US Landing Craft of World War II, Vol. 1: The LCP(L), LCP(R), LCV, LCVP, LCS(L), LCM, and LCI, Hardcover - David Doyle

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

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

The American theater was not ignorant of the developments brought on by World War II, and actively addressed and debated timely, controversial topi...

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

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

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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. London schoolgirl Hettie hears the whispers and sees the worry creeping across her parents' faces. She watches as the windows in her home are black...

DescriptionOn Tuesday, November 17, 1942, aircraft CNAC No. 60 climbed slowly toward the Himalayas, growing smaller and smaller until it finally fa...

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...

Reducere. Volume 2 of the two-volume Chief of Staff examines the history, development, and role of the military chief of staff from World War II through Viet...

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. During World War II, Beaumont and Port Arthur were leaders in oil refining, which literally kept the Allied wheels moving toward victory. The Germa...

Between 1940 and 1945, large numbers of trucks of all categories were delivered to the U.S. Army by the Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors....

DescriptionPreserved today as a museum in her namesake state, the battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62) saw combat during WWII and the Korean War and w...

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...

Reducere. Volume 1 of the two-volume Chief of Staff examines the history, development, and role of the military duty position of chief of staff in the ninete...