Author: Kevin Wilson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1681779463
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
The year 1943 saw the beginning of an unprecedented bombing campaign against Germany. Over the next twelve months, tens of thousands of aircrews flew across the North Sea to drop bombs on German cities. They were opposed not only by the full force of the Luftwaffe, but by a nightmare of flak, treacherously icy conditions, and constant mechanical malfunction. Most of these courageous crews were either shot down and killed or taken prisoner by an increasingly hostile enemy. This is the story of the everyday heroism of these crews in the days when it was widely believed that the Allies could win the Second World War by air alone. American pilots had a special role in the “Dambusters” campaign in particular. Even before the attacks on Pearl Harbor, scores of eager pilots travelled across the Canadian border to train with other future “Dam-busters,” all eager to take part. Authoritative and gripping, Airborne in 1943 brings these remarkable men and women to vivid life.
Airborne in 1943
Author: Kevin Wilson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1681779463
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
The year 1943 saw the beginning of an unprecedented bombing campaign against Germany. Over the next twelve months, tens of thousands of aircrews flew across the North Sea to drop bombs on German cities. They were opposed not only by the full force of the Luftwaffe, but by a nightmare of flak, treacherously icy conditions, and constant mechanical malfunction. Most of these courageous crews were either shot down and killed or taken prisoner by an increasingly hostile enemy. This is the story of the everyday heroism of these crews in the days when it was widely believed that the Allies could win the Second World War by air alone. American pilots had a special role in the “Dambusters” campaign in particular. Even before the attacks on Pearl Harbor, scores of eager pilots travelled across the Canadian border to train with other future “Dam-busters,” all eager to take part. Authoritative and gripping, Airborne in 1943 brings these remarkable men and women to vivid life.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1681779463
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
The year 1943 saw the beginning of an unprecedented bombing campaign against Germany. Over the next twelve months, tens of thousands of aircrews flew across the North Sea to drop bombs on German cities. They were opposed not only by the full force of the Luftwaffe, but by a nightmare of flak, treacherously icy conditions, and constant mechanical malfunction. Most of these courageous crews were either shot down and killed or taken prisoner by an increasingly hostile enemy. This is the story of the everyday heroism of these crews in the days when it was widely believed that the Allies could win the Second World War by air alone. American pilots had a special role in the “Dambusters” campaign in particular. Even before the attacks on Pearl Harbor, scores of eager pilots travelled across the Canadian border to train with other future “Dam-busters,” all eager to take part. Authoritative and gripping, Airborne in 1943 brings these remarkable men and women to vivid life.
Drop Zone Sicily
Author: William B. Breuer
Publisher: Presidio Press
ISBN: 9780891416203
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Breuer's well-written, throughly researched, and balanced history...-- Booklist
Publisher: Presidio Press
ISBN: 9780891416203
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Breuer's well-written, throughly researched, and balanced history...-- Booklist
US Army Paratrooper in the Pacific Theater 1943–45
Author: Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1780961316
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
The two major Army units that operated in the Pacific – the 11th Airborne Division and the 503rd Parachute Regimental Combat Team (PRCT) launched small-scale operations on extremely difficult, if not, outright dangerous, terrain, while also conducting amphibious assaults, fighting on jungled hills, swamps and mud. The two units were very different, with the 503rd PRCT being reserved for special purpose missions and the 11th Airborne Division occupying a more traditional role. This title will deal with the background to these two units and their training, before detailing the specific equipment used in the theatre and, finally and most importantly, the combat experience at a personal level of the US Army Paratrooper in the Pacific.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1780961316
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
The two major Army units that operated in the Pacific – the 11th Airborne Division and the 503rd Parachute Regimental Combat Team (PRCT) launched small-scale operations on extremely difficult, if not, outright dangerous, terrain, while also conducting amphibious assaults, fighting on jungled hills, swamps and mud. The two units were very different, with the 503rd PRCT being reserved for special purpose missions and the 11th Airborne Division occupying a more traditional role. This title will deal with the background to these two units and their training, before detailing the specific equipment used in the theatre and, finally and most importantly, the combat experience at a personal level of the US Army Paratrooper in the Pacific.
The First Bridge Too Far
Author: Mark Saliger
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1612006906
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
A vivid chronicle of the first battle between British and German paratroopers—the unsung battle that prefigured the Battle of Arnhem. From July 13 to 16, 1943, British paratroopers fought for control of a strategically important bridge in Sicily. Now, the Battle of Primosole Bridge is brought to life in the first narrative solely dedicated to one of the bloodiest and hardest-fought battles for British airborne troops of World War II. The British paratroopers of the famed 1st Parachute Brigade, known as the “Red Devils,” fought their equally esteemed German paratrooper opponents, known as the “Green Devils,” during the Allies’ first invasion of Hitler’s Fortress Europe. The paratroopers found themselves cut off behind enemy lines with dwindling ammunition as they faced ever-growing enemy forces. Yet they courageously maintained the fight until ground forces arrived to capture the bridge before it was destroyed. The hard-won experience of the 1st Parachute Brigade was then tested only a year later in an almost identical battle on a larger scale: The Battle of Arnhem—the battle christened “a bridge too far.” While Arnhem is well documented, the events at Primosole Bridge deserve to be told at last.
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1612006906
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
A vivid chronicle of the first battle between British and German paratroopers—the unsung battle that prefigured the Battle of Arnhem. From July 13 to 16, 1943, British paratroopers fought for control of a strategically important bridge in Sicily. Now, the Battle of Primosole Bridge is brought to life in the first narrative solely dedicated to one of the bloodiest and hardest-fought battles for British airborne troops of World War II. The British paratroopers of the famed 1st Parachute Brigade, known as the “Red Devils,” fought their equally esteemed German paratrooper opponents, known as the “Green Devils,” during the Allies’ first invasion of Hitler’s Fortress Europe. The paratroopers found themselves cut off behind enemy lines with dwindling ammunition as they faced ever-growing enemy forces. Yet they courageously maintained the fight until ground forces arrived to capture the bridge before it was destroyed. The hard-won experience of the 1st Parachute Brigade was then tested only a year later in an almost identical battle on a larger scale: The Battle of Arnhem—the battle christened “a bridge too far.” While Arnhem is well documented, the events at Primosole Bridge deserve to be told at last.
The Angels
Author: E. M. Flanagan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
KGB er i besiddelse af udgave fra 1989
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
KGB er i besiddelse af udgave fra 1989
Thunder from Heaven
Author: Don Raymond Pay
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Thunder from Heaven
Author: Don R. Pay
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Airborne Album
Author: John C. Andrews
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780932572134
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780932572134
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
11th Airborne Division Field Exercise, 8-9 December 1943
Author: United States. Army. Airborne Command
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Airborne operations (Military science)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Airborne operations (Military science)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Ridgway's Paratroopers
Author: Clay Blair
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 9781557502995
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This powerful study of Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway offers both a detailed account of the legendary general's illustrious World War II career and a comprehensive history of American airborne operations in Europe. Considered one of the Allies' brightest and most forceful commanders, the general fought in every major battle in the Mediterranean and Europe, and his 82nd and 101st airborne divisions came to be called the best in the U.S. Army. But the book makes clear that Ridgway had to justify his faith in airborne warfare because the first drop by the 82nd-during the invasion of Sicily when the pilots were still green and the equipment faulty-had been a fiasco.
Blair tells the story in gripping battlefield narrative to capture the experiences of the soldiers who served in these elite units at Salerno, Naples, Anzio, Normandy, and elsewhere. At the same time he provides a frank analysis of the development of the airborne techniques and of the attention given to the political-military-strategic issues that influenced their deployment. Densely packed with information, the book, first published in 1985, is widely acknowledged for its engagingly honest analysis of Ridgway and airborne operations in Europe.
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 9781557502995
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This powerful study of Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway offers both a detailed account of the legendary general's illustrious World War II career and a comprehensive history of American airborne operations in Europe. Considered one of the Allies' brightest and most forceful commanders, the general fought in every major battle in the Mediterranean and Europe, and his 82nd and 101st airborne divisions came to be called the best in the U.S. Army. But the book makes clear that Ridgway had to justify his faith in airborne warfare because the first drop by the 82nd-during the invasion of Sicily when the pilots were still green and the equipment faulty-had been a fiasco.
Blair tells the story in gripping battlefield narrative to capture the experiences of the soldiers who served in these elite units at Salerno, Naples, Anzio, Normandy, and elsewhere. At the same time he provides a frank analysis of the development of the airborne techniques and of the attention given to the political-military-strategic issues that influenced their deployment. Densely packed with information, the book, first published in 1985, is widely acknowledged for its engagingly honest analysis of Ridgway and airborne operations in Europe.