SBD Dauntless: Douglas's US Navy and Marine Corps Dive-Bomber in World War II, Hardcover - David Doyle

DescriptionThe Douglas Dauntless was the US Navy's frontline dive-bomber in the early days of WWII. Even after the larger and more powerful Helldiv...

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

DescriptionAmong the iconic aircraft of World War II, the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt not only was physically the biggest single-engine fighter, it a...

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

DescriptionThis first of two volumes presents the P-38 story by focusing on the early models of this historic fighter--XP-38 through P-38H. Each ty...

This book documents the development and production of the M4A1 through its many variations, as well as its combat use around the globe. Produced by...

DescriptionAlthough bombed at Pearl Harbor, USS Tennessee was back to sea before the year was over. The crew of the resilient warship fought from A...

The M4A4, also known as the Sherman V, with its unusual 30-cylinder Multibank engine, was the type of Sherman most widely used by Commonwealth forc...

DescriptionThe Stuart light tanks were the first tanks taken into combat by US troops during WWII. Production of these vehicles can be broken into ...

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was not only the largest and most advanced US aircraft to see combat in World War II, it was also the most expensive ...

DescriptionThis second of two volumes continues the P-38 story by focusing on the later, mass-produced models of this historic fighter--P-38J throu...

DescriptionThe B-24 Liberator remains to this day the world's most-produced heavy bomber and multi-engine aircraft, and the most produced military ...

DescriptionVolume 2 on the famed Sherman medium tank covers the welded-hull, radial-engine-equipped M4 and documents its development and production...

DescriptionThe North American P-51 Mustang remains one of the most famous and recognizable aircraft in the world to this day. Nimble and fast--qual...

DescriptionThe Avro Lancaster was the Royal Air Force's main four-engine bomber in World War II. Its superb design, overall performance, and load-c...

DescriptionThe United States Marine Corps was one of the phenomena of the Second World War. Greatly expanded from its prewar order of battle of sca...

Germany's Tiger tank, whether in the form of the Tiger I or later Tiger II (King Tiger), was the most feared tank of WWII. Despite production total...

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing LtdAuthor(s): David DoyleIllustration(s): 200+ colour & b/w photosNumber of pages: 128Publication date: 2021Dimensio...

DescriptionThe M24 Chaffee was the finest light tank developed by the US during WWII. This tank was developed by Cadillac, which, along with farm e...

DescriptionEven today, almost eighty years after its first flight, the North American P-51 Mustang remains one of the most famous and recognizable ...

Reducere. DescriptionBetween the First and Second World Wars, the U.S. Navy used the experience it had gained in battle to prepare for future wars through si...

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing LtdAuthor(s): Ron MackayIllustration(s): colour photosNumber of pages: 112Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 235 x 23...

Reducere. Although far from the front lines of war, the people of Idaho contributed to the US effort in World War II in myriad ways. Entrepreneurs perfected ...

DescriptionNo less than Dwight Eisenhower described Andrew Jackson Higgins as "the man who won the war for us, " referring to the landing craft he ...

Reducere. The most comprehensive study ever produced on maritime survival and rescue equipment used by the U.S. Army Air Forces and US Navy and Marine Corps ...

Reducere. The most comprehensive study ever produced on maritime survival and rescue equipment used by the U.S. Army Air Forces and US Navy and Marine Corps ...

Reducere. The small, tightknit island community of Martha's Vineyard was irrevocably transformed by World War II. From rationing and blackouts to a military ...

Reducere. Merriam Press World War 2 Memoir SeriesFrom enlistment in 1942, through cadet aviation training, joining VBF-12/Air Group 12 as a SB2C Helldiver pi...

The USMC saw some of the bitterest fighting of WW2 in the long Pacific campaign. This is a superb resume of the USMC's achievements against a fanat...

Reducere. During World War II, the city of Evansville manufactured vast amounts of armaments that were vital to the Allied victory. The Evansville Ordnance P...

DescriptionEverything changed on the morning of December 7, 1941, and life in San Francisco was no exception. Flush with excitement and tourism in ...

Adopted by the German Wehrmacht at the end of 1939, more than 1.2 million P.38s were manufactured up to 1945. Designed by the Walther company from ...