Автор: Janusz Ledwoch
Издательство: Wydawnictwo Militaria
Год издания: 2005
isbn: 837219226X
Количество страниц: 68
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
The Panzerkampfwagen I Sd Kfz 101 light tank made up a core of the German armoured troops' fleet during the invasion of Poland and the French campaign in 1940. 33 colour profiles. Scale plans. 50 b/w and 8pp colour photos. Dual Polish / English text.
Автор: Nikolay Polikarpov
Издательство: Wydawnictwo Militaria
Год издания: 2004
isbn: 8372192103
Количество страниц: 82
Язык: другой
Формат: PDF (scan)
Язык: польский Covers the remarkably long career of this Soviet truck. Hardly state-of-the-art when first built in 1930, it nevertheless managed to stay in production until 1965. 9 colour profiles. 1:35 drawings. 130 b/w photos. Polish text with English captions and summary.
Автор: Janusz Ledwoch
Издательство: Wydawnictwo Militaria
Год издания: 2004
isbn: 837219212X
Количество страниц: 82
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Язык: польский / английский Detailed coverage of the paint schemes and markings carried by Soviet armoured, mechanised, cavalry and infantry armoured vehicles in the period between 1935 and 1945. 153 colour profiles. 51 b/w photos. Polish / English text.
Автор: A. G. Dudgeon
Издательство: Tempus
Год издания: 2001
isbn: 0752420372
Количество страниц: 154
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
In the spring of 1941 a there was a pro-Axis military coupe in Iraq. They hoped, with the help of Germany, to free themselves of British control. They sent a large land force to surround the Royal Air Force training base at Habbaniya, as they wanted to offer the Luftwaffe the use of the base's airstrip. But the British at the base, using antiquated aircraft and makeshift munitions, launched an air campaign against the Iraqis that, while costly, was a complete success. This story is told by one who was there.
Автор: Eric M. Bergerud
Издательство: Westview Press
Год издания: 2001
isbn: 0813338697
Количество страниц: 776
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
A scant three years after publishing his account of WWII's land war in the Pacific (Touched with Fire), historian Bergerud has completed an exhaustive companion volume addressing the theater's ferocious air war. Bergerud states clearly at the outset that he has attempted to cover both sides of the Pacific air war fairly; but, he notes, fairness dictates acknowledging "that something went very wrong in Japan during the 1930s and that the air war in Asia was due to Tokyo's overaggressive nature." Giving Japanese pilots their due, however, Bergerud portrays them alongside their American counterparts as honorable and worthy warriors. Indeed, the cutting-edge Japanese Zero fighter plane gave Tokyo an early advantage that threatened to overwhelm the Americans. Refreshingly multidimensional, with battle tales carefully crafted within the context of the overall campaign, this meticulously documented work portrays both the stark conditions and the high stakes of one of the largest air wars in history. Although much of the factual material comes from archival sources, the meat of the work is in the firsthand interviews with the rapidly dwindling pool of Pacific war veterans. The nuggets are well worth digging for. One American former pilot, for example, describes being forced to belly flop his plane after being attacked by an enemy Tony aircraft: "I have no idea whether that Tony pilot claimed me as a victory, but he certainly had a legitimate right to because my airplane was forced to crash-land and was totally wiped out." Scenes such as these help this fine history bring home with clarity the perils and rewards of the Pacific campaign and, in the process, illustrate lessons of value to today's military commanders.
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