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Uss Wasp Vol Ii
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language : en
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Release Date : 1999-06-15
Uss Wasp Vol Ii written by and has been published by Turner Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-06-15 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
The Aircraft Carrier Uss Wasp Cv 18
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Author : James S. Ferris
language : en
Publisher: Turner
Release Date : 1991
The Aircraft Carrier Uss Wasp Cv 18 written by James S. Ferris and has been published by Turner this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with History categories.
Follow the historic narrative from the laying of the keel of the Mighty Stinger through World War II to its inactivation. Hundreds of photographs taken by U.S. Navy photographers document the action including typhoon encounters & the shooting down of the last kamikaze. This is a reprint of the World War II edition.
Volume Iii U S Navy U S Marine Corps And U S Coast Guard Aircraft Lost During World War Ii Listed By Aircraft Type
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Author : Campbell
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2011-07-25
Volume Iii U S Navy U S Marine Corps And U S Coast Guard Aircraft Lost During World War Ii Listed By Aircraft Type written by Campbell and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-25 with History categories.
During World War II, the U.S. military lost some 35,000 aircraft to enemy action, training incidents, typhoons, aircraft carrier deck mishaps, mechanical failures or just normal wear-and-tear where aircraft were scrapped and used for parts to keep others flying. Many just failed to return from their missions. To date, the 15,069 aircraft represented in this 3-volume set is information initially transferred from hand-written "Aircraft History Cards" and are the total number of U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard aircraft lost between 7 December 1941 and 15 August 1945, and lost outside the continental United States (CONUS). Volume III represents the total number of aircraft lost by their 176 different types and variants and represents the entire database to date. Given the thousands of hours that went into this effort, the author hopes that, as a 3-volume set of reference books, it provides assistance to others who are researching ship, squadron and aircraft histories.
Volume Ii U S Navy U S Marine Corps And U S Coast Guard Aircraft Lost During World War Ii Listed By Squadron
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Author : Campbell
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2011-07-25
Volume Ii U S Navy U S Marine Corps And U S Coast Guard Aircraft Lost During World War Ii Listed By Squadron written by Campbell and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-25 with History categories.
During World War II, the U.S. military lost some 35,000 aircraft to enemy action, training incidents, typhoons, aircraft carrier deck mishaps, mechanical failures or just normal wear-and-tear where aircraft were scrapped and used for parts to keep others flying. Many just failed to return from their missions. To date, the 15,069 aircraft represented in this 3-volume set is information initially transferred from hand-written "Aircraft History Cards" and are the total number of U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard aircraft lost between 7 December 1941 and 15 August 1945, and lost outside the continental United States (CONUS). Volume II represents the information on any aircraft lost that was attached to any of the 713 squadrons listed in the database. Given the thousands of hours that went into this effort, the author hopes that, as a 3-volume set of reference books, it provides assistance to others who are researching ship, squadron and aircraft histories.
Port To Port
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1954
Port To Port written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1954 with Voyages around the world categories.
History Of Alaska Volume Ii
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Author : Jonathan M. Nielson, Ph.D.
language : en
Publisher: Academica Press
Release Date : 2018-03-01
History Of Alaska Volume Ii written by Jonathan M. Nielson, Ph.D. and has been published by Academica Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-01 with History categories.
The most significant military development to touch Alaska during the interwar years was the advent of air power, an innovation that completely altered Alaska's strategic position. Suddenly the world became smaller as areas once thought safely distant from potential enemies became vulnerable. Nowhere was this more evident than in the Pacific, whose countless islands became potential advanced air bases. As air technology improved, the ability of long-range bombers and, by the 1930s, of carrier aircraft, to penetrate American airspace was a development of far reaching significance. While such warnings were largely limited to a handful of air-power advocates their vocal advocacy constituted nothing less than an “insurrection”, a revolution in military thinking fought against entrenched military conservatism, cultural aversion to change, fears of budget cuts, and War Department lethargy. Indeed it was the air power crusader General Billy Mitchell who aggressively fought to convince the War and Navy Departments to embrace the new doctrine of offensive air power. Mitchell came to understand Alaska's strategic importance early on. Consequently, he saw the Aleutians as a vulnerability: if left unguarded Japan could “creep up” and, by establishing air dominance, take Alaska and Canada’s West Coast. But he also saw Alaska as a strategic base from which American planes could “reduce Tokyo to powder.” Prophetically, in 1923 Mitchell forecast precisely the military threat and strategic arguments that would shape military thinking almost twenty years later: “I am thinking of Alaska. In an air war, if we were unprepared Japan could take it away from us, first by dominating the sky and creeping up the Aleutians." By the mid-to late 1930s military and civilian advocates of air power and more visionary strategists were beginning to make their voices heard in Congress and elsewhere, decrying Alaska’s military vulnerability. Between 1933 and 1944 no one was more adamant than Alaska’s Delegate in Congress, Anthony Joseph “Tony” Dimond, who challenged the nation to defend itself by defending Alaska. To Dimond, it seemed poor strategy to fortify one pacific base, Hawaii, while ignoring another, Alaska. Dimond’s campaign was strengthened by passage of the Wilcox Bill, sponsored by Representative J. Mark Wilcox (D-Florida), officially known as the National Air Defense Act. This truly significant legislation authorized the location and construction of military airfields throughout the United States as a general defense preparedness measure. Alaska was recognized as one of the nation’s six strategic regions, and two bases, one at Anchorage, the other at Fairbanks, were recommended in part, “because Alaska was closer to Japan than it is to the center of [the] continental United States.” Fortuitously for Alaska defense advocates, General Douglas MacArthur stepped down as Chief of Staff of the Army and was replaced by Major General Malin Craig in October 1935. Craig and Brigadier General Stanley D. Embick advocated a substantial reconfiguration of Plan Orange arguing that the Philippines presented an invitation to attack and should be “neutralized” in favor defending the “Alaska-Hawaii-Panama Triangle.” Both the Army and Navy were charged with defending Alaska as far west as Dutch Harbor, and the army pledged to mobilize 6,600 troops in Alaska within a month of attack by Japan. In contemplating the defense of Alaska the Army General Staff formulated five priority objectives: first, increase the Alaska garrison; second, establish a major base for Army operations near Anchorage; third, develop a network of air bases within Alaska; fourth, garrison these bases with combat troops; and fifth, protect the naval installations at Sitka, Kodiak, and Dutch Harbor. Alaska was about to go to war.
Artillery Of The Napoleonic Wars Volume Ii
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Author : Kevin Kiley
language : en
Publisher: Frontline Books
Release Date : 2015-06-30
Artillery Of The Napoleonic Wars Volume Ii written by Kevin Kiley and has been published by Frontline Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-30 with History categories.
Napoleon was an artilleryman before he was an emperor. He understood the power and effectiveness of cannon and their ability to pulverise defences, reduce fortresses and destroy attacks. In return, the guns won Napoleon battles. This impressive study chronicles the story of the guns and men during the twenty-three years of almost continuous warfare from 1792_1815: from the battlefields of continental Europe to the almost primitive terrain of North America and of the seas, lakes and rivers that connected them. Detailed technical information is accompanied by vivid descriptions which allow the reader to imagine what it must have been liked to manoeuvre and man the guns in a variety of situations _ whether on the march or on the battlefield. Based on years of research into regulations of the period, eyewitness accounts of artillerymen and material culled from official reports, the scope and depth of material will satisfy the serious researcher, while the lively narrative will appeal to the casual reader.
Marine Corps Aviation Chronolog Volume Ii
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language : en
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Release Date : 1996-09
Marine Corps Aviation Chronolog Volume Ii written by and has been published by Turner Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-09 with Veterans categories.
The Fleet Air Arm In The Second World War Volume Ii 1942 1943
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Author : Ben Jones
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-06-13
The Fleet Air Arm In The Second World War Volume Ii 1942 1943 written by Ben Jones and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-13 with History categories.
This is the second of three volumes covering the transformation of the Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War. As the subtitle of this volume ‘The Fleet Air Arm in Transition’ suggests, the years 1942-1943 marked a stepping stone between the small pre-war cadre operating from a small number of carriers to a naval air arm flying modern aircraft types from a large number of ships and as will be seen in Volume III capable of operating a number of Fleet Carriers in the Pacific Ocean for sustained periods. Whereas the majority of Volume I dealt with operations, this volume has a much more even balance covering planning and policy on the one hand and operations on the other. This reflects the crucial nature of this period as the development and expansion of the Fleet Air Arm gathered pace, whilst an increasingly diverse range of operations took place with those in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic reaching a climax. The reader will gain a clear appreciation of the growing importance, indeed primacy, of the aircraft carrier within the proposals for the future composition of Royal Navy’s surface fleet together with the nature of the Fleet Air Arm’s expansion programmes. Such expansion programmes were hindered by the constraints of aircraft production and the acquisition of sufficient shore facilities for the formation of new squadrons and the continued support of others. Some of the Fleet Air Arm’s most famous operations occurred during these years such as the escort of the ‘Pedestal’ convoy to Malta, air cover for the landings in North Africa, Sicily and at Salerno and the gallant, but ill-fated attack of 825 Squadron during the Channel Dash. The increasing role played by the Fleet Air Arm aircraft operating from Escort Carriers and Merchant Aircraft Carriers in the Battle of the Atlantic during 1943 is also apparent. The documents in this volume will bring to life the difficulties of operating aircraft at sea, the nature of air combat and the complexities involved in expanding an organisation such as the Fleet Air Arm under wartime conditions. As such it will enhance our understanding of the history of the Royal Navy’s air arm during the Second World War.
Monthly Newsletter
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964
Monthly Newsletter written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with categories.