Verlag: Osprey Publishing, 2022
ISBN 10: 1472848446 ISBN 13: 9781472848444
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Paperback. Zustand: Fine. Tooby, Adam (illustrator).
Verlag: Osprey Publishing, Oxford, UK, 2022
ISBN 10: 1472848446 ISBN 13: 9781472848444
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Soft cover. Zustand: Very good. Adam Tooby (illustrator). First Edition. 8vo (25 x 28 cm). 96 pp. Glossy pictorial covers with black titles to upper and spine. Text block tight and unmarked.
Verlag: Osprey Publishing, 2020
ISBN 10: 1472839749 ISBN 13: 9781472839749
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Paperback. Zustand: New. Tooby, Adam; Rodríguez, Irene Cano (illustrator). BRAND NEW ** SUPER FAST SHIPPING FROM UK WAREHOUSE ** 30 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE.
Verlag: Osprey Publishing, 2022
ISBN 10: 1472852435 ISBN 13: 9781472852434
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Paperback. Zustand: New. Tooby, Adam (illustrator). BRAND NEW ** SUPER FAST SHIPPING FROM UK WAREHOUSE ** 30 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE.
Verlag: Osprey Publishing, 2022
ISBN 10: 1472848446 ISBN 13: 9781472848444
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Paperback. Zustand: New. Tooby, Adam (illustrator). BRAND NEW ** SUPER FAST SHIPPING FROM UK WAREHOUSE ** 30 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE.
Verlag: Osprey Publishing, 2021
ISBN 10: 1472845854 ISBN 13: 9781472845856
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Paperback. Zustand: New. Tooby, Adam (illustrator). BRAND NEW ** SUPER FAST SHIPPING FROM UK WAREHOUSE ** 30 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nov 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 1472839749 ISBN 13: 9781472839749
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Tooby, Adam; Rodríguez, Irene Cano (illustrator). Neuware - The Destroyer Escort was the smallest ocean-going escort built for the United States Navy - a downsized destroyer with less speed, fewer guns, and fewer torpedoes than its big brother, the fleet destroyer. Destroyer escorts first went into production because the Royal Navy needed an escort warship which was larger than a corvette, but which could be built faster than a destroyer. Lacking the shipyards to build these types of ships in Britain, they ordered them in the US. Once the US unexpectedly entered World War II, its navy suddenly also needed more escort warships, even warships less capable than destroyers, and the destroyer escort was reluctantly picked to fill the gap.Despite the Navy's initial reservations, these ships did yeoman service during World War II, fighting in both the Atlantic and Pacific, taking on both U-boat and Japanese submarines and serving as the early warning pickets against kamikazes later in the war. They also participated in such dramatic actions as the Battle of Samar (where a group of destroyers and destroyer escorts fought Japanese battleships and cruisers to protect the escort carriers they were shielding) and the capture of the U-505 (the only major naval vessel captured at sea by the US Navy). The destroyer escorts soldiered on after World War II in both the United States Navy and a large number of navies throughout the world, with several serving into the twenty-first century. This book tells the full story of these plucky ships, from their design and development to their service around the world, complete with stunning illustrations and contemporary photographs.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Sep 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1472852435 ISBN 13: 9781472852434
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Tooby, Adam (illustrator). Neuware - A new history of the most crucial few months of the Arctic Convoys, when Germany's air power forced the Allies to retreat to the cover of winter.Between spring and autumn 1942, Germany was winning the battle of the Arctic Convoys. Half of PQ-15 was sunk in May, PQ-17 was virtually obliterated in July, and in September 30 percent of PQ-18 was sunk. The Allies were forced to suspend the convoys until December, when the long Arctic nights would shield them.Mark Lardas argues that in 1942, it was Luftwaffe air power that made the difference. With convoys sailing in endless daylight, German strike aircraft now equipped and trained for torpedo attacks, and bases in northern Norway available, the Luftwaffe could wreak havoc. Three-quarters of the losses of PQ-18 were due to air attacks. But in November, the Luftwaffe was redeployed south to challenge the Allied landings in North Africa, and the advantage was lost. Despite that, the Allies never again sailed an Arctic convoy in the summer months.Fully illustrated with archive photos, striking new artwork, maps and diagrams, this is the remarkable history of the Luftwaffe's last strategic victory of World War II.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Mai 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1472848446 ISBN 13: 9781472848444
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Tooby, Adam (illustrator). Neuware - An illustrated history of how Japan devised and launched a new kind of air campaign in late 1944 - the suicidal assaults of the kamikaze units against the approaching Allied fleets.As summer changed to autumn in 1944, Japan was losing the war. Still unwilling to surrender, Japan's last hope was to try to wear down US resolve enough to reach a negotiated settlement. Extraordinary measures seemed necessary, and the most extraordinary was the formation of Special Attack Units - known to the Allies as the kamikazes.The concept of organized suicide squadrons was first raised on June 15, 1944. By August, formations were being trained. These formations were first used in the October 1944 US invasion of the Philippine Islands, where they offered some tactical success. The program was expanded into a major campaign over the rest of the Pacific War, seeing a crescendo during the struggle for Okinawa in April through May 1945.This highly illustrated history examines not just the horrific missions themselves, but the decisions behind the kamikaze campaign, how it developed, and how it became a key part of Japanese strategy. Although the attacks started on an almost ad hoc basis, the kamikaze soon became a major Japanese policy. By the end of the war, Japan was manufacturing aircraft specifically for kamikaze missions, including a rocket-powered manned missile. A plan for a massive use of kamikazes to defend the Japanese Home Islands from invasion was developed, but never executed because of Japan's surrender in August 1945.Packed with diagrams, maps and 3D reconstructions of the attacks, this book also assesses the Allied mitigation techniques and strategies and the reasons and the degree to which they were successful.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Dez 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 1472845854 ISBN 13: 9781472845856
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Tooby, Adam (illustrator). Neuware - A fully illustrated history of how the US Navy destroyed Truk, the greatest Japanese naval and air base in the Pacific, with Operation Hailstone, and how B-29 units and the carriers of the British Pacific Fleet kept the base suppressed until VJ-Day.In early 1944, the island base of Truk was a Japanese Pearl Harbor; a powerful naval and air base that needed to be neutralized before the Allies could fight their way any further towards Tokyo. But Truk was also the most heavily defended naval base outside the Japanese Home Islands and an Allied invasion would be costly. Long-range bombing against Truk intact would be a massacre so a plan was conceived to neutralize it through a series of massive naval raids led by the growing US carrier fleet. Operation Hailstone was one of the most famous operations ever undertaken by American carriers in the Pacific.This book examines the rise and fall of Truk as a Japanese bastion and explains how in two huge raids, American carrier-based aircraft reduced it to irrelevance. Also covered is the little-known story of how the USAAF used the ravaged base as a live-fire training ground for its new B-29s -- whose bombing raids ensured Truk could not be reactivated by the Japanese. The pressure on Truk was kept up right through 1945 when it was also used as a target for the 509th Composite Squadron to practise dropping atomic bombs and by the British Pacific Fleet to hone its pilots' combat skills prior to the invasion of Japan.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2020
ISBN 10: 1472839749 ISBN 13: 9781472839749
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Zustand: New. Tooby, Adam; Rodríguez, Irene Cano (illustrator). Über den AutorMark LardasInhaltsverzeichnisIntroductionDesign and DevelopmentOperational HistoryVariantsStatisticsBibliographyIndexKlappentextThe Destro.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2022
ISBN 10: 1472852435 ISBN 13: 9781472852434
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Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New. Tooby, Adam (illustrator). Über den AutorMark LardasInhaltsverzeichnisIntroduction Chronology Attacker s Capabilities Defender s Capabilities Campaign Objectives The Campaign Aftermath and Analysis Concl.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2022
ISBN 10: 1472848446 ISBN 13: 9781472848444
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Zustand: New. Tooby, Adam (illustrator). Über den AutorrnrnMark Lardas, illustrated by Adam ToobyInhaltsverzeichnisINTRODUCTIONCHRONOLOGYATTACKER S CAPABILITIESThe last of Japanese airpowerAircraftFacilities and infrastructureWea.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2021
ISBN 10: 1472845854 ISBN 13: 9781472845856
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Zustand: New. Tooby, Adam (illustrator). Über den AutorMark Lardas, illustrated by Adam ToobyInhaltsverzeichnisINTRODUCTION CHRONOLOGY ATTACKER S CAPABILITIES Long-range air power in 1944 DEFENDER S CAPABILITIES The Gibralta.