a fascinating glimpse into their diverse backgrounds, fields of expertise, and lasting impacts on Indian society and culture. From visionary leaders and social reformers to pioneering scientists and cultural icons, the recipients of the Bharat Ratna represent the rich tapestry of talent and achievement that defines modern India. Explore the transformative impact of the Bharat Ratna recipients on Indian society and beyond as Kumar and Kumar examine their enduring legacies and contributions to the nation's progress and development. From their groundbreaking achievements in politics, science, literature, and the arts to their tireless efforts to uplift the marginalized and empower the disadvantaged, these extraordinary individuals have left an indelible mark on the fabric of Indian society. Gain insight into the selection process and criteria for the Bharat Ratna award as Kumar and Kumar provide a behind-the-scenes look at the prestigious honor and the rigorous standards by which recipients are chosen. Through their expert analysis and commentary, readers gain a deeper understanding of the significance and symbolism of the Bharat Ratna award in celebrating excellence, leadership, and service to the nation. Discover the untold stories and lesser-known facts about the Bharat Ratna awardees as Kumar and Kumar unearth hidden gems and fascinating anecdotes from their lives and careers. From their humble beginnings to their crowning achievements, each Bharat Ratna recipient has a unique and inspiring story that illuminates the human spirit and the power of perseverance, determination, and resilience. The overall tone of the book is one of reverence, admiration, and appreciation for the extraordinary contributions of the Bharat Ratna awardees to the nation and the world. Through their compelling narratives and insightful analysis, Kumar and Kumar pay tribute to these exemplary individuals and inspire readers to aspire to greatness and service in their own lives. Since its publication, "Bharat Ratnas" has earned widespread acclaim for its comprehensive coverage, insightful commentary, and engaging storytelling. It has become a trusted resource for readers seeking to learn more about India's most distinguished personalities and their lasting impact on society, culture, and the human condition. Designed for readers of all ages and backgrounds, "Bharat Ratnas" offers a compelling exploration of excellence, leadership, and service through the lives of India's most esteemed individuals. Whether you're a history buff, a student of Indian culture, or simply curious about the lives of extraordinary individuals, this book offers a wealth of knowledge and inspiration. In conclusion, "Bharat Ratnas" is more than just a book—it's a tribute to the indomitable spirit of India and the extraordinary individuals who have helped shape its destiny. Join Anil Kumar and Manish Kumar on this enlightening journey through the lives of India's Bharat Ratna awardees, and discover the timeless values of excellence, leadership, and service that continue to inspire generations. Don't miss your chance to explore the lives and legacies of India's most revered individuals with "Bharat Ratnas" by Anil Kumar and Manish Kumar. Grab your copy now and be inspired by the remarkable achievements of these extraordinary individuals.
