Author: Denis Richards
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Royal Air Force, 1939-1945: The fight avails, by D. Richards and H. St. G. Saunders
Author: Denis Richards
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Royal Air Force, 1939-1945: Richards, D. and Saunders, H. St. G. The fight avails
Author: Denis Richards
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
The RAF's French Foreign Legion
Author: G. H. Bennett
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441106626
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
This book examines and analyses the relationship between the RAF, the Free French Movement and the French fighter pilots in WWII. A highly significant subject, this has been ignored by academics on both sides of the Channel. This ground-breaking study will fill a significant gap in the historiography of the War. Bennett's painstaking research has unearthed primary source material in both Britain and France including Squadron records, diaries, oral histories and memoirs. In the post-war period the idea of French pilots serving with the RAF seemed anachronistic to both sides. For the French nation the desire to draw a veil over the war years helped to obscure many aspects of the past, and for the British the idea of French pilots did not accord with the myths of "the Few" to whom so much was owed. Those French pilots who served had to make daring escapes. Classed as deserters they risked court martial and execution if caught. They would play a vital role on D-Day and the battle for control of the skies which followed.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441106626
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
This book examines and analyses the relationship between the RAF, the Free French Movement and the French fighter pilots in WWII. A highly significant subject, this has been ignored by academics on both sides of the Channel. This ground-breaking study will fill a significant gap in the historiography of the War. Bennett's painstaking research has unearthed primary source material in both Britain and France including Squadron records, diaries, oral histories and memoirs. In the post-war period the idea of French pilots serving with the RAF seemed anachronistic to both sides. For the French nation the desire to draw a veil over the war years helped to obscure many aspects of the past, and for the British the idea of French pilots did not accord with the myths of "the Few" to whom so much was owed. Those French pilots who served had to make daring escapes. Classed as deserters they risked court martial and execution if caught. They would play a vital role on D-Day and the battle for control of the skies which followed.
Royal Air Force, 1939-1945: Saunders, H. St. G. The fight is won
Author: Denis Richards
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Alamein
Author: Jon Latimer
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674010161
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
It also changed the way the British Army fought, using concentrated artillery on a scale not seen since 1918 to break through Axis defences built in depth."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674010161
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
It also changed the way the British Army fought, using concentrated artillery on a scale not seen since 1918 to break through Axis defences built in depth."--BOOK JACKET.
Raising Churchill's Army
Author: David French
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191608262
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
This is the first serious analysis of the combat capability of the British army in the Second World War. It sweeps away the myth that the army suffered from poor morale, and that it only won its battles thorugh the use of 'brute force' and by reverting to the techniques of the First World War. David French analyses the place of the army in British strategy in the interwar period and during the Second World War. He shows that after 1918 the General Staff tried hard to learn the lessons of the First World War, enthusiastically embracing technology as the best way of minimizing future casualties. In the first half of the Second World War the army did suffer from manifold weaknesses, not just in the form of shortages of equipment, but also in the way in which it applied its doctrine. Few soldiers were actively eager to close with the enemy, but the morale of the army never collapsed and its combat capability steadily improved from 1942 onwards. Professor French assesses Montgomery's contributions to the war effort and concludes that most important were his willingness to impose a uniform understanding of doctrine on his subordinates, and to use mechanized firepower in ways quite different from Haig in the First World War.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191608262
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
This is the first serious analysis of the combat capability of the British army in the Second World War. It sweeps away the myth that the army suffered from poor morale, and that it only won its battles thorugh the use of 'brute force' and by reverting to the techniques of the First World War. David French analyses the place of the army in British strategy in the interwar period and during the Second World War. He shows that after 1918 the General Staff tried hard to learn the lessons of the First World War, enthusiastically embracing technology as the best way of minimizing future casualties. In the first half of the Second World War the army did suffer from manifold weaknesses, not just in the form of shortages of equipment, but also in the way in which it applied its doctrine. Few soldiers were actively eager to close with the enemy, but the morale of the army never collapsed and its combat capability steadily improved from 1942 onwards. Professor French assesses Montgomery's contributions to the war effort and concludes that most important were his willingness to impose a uniform understanding of doctrine on his subordinates, and to use mechanized firepower in ways quite different from Haig in the First World War.
Air University Periodical Index
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Aeronautics, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
JG 26 Luftwaffe Fighter Wing War Diary
Author: Donald Caldwell
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 1461751209
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
Day-by-day account of a German fighter squadron, one of only two Luftwaffe units to spend the entire war in the West Covers the Battle of France, the Battle of Britain, the Dieppe raid, and more JG 26 was known as "The Abbeville Boys" and seen by the Allies as an elite squadron Unit flew Messerschmitt Bf 109s and Focke-Wulf Fw 190s
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 1461751209
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
Day-by-day account of a German fighter squadron, one of only two Luftwaffe units to spend the entire war in the West Covers the Battle of France, the Battle of Britain, the Dieppe raid, and more JG 26 was known as "The Abbeville Boys" and seen by the Allies as an elite squadron Unit flew Messerschmitt Bf 109s and Focke-Wulf Fw 190s
Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Do Unto Others
Author: Alan H. Smith
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1921941650
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
Since 1899, the significant role Australian gunners have played in supporting the Australian Military Forces' campaigns has been well-documented. They have gallantly and whole-heartedly supported Australian, British, New Zealand and Indian armies in both World Wars, the Korean and Borneo Confrontation Wars and most recently the Vietnam War. Do Unto Others is a comprehensive account of the history of counter bombardment, including the development of Australian techniques, equipment and procedures through the campaigns up until Vietnam, with references to the techniques and actions of the British and American artillery included where appropriate to place the Australian experience in perspective. It is also the story of the brave men behind the artillery and their outstanding efforts and results across these varied campaigns.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1921941650
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
Since 1899, the significant role Australian gunners have played in supporting the Australian Military Forces' campaigns has been well-documented. They have gallantly and whole-heartedly supported Australian, British, New Zealand and Indian armies in both World Wars, the Korean and Borneo Confrontation Wars and most recently the Vietnam War. Do Unto Others is a comprehensive account of the history of counter bombardment, including the development of Australian techniques, equipment and procedures through the campaigns up until Vietnam, with references to the techniques and actions of the British and American artillery included where appropriate to place the Australian experience in perspective. It is also the story of the brave men behind the artillery and their outstanding efforts and results across these varied campaigns.