Author: Jerzy B. Cynk
Publisher: Osprey Publishing (WA)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Beskriver det polske flyvevåbens historiske udvikling i perioden 1918-1968.
History of the Polish Air Force, 1918-1968
Author: Jerzy B. Cynk
Publisher: Osprey Publishing (WA)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Beskriver det polske flyvevåbens historiske udvikling i perioden 1918-1968.
Publisher: Osprey Publishing (WA)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Beskriver det polske flyvevåbens historiske udvikling i perioden 1918-1968.
History of the Polish Air Force, 1918-1968 [by] Jerzy B. Cynk
Author: Jerzy B. Cynk
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
Polish Air Force, 1918-1968
Author: Jerzy B. Cynk
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Winged Tenacity
Author: Rosmé Curtis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781576380635
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781576380635
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Air Warfare and Air Base Air Defense, 1914-1973
Author: John F. Kreis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Military Air Power in Europe Preparing for War
Author: Norman Ridley
Publisher: Air World
ISBN: 1399066870
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
The First World War had seen the mechanization of warfare. Battle fronts had become immobilized in the grip of machine-guns and heavy artillery, leading to slaughter on an unprecedented scale. The end of the war saw exhausted governments extricating themselves from the carnage, but some leaders were concerned that, sooner or later, another major war would follow. As France’s Marshal Foch put it, the Treaty of Versailles was only a ‘twenty-year truce’. The overriding concern was to find ways in future of avoiding the kind of static battle fronts that had consumed so many in such futile efforts. Military aviation was seen as the one great innovation that had the potential to do this by revolutionizing warfare. It would not only augment the effectiveness of ground forces in a tactical role, but it also had the means of reaching out strategically beyond the battlefronts to strike at the enemy’s trade, supplies, communications and industrial production. All through the war, military aviation had been firmly under the control of army commanders but there was soon a fierce debate over the way it should develop. The development of an ‘air doctrine’ within each of the major European powers was fraught with difficulty as the nascent air arms struggled, with varying degrees of success, to free themselves from army control to find a new, independent identity. This book examines the way in which these air arms competed for prominence within the military structures of six major European nations – Germany, Britain, France, Soviet Union, Poland and Italy – with different resources, ambitions and philosophies, in the years from the beginning of aviation right up to the start of the Second World War.
Publisher: Air World
ISBN: 1399066870
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
The First World War had seen the mechanization of warfare. Battle fronts had become immobilized in the grip of machine-guns and heavy artillery, leading to slaughter on an unprecedented scale. The end of the war saw exhausted governments extricating themselves from the carnage, but some leaders were concerned that, sooner or later, another major war would follow. As France’s Marshal Foch put it, the Treaty of Versailles was only a ‘twenty-year truce’. The overriding concern was to find ways in future of avoiding the kind of static battle fronts that had consumed so many in such futile efforts. Military aviation was seen as the one great innovation that had the potential to do this by revolutionizing warfare. It would not only augment the effectiveness of ground forces in a tactical role, but it also had the means of reaching out strategically beyond the battlefronts to strike at the enemy’s trade, supplies, communications and industrial production. All through the war, military aviation had been firmly under the control of army commanders but there was soon a fierce debate over the way it should develop. The development of an ‘air doctrine’ within each of the major European powers was fraught with difficulty as the nascent air arms struggled, with varying degrees of success, to free themselves from army control to find a new, independent identity. This book examines the way in which these air arms competed for prominence within the military structures of six major European nations – Germany, Britain, France, Soviet Union, Poland and Italy – with different resources, ambitions and philosophies, in the years from the beginning of aviation right up to the start of the Second World War.
Winged Tenacity
Author: Rosme Curtis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781576380208
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781576380208
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Poland between the Wars, 1918–1939
Author: Peter D. Stachura
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349269425
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Incorporating selective papers from a successful conference organised by the Polish Society, this book presents challenging and frequently revisionist views on a variety of controversial themes relating to the interwar Polish Republic, including its struggle over Upper Silesia, the question of national identity and its ethnic minorities, the significance of the Battle of Warsaw, the role of the press and its defence preparations in 1939. The volume thus makes an important contribution to scholarly debate of a crucial period in Poland's recent history.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349269425
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Incorporating selective papers from a successful conference organised by the Polish Society, this book presents challenging and frequently revisionist views on a variety of controversial themes relating to the interwar Polish Republic, including its struggle over Upper Silesia, the question of national identity and its ethnic minorities, the significance of the Battle of Warsaw, the role of the press and its defence preparations in 1939. The volume thus makes an important contribution to scholarly debate of a crucial period in Poland's recent history.
The Rise and Fall of the French Air Force
Author: Greg Baughen
Publisher: Fonthill Media
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
On 10 May 1940, the French possessed one of the largest air forces in the world. On paper, it was nearly as strong as the RAF. Six weeks later, France had been defeated. For a struggling French Army desperately looking for air support, the skies seemed empty of friendly planes. In the decades that followed, the debate raged. Were there unused stockpiles of planes? Were French aircraft really so inferior? Baughen examines the myths that surround the French defeat. He explains how at the end of the First World War, the French had possessed the most effective air force in the world, only for the lessons learned to be forgotten. Instead, air policy was guided by radical theories that predicted air power alone would decide future wars. Baughen traces some of the problems back to the very earliest days of French aviation. He describes the mistakes and bad luck that dogged the French efforts to modernise their air force in the twenties and thirties. He examines how decisions made just months before the German attack further weakened the air force. Yet defeat was not inevitable. If better use had been made of the planes that were available, the result might have been different.
Publisher: Fonthill Media
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
On 10 May 1940, the French possessed one of the largest air forces in the world. On paper, it was nearly as strong as the RAF. Six weeks later, France had been defeated. For a struggling French Army desperately looking for air support, the skies seemed empty of friendly planes. In the decades that followed, the debate raged. Were there unused stockpiles of planes? Were French aircraft really so inferior? Baughen examines the myths that surround the French defeat. He explains how at the end of the First World War, the French had possessed the most effective air force in the world, only for the lessons learned to be forgotten. Instead, air policy was guided by radical theories that predicted air power alone would decide future wars. Baughen traces some of the problems back to the very earliest days of French aviation. He describes the mistakes and bad luck that dogged the French efforts to modernise their air force in the twenties and thirties. He examines how decisions made just months before the German attack further weakened the air force. Yet defeat was not inevitable. If better use had been made of the planes that were available, the result might have been different.
Historical Dictionary of Poland, 966-1945
Author: Halina Lerski
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313034567
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 778
Book Description
The first authoritative, comprehensive historical dictionary of Poland in English, this volume includes over 2,000 entries on people, events, places, and terms important to Poland's history from 966 to 1945. Entries include English and Polish language bibliographic sources. The student of Polish history seeking specific information on a person or event in medieval times, the troubled era leading to the late 18th century partitions of Poland, and the Polish nationalist struggles before 1919, reborn Poland in the interwar years, or the trauma of World War II will be amply rewarded by the accurate, concise information provided in this unique historical dictionary. Each of the alphabetically arranged entries is followed by pertinent bibliographic sources in both English and Polish languages. A list of abbreviations, a note on the Polish alphabet, and a series of historical maps precede the entries. Helpful cross-references are provided throughout the text and in the index. A general bibliography precedes the index. After five years of work, George Lerski completed the original manuscript in 1992, shortly before his untimely death. The special editing subsequently undertaken preparatory to publication has remained faithful to the original work, its concept, organization, and purpose.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313034567
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 778
Book Description
The first authoritative, comprehensive historical dictionary of Poland in English, this volume includes over 2,000 entries on people, events, places, and terms important to Poland's history from 966 to 1945. Entries include English and Polish language bibliographic sources. The student of Polish history seeking specific information on a person or event in medieval times, the troubled era leading to the late 18th century partitions of Poland, and the Polish nationalist struggles before 1919, reborn Poland in the interwar years, or the trauma of World War II will be amply rewarded by the accurate, concise information provided in this unique historical dictionary. Each of the alphabetically arranged entries is followed by pertinent bibliographic sources in both English and Polish languages. A list of abbreviations, a note on the Polish alphabet, and a series of historical maps precede the entries. Helpful cross-references are provided throughout the text and in the index. A general bibliography precedes the index. After five years of work, George Lerski completed the original manuscript in 1992, shortly before his untimely death. The special editing subsequently undertaken preparatory to publication has remained faithful to the original work, its concept, organization, and purpose.