800円 After the dust of World War II had settled, the military position of the UK was far from straightforward. It was of course allied to the USA and part of NATO, but it was at odds with the former in maintaining an Empire and the two nations also had competing oil interests in the Middle East. The U...

1,760円 This thrilling new volume from Martin Bowman focusses on British, Canadian, Australian and German soldiers and airmen who were captured during the First World War. Determined that they wouldnt spend the rest of the conflict incarcerated uselessly behind bars, they endeavored to escape. These are ...

18円 Twenty-five veteran airmen share stories of their experiences during World War II's Battle of Britain in this unique history. The Battle of Britain fought by The Few, as Churchill famously called them, will remain a legendary feat of arms for centuries to come. Sadly, there remain only a handful ...

960円 From humble beginnings in 1911 with floatplanes, by the 1930s, the US Navy possessed dirigibles and were introducing fighter planes. By the start of WW2, monoplane fighters were replacing bi-planes and a major aircraft carrier build was underway.Fighters such as the Grumman FLF Hellcat and Vought...

1,760円 David Greville-Heygate was one of the few men who served in both the army and the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, but it was in the sky that he really earned his stripes. Stalking the skies flying photo-reconnaissance missions with No. 16 Squadron over Northern France, he was to win ...

10円 This book is for the passengers and aviation buffs who use Londons main airports. It includes a brief history, plans and photographs for each of the five airports, together with directions and information about gates, security, passport control, shopping, restaurants, car parks and other transpor...

18円 The development of air transport in the early 20th Century led military strategists to examine the concept of inserting light infantry at key points behind enemy lines by air landing and air drop.The Germans were first off-the-mark with assaults in Norway and at Eben Emael in 1940. Crete saw a la...

7,295円 In light of technological advances and multiplying irregular conflicts, conventional wisdom suggests airpower as the ideal, low-cost means of conducting modern warfareーand the air control method adopted by the British between the two world wars seems to back this up. Swift and precise targeting ...

5,300円 Assured Destruction: Building the Ballistic Missile Culture of the U.S. Air Force documents the rapid development of nuclear ballistic missiles in the United States and their equally swift demise after the Cuban Missile Crisis, revealing how these drastic changes negatively influenced both the Ai...

752円 Dalla guerra d'Etiopia alla fine della Seconda guerra mondiale: questo è l'arco temporale in cui vengono analizzati, in quest'opera, i raid bellici a lungo raggio della Regia Aeronautica. La Regia Aeronautica, Arma prediletta del regime fascista, entra nella Seconda guerra mondiale, così come Ese...

1,405円 In questo libro l’autore descrive al meglio l’organizzazione e la storia dell’Aeronautica Militare Italiana che dopo l’armistizio nel 1943 rimase sotto il comando di Benito Mussolini e alleato della Germania: l’Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana (ANR). Lo studio parte dal suo fondatore il tenente...

1,925円 What happens when the history books are wrong? The United States Government wants you to not question the narrative that, in some cases, has been written by them for more than a century. But sometimes, real facts emerge from declassified documents that challenge what you thought you knew. This bo...