Duel Under the Stars: The Memoir of a Luftwaffe Night Pilot in World War II (Johnen Wilhelm)(Paperback)

Duel Under the Stars: The Memoir of a Luftwaffe Night Pilot in World War II (Johnen Wilhelm)(Paperback)

'The enemy bomber grew larger in my sights and the rear gunner was sprayed by my guns just as he opened fire. The rest was merely a matter of seconds. The bomber fell like a stone out of the sky and exploded on the ground. The nightmare came to an end.'In this enthralling memoir, the author

By the Skin of My Teeth: The Memoirs of an RAF Mustang Pilot in World War II and of Flying Sabres with USAF in Korea (Downes Colin)(Paperback)

This is a memoir of flying with the Royal Air Force in war and peace during a career in military and civil aviation covering a half century. The text is filled with personal experiences, reminiscences and impressions and is written in four parts. Part One covers the years leading to the author's

The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Lancaster Bomber: The History of Britain's Greatest Night Bomber of World War II, in More Than 275 Photog (Cawthorne Nigel)(Paperback)

The Lancaster Bomber led the air offensive in the darkest days of World War II. This book describes how the plane was developed to fit an entirely new role in warfare, and explains how the Lancaster could take the war to the enemy to devastating

Wing Leader: Top-Scoring Allied Fighter Pilot of World War II (Johnson Johnnie)(Paperback)

The thrilling story of the top-scoring Allied fighter pilot of the 2nd World War 'Johnnie' Johnson, who served with Fighter Command squadrons throughout the war, scoring his 38th and final victory in September 1944. From the moment the author joins his first operational Spitfire squadron in August

Patton's Panthers: The African-American 761st Tank Battalion in World War II (Sasser Charles W.)(Paperback)

On the battlefields of World War II, the men of the African-American 761st Tank Battalion under General Patton broke through enemy lines with the same courage with which they broke down the racist limitations set upon them by others -- proving

The Jagged Edge of Duty: A Fighter Pilot's World War II (Richardson Robert L.)(Paperback)

The World War II fighter-pilot story On the very first day of the invasion of Sicily, three months into his combat career, Allan Knepper flew his P-38 Lightning fighter in a squadron sent out to sweep the island and interdict German ground targets. Retreating German infantry unexpectedly pounded

Foreign Planes in the Service of the Luftwaffe (1938-1945) (Roba Jean-Louis)(Paperback)

Over a hundred photographs showcase this side of the Luftwaffe, unique among Second World War airforces.No air force in the Second World War would make more use of captured planes than the Luftwaffe. With this in mind, Jean-Louis Roba has undergone a considerable amount of work in tracking down

Special Forces Pilot: A Flying Memoir of the Falklands War (Hutchings Richard)(Paperback)

As a Commando helicopter pilot, the author served with 846 Naval Air Squadron in the Falklands War and was decorated for gallantry (DSC). The author re-lives his part in operations, in particular Special Forces intelligence gathering and direct action missions, including the Pebble Island raid

Jagdgeschwader 5: The Luftwaffe's JG 5 "Eismeerjager" in World War II (Girbig Werner)(Pevná vazba)

Luftwaffe Pilots In World War II - The Veterans' Stories Volume 1 (Bergstrom Christer)(Pevná vazba)

The Phoney Victory: The World War II Illusion (Hitchens Peter)(Paperback)

Was World War II really the Good War'? In the years since the declaration of peace in 1945 many myths have sprung up around the conflict in the victorious nations. In this book, Peter Hitchens deconstructs the many fables which have become associated with the narrative of the Good War'. Whilst

Coming Out Under Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women in World War II (Brub Allan)(Paperback)

During World War II, as the United States called on its citizens to serve in unprecedented numbers, the presence of gay Americans in the armed forces increasingly conflicted with the expanding antihomosexual policies and procedures of the military. In Coming Out Under Fire, Allan Berube examines in

The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II (Alexievich Svetlana)(Paperback)

A long-awaited English translation of the groundbreaking oral history of women in World War II across Europe and Russia--from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 'A landmark.'--Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century For more than three decades,

Battle of Britain 1940: The Luftwaffe's 'eagle Attack' (Dildy Douglas C.)(Paperback)

The Battle of Britain was one of the most iconic campaigns of World War II, where the 'Few' of the Royal Air Force took on the might of the German Luftwaffe. At stake was not just air superiority over the British Isles--a German victory would enable Hitler's plan to invade and conquer the last

War in the Air: The Second World War in Colour (Carter Ian)(Paperback)

Though World War II took place after the development of color photography, nearly all of the familiar images of it are in black and white--which tends to make the conflict feel more distant, more removed from our own lives and history, than it actually is. War in the Air changes that. Following the

Dornier Do 17: The Luftwaffe's 'Flying Pencil': Rare Luftwaffe Photographs from Wartime Collections (Goss Chris)(Paperback)

For the first three years of the Second World War, the Dornier Do 17 was the Luftwaffe's principal light bomber. Designed to be fast enough to outrun contemporary fighter aircraft, the Dornier helped to spearhead Germany's Blitzkrieg as Hitler's armies raced through Poland and then France and the

Messerschmitt Bf 109: The Latter Years - War in the East to the Fall of Germany (Goss Chris)(Paperback)

The most iconic German aircraft of the Second World War, the Messerschmitt Bf 109 was the Luftwaffe's principal fighter from 1939 until 1942 when the superior Focke-Wulf Fw 190 came into greater prominence. The Bf 109 served in every theatre of the war, though in this book the author examines the

Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters (Winters Dick)(Paperback)

The New York Times bestselling World War II memoir from Major Dick Winters, the commander of the legendary Band of Brothers, with a new preface from the hero himself. They were called Easy Company, but their mission was never easy. Immortalized as the Band of Brothers, they suffered 150%

The Combat History of German Tiger Tank Battalion 503 in World War II, 2021 Edition (Lochmann Franz-Wilhelm)(Paperback)

The combat story of German Tiger Tank Battalion 503, including hundreds of photos of Tiger tanks in action and personal accounts from the men who rode in these battlefield

One Night in Turin: The Inside Story of a World Cup That Changed Our Footballing Nation Forever (Davies Pete)(Paperback)

The memoir behind the documentary One Night in Turin, the inside story of a World Cup that changed our footballing nation forever It was the World Cup semi-finals. On 4th July, 1990, in a stadium in Turin, Gazza cried, England lost and football changed

Second World War (Keegan John)(Paperback / softback)

In this history of World War II, the author explores both the technical and the human impact of the conflict. The text concentrates on five crucial battles with the aim of illuminating the war as a whole: Crete, Midway, Falaise, Berlin and

The Last Battle: When U.S. and German Soldiers Joined Forces in the Waning Hours of World War II in Europe (Harding Stephen)(Paperback)

The incredible story of the unlikeliest battle of World War II, when a small group of American soldiers joined forces with German soldiers to fight off fanatical SS troopsMay, 1945. Hitler is dead, the Third Reich is little more than smoking rubble, and no GI wants to be the last man killed in

Kaiser Wilhelm II - A Life in Power (Clark Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

King of Prussia, German Emperor, war leader and defeated exile, Kaiser Wilhelm II was one of the most important figures in the history of twentieth-century Europe. This book presents a fresh interpretation of this contentious figure, focusing on how his thirty-year reign from 1888 to 1918 affected

Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II (Brown Daniel James)(Paperback)

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat, a gripping World War II saga of patriotism, highlighting the contributions and sacrifices that Japanese immigrants and their American-born children made for the sake of the nation the courageous Japanese-American Army unit that