The naval battles for Guadalcanal 1942

The battle for Guadalcanal that lasted from August 1942 to February 1943 was the first major American counteroffensive against the Japanese in the ...

Reducere. The Struggle for Guadacanal, August 1942-February 1943, Volume 5 in the series, covers the six major engagements in the waters surrounding Guadalca...

Precise, factual appraisals of each stage of the battles, all of which are placed within its strategic context.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuth...

Reducere. This remarkable memoir tells the compelling story of the near-mythic British district officer who helped shape the first great Allied counteroffens...

Reducere. Recounts the role of the United States in World War II at sea, from encounters in the Atlantic before the country entered the war to the surrender ...

A masterful account of a vital five months in the bloody battle for the Pacific, giving fresh insights into the Guadalcanal and Solomons campaign, ...

A masterful account of a vital four months in the bloody battle for the Pacific, giving fresh insights into the Guadalcanal and Solomons campaign, ...

Reducere. Clash of Fleets is an operational history that records every naval engagement fought between major surface warships during World War I. Much more t...

DescriptionThis new title tells the story of Japan's long-range air campaign to destroy the "Cactus Air Force" on Guadalcanal, why Henderson Field ...

DescriptionFollowing on from his hugely successful book Rising Sun, Falling Skies, Jeffrey R. Cox tells the gripping story of the first Allied offe...

Naval warfare is the unsung hero of ancient Greek military history, often overshadowed by the more glorified land battles. Owen Rees looks to redre...

Reducere. Tribals, Battles and Darings describes the three classes, each designed under different circumstances along destroyer lines but to general-purpose ...

War and Resistance in the Philippines, 1942-1944 repairs the fragmentary and incomplete history of events in the Philippine Islands between the sur...

Reducere. By choice, chance and God's hand, I survived some extremely trying times in the Marine Corps during World War II.I decided not to get mired in the ...

Demonstrates the strategic importance of the Mediterranean Sea through the ages.Illustrations: 20 illustrations

As Anthony Tucker-Jones shows in this highly illustrated, wide-ranging history, for most of the Cold War the tank retained its pre-eminence on the ...

Reducere. This is the first paperback edition of the revisionist work about Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, who won his battles at sea but lost the war of publi...

Controversial reevaluation of one of the Allies' worst defeats at the hands of the Desert Fox, RommelPublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Dav...

Firsthand accounts from young officers and men draw a vivid picture of the war at sea and off the beaches.Publisher: The University Press of Kentuc...

Publisher: Arcturus Publishing LtdAuthor(s): Dr Helen DoeIllustration(s): Hardback with jacketNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2021Dimensions:...

Highly illustrated account of the major naval battles fought in the Atlantic and Mediterranean during the Second World War.Publisher: Pen & Sword B...

Publisher: Infinity Publishing (PA)Author(s): Jason WisniewskiIllustration(s): Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 360Publication date: ...

Reducere. The second part of H. P. Willmott's three-volume history of the war in the Pacific, this work tells how Japan arrived at a situation in which war w...

Reducere. The respected British military historian H. P. Willmott presents the first of a three-volume appraisal of the strategic policies of the countries i...

Highly illustrated account of the major naval battles fought in the Pacific and Far East during the Second World War.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books L...

Most authoritative study ever of the subject, based on thorough and meticulous research. Includes 300 detailed camouflage views in full and accurat...

Reducere. From thunderous broadsides traded between wooden sailing ships on Lake Erie, to the carrier battles of World War II, to the devastating high-tech a...

Reducere. An up-close look at the battles of World War II for kids ages 8 to 12Help kids learn all about World War II--right from the front lines. This fasci...

In 1942 the US War department disributed a handbook to American Servicemen advising them on the peculiarities 'of the British, their country and th...

Latest in what has proved a popular series of publications, this pithy guide captures the essence of Australia and its people, their humour and voc...

Reducere. Are you struggling to inspire your son to read and stay educated? Then keep reading...Maybe he would prefer to spend his time playing first-person ...

Since the US Navy's beginnings, it has created, adapted, rejected, and sometimes grudgingly accepted new technologies. This entry into the Wheel Bo...

A visual record of all the armies involved in the Battle for Burma during the Second World War from the British, American, Chinese, Indian, Burmese...

Things Wilf was worried about before: 1. Lion dentists. 2. Creepy crawlies wearing wigs. 3. Marmite. Things Wilf is worried about now: 4. The most ...

Publisher: Spidling Productions LimitedAuthor(s): John EatonIllustration(s): Colour; ColourNumber of pages: 50Collection: Spid the SpiderPublicatio...

Reducere. As the father of the nuclear powered Navy, Adm. Hyman G. Rickover was a pivotal figure in twentieth-century American history. While many books have...

Reducere. (NAVWEPS 00-80T-80) This textbook presents the elements of applied aerodynamics and aeronautical engineering which relate directly to the problems ...

DescriptionAleutians 1942-43 is the full story of the forgotten battle to liberate American soil from the Japanese during World War II.It is often ...

Publisher: CaneloAuthor(s): Richard HoughNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 128 x 197 x 28Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedesc...

Much has been written of the titanic clashes between the Wehrmacht and the Red Army at Stalingrad, but this volume tells the other, equally importa...