"This work details the actions of the Marine Luchtvaart Dienst (MLD) during the Japanese invasion of the Netherlands East Indies. It provides an overview of the force and a comprehensive account of the Allied naval war in the area"--Provided by publisher.
Rigt illustreret omtale af Luftwaffe's jagerfly under 2. verdenskrig og de mest kendte piloter (Esser), der fløj dem.
In Nov. 1942 a U.S. cargo plane crashed into the Greenland ice cap, the B-17 sent on the search-and-rescue mission got caught in a storm and also crashed, miraculously all nine men aboard survived. A second rescue operation was launched, but the plane, the Grumman Duck, flew int…
Biografi over den tyske feltmarchal Erhard Milch herunder hans rolle og betydning i Luftwaffe op til og under 2. verdenskrig
"This memoir of A.E. Hotchner's World War II experiences explores a different side of the troubled war years. Hotchner, who grew up in St. Louis, was a rookie lawyer fresh out of Washington University Law School when the United States declared war. Like many others of his genera…
Whirlwind is the first book to tell the complete, awe-inspiring story of the Allied air war against Japan--the most important strategic bombing campaign in history. From the audacious Doolittle raid in 1942 to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, award-winning h…
Oprindelig var luftbårne torpedo operationer af mindre betydning, men Luftwaffe's torpedoenheder udviklede en taktik der betød at torpedooperationer blev af signifikant betydning også på det strategiske maritime område. Bogen gennemgår udviklingen og beskriver den operationelle …
Baseret på studier og analyser beskriver forfatteren om hændelserne i 1942-43 som førte til Hitlers nederlag på Østfronten. I 1942 havde Hitlers styrker på landjorden og i luften kæmpet offensivt i 5 måneder efterfulgt at 2 måneders forsvarskamp. Dette havde svækket styrkerne i …
Most accounts of the Battle of Stalingrad have focused on the dismal fate of the German Army. Joel Hayward now chronicles Luftwaffe operations during that campaign, focusing on Hitler's use of the air force as a tactical rather than strategic weapon in close support of ground fo…
Most accounts of the Battle of Stalingrad have focused on the dismal fate of the German Army. Joel Hayward now chronicles Luftwaffe operations during that campaign, focusing on Hitler's use of the air force as a tactical rather than strategic weapon in close support of ground fo…
"This study, with detailed drawings and photographs, explains and illustrates the developing the aircraft, airships, and ships of the interwar period. The critical factors that shaped Naval Aviation after World War I--naval treaties, fleet tactics, government programs, leadershi…
Et nyttigt opslagsværk, der på en klar og overskuelig måde fortæller om Det tyske Riges militære udmærkelsestegn.