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19 produkter
Semper Fi in the Sky
The Marine Air Battles of World War II
Av Gerald Astor
E-bok, 2007
124 kr
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Here, one of America’s most popular military historians re-creates, using their own moving and powerful voices, the true stories of the U.S. Marine pilots who flew the Allies to victory in World War II. These riveting accounts recreate conflicts ranging from the Marines’ gallant defense of Wake …
The Bloody Forest: Battle for the Huertgen: September 1944-January 1945
Av Gerald Astor
Häftad, 2000
335 kr
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Right To Fight
A History Of African Americans In The Military
Av Gerald Astor
Häftad, 2001
253 kr
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From the birth of the United States, African American men and women have fought and died in defence of a nation that has often denied them many fundamental rights of citizenship. Now Gerald Astor has chronicled their efforts and accomplishments in this critically acclaimed survey. From Crispus …
Wings of Gold
The U.S. Naval Air Campaign in World War II
Av Gerald Astor
E-bok, 2007
140 kr
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From critically acclaimed military historian Gerald Astor comes Wings of Gold , the first account of how the airplane transformed the U.S. Navy and paved the way to victory in the Pacific in World War II. Astor tracks that fateful journey from its humble beginnings in 1910 when Eugene Ely flew the …
Terrible Terry Allen
Combat General of World War II - The Life of an American Soldier
Av Gerald Astor
E-bok, 2008
240 kr
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Terry de la Mesa Allen’s mother was the daughter of a Spanish officer, and his father was a career U.S. Army officer. Despite this impressive martial heritage, success in the military seemed unlikely for Allen as he failed out of West Point—twice—ultimately gaining his commission through Catholic …
June 6, 1944
The Voices of D-Day
Av Gerald Astor
E-bok, 2009
102 kr
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In ships and planes, they crossed the English Channel. On the other side Hitler’s army waited. And the longest day was about to begin.... In the spring of 1944, 120,000 Allied soldiers crossed the English Channel in the most ambitious invasion force ever assembled. Rangers, paratroopers, infantry, …
Battling Buzzards
The Odyssey of the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team 1943-1945
Av Gerald Astor
E-bok, 2009
93 kr
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The Few and the Brave Convinced by 1943 that the assault upon Nazi-held Europe would yield swiftly to elite troops, the U.S. Army created parachute regimental combat teams. Drawing on daring volunteers willing to hurl themselves from airplanes and hit the ground fighting, the 517th PRCT became one …
Crisis in the Pacific
The Battles for the Philippine Islands by the Men Who Fought Them
Av Gerald Astor
E-bok, 2009
109 kr
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From the depths of defeat... On December 8, 1941, one day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Air Force struck the Philippines in the first blow of a devastating invasion. With an undersupplied patchwork army at his command, General Douglas MacArthur led a valiant defense of the …
Bloody Forest
Battle for the Hurtgen: September 1944-January 1945
Av Gerald Astor
E-bok, 2010
217 kr
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For nearly five months, starting in mid-September 1944, American GIs battled for the Hurtgen Forest, a 50-square mile tract of extremely inhospitable terrain.
Battle of the Bulge to Hiroshima
Av Gerald Astor
Häftad, 2001
366 kr
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Written by award-winning journalist, acclaimed historian and World War II veteran Gerald Astor, THE GREATEST WAR III is an American combat history of World War II told largely in the words of the soldiers, airmen and marines who fought - and ultimately emerged victorious from - this battle. In the …
Jungle War: Mavericks, Marauders, and Madmen i n the China-Burma-India Theater of World War II
Mvericks, Marauders, and Madmen in the China-Burma-India Theater of World War II
Av Gerald Astor
Inbunden, 2004
449 kr
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Presidents at War
From Truman to Bush, The Gathering of Military Powers To Our Commanders in Chief
Av Gerald Astor
Inbunden, 2006
278 kr
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The Korean War, the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, Cambodia, Lebanon, El Salvador, Grenada, Iran-Contra, Nicaragua, Panama, the Gulf War, Somalia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, IraqWhat do these events and scores of others have in common? Each of these wars, incursions, invasions, and …
Mighty Eighth
The Air War in Europe as Told by the Men Who Fought It
Av Gerald Astor
E-bok, 2015
177 kr
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Europe has fallen. Pearl Harbor is in flames. Enter: the Eighth. In 1941 the RAF fought a desperate battle of survival against the Luftwaffe over Britain. Then, from across the Atlantic, came a new generation of American pilots, gunners, and bombardiers, a new generation of flying machines called …
Blood-Dimmed Tide
The Battle of the Bulge by the Men Who Fought It
Av Gerald Astor
E-bok, 2015
240 kr
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Drawing on firsthand accounts by survivors of the bloody Battle of the Bulge, diaries, letters, and official documents, this study describes the events of the campaign, hardships faced by the soldiers, the battle''s horrifying costs, and the controversy surrounding the campaign.
Operation Iceberg
The Invasion and Conquest of Okinawa in World War II
Av Gerald Astor
E-bok, 2015
98 kr
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Gerald Astor, author of THE MIGHTY EIGHTH, draws on the raw, first-hand accounts of marines, sailors, soldiers, and airmen under fire to recount the dramatic and gripping story of the last major battle of World War II. On the sea the Japanese rained down a deadly hail of kamikazes. On land the …
Semper Fi in the Sky
The Marine Air Battles of World War II
Av Gerald Astor
Häftad, 2005
258 kr
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Presidents at War
From Truman to Bush, The Gathering of Military Powers To Our Commanders in Chief
Av Gerald Astor
Häftad, 2006
171 kr
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The Korean War, the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, Cambodia, Lebanon, El Salvador, Grenada, Iran-Contra, Nicaragua, Panama, the Gulf War, Somalia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, IraqWhat do these events and scores of others have in common? Each of these wars, incursions, invasions, and …
