E-böcker / Samhälle & politik
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From Fury to Phantom
Richard 'Dickie' Haine first went solo in a de Havilland Gipsy Moth during August 1935, after only one week of tuition. He joined the RAF shortly afterwards as a Direct Entry Serge ...
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Guns of the Northeast
A graphic account of the defense of Hartlepool, Whitby and Scarborough against German sea borne raiders in 1914 and a detailed history the coastal defenses that confronted the Germ ...
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History of the British U Class Submarine
Original designed in 1934 for anti-submarine training, by the end of the war seventy-two U-Class subs had been commissioned.Seventeen were lost to the enemy and three in accidents. ...
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Hit and Run
The book describes some of the most daring air attacks of World War II. Some were outstanding successes and some were unmitigated disasters. North Sea Battle: In the early weeks o ...
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Hurricane over the Jungle
This is the author's personal account of how the 22 pilots of No 258 Squadron RAF left Scotland in late October 1941 until 120 days later when all those who had not been killed bec ...
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Hurricanes and Spitfire Pilots at War
Most people asked to name one British Second World War airplane would say the Spitfire. Yet the Hawker Hurricane flew in greater numbers, in more variants and in more theaters than ...
![Omslagsbild för In the Footsteps of the Red Baron](https://images.axiellmedia.com/cover/1130711/1130711_202102260152.jpg?height=160)
In the Footsteps of the Red Baron
Manfred von Richthofen became a fighter pilot on the Western Front in August 1916. By January 1917, Richthofen had shot down fifteen aircraft had been appointed commander of his ow ...
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Infamous Aircraft
Many aircraft, some famous and some rare, gained a reputation for being difficult to fly and sometimes downright dangerous. This book looks at some of the worst culprits over a per ...
![Omslagsbild för Luftwaffe in World War II](https://images.axiellmedia.com/cover/1130714/1130714_202102260131.jpg?height=160)
Luftwaffe in World War II
World War Two Luftwaffe aircraft and their pilots have been a source of fascination and respect to aviation buffs since 1945. This book looks at all aspects of its operation in man ...
![Omslagsbild för Men of the Bombers](https://images.axiellmedia.com/cover/1130720/1130720_202102260139.jpg?height=160)
Men of the Bombers
This is a selection of ten remarkable true accounts of unusual incidents and happenings to Bomber Command aircrew during World War Two. It covers operations of varying natures, suc ...
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Nelson’s Trafalgar Captains and Their Battles
This is a biographical dictionary of the two flag officers and captains of 27 battleships, four frigates and two minor combatant vessels that were present under Nelson's command at ...
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Operation Chariot
By March 1942, mainland France had been under German occupation for almost two years. Every month that passed saw Germany bolster her defenses against an expected allied invasion. ...
![Omslagsbild för Phantom from the Cockpit](https://images.axiellmedia.com/cover/1130730/1130730_202102260143.jpg?height=160)
Phantom from the Cockpit
The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom was the outstanding aircraft in many of the Western World's air forces during the 1960s and 70s. It played a key role in the 'Cold War' and saw ac ...
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Red Star Under the Baltic
Red Star Under The Baltic is the graphic memoir of a Soviet submariner during his years at sea in the Baltic during the Second World War. Not only is this a superb record of the ap ...
![Omslagsbild för The Reich Intruders](https://images.axiellmedia.com/cover/1130735/1130735_202102260144.jpg?height=160)
The Reich Intruders
This is the story of 2 Group RAF during World War II. Much of it is told by the men who flew the Blenheim, Boston, Mitchell and Mosquito aircraft that carried out many daring dayli ...
![Omslagsbild för The Royal Air Force: An Encyclopedia of the Inter-War Years](https://images.axiellmedia.com/cover/1130736/1130736_202102260147.jpg?height=160)
The Royal Air Force: An Encyclopedia of the Inter-War Years
The inter-war years between 1918 and 1939 saw the newly created Royal Air Force fighting for its very existence politically, being dispatched to the remotest corners of the British ...
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Sacrifice for Stalin
Operation BARBAROSSA, the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, was a turning point second only to Pearl Harbor. Russia became an ally overnight but a most difficult, dange ...
![Omslagsbild för Second World War Carrier Campaigns](https://images.axiellmedia.com/cover/1130739/1130739_202102260124.jpg?height=160)
Second World War Carrier Campaigns
Without the aircraft carrier, the Japanese would not have brought the United States into the Second World War through their attack on Pearl Harbour; without the carrier, the United ...
![Omslagsbild för Seven Seas, Nine Lives](https://images.axiellmedia.com/cover/1130741/1130741_202102260148.jpg?height=160)
Seven Seas, Nine Lives
Captain Alan William Frank Sutton's enthralling biography starts when, as a young midshipman, he was in command of a small picket boat returning a potentially mutinous crew to the ...
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St Nazaire Raid
In early 1942, shipping losses in the Atlantic threatened Britain's very survival. In addition to the U-Boat menace, there was real concern that the mighty German battleship Tirpit ...
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Steam in the Air
Scientific investigation into manned flight began early in the 19th Century at a time when steam power was the only transportable propulsion generator available to the many pioneer ...
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Stratofortress
Boeing's mighty B-52 Stratofortress has seen continuous operational service with the United States Air Force since the type was introduced in 1957. The aircraft has been upgraded ...
![Omslagsbild för Target for Tonight](https://images.axiellmedia.com/cover/1130749/1130749_202102260159.jpg?height=160)
Target for Tonight
The author was born of a well-to-do Yorkshire family and joined the Auxiliary Air Force on his eighteenth birthday in 1939. On the occasion of Chamberlain's speech to the British n ...
![Omslagsbild för The Battle East of Elsenborn](https://images.axiellmedia.com/cover/1130751/1130751_202102260127.jpg?height=160)
The Battle East of Elsenborn
The Battle East of Elsenborn closely examines the role of Oberstgruppenfuhrer Joseph 'Sepp' Dietrich's Sixth Panzer Army in the massive German winter counteroffensive. Hitler had t ...
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The Influence of Air Power Upon History
The Influence of Air Power upon History makes a startlingly new analysis of the far-reaching implications flight has had on warfare, politics, diplomacy, technology and mass cultur ...