Soviet Wings
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Soviet Wings
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Author : Alexander M. Dzhus
language : en
Publisher: London ; Greenhill Books ; Novato, Calif. : Presidio Press
Release Date : 1991
Soviet Wings written by Alexander M. Dzhus and has been published by London ; Greenhill Books ; Novato, Calif. : Presidio Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with History categories.
Soviet Wings
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Author : Alexander M. Dzhus
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Soviet Wings written by Alexander M. Dzhus and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Airplanes, Military categories.
Red Wings Over The Yalu
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Author : Xiaoming Zhang
language : en
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Release Date : 2002
Red Wings Over The Yalu written by Xiaoming Zhang and has been published by Texas A&M University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
The Korean conflict was a pivotal event in China's modern military history. The fighting in Korea constituted an important experience for the newly formed People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), not only as a test case for this fledgling service but also in the later development of Chinese air power. Xiaoming Zhang fills the gaps in the history of this conflict by basing his research in recently declassified Chinese and Russian archival materials. He also relies on interviews with Chinese participants in the air war over Korea. Zhang's findings challenge conventional wisdom as he compares kill ratios and performance by all sides involved in the war. Zhang also addresses the broader issues of the Korean War, such as how air power affected Beijing's decision to intervene. He touches on ground operations and truce negotiations during the conflict. Chinese leaders placed great emphasis on the supremacy of human will over modern weaponry, but they were far from oblivious to the advantages of the latter and to China's technological limitations. Developments in China's own air power were critical during this era. Zhang offers considerable materials on the training of Chinese aviators and the Soviet role in that training, on Soviet and Chinese air operations in Korea, and on diplomatic exchanges over Soviet military assistance to China. He probes the impact of the war on China's conception of the role of air power, arguing that it was not until the Gulf War of the early 1990s that Chinese leaders engaged in a broad reassessment of the strategy they adopted during the Korean War. Military historians and scholars interested in aviation and foreign affairs will find this volume of special interest. As a unique work that presents the Chinese point of view, it stands as both a complement and a corrective to previous accounts of the conflict. Xiaoming Zhang earned his Ph.D. in history at the University of Iowa in 1994. He has had works published in various journals, including the Journal of Military History, which has twice selected him to receive the Moncado Prize for excellence in the writing of military history. Zhang currently resides in Montgomery, Alabama, where he teaches at the Air War College. Zhang's study is masterful in placing the Chinese air war in Korea in the context of China's development in the twentieth century. In addition to providing important new evidence on China's role in the Korean War, Zhang offers a particularly noteworthy analysis of Sino-Soviet relations during the early 1950s. William Stueck, Distinguished Research Professor of History, University of Georgia; author of The Korean War: An International History (1995) and Rethinking the Korean War: A New Diplomatic and Strategic History (2002)
Cold War On Ice
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Author : John G. Robertson
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2023-10-18
Cold War On Ice written by John G. Robertson and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-18 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Between December 28, 1975, and January 11, 1976, a groundbreaking hockey event took place: Super Series '76. Eight National Hockey League clubs each hosted a single exhibition game against one of two touring teams from the USSR: Central Red Army or Wings of the Soviet. Officially nothing was at stake, but serious hockey fans realized that a Cold War clash of political ideologies was occurring on North American ice surfaces. The top pro teams would finally meet the best "amateurs" from the Soviet Elite League. The reputations of the NHL and Soviet hockey were both on the line. Canadians already knew how strong the Soviets were, based on the eye-opening experiences of both countries' hockey stars in the 1972 and 1974 Summit Series. For many Americans, however, the talents of the exotic, Eastern Bloc visitors provided a stunning revelation. This book outlines the history of the intense Canada-USSR hockey rivalry that preceded Super Series '76 and then focuses on those eight captivating games in New York, Pittsburgh, Montreal, Buffalo, Boston, Chicago, Long Island and Philadelphia. Two of these contests are still widely discussed today for vastly different reasons. One may have been the greatest hockey game ever played.
Hockey Night In Canada Junior
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Author : Martin Avery
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2011
Hockey Night In Canada Junior written by Martin Avery and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with categories.
If We Had Wings We Would Fly To You
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Author : Kiril Feferman
language : en
Publisher: Academic Studies PRess
Release Date : 2020-06-16
If We Had Wings We Would Fly To You written by Kiril Feferman and has been published by Academic Studies PRess this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-16 with History categories.
This is the first work in any language that offers both an overarching exploration of the flight and evacuation of Soviet Jews viewed at the macro level, and a personal history of one Soviet Jewish family. It is also the first study to examine Jewish life in the Northern Caucasus, a Soviet region that history scholars have rarely addressed. Drawing on a collection of family letters, Kiril Feferman provides a history of the Ginsburgs as they debate whether to evacuate their home of Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia and are eventually swept away by the Soviet-German War, the German invasion of Soviet Russia, and the Holocaust. The book makes a significant contribution to the history of the Holocaust and Second World War in the Soviet Union, presenting one Soviet region as an illustration of wartime social and media politics.
Reantasy Montreal
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Author : David Makin
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2015-10-05
Reantasy Montreal written by David Makin and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-05 with Fiction categories.
ReantasyMontreal remembers, reminds and recounts various recollections, events, brief histories and trivia, as seen through the eyes of and experienced by a fictional life lived mostly during the mid-to late nineteen seventies in the city of Montreal. ReantasyMontreal is a story of innocence, personal and sexual growth and a passage from childhood to adulthood during a fondly remembered bygone Montreal era.
Wings Women And War
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Author : Reina Pennington
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Release Date : 2002-01-22
Wings Women And War written by Reina Pennington and has been published by University Press of Kansas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-22 with History categories.
The Soviet Union was the first nation to allow women pilots to fly combat missions. During World War II the Red Air Force formed three all-female units-grouped into separate fighter, dive bomber, and night bomber regiments-while also recruiting other women to fly with mostly male units. Their amazing story, fully recounted for the first time by Reina Pennington, honors a group of fearless and determined women whose exploits have not yet received the recognition they deserve. Pennington chronicles the creation, organization, and leadership of these regiments, as well as the experiences of the pilots, navigators, bomb loaders, mechanics, and others who made up their ranks, all within the context of the Soviet air war on the Eastern Front. These regiments flew a combined total of more than 30,000 combat sorties, produced at least thirty Heroes of the Soviet Union, and included at least two fighter aces. Among their ranks were women like Marina Raskova ("the Soviet Amelia Earhart"), a renowned aviator who persuaded Stalin in 1941 to establish the all-women regiments; the daredevil "night witches" who flew ramshackle biplanes on nocturnal bombing missions over German frontlines; and fighter aces like Liliia Litviak, whose twelve "kills" are largely unknown in the West. She also tells the story of Alexander Gridnev, a fighter pilot twice arrested by the Soviet secret police before he was chosen to command the women's fighter regiment. Pennington draws upon personal interviews and the Soviet archives to detail the recruitment, training, and combat lives of these women. Deftly mixing anecdote with analysis, her work should find a wide readership among scholars and buffs interested in the history of aviation, World War II, or the Russian military, as well as anyone concerned with the contentious debates surrounding military and combat service for women.
Philadelphia Flyers Encyclopedia
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Author : David Sherman
language : en
Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
Release Date : 2003-09
Philadelphia Flyers Encyclopedia written by David Sherman and has been published by Sports Publishing LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-09 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Pittsburgh S Civic Arena Stories From The Igloo
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Author : The Association of Gentleman Pittsburgh Journalists
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2021
Pittsburgh S Civic Arena Stories From The Igloo written by The Association of Gentleman Pittsburgh Journalists and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with History categories.
Lovingly nicknamed the Igloo, the Civic Arena was home to the Pittsburgh Penguins until 2010 and hosted some of the most important sports and entertainment events in Steel City history. During the glorious Mario Lemieux era, the venue hosted four Stanley Cup Finals, including three championship-winning seasons. Muhammad Ali KO'ed Charlie Powell in 1963 there. It was home to Duquesne Basketball in the arena's early days and has hosted some of the University of Pittsburgh's most important basketball games as well. Some of the biggest acts in music history have rocked the Igloo's seats, including Elvis, the Beatles and frequent favorite, Bruce Springsteen. Join local sports and media writers as they recall the greatest moments in Civic Arena's storied history.