De Havilland Comet ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.79/5 (13) The world got a little smaller in July 1949 when the first jet-powered airliner took to the skies barely four years after the end of the Second World War. Not only was th... Verifica stoc
American Airlines' Secret War in China: Project Seven Alpha, WWII ♡ 24 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.82/5 n late 1941, President Roosevelt agonized over the rapid advances of the Japanese forces in Asia they seemed unstoppable. He foresaw their intentions of taking
Soldiering On ♡ 20 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 The first and only book that covers the whole range of British ex-servicemen's experiences in the interwar period in a single volume
The Reluctant Nazi Searching For My Grandfather ♡ 21 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 After her father, a fighter pilot in the Luftwaffe, was killed during a mission over the south coast of England, Gabrielle Robinson found a loving
Empire and the Bomb ♡ 21 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 The United States is the only country to have dropped the atomic bomb. Since the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, every U.S. president has threatened
Missing ♡ 21 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 In May 1918, Angela and Leopold Mond received a knock on the front door. It was the postman and he was delivering the letter every
Til the Boys Come Home ♡ 16 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.80/5 Ever since the signing of the Armistice in 1918, theatre has played an important part in reflecting the experience of the 'war to end all
Supporting Tunnelling Operations in the Great War ♡ 16 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.80/5 Few soldiers on the Western Front had heard of the Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company, even after it had been renamed the
Britain 1940 ♡ 20 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 ON New Year's Day 1940, the people of Britain looked back on the first four months of the Second World War with a sort of
A Passion for Flying: 8,000 hours of RAF Flying ♡ 28 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.83/5 Group Captain Tom Eeles served in the RAF for 44 years and totaled over 8000 hours of flying in twenty-eight different aircraft types. Tom entered
RAF Night Operations (Voices in Flight), Hardcover-Martin Bowman ♡ 21 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.81/5 The Navy can lose us in the war, but only the Air Force can win it. Therefore our supreme effort must be to gain overwhelming
M48 Patton: American Post-war Main Battle Tank ♡ 18 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.80/5 Archive photos of the M48 in service and extensively researched colour profile illustrations depict the tank throughout its operational life. A large part of the
Reichstag Fire ♡ 17 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.80/5 The Reichstag fire on February 27, 1933 arguably marked the true start of the Third Reich. The attack was used by the Nazis to consolidate
Arnhem ♡ 15 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.80/5 'Ammunition exhausted ... God Save the King.'THE greatest airborne operation in history commenced on 17 September 1944. Nine days later, nearly four out of five
Fifty Years of Flying Fun ♡ 23 29 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.82/5 Fifty Years of Flying Fun covers, in a roughly chronological order, over fifty continuous years of flying. This ranges from joining the RAF in 1962,
TANK RIDER: Into the Reich With the Red Army ♡ 20 28 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.82/5 The climax of Operation Citadel, the Battle of Kursk in the summer of 1943 involved as many as 6,000 tanks, 4,000 aircraft and 2 million
X Platoon ♡ 18 25 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.84/5 For three decades one of the most secretive units in the British military has been a mystery force known as X Platoon. Officially there was
Bomb Hunters ♡ 13 25 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.83/5 Dangermen is the story of the British Army's bomb disposal experts - an elite force of men, and some women, who every day, face death
Harrier: The V/Stol Warrior ♡ 19 25 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.84/5 As the world's first 'jump jet' warplane, the Harrier has earned an outstanding reputation as both a fighter and an attack aircraft. This book is
The Killing School ♡ 21 34 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.77/5 The Killing School brings readers inside the Naval Special Warfare (SEAL) Scout/Sniper Course - the gruelling three-month training program that produces the world's dea...
Cameras, Combat and Courage ♡ 20 38 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.73/5 What was it like to be a military combat photographer in the most photographed war in history - the Vietnam War? 'Cameras, Combat, and Courage',
Somme 1916 ♡ 18 39 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.72/5 Gerald Gliddon's classic survey of the Somme battlefield in 1916, first published in 1987 to great acclaim, has been greatly expanded and updated to include
Great War Tommy ♡ 30 39 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.75/5 The Great War continues to fascinate, and never more so as we approach 2014, the centenary year of its outbreak. There is an abiding fascination
Aisne 1914 ♡ 26 39 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.74/5 The Battle of the Aisne fought in September 1914 introduced a new and savage mode of warfare to the soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force,
Special Forces ♡ 24 39 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.74/5 Acest ghid militar de referință oferă informații detaliate despre forțele militare de elită, forțele speciale și de poliție de top din lume. Cu peste 400
Guns of the Elite Forces ♡ 24 39 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.74/5 Guns of the Elite Forces provides a penetrating account of the weapons that elite fighting troops carry into combat. Such elites have always existed in
Motor Gun Boat Manual ♡ 23 39 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.73/5 The centrepiece of this manual is MGB 81, a combat veteran that saw repeated action between 1942 and 1945 in the North Sea and English
The Fighter Pilot's Handbook ♡ 20 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 In the early days of flight, no one imagined the airplane as a weapon of war. Inevitably, World War I proved the catalyst that was
Victoria Cross at Sea ♡ 21 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Naval Victoria Crosses (VCs) have been awarded to deserving service members in places as far apart in time and distance as the Baltic in 1854
Victoria Crosses on the Western Front ♡ 21 39 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.73/5 In the past, while visiting the First World War battlefields, the author often wondered where the various Victoria Cross actions took place. He resolved to
Special Forces ♡ 22 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 This fascinating book provides a thorough insight to the world's special forces, including US Navy SEALS, British SAS and Russian GRU Spetsnaz, and many more.
The Real X-Men: The Heroic Story of the Underwater War 1942 1945 ♡ 21 39 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.73/5 The thrilling and true story of the development and operational deployment of human torpedoes - 'Chariots' - and 'X-craft' midget submarines in British naval service
Hunter Boys ♡ 25 39 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.74/5 From the highly successful author of Lightning Boys and Lightning Boys 2, Richard Pike, comes a welcome addition to the ïBoysÍ series, Hunter Boys. A
Battleships, Buses and Bombers ♡ 21 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 This engaging account introduces readers to a remarkable range of transportation firsts and other related developments that occurred within the Lea Valley region of L...
Blood Papa ♡ 20 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 'In Rwanda from April to June 1994, 800,000 Tutsis were slaughtered by their Hutu neighbors in the largest and swiftest genocide since World War II.
Fate Is The Hunter ♡ 21 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Fate Is The Hunter is a fascinating and thrilling account of some of the more memorable experiences Ernest K Gann had in the air. He's
Commando Memoires (Paperback), John Durnford-Slater ♡ 18 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 Commando is the real and exciting story of one of the most important units of World War II. The Commando unit played an important role
Elite fighting units ♡ 21 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Daring missions, covert operations, and the dark secrets of world’s bravest elite fighting units are revealed by the gripping stories of their special operations througho...
12 Strong: The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers ♡ 19 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 THE DECLASSIFIED TRUE STORY OF THE HORSE SOLDIERS. This is the dramatic account of a small band of Special Forces soldiers who entered Afghanistan immediately
Hunting Hitler's Nukes: The Secret Mission to Sabotage Hitler's Deadliest Weapon ♡ 27 39 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.74/5 'You couldn't make these stories up: yet they're true, and Lewis does the memory of these extraordinary men full justice in a tale that is
Game of Birds and Wolves ♡ 25 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 In the first week of 1942 a group of unlikely heroes - a retired naval captain and a clutch of brilliant young women - gather
The Vulcan Story ♡ 22 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 The RAF's mighty delta-wing Vulcan jet bomber is an enduring image of the Cold War era. A cornerstone of Britain's nuclear deterrent, it was later
Star Wars ♡ 19 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 Arată cum tehnologia spațială este folosită de către armata SUA pentru a crea și controla un război preventiv fără sfârșit. Shows how space technology is
And Some Fell on Stony Ground ♡ 19 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 In June 1941, Flight Sergeant Leslie Mann, a tail gunner in a British bomber, was shot down over Germany and taken into captivity. After the
Operation Market Garden Paratroopers Vol. 3 ♡ 21 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Transport items of Polish (British) paratroopers shown in the detailed photos. Largely overlooked in other histories of parachute troops, the Polish unit differed in man...
Operation Jihadi Bride ♡ 19 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 A thrilling and highly newsworthy military adventure in the burning rubble of Islamic State. Would you turn your back on a teenage Jihadi bride and
Devil's Trap ♡ 22 39 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.73/5 The Indian Rebellion of 1857-58 was the most ferocious explosion of violence in the history of the British Empire. It tested Britain's colonial resources to
With Their Bare Hands ♡ 20 39 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.73/5 A groundbreaking new narrative history that examines the never-before-told story of one of the most devastating battles of American involvement in World War I--the battle...
Signaller's War ♡ 17 39 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.72/5 As the First World War roared into its second year, 17-year-old Lawrence Ellis marched into his recruitment office and signed up, eager to fight for
Gun Baby Gun: A Bloody Journey into the World of the Gun ♡ 18 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 This book is Short-listed For The CWA Non Fiction Dagger. 'A brilliantly researched journey, capturing the gun's strangely accepted place in human life and, far
WK275 ♡ 22 39 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.73/5 WK275 is a unique historic airframe and the only Supermarine Swift F4 left in the world. The aircraft spent 46 years outside an army surplus
The QM2 Story ♡ 19 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 Queen Mary 2 was constructed in 2004 to great fanfare—the largest, longest, grandest, and most expensive ocean liner ever built. She overtook the beloved QE2
Guns the Right Way: Introducing Kids to Firearm Safety and Shooting ♡ 20 17 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 Indiferent de vârstă, fiecare copil poate beneficia de învățarea despre siguranța armelor. Indiferent dacă doriți să vă introduceți copilul în arme de foc pentru vânătoa...
The Second Most Powerful Man in the World ♡ 18 17 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 The life of Franklin Roosevelt's most trusted and powerful advisor, Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief 'Fascinating... greatly enriches o...
The Unexpected Spy ♡ 20 17 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 A highly entertaining account of a young woman who went straight from her college sorority to the CIA, where she hunted terrorists and WMDs 'A
The Night Air War (Voices in Flight), Martin Bowman ♡ 16 17 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Of the 7,953 Bomber Command aircraft lost on night operations during the Second World War, an estimated 5,833 fell victim to Luftwaffe night fighters. In
Dust to dust ♡ 18 17 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 A U.S. Marine who served two combat tours in Iraq, an actor on 'The Wire,' and son of novelist Frederick Busch reflects on his childhood
Royal Navy Officer S Jutland Pocket-Manual 1916 ♡ 16 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 Published in the months leading up to the Battle of Jutland, W.M. James' New Battleship Organisations, was the ultimate guide to command and organization of
AMX30 Main Battle Tank Enthusiasts' Manual ♡ 21 49 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.65/5 The AMX30 was considerably lighter than its Anglo-Saxon contemporaries with a combat weight of 36 tonnes (hence its designation of AMX30). Again, unlike its NATO
de Havilland Comet Manual 1949-97 ♡ 31 49 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.67/5 Launched amid a blaze of British pride and technology, the beautiful de Havilland Comet was the world's first jet airliner. Its inaugural passenger-carrying flight in
ULTIMATE POWER- THE HISTORY OF MILITARY AIRCRAFT ♡ 19 49 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.64/5 Since the dawn of aerial combat from the earliest days over the battlefields of World War One, armed forces have competed to develop technologically superior