Автор: William Wolf
Издательство: Schiffer Publishing
Год издания: 1999
isbn: 0764309536
Количество страниц: 216
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Nearly every World War II fighter squadron that flew in Europe has had its history chronicled. Other than "Pappy" Boyington's famous VMF-214 "Black Sheep", little has been written about Marine Corps squadrons in World War II. The contribution of VMF-223, the "Death Rattlers", over Okinawa in the Spring of 1945 is virtually unknown. In two months there, the squadron became the top-scoring unit of any service with 124 1/2 victories and produced 12 aces, the most for one tour of any Marine squadron. The squadron downed 24 3/4 Japanese aircraft twice in its tour, the most for a single Marine squadron in any single action. The squadron's story is not only one of its pilots, combat, and valor, but also of the enlisted men, "the ground-crunchers," who made it function against the Japanese kamikaze menace. Along with the traditional historical perspective, it is an inside look at the personal side of training and war. It is the story of a group of untried young men who trained long and hard and became "family."
Автор: Vladimir Francev
Издательство: MBI
Год издания: 2004
isbn: 8086524086
Количество страниц: 84
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
This military profile looks at the development of the tankette for export by the Czech concern of CKD. The book includes details of their development and combat usage and is packed with black and white photographs plus six pages of colour photography, including the crew compartments. Also contains six pages of 1/35th and 1/20th scale drawings, detailed component drawings, and five pages of colour artwork depicting vehicles supplied to Iran, Romania and Sweden. Czech/English text.
Автор: Baron Burkhard Von Mullenheim-Rechberg
Издательство: The Bodley Head
Год издания: 1980
isbn: 0370303903
Количество страниц: 238
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
The author served in the Bismarck throughout her career and was her senior survivor. In this remarkable account he provides an eye-witness narrative of the battleship's short and dramatic life, offering a unique view of the sinking of the Hood, and the Bismarck's subsequent attempts to escape pursuing British forces. This is followed by a vivid description of the scenes on board during her final action, and her sinking. The Appendices include:- Record of the action between Rodney and Bismarck; Bismarck's rudder damage.
Автор: Stephen Bull
Издательство: Brassey's Inc.
Год издания: 2000
isbn: 1574882783
Количество страниц: 144
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
This is an essential book for everyone with an interest in the German Army and the First World War. It is a thorough analysis of the uniforms, weapons and equipment employed by German forces between 1914 and 1918. From the mud and trenches of the Western Front to the snow and forests of the Eastern Front, it is the first book to take a comprehensive look at what the German soldier wore and fought with and how this was transformed by the experience of battle.The First World War was a cataclysmic combat, bringing home to European armies the full effect of modern industrialized warfare. The German Army, like its opponents, entered the war with uniforms more suited to the parade ground, but this was soon to change, bringing about the birth of the modern soldier in combat clothes. The ornamental spiked Picklehaube gave way to the steel Stahlhelm designed to protect the wearer against shrapnel wounds, the greatest killer of soldiers at the front. Camouflage appeared for the first time. Battlefield tactics were revolutionized and German soldiers became stormtroopers equipped with grenades and submachine guns.Stephen Bull's authoritative text is highly illustrated with over 150 colour and black and white photographs, and leading military artist Christa Hook has created four color plates for the book.
Автор: Thomas Berndt
Издательство: MBI Publishing Company
Год издания: 1994
isbn: 0879389303
Количество страниц: 98
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Full color gallery of classic American armored fighting vehicles: M4 Sherman and M26 Pershing Tanks, M3, M6, and M24 Chaffee Light Tanks; M19A1 Gun Carriage and M18/M39 Hellcat Tank Destroyers; White M3A1 Scout Car and M8 and M20 Armored Cars; M2, M3, M4, M5, M9, and M21 Half-Tracks, M3, M15, and M16 Motor Gun Carriages. The tanks pictured are beautifully restored US armored vehicles of WW II.
Автор: Christopher Bennett
Издательство: MBI Publishing Company
Год издания: 1996
isbn: 0760301662
Количество страниц: 98
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
A behind-the-scenes full-color tour of one of the largest warships ever built, the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier George Washington.
Автор: Norman Polmar
Издательство: Brassey's Inc.
Год издания: 2004
isbn: 1574888595
Количество страниц: 98
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
The world entered the atomic age in August 1945, when the B-29 Superfortress nicknamed Enola Gay flew some 1,500 miles from the island of Tinian and dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. The "Little Boy" bomb exploded with the force of 12.5 kilotons of TNT, nearly destroying the city. Three days later, another B-29 dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. The Japanese government, which had been preparing a bloody defense against an invasion, surrendered six days later. The aircraft was the primary artifact in an exhibition at the National Air and Space Museum from 1995 to 1998. The original, controversial exhibit script was changed, and the final exhibition attracted some 4 million visitors, testifying to the enduring interest in the aircraft and its mission. This book tells the story of the Enola Gay, the Boeing B-29 program, and the combat operations of the B-29 type.
Автор: Jim Mesko
Издательство: Squadron/Signal Publications
Год издания: 1982
isbn: 0897471261
Количество страниц: 81
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
A photo essay that demonstrates the use of armor in Vietnam. With sections on the First Indochina War 1946-1953, Army of the Republic of Vietnam, United States Marine Corps, U.S. Army, U.S. Armored Vehicles, U.S.A.F., Allied Armor, ARVN restructure, N.V.A. Armor.
Автор: Miroslav Bily, Martin Velek
Издательство: MBI
Год издания: 1991
Количество страниц: 28
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
B/w photos, detailed multi-view scale drawings, many line drawings of various details, paint schemes and three pages of Ju 87A cockpit interior (b/w). Dual Czech/English text.
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