Between 1940 and 1945 London suffered 101 daylight and 253 nighttime air raids from the Luftwaffe and V1 and V2’s. There were 80,000 fatalities or serious injuries and appalling devastation. Well...
On the night of 14/15 August 1944, the roar of an unknown aircraft was heard over the dense forests to the south-east of Moscow. Flying past the Soviet capital, the aircraft turned towards a ‘secret’ landing site at Yegoryevsk on the outskirts of the city. But lying in wait were troops of Stalin’s elite secret service, SMERSH.
Anti-Aircraft Gunnery Training in the Second World War
by Ewan F Ward-Thomas
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9781526785732
Pub Date: 2024-12-31
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
256 Pages
For the first time, here is the true story of the Second World War top secret British invention of the Dome Trainer by Lieutenant Commander Henry Stephens, Royal Navy, from 1939.
This collection of vivid essays examines some of the most fascinating aspects of the German resistance to Hitler. It includes the first translations into English of pioneering studies on the role of...
Greenland, the United States and Germany in World War II
by Peter Harmsen
Price: $37.95
ISBN: 9781636243719
Pub Date: 2024-09-15
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Casemate
288 Pages
An account of the deadly cat-and-mouse game between Americans and Germans that played out on the world’s biggest island as both sides in the war recognized its pivotal strategic role.
The Man who Flew the Real 'Inglorious Bastards' Behind Enemy Lines
by John M Billings
Price: $28.95
ISBN: 9781526798329
Pub Date: 2024-08-31
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Air World
144 Pages
If there was ever a man who was born to fly, it is John M. Billings. He took his first plane ride in 1926, began taking piloting lessons in 1938, and joined the US Army Air Force in July 1942. After training he was assigned to fly Consolidated B-24 Liberator long-range bombers.
The first, and most essential element in aerial bombardment is that of locating the target. All the inherent costs and risks in undertaking a bombing raid are of no avail unless the objective of the...
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