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the 80th Anniversary Edtion. In the early hours of 7th December 1941 The Empire of Japan launched a surprise air attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, without explicit warning, which crippled the US Fleet. In all 8, US Battleships were lost and 188 US Aircraft were destroyed. 2,403 American citizens were killed by the Japanese. The attack on Pearl Harbor was the immediate cause of Americas entry into World War II and the Pacific theatre which led to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and which ended with the surrender of The Empire of Japan aboard the USS Missouri on 2nd September 1945. This illustrated book takes you through
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THE HISTORY OF THE RAF AND THE LANCASTER BOMBER celebrates and commemorates over 100 years of the Royal Air Force. With access to rare RAF archives, Mike Lepine uses photographs and documents to bring the story of the people, planes and missions to life as never before. With a special feature on the Lancaster Bomber which took its maiden flight as a prototype in 1941 and flew in battle in 1942.From its genesis in the horrors of the First World War when pilots were open to the elements in craft made of little more than wood and fabric, to the iconic air battles of the Second World War, through to the lifesaving missions carried out in today’s trouble zones, The History of the RAF looks at the men, women and aircraft that are at the heart of this great service.
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Mosquito History of a Legend is a fascinating telling of the development of the de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito, a British twin- engined, light bomber introduced during WWII.
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Sir Winston Churchill bestrode the 20th Century. He held many politicaland cabinet positions including Home Secretary from 1910 and thenChancellor of the Exchequer and Secretary of State for War. However itwas on 10th May 1940 when Churchill became Prime Minister and tookcontrol of Britain's war effort that he finally sealed his place in history.This is the incredible story of the darkest days of World War II when Churchilland his Generals - Montgomery, Alexander, Wavell and Brooke were facingcatastrophe on every front. They suffered defeat at Dunkirk and survived theBattle of Britain. With enormous amounts of courage and skill they fought offthe Luftwaffe and managed to hold on until the Allied invasion of Europe. Heappointed key men to command the forces upon which the free world's survival depended. Men like Montgomery, Slim, Auchinleck, Alan Brooke andAlexander were given the highest command to wage war against Hitler.This is the story of his relationships with these remarkable men and the Ameri-can Generals who followed them including Dwight Eisenhower and GeorgeMarshall. The story of an erratic impossible English genius pitted against thesuperb skills of his Generals in a battle which influenced the destiny of mankind.
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The battles of the Somme and Ypres stand as two of the most devastating and consequential confrontations in military history.Between 1914 and 1918, the fields of Flanders and the chalky plains of the Somme Valley became synonymous with the brutal reality of industrialised warfare, where millions of men fought and died in a conflict that would reshape the modern world. The Battle of the Somme, launched on July 1, 1916, remains the bloodiest single day in British military history, with nearly 60,000 casualties suffered in just the first 24 hours. Over the following months, British, French, and Commonwealth forces would battle against determined German defenders in a grinding war of attrition that cost over one million casualties on all sides. The deafening thunder of artillery barrages, the rattle of machine guns from reinforced positions, and the desperate charges across no man’s land defined an entire generation’s experience of war.Featuring an exceptional selection of historic photographs, detailed battle maps, personal accounts, and expert analysis of the tactics and strategy employed, The Greatest Battles: The Somme and Ypres provides a comprehensive and moving account of these pivotal campaigns. From the initial optimism of 1914 to the hard-won lessons that would eventually lead to Allied victory, this volume chronicles the courage, sacrifice, and resilience of the men who endured some of the most terrible conditions ever faced in warfare.