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Malcolm Gladwell weaves together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard to examine one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American history. Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. But a small band of idealistic strategists had a different view. This 'Bomber Mafia' asked:...
2) The Red Baron: a photographic album of the first World War's greatest ace, Manfred Von Richthofen
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s202
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If one aircraft was to represent the First World War, it could be the distinctive red Fokker Triplane of Manfred von Richthofen. With an astonishing eighty aerial victories, the Red Baron became a legend in his own, short, lifetime. Regarded as one of the most widely known fighter pilots of all time, von Richthofen is also considered to be the First World War’s ‘ace-of-aces’.
While much is known about this German aristocrat, what this book...
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Weapons of war volume 20
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International Masters Publishers
Pub. Date
[2007]
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English
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Find out how the US entered the conflict in Southeast Asia and how US tacticians planned to bring the war to a swift end through sustained bombing campaigns. Follow the large scale use of helicopters for the first time in combat, functioning as troop transports, flying gunships and rescue aircraft. Understand the role of the "Huey"; the workhorse of the war in Vietnam. Discover the wide variety of aircraft employed in Vietnam, ranging from MiG-killing...
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Weapons of war volume 52
Publisher
International Masters Publishers
Pub. Date
c2007
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English
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Air-to-air combats are typically fought between fighters that are relatively matched in terms of performance and armament. Meet the pilots who entered aviation's hall of fame as leading aces, from World War I to the first jet fighters of Korea, to the combat pilots of today. See how combat leaders exploited the available technology in their favor, and became the aces of their day.
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The fateful days and weeks surrounding 6 June 1944 have been extensively documented in histories of the Second World War, but less attention has been paid to the tremendous impact of these events on the populations nearby. The Lost Paratroopers of Normandy tells the inspiring yet heartbreaking story of ordinary people who did extraordinary things in defense of liberty and freedom. On D-Day, when transport planes dropped paratroopers from the 82nd...
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Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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The US 8th Air Force came of age in 1944. With a fresh commander, it was ready to demonstrate its true power: from Operation Argument in February targeting German aircraft production plants to bringing the Luftwaffe to battle over Berlin, the combined US Air Force - Royal Air Force forces' round-the clock campaign bottled up the German army in Normandy. Day after day, the American bomber boys watched their comrades burn to death in blazing bombers,...
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Dead Reckoning
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[2020]
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English
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Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and Fascist Italy began World War II with torpedo bombers that could devastate enemy warships and merchantmen at will. Britain's Royal Navy squadrons went to war equipped with the Fairey Swordfish. A biplane torpedo bomber in an age of monoplanes, the Swordfish was underpowered and under-gunned; an obsolete museum piece, an embarrassment. Its crews fully expected to be shot from the skies. Instead, they flew the ancient...
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Madacy Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
A2003
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English
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The earthshaking battles of WWII come to life in this fascinating collection reviewing the most epic and disturbing chapter in history. This visually stunning documentary is a powerful testament to the titanic struggles of those who lived, fought and died in a war that shook the world. Astonishing COLOR footage, taken from newsreels and captured enemy film, reveals the grinding intensity of campaigns fought in the Atlantic and Pacific theatres. WWII...
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