In almost two hundred archive photographs Leo Marriott traces the development of British and American jet fighters during the first pioneering decade of their production. In many ways, the period from 1944 to 1954 was one of the most exciting and innovative in the history of military aviation. Rare images show the first jet fighters flown by the RAF toward ...
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Early Jet Fighters
British and American 1944-1954
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Gunther Prien and U-47
The Bull of Scapa Flow: From the Sinking of the HMS Royal Oak to the Battle of the Atlantic
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On the night of 13 October 1939, the Type VIIB U-boat U-47, on its second war patrol, penetrated the main Royal Navy base at Scapa Flow and sank the British battleship HMS Royal Oak. This legendary attack is remembered as one of the most audacious ...
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In the Devil's Shadow
U.N. Special Operations during the Korean War
Published fifty years after America’s first clash with communism, this highly readable book presents the most authoritative and comprehensive recounting to date of the secret UN war fought deep behind communist lines.
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