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Arctic Convoys 1942 - The Luftwaffe Cuts Russia's Lifeline by Mark Lardas; Adam Tooby (Illustrator)
33.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Air Campaign Ser.
A new history of the most crucial few months of the Arctic Convoys, when Germany's air power forced the Allies to retreat to the cover of winter. Between spring and autumn 1942, Germany was winning the battle of the Arctic Convoys. Half of PQ-15 was sunk in May, PQ-17 was virtually obliterated in July, ...Show more
Battle of Berlin 1943-44 - Bomber Harris' Gamble to End the War by Richard Worrall; Graham Turner (Illustrator)
35.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Air Campaign Ser.
This illustrated study explores, in detail, the controversial Battle of Berlin -- RAF Bomber Command's costly, brutal attempt to prove that strategic bombing alone could bring an end to World War II. Throughout late-1943 into early-1944, an epic struggle raged over the skies of Germany between RAF Bomb ...Show more
"Big Week" 1944: Operation Argument and the breaking of the Jagdwaffe by Douglas C. Dildy
33.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Air Campaign Ser.
A rigorous new analysis of America's legendary 'Big Week' air campaign which enabled the Allies to gain air superiority before D-Day.The USAAF's mighty World War II bomber forces were designed for unescorted, precision daylight bombing, but no-one foresaw the devastation that German radar-directed inter ...Show more
Bloody April 1917 - The Birth of Modern Air Power by James S. Corum; Graham Turner (Illustrator)
35.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Air Campaign Ser.
The air campaign that supported the Anglo-French 1917 spring offensive became known as 'Bloody April' for its human cost. But it was also a turning point in air power history: not only was it the first air campaign to be fought in a modern, integrated style, but the Allies' death toll spurred dramatic c ...Show more
D-Day 1944 - The Deadly Failure of Allied Heavy Bombing on June 6 by Stephen A. Bourque; Edouard A. Groult (Illustrator)
33.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Air Campaign Ser.
An illustrated study of the little-known history of the failed Allied bombing campaign designed to shatter German defenses on D-Day. D-Day is one of the most written-about events in military history. One aspect of the invasion, however, continues to be ignored: the massive pre-assault bombardment by the ...Show more
Eastern Front 1945 - Triumph of the Soviet Air Force by William E. Hiestand; Jim Laurier (Illustrator)
38.99 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Air Campaign Ser.
A detailed, illustrated account of the air campaign that accompanied the Red Army's final push towards Berlin, in which massed Soviet air power defeated the Luftwaffe's high-tech Me 262 jets and Mistel exploding drones. The last months of World War II on the Eastern Front saw a ferocious fight between t ...Show more
Holland 1940 - The Luftwaffe's First Setback in the West by Ryan K. Noppen; Adam Tooby (Illustrator)
33.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Air Campaign Ser.
The German invasion of the Netherlands was meant to be a lightning-fast surgical strike, aimed at shoring up the right flank of the assault on France and Belgium. With a bold plan based largely on Luftwaffe air power, air-landing troops, and the biggest airborne assault yet seen, a Dutch surrender was e ...Show more
Legion Condor 1936-39 - The Luftwaffe Develops Blitzkrieg in the Spanish Civil War by James S. Corum; Graham Turner (Illustrator)
35.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Air Campaign Ser.
An expert account of Nazi Germany's air war during the Spanish Civil War, where air power turned the tide for Franco and taught the Luftwaffe how to wage Blitzkrieg. The bombing of Guernica has become a symbol of Nazi involvement in the Spanish Civil War, but the extent of the German commitment is o ...Show more
Malaya and Dutch East Indies 1941-42 - Japan's Air Power Shocks the World by Mark Stille; Jim Laurier (Illustrator)
35.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Air Campaign Ser.
Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 was quickly followed by a rapid invasion of Malaya, a plan based entirely on the decisive use of its airpower. While the British was inadequately prepared, they likewise relied on the RAF to defend their colony. The campaign was a short match between Japanese airpo ...Show more
Rabaul 1943–44 Reducing Japan's great island fortress by Mark Lardas
35.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Air Campaign Ser.
In 1942, the massive Japanese naval base and airfield at Rabaul was a fortress standing in the Allies' path to Tokyo. It was impossible to seize Rabaul, or starve the 100,000-strong garrison out. Instead the US began an innovative, hard-fought two-year air campaign to draw its teeth, and allow them to b ...Show more
Sink the Tirpitz 1942-44 - The RAF and Fleet Air Arm Duel with Germany's Mighty Battleship by Angus Konstam; Jim Laurier (Illustrator)
35.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Air Campaign Ser.
When Germany invaded the Soviet Union in the summer of 1941, Stalin requested help from the Western Allies. The result was the Arctic Convoys - the opening of a sea route from Britain to Northern Russia, used to supply the Soviets with vitally-needed war materials. This route passed close to German-occu ...Show more
Sinking Force Z 1941 - The Day the Imperial Japanese Navy Killed the Battleship by Angus Konstam; Adam Tooby (Illustrator)
35.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Air Campaign Ser.
A history and analysis of one of the most dramatic moments in both air power and naval history. With the sinking of HMS Prince of Wales and Repulse, no battleship was safe on the open ocean, and the aircraft took its crown as the most powerful maritime weapon. In late 1941, war was looming with Jap ...Show more