The Rise and Fall of the French Air Force: French Air Operations and Strategy 1900-1940 (Baughen Greg)(Pevná vazba)

The Rise and Fall of the French Air Force: French Air Operations and Strategy 1900-1940 (Baughen Greg)(Pevná vazba)

On 10 May 1940, the French possessed one of the largest air forces in the world. On paper, it was nearly as strong as the RAF. Six weeks later, France had been defeated. For a struggling French Army desperately looking for air support, the skies seemed empty of friendly planes. In the decades that

The RAF in the Battle of France and the Battle of Britain: A Reappraisal of Army and Air Policy 1938-1940 (Baughen Greg)(Pevná vazba)

In May 1940, the German Army and the Allied forces they faced were fairly evenly matched. Two months later Britain was on her own, hopelessly outnumbered and facing imminent defeat. Should the RAF have done more to support the Allied armies in France? Could the RAF have protected the British Army

The Blood of the Colony: Wine and the Rise and Fall of French Algeria (White Owen)(Pevná vazba)

The surprising story of the wine industry's role in the rise of French Algeria and the fall of empire. 'We owe to wine a blessing far more precious than gold: the peopling of Algeria with Frenchmen,' stated agriculturist Pierre Berthault in the early 1930s. In the last decades of the nineteenth

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

RAF at the Crossroads: The Second Front and Strategic Bombing Debate, 1942-1943 (Baughen Greg)(Pevná vazba)

The events of 1942 marked a pivotal year in the history of British air power. For more than two decades the theory that long-range bombing could win wars had dominated British defense policy. The vast majority of warplanes ordered for the RAF were designed either to bomb enemy cities or stop the

Royal Enfield: A Complete History (Pullen Greg)(Pevná vazba)

Greg Pullen charts the rise, fall and rise again of Royal Enfield, from the company's pre-motorcycle beginnings in Redditch, through the impact of the two World Wars, the importance of exports to India and subsequent establishment of factories there, to changes in ownership, recently launched

Poles in the Battle of Britain: A Photographic Album of the Polish 'Few' (Sikora Peter)(Pevná vazba)

The Polish Air Force, which was created in Britain in the summer of 1940 from flying and ground personnel evacuated from Poland and then from France, proved to be one of the most successful formations to fight the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain. Overcoming the obstacles of language and

The Birth of the Royal Air Force: An Encyclopedia of British Air Power Before and During the Great War - 1914 to 1918 (Philpott Ian)(Pevná vazba)

Billion Dollar Loser - The Epic Rise and Fall of WeWork (Wiedeman Reeves)(Pevná vazba)

THE SPECTACULAR RISE AND EXPLOSIVE FALL OF

The Chinese Air Force's First Steps Toward Becoming an Expeditionary Air Force (Garafola Cristina L.)(Paperback)

This is one of four reports based on RAND Project AIR FORCE Strategy and Doctrine Program research that assesses notable developments and implications of China's emerging aerospace expeditionary and power-projection capabilities, which will have important implications for the reach of China's

Land and Wine: The French Terroir (Frankel Charles)(Pevná vazba)

A tour of the French winemaking regions to illustrate how the soil, underlying bedrock, relief, and microclimate shape the personality of a wine. For centuries, France has long been the world's greatest wine-producing country. Its wines are the global gold standard, prized by collectors, and its

Taranto: And Naval Air Warfare in the Mediterranean (Hobbs David)(Pevná vazba)

This is the first book to focus on the Fleet Air Arm's contribution to naval operations in the Mediterranean after the Italian declaration of war in June 1940. The Royal Navy found itself facing a larger and better-equipped Italian surface fleet, large Italian and German air forces equipped with

Royals and Rebels - The Rise and Fall of the Sikh Empire (Atwal Priya)(Pevná vazba)

Forgotten Country House - The Rise and Fall of Roundway Park (Baynes Simon)(Pevná vazba)

The story of Roundway's rise and fall, the people who built and owned it, lived and worked there, and the house's eventual partial demolition in

Sighted Sub, Sank Same: The United States Navy's Air Campaign Against the U-Boat (Carey Alan C.)(Pevná vazba)

A narrative history of the United States naval air operations against German U-Boats and Italian submarines in the Atlantic and Caribbean, 1941-45.Sighted Sub, Sank Same examines the United States Naval air campaign against German U-boats prowling for allied merchant shipping traversing the waters

Unfree French - Life Under the Occupation (Vinen Richard)(Paperback / softback)

In the summer of 1940, the French army was one of the largest and best in the world, confident of victory. In the space of a few nightmarish weeks all that changed as the French and their British allies were crushed and eight million people fled their homes. This book describes the consequences of

The Rise and Fall of Imperial Japan (Wynn Stephen)(Pevná vazba)

The Battle of Britain Pocket Manual 1940 (McNab Chris)(Pevná vazba)

Pocket manual detailing the training and operations of the British pilots, ground crew and anti-aircraft gunners.In the summer of 1940, Britain stood alone. For three long months, brave young RAF pilots took off every day, ready to defend British skies against large-scale Luftwaffe raids. 'The Few'

Competing in the Age of AI: Strategy and Leadership When Algorithms and Networks Run the World (Iansiti Marco)(Pevná vazba)

Harvard Business School experts on technology, strategy and operations explain how artificial intelligence and digital technologies are fundamentally changing the structure of the economy and how companies compete within it.Shows that the era of artificial intelligence is characterized by the

Macarthur's Air Force: American Airpower Over the Pacific and the Far East, 1941-51 (Yenne Bill)(Pevná vazba)

General Douglas MacArthur ended World War II controlling one of the most powerful air forces in the world. This new history traces its development from its origins in the Philippines through to its eventual victory in the skies over Japan and its key role in the Korean War. General Douglas

Stalag Luft I: An Official Account of the POW Camp for Air Force Personnel 1940-1945 (Air Ministry Personnel)(Pevná vazba)

Located by the Baltic near the town of Barth in Western Pomerania, Germany, Stalag Luft I was one of a number of Stammlager Luftwaffe, these being permanent camps established and administered by the Luftwaffe, which were used to house Allied air force prisoners of war.Originally built for RAF

French New Wave: A Revolution in Design (Nourmand Tony)(Pevná vazba)

The definitive celebration of the visual imagery of the French New Wave with its explosive and groundbreaking poster artThe French New Wave of the 1950s and 1960s is one of the most important movements in the history of film. Its fresh energy and vision changed the cinematic landscape, and its

Henri Vever: French Jewelry of the Nineteenth Century (Vever Henri)(Pevná vazba)

This work charts the careers of both the humblest and most famous French Jewellers of the 19th century, including Fouquet, Boucheron, Falize, and Lalique. It contains photographs of specific pieces, the jewels being worn, design sketches, and prints from contemporary fashion

Daughters of 1968: Redefining French Feminism and the Women's Liberation Movement (Greenwald Lisa)(Pevná vazba)

Daughters of 1968 is the story of French feminism between 1944 and 1981, when feminism played a central political role in the history of France. The key women during this epoch were often leftists committed to a materialist critique of society and were part of a postwar tradition that produced