Before The Aircraft Carrier
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Before The Aircraft Carrier
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Author : R. D. Layman
language : en
Publisher: Brassey's
Release Date : 1989
Before The Aircraft Carrier written by R. D. Layman and has been published by Brassey's this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with History categories.
Aircraft Carriers
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Author : Norman Polmar
language : en
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Release Date : 2006-09-01
Aircraft Carriers written by Norman Polmar and has been published by Potomac Books, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-01 with History categories.
Aircraft Carriers is the definitive history of world aircraft carrier development and operations. Norman Polmar’s revised and updated, two-volume classic describes the political and technological factors that influenced aircraft carrier design and construction, meticulously records their operations, and explains their impact on modern warfare. Volume I provides a comprehensive analysis of carrier developments and warfare in the first half of the twentieth century, and examines the advances that allowed the carrier to replace the battleship as the dominant naval weapons system. Polmar gives particular emphasis to carrier operations from World War I, through the Japanese strikes against China in the 1930s, to World War II in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Arctic, and Pacific theaters. It begins with French inventor Clément Ader’s remarkably prescient 1909 description of an aircraft carrier. The book then explains how Britain led the world in the development of aircraft-carrying ships, soon to be followed by the United States and Japan. While ship-based aircraft operations in World War I had limited impact, they foreshadowed the aircraft carriers built in the 1920s and 1930s. The volume also describes the aircraft operating from those ships as well as the commanders who pioneered carrier aviation. Aircraft Carriers has benefited from the technical collaboration of senior carrier experts Captain Eric M. Brown and General Minoru Genda as well as noted historians Robert M. Langdon and Peter B. Mersky. Aircraft Carriers is heavily illustrated with more than 400 photographs—some never before published—and maps. Volume II, which is forthcoming from Potomac Books in the winter 2006-2007 (ISBN 978-1-57488-665-8), will cover the period 1946 to the present.
Aircraft Carriers
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Author : Michael E. Haskew
language : en
Publisher: Zenith Press
Release Date : 2016-02-15
Aircraft Carriers written by Michael E. Haskew and has been published by Zenith Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-15 with History categories.
"An illustrated history of the aircraft carrier, from World War I through World War II, the Cold War, and today"--
Aircraft Carriers
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Author : Norman Polmar
language : en
Publisher: Potomac Books Incorporated
Release Date : 2006-09-30
Aircraft Carriers written by Norman Polmar and has been published by Potomac Books Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-30 with History categories.
Aircraft Carriers is the definitive history of world aircraft carrier development and operations. Norman Polmar's revised and updated, two-volume classic describes the political and technological factors that influenced aircraft carrier design and construction, meticulously records their operations, and explains their impact on modern warfare. Volume I provides a comprehensive analysis of carrier developments and warfare in the first half of the twentieth century, and examines the advances that allowed the carrier to replace the battleship as the dominant naval weapons system. Polmar gives particular emphasis to carrier operations from World War I, through the Japanese strikes against China in the 1930s, to World War II in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Arctic, and Pacific theaters. It begins with French inventor Clément Ader's remarkably prescient 1909 description of an aircraft carrier. The book then explains how Britain led the world in the development of aircraft-carrying ships, soon to be followed by the United States and Japan. While ship-based aircraft operations in World War I had limited impact, they foreshadowed the aircraft carriers built in the 1920s and 1930s. The volume also describes the aircraft operating from those ships as well as the commanders who pioneered carrier aviation. Aircraft Carriers has benefited from the technical collaboration of senior carrier experts Captain Eric M. Brown and General Minoru Genda as well as noted historians Robert M. Langdon and Peter B. Mersky. Aircraft Carriers is heavily illustrated with more than 400 photographs—some never before published—and maps. Volume II, which is forthcoming from Potomac Books in the winter 2006-2007 (ISBN 978-1-57488-665-8), will cover the period 1946 to the present.
The Rise And Fall Of The Aircraft Carrier
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Author : Bernard Ireland
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
The Rise And Fall Of The Aircraft Carrier written by Bernard Ireland and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Aircraft carriers categories.
U S Aircraft Carriers
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Author : Norman Friedman
language : en
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Release Date : 1983
U S Aircraft Carriers written by Norman Friedman and has been published by US Naval Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Aircraft carriers categories.
This companion volume to Friedman's U.S. Destroyers assembles material on the history of the American aircraft carrier from the Langley of 1922 to the controversial nuclear-powered giants. Includes numerous black-and-white photographs and excellent ship plans. ISBN 0-87021-739-9 : $44.95.
The Aircraft Carrier Story
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Author : Guy Robbins
language : en
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Release Date : 2001
The Aircraft Carrier Story written by Guy Robbins and has been published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
The beginnings of the aircraft carrier were difficult. Guy Robbins' detailed history tells of the early days in World War I, when seaplanes had to be lowered from the ship to take off from the sea, and whinched aboard again on their return. These impracticalities led eventually to aircraft that could take off and land from a long, flat deck. The author examines Royal Navy, American, and Japanese progress in career development and strategy through the interwar years, showing how naval powers gradually shifted their thinking to favour the carrier. Together with sharply reported accounts of wartime engagements, both successes and failures, this book offers a valuable account of the most significant weapons platform to have emerged in the mid-20th century.
Carrier Glorious
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Author : John Winton
language : en
Publisher: Sapere Books
Release Date : 2022-03-07
Carrier Glorious written by John Winton and has been published by Sapere Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-07 with categories.
The engrossing but tragic history of the Royal Navy's worst loss of World War Two. Ideal for readers of Jonathan Dimbleby, Max Hastings and Craig L. Symonds. On 8th June 1940, the British aircraft carrier HMS Glorious and her two destroyer escorts HMS Ardent and Acasta were sighted by the German battle cruiser Scharnhorst and her sister ship Gneisenau. In a brutal gun battle that lasted over an hour all British ships were sunk and more than 1500 men lost their lives. Why had Glorious left the main troop convoy to proceed independently? Why was she so lightly protected? Why did British Intelligence give no warning that the German battlecruisers were close by? And why were the survivors left in freezing Arctic waters for three days before being picked up? Official documents do not answer these questions and so John Winton has drawn testimonies from men who served on Glorious in the pre-war days as well as her very few survivors to understand how this ship functioned both before and during the war, what happened on that fateful day and why is there still so much secrecy surrounding this heart-rending event. "Winton paints the best and most complete picture of any carrier of any navy" Naval War College Review Carrier Glorious: The Life and Death of an Aircraft Carrier is an extraordinary history of this ship from her early beginnings as a battle cruiser in the First World War to her conversion into an aircraft carrier and service through the interwar years before uncovering what truly went on in her battle with the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.
Aircraft Carriers
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Author : Richard Humble
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
Aircraft Carriers written by Richard Humble and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Aircraft carriers categories.
Full story of the aircraft-carrier, beginning with the floatplane and deck-landing pioneers of the First World War. Now entering an ominous new chapter in its history, but far from becoming extinct, the carrier may be called upon to perform a more dramatic and influential role than ever before.
Two Block Fox
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Author : Charles M. Melhorn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
Two Block Fox written by Charles M. Melhorn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with History categories.