The Red Baron: The Graphic History of Richthofen's Flying Circus and the Air War in Wwi (Vansant Wayne)(Paperback)

The Red Baron: The Graphic History of Richthofen's Flying Circus and the Air War in Wwi (Vansant Wayne)(Paperback)

In The Red Baron, graphic artist and author Wayne Vansant illustrates the incredible story of Manfred von Richthofen, whose unparalleled piloting prowess as a member of the Imperial German Army Air Service made him a World War I celebrity, both in the air and on the ground. In his signature style,

Normandy: A Graphic History of D-Day: The Allied Invasion of Hitler's Fortress Europe (Vansant Wayne)(Paperback)

Knights of the Skull, Vol. 2: Germany's Panzer Forces in Wwii, Barbarossa: The Invasion of Russia, 1941 (Vansant Wayne)(Paperback)

Knights of the Skull is a full-color, graphic non-fiction series chronicling the development of the German Panzer (armored) forces in World War II. Volume 2 starts with the April 1941 Balkans and Greece campaigns, then moves into the planning and early months of Operation Barbarossa--the German

The Battle of the Bulge: A Graphic History of Allied Victory in the Ardennes, 1944-1945 (Vansant Wayne)(Paperback)

Fought in the winter of 1944-1945, the coldest season in over 100 years, the Battle of the Bulge still ranks as the single largest battle ever fought by the United States Army. Thirty-one American divisions - fully one-third of the U.S. Army raised during World War II - saw action in this battle

Knights of the Skull, Vol. 1: Germany's Panzer Forces in Wwii, Blitzkrieg: Poland, France, North Africa, 1939-41 (Vansant Wayne)(Paperback)

Knights of the Skull is a full-color, graphic non-fiction series chronicling the development of the German Panzer (armored) forces in World War II. Beginning with the early campaigns in 1939-41, this first volume features the unleashing of Blitzkrieg in Poland in 1939, the incredible defeat of the

No Parachute: A Classic Account of War in the Air in Wwi (Gould Lee Arthur)(Paperback)

Arthur Gould Lee brilliantly conveys the immediacy of air war, the thrills and the terror, in this honest and timeless account of his flying career during the First World

Luftwaffe, 4: The Illustrated History of the German Air Force in WWII (Pimlott John)(Paperback)

A full pictorial record of the German Air Force, from the testing ground of the Spanish Civil War to the final days of the Reich. The German Luftwaffe reigned supreme in the early years of World War II, developing new combined-arms tactics to produce the Blitzkrieg ('Lightning War') that quickly

Knights of the Skull: Tales of the Waffen SS (Vansant Wayne)(Paperback)

Here are Tales of the Waffen SS and award winning comic book writer/artist Wayne Vansant provides the stories of the German Panzer troops during World War II. This graphic novel edition collects for the first time Vansant's previous tales that were released as individual comics or as short

All Quiet on the Western Front (Vansant Wayne)(Paperback)

Hailed by many as the greatest war novel of all time and publicly burned by the Nazis for being 'degenerate,' Erich Maria Remarque's masterpiece, All Quiet on the Western Front, is an elegant statement on a generation of men destroyed by war. Caught up by a romantic sense of patriotism and

The Normandy Air War 1944 (Tucker-Jones Anthony)(Paperback)

Photographic history of the war in the air during the Normandy

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 Flying Beaver Brothers and the Hot-Air Baboons (Eaton Maxwell)(Paperback)

In the fifth adventure of this popular young graphic-novel series perfect for fans of Captain Underpants and the Lunch Lady series, our bucktoothed heroes are up against a band of baboon bandits. It's winter break, and Ace and Bub are hitting the slopes But their ski session is interrupted by a

Art of Flying (Altarriba Antonio)(Pevná vazba)

When published in 2009, The Art of Flying was hailed as a landmark in the history of the graphic novel in Spain for its deeply touching synthesis of individual and collective

World War II History for Teens: Understanding the Major Battles, Military Strategy, and Arc of War (Mack-Jackson Benjamin)(Paperback)

Explore WWII from the front lines in this teen history book Help history come alive in a way that's easy for teens to connect with and enjoy. World War II History for Teens dives deep into the major battles, providing a core, compelling framework that allows teens to better understand what really

Over to You - Ten Stories of Flyers and Flying (Dahl Roald)(Paperback / softback)

During the Second World War Roald Dahl served in the RAF and suffered horrific injuries in an air crash in the Libyan desert. Drawing on his own experience as a fighter pilot, Dahl crafted these ten spine-tingling stories: of air battles in the sky; of the nightmare of being shot down; of the

War in Val d'Orcia - An Italian War Diary 1943-1944 (Origo Iris)(Paperback / softback)

The bestselling diaries of WWII in Tuscany, and the struggle to save the children and the rural way of

Mi9: A History of the Secret Service for Escape and Evasion in World War Two (Fry Helen)(Pevná vazba)

A thrilling history of MI9--the WWII organization that engineered the escape of Allied forces from behind enemy lines 'A fitting tribute to the hundreds of men and women who risked their lives in assisting Allied escapees.'--Giles Milton, Sunday Times (London) 'A masterful retelling with a

A History of the Greek Resistance in the Second World War: The People's Armies (Taithe Bertrand)(Paperback)

A history of the Greek resistance in the Second World War discusses one of the most troubled and fascinating aspects of modern Greek and European history: the anti-axis resistance. It is a pioneering history of the men and women who waged the struggle against the axis as members of the armed

Warfare and Culture in World History, Second Edition (Lee Wayne E.)(Paperback)

An expanded edition of the leading text on military history and the role of culture on the battlefield Ideas matter in warfare. Guns may kill, but ideas determine when, where, and how they are used. Traditionally, military historians attempted to explain the ideas behind warfare in strictly

Hump Drivers: An American Pilot's Account of Flying Over the Himalayas During WWII (La Vove Arthur)(Pevná vazba)

Countless men served in World War II. In combat, on the seas, in administrative offices, and in the skies. This is a vivid and engrossing account in words and images of one man's experience as a 'Hump Driver,' a pilot who transported people, supplies, and ordnance over the Himalayan mountains

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

Wwi: Tales from the Trenches (Journals War History)(Paperback)

The Cold War: A New Oral History (Kendall Bridget)(Paperback)

The Cold War is one of the furthest-reaching and longest-lasting conflicts in modern history. It spanned the globe - from Greece to China, Hungary to Cuba - and lasted for almost half a century. It has shaped political relations to this day, drawing new physical and ideological boundaries between

The French Air Force in the First World War (Sumner Ian)(Paperback)

The French air force of the First World War developed as fast as the British and German air forces, yet its history, and the enormous contribution it made to the eventual French victory, is often forgotten. So Ian Sumner's photographic history, which features almost 200 images, most of which have