Squadron Of Deception

Download Squadron Of Deception full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online Squadron Of Deception ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

Squadron of Deception

Author : Stephen M. Hutton
Publisher : Schiffer Military History
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Squadron of Deception by : Stephen M. Hutton

Download or read book Squadron of Deception written by Stephen M. Hutton and published by Schiffer Military History. This book was released on 1999 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here at last is the exciting, detailed story of the U.S. Eighth Air Force's only Radar Countermeasure squadron that flew from England duing World War II. This book tells of the men of the elite 36th Bomb Squadron and the special operations they flew in modified B-24s to jam the German radar which controlled the fighter and flak batteries. Here too is the story of the men behind the scenes who sought to develop an extension of modern air warfare into the electronic arena and keep ahead of German scientists in the "War in the Ether." This chronological account gathered from secret records, personal diaries, and interviews with the "Old Crows" describes the night missions with the Royal Air Force and the daylight missions with the Eighth. The first jamming mission on the morning of D-Day "contributed materially to the success of the landings on the beachhead." Later missions during the Battle of the Bulge involved trickery, ingenious deception, spoofs, and tank communications jamming. This squadron flew on bad weather days, when the rest of the Eighth Air Force stood down, and paid its price in blood. Before the war in Europe ended the 36th Bomb Squadron screened Eighth Air Force radio transmissions to stop the enemy from learning important mission details. Here now is the story of how this secret squadron saved many Allied lives during World War II. Included are over 330 rare photographs and illustrations never before published.

Artists of Deception

Author : Rick Beyer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615534343
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (343 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Artists of Deception by : Rick Beyer

Download or read book Artists of Deception written by Rick Beyer and published by . This book was released on 2011-09-18 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Ghost Army" is full of art and photographs telling the story of the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, an extraordinary US Army unit that used inflatable tanks and sound effects records to stage a traveling road show of deception on the battlefields of Europe during WWII. Many who served in this to-secret unit were artists destined for illustrious post-war art careers, including a budding fashion designer named Bill Blass. In their spare time they painted and sketched their way across war-torn Europe. The book is a catalog for a museum exhibit about the unit, and a companion to the forthcoming documentary film.

FAA Intercom

Author : United States. Federal Aviation Administration
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis FAA Intercom by : United States. Federal Aviation Administration

Download or read book FAA Intercom written by United States. Federal Aviation Administration and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Deception in War

Author : Jon Latimer
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1590209362
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (92 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Deception in War by : Jon Latimer

Download or read book Deception in War written by Jon Latimer and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2003-04-29 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Trojan Horse to Gulf War subterfuge, this far-reaching military history examines the importance and ingenuity of wartime deception campaigns. The art of military deception is as old as the art of war. This fascinating account of the practice draws on conflicts from around the world and across millennia. The examples stretch from the very beginnings of recorded military history—Pharaoh Ramses II's campaign against the Hittites in 1294 B.C.—to modern times, when technology has placed a stunning array of devices into the arsenals of military commanders. Military historians often underestimate the importance of deception in warfare. This book is the first to fully describe its value. Jon Latimer demonstrates how simple tricks have been devastatingly effective. He also explores how technology has increased the range and subtlety of what is possible—including bogus radio traffic, virtual images, even false smells. Deception in War includes examples from land, sea, and air to show how great commanders have always had, as Winston Churchill put it, that indispensable “element of legerdemain, an original and sinister touch, which leaves the enemy puzzled as well as beaten.”

Air Force Magazine

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Air Force Magazine by :

Download or read book Air Force Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1999-07 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Veil of Deception

Author : Michael Byars Lewis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780991476428
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (764 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Veil of Deception by : Michael Byars Lewis

Download or read book Veil of Deception written by Michael Byars Lewis and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Jason Conrad returned to Vance Air Force Base as an instructor pilot in the T-38, he never wanted to leave. For five years, he flew the supersonic jet and was considered one of the best instructors on the base. After a terrifying jet crash, Jason finds himself on a very short list of people on their way out the door. It was a surprise to everyone when he is assigned to the home of the U.S. Air Force Flight Test Center. Jason should have known that in a 'one mistake Air Force' where you 'do more with less', everything would not be what appears to be. Attached to a secret project with a shadowy contractor, Jason is caught between two complications; an overbearing retired general determined to see him fail; and an aggressive television reporter who wants him in prison. When a ghost from the past turns up and a beautiful, yet mysterious woman enters his life, Jason soon discovers his special project has more secrets than anyone knows about . . . and it could cost him his life.

The Ghost Army of World War II

Author : Rick Beyer
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1797225308
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (972 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Ghost Army of World War II by : Rick Beyer

Download or read book The Ghost Army of World War II written by Rick Beyer and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2023-10-10 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A riveting tale told through personal accounts and sketches along the way—ultimately, a story of success against great odds. I enjoyed it enormously.” —Tom Brokaw The first book to tell the full story of how a traveling road show of artists wielding imagination, paint, and bravado saved thousands of American lives—now updated with new material. In the summer of 1944, a handpicked group of young GIs—artists, designers, architects, and sound engineers, including such future luminaries as Bill Blass, Ellsworth Kelly, Arthur Singer, Victor Dowd, Art Kane, and Jack Masey—landed in France to conduct a secret mission. From Normandy to the Rhine, the 1,100 men of the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, known as the Ghost Army, conjured up phony convoys, phantom divisions, and make-believe headquarters to fool the enemy about the strength and location of American units. Every move they made was top secret, and their story was hushed up for decades after the war's end. Hundreds of color and black-and-white photographs, along with maps, official memos, and letters, accompany Rick Beyer and Elizabeth Sayles’s meticulous research and interviews with many of the soldiers, weaving a compelling narrative of how an unlikely team carried out amazing battlefield deceptions that saved thousands of American lives and helped open the way for the final drive to Germany. The stunning art created between missions also offers a glimpse of life behind the lines during World War II. This updated edition includes: A new afterword by co-author Rick Beyer Never-before-seen additional images The successful campaign to have the unit awarded a Congressional Gold Medal History and WWII enthusiasts will find The Ghost Army of World War II an essential addition to their library.

D-Day Deception

Author : Mary K. Barbier
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1567207537
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (672 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis D-Day Deception by : Mary K. Barbier

Download or read book D-Day Deception written by Mary K. Barbier and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-10-30 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 6 June 1944, Allied forces stormed the beaches at Normandy. The invasion followed several years of argument and planning by Allied leaders, who remained committed to a return to the European continent after the Germans had forced the Allies to evacuate at Dunkirk in May 1940. Before the spring of 1944, however, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and other British leaders remained unconvinced that the invasion was feasible. At the Teheran Conference in November 1943, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill promised Josef Stalin that Allied troops would launch Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy, in the spring. Because of their continuing concerns about Overlord, the British convinced the Americans to implement a cover plan to help ensure the invasion's success. The London Controlling Section (LCS) devised an elaborate two-part plan called Operation Fortitude that SHAEF (Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force) helped to fine tune and that both British and American forces implemented Historians analyzing the Normandy invasion frequently devote some discussion to Operation Fortitude. Although they admit that Fortitude North did not accomplish all that the Allied deception planners had hoped, many historians heap praise on Fortitude South, using phrases such as, unquestionably the greatest deception in military history. Many of these historians assume that the deception plan played a crucial role in the June 1944 assault. A reexamination of the sources suggests, however, that other factors contributed as much, if not more, to the Allied victory in Normandy and that Allied forces could have succeeded without the elaborate deception created by the LCS. Moreover, the persistent tendency to exaggerate the operational effect of Fortitude on the German military performance at Normandy continues to draw attention away from other, technical-military reasons for the German failures there.

Naval Aviation News

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Naval Aviation News by :

Download or read book Naval Aviation News written by and published by . This book was released on 2000-07 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

United States Air Force and Its Antecedents

Author : James T. Controvich
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810850101
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (51 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis United States Air Force and Its Antecedents by : James T. Controvich

Download or read book United States Air Force and Its Antecedents written by James T. Controvich and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bibliography lists published and printed unit histories for the United States Air Force and Its Antecedents, including Air Divisions, Wings, Groups, Squadrons, Aviation Engineers, and the Women's Army Corps.

Master of Deception

Author : Alan Ogden
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350266116
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (52 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Master of Deception by : Alan Ogden

Download or read book Master of Deception written by Alan Ogden and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-02-24 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master of Deception is a biography of Peter Fleming, elder brother of Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond. Peter Fleming worked as a travel writer and journalist, serving with distinction throughout World War II and played a crucial role in British intelligence operations in the Far East. This biography ranges from the personal life of Fleming such as his marriage to Celia Johnson, a famous actor of the time, to his extensive military intelligence career which took him from Norway and Greece to the Far East. Framed through the life of Peter Fleming this book offers an in-depth study of British intelligence operations in the Far East during World War II.

Deception Plan

Author : Patrick A. Davis
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416548440
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Deception Plan by : Patrick A. Davis

Download or read book Deception Plan written by Patrick A. Davis and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006-12-29 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WHEN A U-2 SPY PLANE GOES DOWN IN A FIERY HEAP, THE PILOT'S DEATH IS A TRAGEDY -- BUT IT'S NO ACCIDENT. U.S. Colonel Ed Coffin is sent to South Korea, the land of his birth, to lead the most important and grim investigation of his career: a secret U-2 spy plane has crashed under highly suspicious circumstances. A former U-2 squadron commander, Coffin is teamed up with his former lover, the irrepressible OSI investigator Marva "Mother" Hubbard, and together they learn that the plane's pilot was specifically targeted for death -- but why? Navigating a geopolitical web strewn with murder, ambition, and betrayal, Coffin is soon embroiled in a desperate race for survival. But Coffin is also on another, more personal mission -- and one way or the other, it may be his last.

Night Action

Author : Captain Peter Dickens
Publisher : Seaforth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1848320124
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (483 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Night Action by : Captain Peter Dickens

Download or read book Night Action written by Captain Peter Dickens and published by Seaforth Publishing. This book was released on 2008-08-30 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This memoir is Peter Dickens' account of his experiences as the young commander of the 21st MTB Flotilla during 1942-43, mainly in the North Sea and the Channel. In all the annals of the war at sea, comparatively little has been written about the role of the torpedo boat, and yet these small and vulnerable boats, travelling at high speed amid storms and gunfire, and usually under the cover of darkness, managed to closely engage enemy convoys and escorts in high-speed attacks and wreak havoc among the German supply lines. Like the sailors who fought against the U-boats in the battle of the Atlantic, Dickens and his comrades were experiencing a new kind of warfare and had to hit upon the techniques and tactics as they went along; their kind of action called for great courage, spilt-second timing and complete understanding between captain and crew. Night Action is a lively and thrilling account, but also one which is frank and carefully considered; there is humour but the horror of war is never far away and the author conveys to the reader a sharp sense of the reality of those operations in a way that no history book can do.

Deception's Legacy

Author : Jacqueline G. Randolph
Publisher : Fultus Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1596821027
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (968 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Deception's Legacy by : Jacqueline G. Randolph

Download or read book Deception's Legacy written by Jacqueline G. Randolph and published by Fultus Corporation. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining three intersecting time lines from 1966 and 2030, the focus of "Deception's Legacy" is Andalucía, Spain where multiple religions lived in relative peace until the bloody Spanish Inquisition.

Information Strategy and Warfare

Author : John Arquilla
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135984158
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Information Strategy and Warfare by : John Arquilla

Download or read book Information Strategy and Warfare written by John Arquilla and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-08-08 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume develops information strategy as a construct equal in importance to military strategy as an influential tool of statecraft. John Arquilla and Douglas A. Borer explore three principal themes: the rise of the ‘information domain’ and information strategy as an equal partner alongside traditional military strategy the need to consider the organizational implications of information strategy the realm of what has been called ‘information operations’ (IO) - the building blocks of information strategy - has been too narrowly depicted and must be both broadened and deepened. Information Strategy and Warfare will be essential reading for students and practitioners of information strategy, as well as scholars of security studies and military strategy in general.

The Forgotten VCs

Author : Brian Best
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1526717999
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Forgotten VCs by : Brian Best

Download or read book The Forgotten VCs written by Brian Best and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fought amid the most challenging terrain of any theater during the Second World War, the campaign in the Far East saw heroic actions against the unyielding Japanese that resulted in the awarding of more than forty Victoria Crosses greater than a fifth of all the VCs of the war.Such actions include that of Major Frank Blaker, whose battalion of the Gurkha Rifles was held up by Japanese machine-guns on 9 July 1944. After climbing for five hours up a 2,100-foot hill, Blaker crawled on his hands and knees through dense jungle alone until he was close enough to stand up and charge the strong enemy position. Though mortally wounded, he urged his men to follow and the hilltop was taken.During the famous Chindit operations, Lieutenant George Cairns was with the South Staffordshire Regiment as it attacked a Japanese position on top of Pagoda Hill. The Chindits reached the summit and, charging into the Japanese, a vicious hand-to-hand battle ensued. In the fighting a Japanese officer hacked off Cairns left arm but, astonishingly, the young Londoner then killed the enemy officer, picked up the sword with his right hand and carried on fighting. He died the next day.The Gurkhas are renowned for their courage and it is unsurprising that many of the Fourteenth Armys VCs were won by these tough Nepalese soldiers. Rifleman Bhanbhagta Gurung found his battalion of the 2nd Gurkha Rifles pinned down by an enemy sniper. So he stood up in the open and killed the Japanese soldier. As his battalion advanced again, it once more came under enemy fire. Bhanbhagta Gurung charged the enemy positions, taking five Japanese foxholes, one by one in the face of almost pointblank fire.The wide-ranging nature of the conflict in the Far East saw awards being granted for actions not just in Burma but also in India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaya, Borneo, New Guinea and even off the coast of Japan itself. The recipients came from across the Commonwealth, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, Great Britain, India and Nepal.These VC actions are told in great detail in The Forgotten VCs, the first book to examine in depth the Victoria Crosses of the war in the Far East. Brian Best brings to life the daring deeds of a group of courageous men in the most inhospitable of battlefield conditions, filling a glaring gap in the historiography of Britains most prestigious award for valor.

Churchill's Shadow Raiders

Author : Damien Lewis
Publisher : Citadel Press
ISBN 13 : 0806540656
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (65 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Churchill's Shadow Raiders by : Damien Lewis

Download or read book Churchill's Shadow Raiders written by Damien Lewis and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From bestselling and award-winning war reporter Damien Lewis and for fans of Erik Larsen’s The Splendid and Vile and Alex Kershaw’s The Forgotten 500 comes a thrilling account of one of the most daring raids of WWII…the true story of the race to stop Hitler from developing a top-secret weapon that would change the course of history. "One of the most readable World War 2 history books I have read in years” —We Are the Mighty In the winter of 1941, as Britain faced defeat on all fronts, an RAF reconnaissance pilot photographed an alien-looking object on the French coast near Le Havre. The mysterious device—a “Wurzburg Dish”—appeared to be a new form of radar technology: ultra-compact, highly precise, and pointed directly across the English Channel. Britain’s experts found it hard to believe the Germans had mastered such groundbreaking technology. But one young technician thought it not only possible, he convinced Winston Churchill that the dish posed a unique and deadly threat to Allied forces, one that required desperate measures—and drastic action . . . Capturing the radar on film had been an amazing coup. Stealing it away from under the noses of the Nazis would be remarkable. So was launched Operation Biting, a mission like no other. An extraordinary “snatch-and-grab” raid on Germany’s secret radar installation, it offered Churchill’s elite airborne force, the Special Air Service, a rare opportunity to redeem themselves after a previous failed mission—and to shift the tides of war forever. Led by the legendary Major John Frost, these brave paratroopers would risk all in a daring airborne assault, with only a small stretch of beach menaced by enemy guns as their exit point. With the help of a volunteer radar technician who knew how to dismantle the dish, as well as the courageous men and women of the French Resistance, they succeeded against all odds in their act of brazen robbery. Some would die. Others would be captured. All fought with resolute bravery . . . This is the story of that fateful night of February 27, 1942. A brilliantly told, thrillingly tense account of Churchill’s raiders in their finest hour, this is World War II history at its heart-stopping best. “This highly informative book almost reads like a genuine techno-thriller." —New York Journal of Books “A little-known behind-the-lines spectacular led by two heroic British officers.” —Kirkus Reviews “Anyone who wants to learn more about the origins of the British Special Forces should read this book. It intertwines historical research and eyewitness testimony to tell the untold story of heroism, courage, and ingenuity.” —Military Press “Lewis presents a richly detailed and nail-biting tale.” —Library Journal