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Flight of Rudolf Hess
Myths and Reality
Av Roy Conyers Nesbit, Georges van Acker
Häftad, 2007
130 kr
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On 10 May 1941, Rudolf Hess - Deputy Fuhrer of the Third Reich - embarked on his astonishing flight from Augsburg to Scotland. At dusk the same day, he parachuted on to a Scottish moor and was taken into custody. His arrival provoked widespread curiosity and speculation, which has continued to this …
Battle of Britain
Häftad, 2020
225 kr
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The greatest air battle in history was fought in the skies over southern England between the RAF and the Luftwaffe in the high summer of 1940. Riding high on the success of their Blitzkrieg campaign that had steamrollered France and the Low Countries into defeat, by June 1940 the Nazi forces were …
Strike Wings
Special Anti-Shipping Squadrons 1942-45
Häftad, 2022
167 kr
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In November 1942 the RAF formed special Strike Wings to attack the heavily defended and seemingly invulnerable convoys that brought Germanys vital supplies of iron ore from Scandinavia down the coast of Europe to feed its war machine. The outcome was a series sea/air battles at close quarters, …
The Battle for Burma
E-bok, 2021
126 kr
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The struggle of British, Commonwealth and American-Chinese troops against the Japanese in Burma was one of the decisive campaigns of the Second World War. British India was threatened by the Japanese advance, the fate of the British Empire in the East hung in the balance. The tropical climate – …
An Expendable Squadron
The Story of 217 Squadron, Coastal Command, 1939–1945
E-bok, 2021
126 kr
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Roy Nesbit's highly illustrated history of Coastal Command's 217 Squadron – the squadron in which he served – gives a first-hand insight into the hazardous low-level missions the squadron flew against enemy shipping and ports during the Second World War. He chronicles the squadron's operations from …
Missing: Believed Killed
Amelia Earhart, Amy Johnson, Glenn Miller & the Duke of Kent
E-bok, 2021
130 kr
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The uncertain fates of Amelia Earhart, Amy Johnson and Glenn Miller have fascinated readers and aviation historians ever since they disappeared. Even today, more than half a century after their final flights, what happened to them is still the subject of speculation, conspiracy theory and …
The Armed Rovers
Beauforts and Beaufighters Over the Mediterranean
E-bok, 2021
126 kr
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By far the most dangerous of the RAF operations during the Second World War were daylight attacks on enemy shipping, yet little has been written about this aerial campaign and the brave airmen who took part. In particular the intense air-sea battles that were fought in the Mediterranean have been …
Reported Missing
Lost Airmen of the Second World War
E-bok, 2021
126 kr
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Roy Nesbit brings to bear all the insight gained from his flying experience and his skill as a aviation historian as he investigates the wartime disappearances he describes in this haunting book. In vivid detail he retells the stories of two of the best-known disappearances – the pioneering aviator …
The Strike Wings
Special Anti-Shipping Squadrons 1942-45
E-bok, 2021
126 kr
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In November 1942, the RAF formed special Strike Wings to attack the heavily defended and seemingly invulnerable convoys that brought Germany’s vital supplies of iron ore from Scandinavia down the coast of Europe to feed its war machine. The outcome was a series sea/air battles at close quarters, …
Ultra Versus U-Boats
Enigma Decrypts in the National Archives
E-bok, 2021
126 kr
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Keeping the Atlantic sea-lanes open was a vital factor in the fight against Nazi Germany. In the battle to protect merchant shipping from the menace of surface raiders and U-boats, Allied resolve and resources were tested to the utmost. The story of the extraordinary measures that were taken to …
Battle for Europe
Häftad, 2023
280 kr
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The bold campaign to liberate Western Europe from Nazi tyranny was the outcome of years of close co-operation and meticulous planning by the Western Allies. Eleven months of vicious fighting followed the Allied landings in Normandy on 6 June 1944, against a determined and well-armed foe controlled …
