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26 produkter
US Naval Aviation, 1945 2003
Rare Photographs from Naval Archives
Av Leo Marriott
Häftad, 2023
187 kr
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In this the highly illustrated second volume of his history of US naval aviation, Leo Marriott takes the reader through the extraordinary developments in design and capability that transformed American aircraft and aircraft carriers after the Second World War, and he describes the succession of …
Naval Battles of the Second World War
The Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Av Leo Marriott
Inbunden, 2022
225 kr
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The Second World War was a truly global conflict and maritime power played a major role in every theatre of operations. Land campaigns depended on supplies transported by sea, and victory or defeat depended on the outcome of naval battles. So Leo Marriott's highly illustrated two-volume account of …
First Canadian Army
Victory in Europe 1944-45
Häftad, 2022
274 kr
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“It’s rare for a book to capture your attention from the very first sentence, but kudos to the authors of First Canadian Army for doing just that... I, too, feel that Canada’s contributions to victory in both world wars have unfortunately been downplayed or ignored over the decades by the country’s …
Royal Canadian Air Force
1939-45
Inbunden, 2026
341 kr
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When Canada entered World War II in 1939, the Royal Canadian Air Force had a glorious history from World War I, but hardly any technical advancement from that era. The RCAF had a meager strength of 4,000 men, and only 270 aircraft, nearly all of them obsolete.By the end of the war, there were …
Naval Battles of the Second World War
The Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Av Leo Marriott
E-bok, 2022
265 kr
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The Second World War was a truly global conflict and maritime power played a major role in every theatre of operations. Land campaigns depended on supplies transported by sea, and victory or defeat depended on the outcome of naval battles. So Leo Marriott''s highly illustrated two-volume account of …
Naval Battles of the Second World War
The Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Av Leo Marriott
E-bok, 2022
265 kr
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The Second World War was a truly global conflict and maritime power played a major role in every theatre of operations. Land campaigns depended on supplies transported by sea, and victory or defeat depended on the outcome of naval battles. So Leo Marriott''s highly illustrated two-volume account of …
Naval Battles of the Second World War
Pacific and Far East
Av Leo Marriott
Inbunden, 2022
219 kr
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The Second World War was a truly global conflict and maritime power played a major role in every theatre of operations. Land campaigns depended on supplies transported by sea, and victory or defeat depended on the outcome of naval battles. So Leo Marriott's highly illustrated two-volume account of …
Naval Battles of the Second World War
Pacific and Far East
Av Leo Marriott
E-bok, 2022
132 kr
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The Second World War was a truly global conflict and maritime power played a major role in every theatre of operations. Land campaigns depended on supplies transported by sea, and victory or defeat depended on the outcome of naval battles. So Leo Marriott''s highly illustrated two-volume account of …
Naval Battles of the Second World War
Pacific and Far East
Av Leo Marriott
E-bok, 2022
132 kr
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The Second World War was a truly global conflict and maritime power played a major role in every theatre of operations. Land campaigns depended on supplies transported by sea, and victory or defeat depended on the outcome of naval battles. So Leo Marriott''s highly illustrated two-volume account of …
Catapult Aircraft
Seaplanes That Flew From Ships Without Flight Decks
Av Leo Marriott
E-bok, 2021
123 kr
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During World War I, the navies of the opposing forces discovered the value of aerial reconnaissance and many experiments were made to allow larger warships to carry one or sometimes two aircraft aboard. In the early days these were float planes that were lowered by crane into the sea and then …
Early Jet Fighters
British and American 1944 - 1954
Av Leo Marriott
Häftad, 2018
166 kr
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In almost 200 archive photographs Leo Marriott traces the course of the development of British and American jet fighters during the first pioneering decade of their production. In many ways the period from 1944 to 1954 was one of the most exciting and innovative in the history of military aviation. …
Early Jet Bombers 1944-1954
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Av Leo Marriott
Häftad, 2019
161 kr
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In a companion volume to his Early Jet Fighters: British and American 1944-1954, Leo Marriott describes, using over 200 archive photographs, the first decade in the development of the jet bomber. This was a time of intense technical innovation which transformed the design and capabilities of the …
Early Jet Bombers, 1944-1954
Av Leo Marriott
E-bok, 2020
157 kr
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The author of Early Jet Fighters: 1944-1954 turns his attention to jet bombers in another stunning pictorial history: "Don''t miss out on this one." —IPMS/USAUsing over 200 archive photographs, Leo Marriott gives us a powerful portrait of the first decade in the development of the jet bomber. This …
Early Jet Bombers, 1944-1954
Av Leo Marriott
E-bok, 2020
157 kr
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The author of Early Jet Fighters: 1944-1954 turns his attention to jet bombers in another stunning pictorial history: "Don''t miss out on this one." —IPMS/USAUsing over 200 archive photographs, Leo Marriott gives us a powerful portrait of the first decade in the development of the jet bomber. This …
Essex Class Aircraft Carriers, 1943-1991
Rare Photographs from Naval Archives
Av Leo Marriott
Häftad, 2020
188 kr
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Essex-class aircraft carriers played an essential role in the victory of the United States over Japan in the Second World War, and Leo Marriott's photographic history is a fascinating introduction to them. Without these remarkable ships, the island-hopping campaign of American forces across the …
Essex Class Aircraft Carriers, 1943-1991
Av Leo Marriott
E-bok, 2020
158 kr
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A photographic history of the US Essex-class aircraft carriers of World War II—including the USS Intrepid that now serves as a New York City museum. Essex-class aircraft carriers played an essential role in the victory of the United States over Japan in the Second World War, and Leo Marriott’s …
Essex Class Aircraft Carriers, 1943-1991
Av Leo Marriott
E-bok, 2020
158 kr
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A photographic history of the US Essex-class aircraft carriers of World War II-including the USS Intrepid that now serves as a New York City museum. Essex-class aircraft carriers played an essential role in the victory of the United States over Japan in the Second World War, and Leo Marriott's …
US Naval Aviation 1898-1945: The Pioneering Years to the Second World War
Rare Photographs from Naval Archives
Av Leo Marriott
Häftad, 2021
165 kr
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The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 sank or crippled almost all of the battleships belonging to the US Navy's Pacific Fleet, but the fleet's aircraft carriers survived to demonstrate that naval aviation was now the dominant factor in the struggle at sea, turning the tide of the …
US Naval Aviation, 1898-1945
The Pioneering Years to the Second World War
Av Leo Marriott
E-bok, 2021
103 kr
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This pictorial history tells the story of US naval aviation from its early beginnings in the 1920s to its dominance in the Pacific theater of WWII.The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor sank or crippled almost all of the battleships in the US Navy''s Pacific Fleet. But the fleet''s aircraft carriers …
US Naval Aviation, 1898-1945
The Pioneering Years to the Second World War
Av Leo Marriott
E-bok, 2021
103 kr
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This pictorial history tells the story of US naval aviation from its early beginnings in the 1920s to its dominance in the Pacific theater of WWII.The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor sank or crippled almost all of the battleships in the US Navy''s Pacific Fleet. But the fleet''s aircraft carriers …
Jets at Sea
Naval Aviation in Transition, 1945–55
Av Leo Marriott
E-bok, 2009
162 kr
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As World War Two drew to a close, jet-powered aircraft were beginning to be introduced into service. To take advantage of this major development it was necessary for all the worlds air powers to rethink combat tactics and develop the means of handling these faster and generally larger aircraft in …
Treaty Cruisers
The First International Warship Building Competition
Av Leo Marriott
E-bok, 2021
127 kr
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The Washington Naval Treaty of 1921 and subsequent treaties in the 1930s effectively established the size and composition of the various navies in World War II. In particular they laid down design parameters and tonnage limitations for each class of warship including battleships, aircraft carriers, …
Jets at Sea
Naval Aviation in Transition, 1945–55
Av Leo Marriott
E-bok, 2021
95 kr
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As World War Two drew to a close, jet-powered aircraft were beginning to be introduced into service. To take advantage of this major development it was necessary for all the world’s air powers to rethink combat tactics and develop the means of handling these faster and generally larger aircraft in …
6th Airborne
Normandy 1944
Häftad, 2016
125 kr
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Operation Tonga began at 22:56 on the night of 5 June, when six Halifax heavy bombers took off from Tarrant Rushton towing six Horsas carrying a coup–de–main force consisting of D Coy, Ox and Bucks LI reinforced with two extra platoons from B Coy and a party of sappers, who were tasked with …
Falaise Gap Battles
Normandy 1944
Häftad, 2017
122 kr
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The denouement of the battle of Normandy, the fighting around Falaise and Chambois in August 1944 and the pursuit of the retreating German armies to the Seine provided the Allies with an immense victory. After ten weeks of hard attritional fighting, the Allies had broken loose from the bocage and …
