Автор: Colonel Bernd Horn, Michel Wyczynski
Издательство: Dundurn
Год издания: 2003
isbn: 1550024701
Количество страниц: 376
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
This meticulously researched book traces the development of airborne forces from their earliest mythology to their earth-shattering debut in the Second World War. More importantly, it reveals in exacting detail the story of Canada's paratroopers - from the early resistance to their establishment, the rigorous selection process and gruelling training, to their unrivalled combat record. It tells the story of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, which never failed to achieve its assigned missions, nor did it ever lose an objective once captured. Through the pages of this book the reader will experience the exceptional courage, endurance, fighting skills, and tenacity of Canada's paratroopers in the Second World War.
Автор: Larry Hama, Scott Moore
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 2006
isbn: 1846030498
Количество страниц: 51
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
The battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862 was the first major Civil War engagement on Northern soil, and it remains the bloodiest single-day battle in American history. Of the 90,000 troops that fought, over 23,000 were killed or wounded. Antietam also marked a significant turning point: General Lee's bold invasion of the North was halted, and the Union's success, though not exploited, gave President Lincoln the victory he needed to make his Emancipation Proclamation. The battle arguably sealed the fate of the Confederacy, even if the war still had nearly three years to run. This book accurately brings to life this significant and very costly engagement in highly accessible graphic novel format. It also includes eight pages of authoritative information placing Antietam in its historical context, describing the key players, the build-up to the battle and its aftermath.
Автор: Dana Bell
Издательство: Squadron/Signal Publications
Год издания: 1997
isbn: 0897473760
Количество страниц: 98
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
AIR FORCE COLORS VOLUME 3 summarizes/illustrates colors and markings carried by Air Force aircraft in the Pacific, on the Home Front and on postwar aircraft. It's a visual delight and one of Squadron/Signal's best efforts ever! Given such a wide canvas, Bell breaks the subject down into five more manageable sections: "Pacific Colors;" "The Home Front;" "CBI Markings;" "B-29s Against Japan;" and "Postwar USAAF to USAF." After giving general information on each subject Bell then goes into more specifics. The "CBI Markings" pages, for instance, include separate sections on markings carried by Fighter, Bomber, Air Commando, Transport, ATC, Recce and Misc. Units in that theater. Although the text is dry, VOLUME 3 is a visual treat with 250+ black & white and color photographs and great Don Greer artwork. The accompanying artwork really makes this book: nine pages of aircraft profiles, two pages showing group and squadron insignia along with five pages of tail markings; all in glorious color. The color profiles feature a smorgasbord of warbirds in myriad paint schemes: 5th AF Lightnings, Mustangs, Mitchells, Liberators and Black Widows; stateside AT-6s, P-29s, Catalinas and C-54s; postwar Mustangs, P-80s and B-29s; etc.
Издательство: Verlag E. S. Mittler & Sohn
Количество страниц: 38
Язык: другой
Формат: PDF
Die Hefte sind voller technischer Bild-Text-Informationen anhand authentischer Unterlagen uber aktuelle und technikgeschichtliche Probleme der Luftfahrt und ihrer Nebengebiete, alle Hefte sind reich bebildert mit Fotos, Rissen, technischen Detailzeichnungen, Graphiken, Reproduktionen von Originaldokumenten zu historischen Flugzeugen, hier werden Bilder z.T. erstmals veroffentlicht.
Автор: Dana Bell
Издательство: Squadron/Signal Publications
Год издания: 1980
isbn: 0897471083
Количество страниц: 98
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
This book, the second volume of Squadron/Signal's continuing series. Air Force Colors, covers the development of camouflage and markings of USAAF aircraft in the European and Mediterranean theaters in World War 11. The coverage includes AAFAC (Army Air Force Antisubmarine Command) and part of the story of 6th AF. This volume also tells, for the first time, the story of the Haze Paint camouflage conceived for reconnaissance aircraft. It concludes with brief mention of the Green Project which brought soldiers and aircraft home and the Occupation Force thai stayed behind at war's end. The great expansion of forces brought on by the war forced the Army Air Force to formalize its organizational structure and the markings of its units. The smallest unit of aircraft was a Flight. Usually composed of three aircraft (except fighters Flights which normally contained four aircraft). Flights were informal units whose members often changed from mission to mission, rarely were there markings to indicate Flight membership. The exception (there musi always be an exception) was 8th AF fighter units which often colored rudder trim tabs to indicate the Flight. The smallest administrative unit was the Squadron, usually composed of three Flights. This was the standard combat unit, all of a Squadron's aircraft most often being given the same task or target on any particular mission. The Squadron was also the bask unit foi markings. Each USAAF combat Squadron that operated in the ETO or M 10 had a two letter or letter-number designator thai was carried on the fuselage, split from the individual aircraft letter by I he national insignia, likewise, each Squadron had an insignia, though the application of these insignia to aircraft was discouraged or. in some cases, specifically banned. 8th AF, in particular, repeatedly rejected the use of Squadron emblems on aircraft but some units defied the order. 12th AF aircraft, on the other hand, frequently carried Squadron emblems. Some of these originated pre-war, others came from the fertile imaginations of Squadron members, still others were contributed by the major cartoon studios, such as Walt Disney or Warner Bros.
Автор: Leroy Thompson
Издательство: Paladin Press
Год издания: 1986
isbn: 0-87346-347-x
Количество страниц: 95
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
From the combat-tested, slash-and-thrust blade to me no-nonsense, general-purpose survival knife, this book shows you which type of blade suits your need best. For the man who really uses his knife, it covers utility blades, hollow-handled survival knives, survival kits, folders, combat and streetfighting knives and knife specs and evaluations. Обзор боевых ножей и ножей для выживания. От ножей, испытанных в боевых условиях, до ножей выживания общего назначения. Книга даёт возможность каждому человеку, который использует нож в реальных ситуациях, сделать свой выбор.
Автор: Dana Bell
Издательство: Squadron/Signal Publications
Год издания: 1995
isbn: 0897473167
Количество страниц: 97
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
This book begins a study of US Military aircraft color schemes from 1926 to the 1980s. The early years, from the post-WWI formation of the Army Air Corps to the establishment of a separate U.S. Air Force, were marked by phenomenal growth and development in all areas of aviation — all of which was reflected in changing markings and colors. A great deal has been written about this period elsewhere, but a brief overview may help the reader place details in their historical perspective.
Автор: Х.В. Вильсон
Издательство: Санкт-Петербург
Год издания: 2001
isbn: 5-85875-014-1
Количество страниц: 39
Язык: русский
Формат: PDF
Описанное Вильсоном Лисское морское сражение Австро-Итальянской войны 1866 года представляет большой интерес как первое в истории сражение броненосных флотов. Лисское морское сражение 1866 года, сражение между итальянским и австрийским флотами во время австро-итальянской войны 1866 года, происшедшее 20 июля у о. Лисса (ныне о. Вис в Югославии) в Адриатическом море. Лисское морское сражение показало недостаточную эффективность артиллерии против бронированных кораблей, высокую манёвренность паровых судов, их способность быстро перестраиваться в различные боевые порядки. Издание сопровождено иллюстрациями - схемы кораблей, гравюры и фотографии, карты.
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