Dirty Eddie's War, 20: Based on the World War II Diary of Harry "Dirty Eddie" March, Jr., Pacific Fighter Ace, Hardcover - Lee Cook

Reducere. Dirty Eddie's War is the true account of the war-time experiences of Harry Andrew March, Jr., captured by way of diary entries addressed to his bel...

Publisher: Wildside PressAuthor(s): Francis A MarchIllustration(s): black & white illustrationsNumber of pages: 260Publication date: 2008Dimensions...

Reducere. Flying P-38s, Jerry Johnson shot down 24 aircraft in 265 combat missions in the Pacific theater. At the age of only twenty-four, he commanded the h...

Reducere. The first US offensive of World War II began with no fanfare early on August 7, 1942. But, before it ended six months later with the first US land ...

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers IncAuthor(s): Elise HooperNumber of pages: 384Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 134 x 201 x 27Cover type: Paper...

Reducere. The decades of the 1960's and 1970's were turbulent years in the history of the California Department of Corrections. During these years prisons al...

DescriptionThis first of two volumes on de Havilland's "Wooden Wonder" covers the night-fighter and fighter-bomber variants of the deadly Mosquito....

Reducere. The parents of James Leininger were first puzzled and then disturbed when their two-year-old son began screaming out chilling phrases during recurr...

The World War II fighter-pilot story On the very first day of the invasion of Sicily, three months into his combat career, Allan Knepper flew his P...

James Leininger was just two years old when he began having disturbing nightmares that would not stop. He screamed out in the night: 'Plane on fire...

Offers an account of the closing stages of the war against Japan, victory being due to the contribution of the British Pacific Fleet. This book is ...

*A NATIONAL BESTSELLER!* The New York Post calls The Last Fighter Pilot a "must-read" book. From April to August of 1945, Captain Jerry Yellin and ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Robert S. JohnsonAuthor: Martin CaidinThunderbolt , first published in 1958, is the memoir of Robert S. Johnson, one of the...

Reducere. As a young intelligence officer stationed in Naples following its liberation from Nazi forces, Norman Lewis recorded the lives of a proud and vibra...

DescriptionThe Grumman F6F Hellcat formed the backbone of America's carrier-based fighter force as the Allies pressed the war toward Japan. Powered...

Reducere. DescriptionIn December 1943 the newly formed 359th Fighter Group flew its first mission in the European Theater of Operations. Twenty-two months la...

DescriptionDuring the first 10 months of the war in the Pacific, Japan achieved air supremacy with its carrier and land-based forces. After major s...

Reducere. Harry L. Runyan served the United States as an engineering officer during World War II. Supported by award-winning historian and author John V. Qua...

Reducere. New York Times Bestseller: A "virtually faultless" account of the last weeks of WWII in the Pacific from both Japanese and American perspectives (T...

Reducere. I fought like mad as the Japanese stormed down the hill yelling "Malians you die, Malians you die." I emptied my rifle magazine, twice. Out of ammo...

Reducere. Under one cover, an edited collection of the best works by noted military historians on the importance of military logistics in World War II. *** P...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Last Corpsman, chronicles the life of John I. Unger from his birth in Austria in 1920, his immigration to the US, joining the Navy, ...

Reducere. "A brisk and compelling game changer for the historiography of the Pacific Theater in World War II." - ReviewerAn enlightening glimpse into nine ba...

Publisher: W Foulsham & Co LtdAuthor(s): Harry LudlamNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2010Dimensions: 198 x 127 x 17Cover type: Paperback / so...

The only authorised biography of the number one Battle of Britain ace, who had lost both legs pre-war. Publication marks the 100th anniversary of B...

Reducere. DescriptionThe telephone rings on the hospital floor, and they tell you it is your mother, the phone call you have been dreading. You've lost part ...

This study provides a broad examination of historical memory of World War II. Focusing on the Asia Pacific region, the contributors analyze how the...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. This is a fascinating new account of how diplomacy and politics gave way to military strategy and warfare in the Pacific. Presenting previously unp...

Reducere. In December 1941, the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor plunges the United States into war. Fresh from the hardscrabble mountains of Appalachia, Deac...

During World War II, some 10, 000 American bombers and fighters were shot down over Europe. Of the crews aboard, 26, 000 men were killed, while 30,...

Reducere. On February 19, 1945, nearly 70, 000 American marines invaded a tiny volcanic island in the Pacific. Over the next thirty-five days, approximately ...

While initally labeled as a troublesome aircraft, the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver went on to be noted for striking more Japanese targets than any other ...

Reducere. For more than a decade, Paul Kitagaki Jr. has been reliving the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. More than 110, 000 ethnic ...

DescriptionThe American Provisional Tank Group had been in the Philippines only three weeks when the Japanese attacked the islands hours after the ...