Author: Alexander Dashyan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
This book, the second in the "Fighting ships of World War Two" series, contains reference information about all fighting ships and boats of United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, served, built or ordered in days of the Second World War. Articles contain information about designing, building and service of all ships and their technical data and modernization. Texts are accompanied by many photos and side view drawings. The book also contains information about organization of US Navy and US Coast Guard, USN ship-based airplanes and naval weapons.
Fighting Ships of World War Two 1937 - 1945. Volume II. United States of America
Author: Alexander Dashyan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
This book, the second in the "Fighting ships of World War Two" series, contains reference information about all fighting ships and boats of United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, served, built or ordered in days of the Second World War. Articles contain information about designing, building and service of all ships and their technical data and modernization. Texts are accompanied by many photos and side view drawings. The book also contains information about organization of US Navy and US Coast Guard, USN ship-based airplanes and naval weapons.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
This book, the second in the "Fighting ships of World War Two" series, contains reference information about all fighting ships and boats of United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, served, built or ordered in days of the Second World War. Articles contain information about designing, building and service of all ships and their technical data and modernization. Texts are accompanied by many photos and side view drawings. The book also contains information about organization of US Navy and US Coast Guard, USN ship-based airplanes and naval weapons.
Fighting Ships of World War Two 1937 - 1945. Volume I. United Kingdom and Commonwealth.
Author: Alexander Dashyan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
This book, the first in the "Fighting ships of World War Two" series, contains reference information about all fighting ships and boats of Royal Navy and Navies of Commonwealth, served, built or ordered in days of the Second World War. Articles contain information about designing, building and service of all ships and their technical data and modernization. Texts are accompanied by many photos and side view drawings. The book also contains information about organization of Royal Navy, British ship-based airplanes and naval weapons.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
This book, the first in the "Fighting ships of World War Two" series, contains reference information about all fighting ships and boats of Royal Navy and Navies of Commonwealth, served, built or ordered in days of the Second World War. Articles contain information about designing, building and service of all ships and their technical data and modernization. Texts are accompanied by many photos and side view drawings. The book also contains information about organization of Royal Navy, British ship-based airplanes and naval weapons.
Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I
Author: John Evelyn Moore
Publisher: Crescent
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Reproduced from the wartime editions of Jane's All the World's Ships.
Publisher: Crescent
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Reproduced from the wartime editions of Jane's All the World's Ships.
Fighting Ships of World War Two 1937 - 1945. Volume V. France.
Author: Ivan Gogin
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
This book, the fifth in the "Fighting ships of World War Two" series, contains reference information about all fighting ships and boats of the French Navy, served, built or ordered in days of the Second World War. Articles contain information about designing, building and service of all ships and their technical data and modernization. Texts are accompanied by many photos and side view drawings. The book also contains information about organization of the French Navy, French ship-based airplanes and naval weapons.
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
This book, the fifth in the "Fighting ships of World War Two" series, contains reference information about all fighting ships and boats of the French Navy, served, built or ordered in days of the Second World War. Articles contain information about designing, building and service of all ships and their technical data and modernization. Texts are accompanied by many photos and side view drawings. The book also contains information about organization of the French Navy, French ship-based airplanes and naval weapons.
The USS Ward
Author: Richard P. Klobuchar
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476605432
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
In 1940, the threat of war in the Pacific forced the United States to expand its fleet quickly. This effort included reconditioning and recommissioning "four stackers" from the navy's reserve fleet. Built in 1918 to fight German submarines, the USS Ward earned at Pearl Harbor the distinction of firing the first shot in America's war against Japan. In the three years that followed, it was bombed, shelled, strafed, and finally sunk (on December 7, 1944), yet none of her crew of 125 men ever lost a life in combat. Information is drawn from naval records as well as from interviews with surviving crewmen. Appendices provide Ward technical data, a chronology of major events, listings of citations earned in World War II and of amphibious landings, and a roster of personnel.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476605432
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
In 1940, the threat of war in the Pacific forced the United States to expand its fleet quickly. This effort included reconditioning and recommissioning "four stackers" from the navy's reserve fleet. Built in 1918 to fight German submarines, the USS Ward earned at Pearl Harbor the distinction of firing the first shot in America's war against Japan. In the three years that followed, it was bombed, shelled, strafed, and finally sunk (on December 7, 1944), yet none of her crew of 125 men ever lost a life in combat. Information is drawn from naval records as well as from interviews with surviving crewmen. Appendices provide Ward technical data, a chronology of major events, listings of citations earned in World War II and of amphibious landings, and a roster of personnel.
Forgotten Ally
Author: Rana Mitter
Publisher: HMH
ISBN: 054784056X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 485
Book Description
A history of the Chinese experience in WWII, named a Book of the Year by both the Economist and the Financial Times: “Superb” (The New York Times Book Review). In 1937, two years before Hitler invaded Poland, Chinese troops clashed with Japanese occupiers in the first battle of World War II. Joining with the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain, China became the fourth great ally in a devastating struggle for its very survival. In this book, prize-winning historian Rana Mitter unfurls China’s drama of invasion, resistance, slaughter, and political intrigue as never before. Based on groundbreaking research, this gripping narrative focuses on a handful of unforgettable characters, including Chiang Kai-shek, Mao Zedong, and Chiang’s American chief of staff, “Vinegar Joe” Stilwell—and also recounts the sacrifice and resilience of everyday Chinese people through the horrors of bombings, famines, and the infamous Rape of Nanking. More than any other twentieth-century event, World War II was crucial in shaping China’s worldview, making Forgotten Ally both a definitive work of history and an indispensable guide to today’s China and its relationship with the West.
Publisher: HMH
ISBN: 054784056X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 485
Book Description
A history of the Chinese experience in WWII, named a Book of the Year by both the Economist and the Financial Times: “Superb” (The New York Times Book Review). In 1937, two years before Hitler invaded Poland, Chinese troops clashed with Japanese occupiers in the first battle of World War II. Joining with the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain, China became the fourth great ally in a devastating struggle for its very survival. In this book, prize-winning historian Rana Mitter unfurls China’s drama of invasion, resistance, slaughter, and political intrigue as never before. Based on groundbreaking research, this gripping narrative focuses on a handful of unforgettable characters, including Chiang Kai-shek, Mao Zedong, and Chiang’s American chief of staff, “Vinegar Joe” Stilwell—and also recounts the sacrifice and resilience of everyday Chinese people through the horrors of bombings, famines, and the infamous Rape of Nanking. More than any other twentieth-century event, World War II was crucial in shaping China’s worldview, making Forgotten Ally both a definitive work of history and an indispensable guide to today’s China and its relationship with the West.
Combat Squadrons of the Air Force; World War II.
Author: United States. USAF Historical Division
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 856
Book Description
This collection of squadron histories has been prepared by the USAF Historical Division to complement the Division's book, Air Force Combat Units of World War II. The 1,226 units covered by this volume are the combat (tactical) squadrons that were active between 7 December 1941 and 2 September 1945. Each squadron is traced from its beginning through 5 March 1963, the fiftieth anniversary of the organization of the 1st Aero (later Bombardment) Squadron, the first Army unit to be equipped with aircraft for tactical operations. For each squadron there is a statement of the official lineage and data on the unit's assignments, stations, aircraft and missiles, operations, service streamers, campaign participation, decorations, and emblem.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 856
Book Description
This collection of squadron histories has been prepared by the USAF Historical Division to complement the Division's book, Air Force Combat Units of World War II. The 1,226 units covered by this volume are the combat (tactical) squadrons that were active between 7 December 1941 and 2 September 1945. Each squadron is traced from its beginning through 5 March 1963, the fiftieth anniversary of the organization of the 1st Aero (later Bombardment) Squadron, the first Army unit to be equipped with aircraft for tactical operations. For each squadron there is a statement of the official lineage and data on the unit's assignments, stations, aircraft and missiles, operations, service streamers, campaign participation, decorations, and emblem.
Japanese Naval and Merchant Shipping Losses During World War II by All Causes
Author: United States. Joint Army-Navy Assessment Committee
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Air Force Combat Units of World War II
Author: Maurer Maurer
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428915850
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428915850
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Troopships of World War II
Author: Roland Wilbur Charles
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transports
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
"This book contains authentic photographs and salient facts covering 358 troopships used in World War II. In addition, other vessels of miscellaneous character, including Victory and Liberty type temporary conversions for returning troops, are listed in the appendices ..."--Pref.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transports
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
"This book contains authentic photographs and salient facts covering 358 troopships used in World War II. In addition, other vessels of miscellaneous character, including Victory and Liberty type temporary conversions for returning troops, are listed in the appendices ..."--Pref.