Verlag: Osprey Publishing, 2020
ISBN 10: 1472836030 ISBN 13: 9781472836038
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Paperback. Zustand: Fine. Groult, Edouard A. (illustrator).
Verlag: Osprey Publishing, 2021
ISBN 10: 1472841530 ISBN 13: 9781472841537
Zustand: Very Good. Groult, Edouard A. (illustrator). Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
Verlag: Osprey Publishing, 2024
ISBN 10: 1472860357 ISBN 13: 9781472860354
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Groult, Edouard A. (illustrator). The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom, 2019
ISBN 10: 1472834844 ISBN 13: 9781472834843
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Groult, Edouard A. (illustrator). As 1794 opened, Revolutionary France stood on a knifes edge of failure. Its army and navy had been shaken by the revolution, with civil war and famine taking its toll on their resources. Seeking to bring a revitalizing supply of food from its Caribbean colonies and the United States, the French government decided to organize a massive convoy to bring the New Worlds bounty to France. However, in order to succeed in their mission, the French Navy would have to make a deadly crossing over the North Atlantic, an ocean patrolled by the Royal Navy, the most powerful navy force in the world, whose sailors were eager to inflict a damaging defeat on Revolutionary France and win their fortune in prize money. Illustrated throughout with stunning full-colour artwork, this is the full story of the only fleet action during the Age of Fighting Sail fought in the open ocean, hundreds of miles from shore. Taking place over the course of a month, the inevitable battle was to be a close-run affair, with both sides claiming victory. To the French, it was le Bataille du 13 prairial, a notable day in their new, scientific Revolutionary calendar. For the British, it was the Glorious First of June. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Osprey Publishing, 2024
ISBN 10: 1472859502 ISBN 13: 9781472859501
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Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Feb 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 1472836030 ISBN 13: 9781472836038
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Groult, Edouard A. (illustrator). Neuware - At the start of World War II, few thought the U-boat would be as devastating as it proved to be. But convoys and sonar-equipped escorts proved inadequate to defend the Allies' merchantmen, and the RAF's only offensive weapon was the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft. For RAF Coastal Command, the first two years of the war were the hardest. Although starved of resources, operating with outdated aircraft and often useless weaponry, they were still the only force that could take the fight to the U-boats. But in these two years, the RAF learned what it needed to win the Battle of the Atlantic. Gradually developing new tactics and technology, such as airborne radar, signals intelligence, and effective weaponry, the Allies ended 1941 in a position to defeat Dönitz's growing fleet of U-boats. This book, the first of two volumes, explains the fascinating history of how the RAF kept the convoys alive against the odds, and developed the force that would prevail in the climactic battles of 1942 and 1943.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Feb 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 1472841530 ISBN 13: 9781472841537
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Groult, Edouard A. (illustrator). Neuware - This illustrated study explores, in detail, the climactic events of the Battle of the Atlantic, and how air power proved to be the Allies' most important submarine-killer in one of the most bitterly fought naval campaigns of World War II.As 1942 opened, both Nazi Germany and the Allies were ready for the climactic battles of the Atlantic to begin. Germany had 91 operational U-boats, and over 150 in training or trials. Production for 1942-44 was planned to exceed 200 boats annually. Karl Dönitz, running the Kriegsmarine's U-boat arm, would finally have the numbers needed to run the tonnage war he wanted against the Allies.Meanwhile, the British had, at last, assembled the solution to the U-boat peril. Its weapons and detection systems had improved to the stage that maritime patrol aircraft could launch deadly attacks on U-boats day and night. Airborne radar, Leigh lights, Magnetic Anomaly Detection (MAD) and the Fido homing torpedo all turned the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft into a submarine-killer, while shore and ship-based technologies such as high-frequency direction finding and signals intelligence could now help aircraft find enemy U-boats. Following its entry into the war in 1941, the United States had also thrown its industrial muscle behind the campaign, supplying VLR Liberator bombers to the RAF and escort carriers to the Royal Navy. The US Navy also operated anti-submarine patrol blimps and VLR aircraft in the southern and western Atlantic, and sent its own escort carriers to guard convoys.This book, the second of two volumes, explores the climactic events of the Battle of the Atlantic, and reveals how air power - both maritime patrol aircraft and carrier aircraft - ultimately proved to be the Allies' most important weapon in one of the most bitterly fought naval campaigns of World War II.
Verlag: Bloomsbury USA Okt 2019, 2019
ISBN 10: 1472834844 ISBN 13: 9781472834843
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Groult, Edouard A. (illustrator). Neuware - As 1794 opened, Revolutionary France stood on a knife's edge of failure. Its army and navy had been shaken by the revolution, with civil war and famine taking its toll on their resources. Seeking to bring a revitalizing supply of food from its Caribbean colonies and the United States, the French government decided to organize a massive convoy to bring the New World's bounty to France. However, in order to succeed in their mission, the French Navy would have to make a deadly crossing over the North Atlantic, an ocean patrolled by the Royal Navy, the most powerful navy force in the world, whose sailors were eager to inflict a damaging defeat on Revolutionary France and win their fortune in prize money.Illustrated throughout with stunning full-colour artwork, this is the full story of the only fleet action during the Age of Fighting Sail fought in the open ocean, hundreds of miles from shore. Taking place over the course of a month, the inevitable battle was to be a close-run affair, with both sides claiming victory. To the French, it was le Bataille du 13 prairial, a notable day in their new, scientific Revolutionary calendar. For the British, it was the Glorious First of June.
Verlag: Bloomsbury USA Sep 2024, 2024
ISBN 10: 1472859502 ISBN 13: 9781472859501
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Groult, Edouard A. (illustrator). Neuware - The first book to examine the battleship-led 1941 Pacific Fleet as it was intended to fight. Packed with illustrations, this study explains how the US Navy saw the approaching war unfolding.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021
ISBN 10: 1472841530 ISBN 13: 9781472841537
Anbieter: Buchschloss, Mainz, RP, Deutschland
Broschiert. Groult, Edouard A. (illustrator). 96S. Einband/Schnitt leicht gebrauchs-/regal-/altersspurig, innen sehr guter Zustand, frei von Eintragungen/Makierungen___ ___Bücher aus Nichtraucherhaushalten___Achten Sie auf unsere Bilder___Exakte Versandkosten außerhalb Europas auf Anfrage.___ Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 300.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Feb 2024, 2024
ISBN 10: 1472860357 ISBN 13: 9781472860354
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Groult, Edouard A. (illustrator). Neuware - The full history of how the United States targeted and destroyed the Japanese capital from the air, in a ten-month long campaign by the US Army Air Force and the US Navy.In November 1944, the US Army Air Force launched a 111-plane B-29 strike against Tokyo, the first raid since the morale-boosting Doolittle Raid of 1942. From then until August 13, 1945, the United States would attack Tokyo 25 times, 20 from B-29s based in the Marianas and five from US Navy carrier task forces. The campaign included the single deadliest air raid in human history, when around 100,000 people were killed by the firestorm created by the Operation Meetinghouse raid of March 10, 1945.This book, the first to examine the full history of the United States' air campaign against the greatest target in Japan, looks at the USAAF's and US Navy's efforts to use air power to eliminate Tokyo's strategic value to the Empire. It considers how the campaign developed from daylight bombing to firebombing and anti-ship mining, and finally how the target was handed over to the US Navy, whose carrier-based bombers and fighter-bombers continued to strike Tokyo during July and August 1945.Using specially commissioned battlescenes, strategic maps and diagrams, this volume presents a detailed picture of how Tokyo was vanquished from the air.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019
ISBN 10: 1472834844 ISBN 13: 9781472834843
Anbieter: Buchschloss, Mainz, RP, Deutschland
Broschiert. Groult, Edouard A. (illustrator). 96S. Einband/Schnitt leicht gebrauchs-/regal-/altersspurig, innen sehr guter Zustand, frei von Eintragungen/Makierungen___ ___Bücher aus Nichtraucherhaushalten___Achten Sie auf unsere Bilder___Exakte Versandkosten außerhalb Europas auf Anfrage.___ Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 300.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2020
ISBN 10: 1472836030 ISBN 13: 9781472836038
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Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New. Groult, Edouard A. (illustrator). Über den AutorMark Lardas has been fascinated by things related to the sea and sky his entire life. From building models of ships and aircraft as a teen, his maritime interest led him to study Naval Architecture and Marine En.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2021
ISBN 10: 1472841530 ISBN 13: 9781472841537
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New. Groult, Edouard A. (illustrator). Über den AutorMark Lardas, illustrated by Edouard A GroultInhaltsverzeichnisINTRODUCTION CHRONOLOGY ATTACKER S CAPABILITIESThe anti-submarine aircraft comes of ageDEFENDER S CAPABILITIES.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2019
ISBN 10: 1472834844 ISBN 13: 9781472834843
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Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New. Groult, Edouard A. (illustrator). Über den AutorMark Lardas, illustrated by Edouard A GroultInhaltsverzeichnisOrigins of the campaign /Chronology /Opposing commanders /Opposing armies /Orders of battle /Opposing plans /The campaign .