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Author | : Anthony Tucker-Jones |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | : 9781473861626 |
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* A selection of over 150 rare wartime photographs of the Luftwaffe and the Red Air Force * Previously unpublished photographs of Soviet and German warplanes in action * Concise narrative history of the struggle in the air over the Eastern Front * Covers the transport and reconnaissance aircraft as well as the fighters and bombers
Author | : Anthony Tucker-Jones |
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Release | : 2016 |
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Author | : Anthony Tucker-Jones |
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Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : HISTORY |
ISBN | : 9781473861633 |
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Author | : Anthony Tucker-Jones |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 2016-07-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1473861640 |
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This lavishly illustrated WWII history examines the bitter aerial combat of the Eastern Front through rare wartime photographs and informative text. Though the air war was a major aspect of the Eastern Front conflict, it has long been neglected by historians. Anthony Tucker-Jones’s photographic history offers a vividly detailed introduction to the subject. With more than 150 archival images—most of which have never been published before—this volume examines Stalin’s Red Air Force and Hitlers Luftwaffe, their equipment, and the role they played in supporting the war on the ground. Just before Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union, Stalin had decimated the leadership of the Red Air Force in a series of purges. Thousands of Russian fighter aircraft were swiftly destroyed in the German Blitzkrieg. But a remarkable recovery followed as the Red Air Force turned the tide against the ravages of the Luftwaffe to wrestle back air superiority by 1944.
Author | : Christer Bergström |
Publisher | : Motorbooks International |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2001-08 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | : 9780935553512 |
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Rare Russian photos of the air war during the winters of 1941 and 1942.
Author | : E. R. Hooton |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2016-10-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1472815637 |
Download War over the Steppes Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The air war over the Steppes was more than a brutal clash in which might alone triumphed. It was a conflict that saw tactical and technological innovation as the Soviet air force faced off against Herman Göring's Luftwaffe. As Germany and the Soviet Union battled for victory on the Eastern Front they had to overcome significant strategic and industrial problems, as well as fighting against the extreme weather conditions of the East. These factors combined with the huge array of aircraft used on the Eastern Front to create one of the most compelling conflicts of the war. Told primarily from the strategic and command perspective, this account offers a detailed analysis of this oft-overlooked air war, tracing the clashes between Germany and the Soviet Union over the course of World War II. Historical photographs complement the examination as author E. R. Hooton explores these epic aerial battles between the Third Reich and the Soviet Union.
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Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : HISTORY |
ISBN | : 9781473880337 |
Download German Army on the Eastern Front - The Retreat 1943-1945: Rare Photographs From Wartime Archives Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : Anthony Tucker-Jones |
Publisher | : Pen & Sword Military |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | : 9781526711083 |
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The war in air over North Africa and the Mediterranean during the Second World War has long been overshadowed by the battle on the ground. Between 1940 and 1943 Italy's Regia Aeronautica and then Germany's Luftwaffe waged a concerted aerial campaign against the British, yet apart from the bitter fight for Malta, this aspect of the conflict is rarely given the attention it deserves. Anthony Tucker-Jones, in this vivid photographic history, provides a fascinating introduction to it. The wartime photographs, and the concise text, cover the entire course of the struggle in the air. The Regia Aeronautica at first met weak British opposition when Mussolini launched his ill-advised offensive against British-controlled Egypt, but the obsolete Italian aircraft proved to be no match for the Allied fighters once the strength of the Royal Air Force built up. Then, when Hitler stepped in to help his hapless ally, the aerial struggle intensified, and the air forces of both sides were locked in deadly combat in the skies over Egypt, Libya, the Mediterranean and Tunisia. The wide range of Italian, British, German and American aircraft involved, the air and ground crews from all sides, and the conditions in which they operated and fought are all shown in this varied selection of photographs.
Author | : Ian Baxter |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword Military |
Total Pages | : 191 |
Release | : 2022-01-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1399090046 |
Download Waffen-SS Armour on the Eastern Front, 1941–1945 Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
An illustrated history of Nazi Germany’s Panzer units along the Eastern Front during World War II. Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union, codename Operation Barbarossa, was arguably the pivotal moment of the Second World War. Initially the onslaught was staggeringly successful with, as the superb contemporary images in this book show, Waffen-SS armored divisions leading the charge. But the Nazis had underestimated the Russians’ determination to defend their homeland and the logistical problems compounded by the extreme winter weather conditions. After early victories such as the recapture of Kharkov in early 1943 and the Kursk offensive, commanders and crews of armored vehicles such as Pz.Kpfw.I, II, III, IV, Panther, Tiger, King Tiger, assault and self-propelled guns had to adapt their tactics and equipment to what became a desperate defensive withdrawal eventually back across a scarred and devastated Eastern Front. Even during the last months of the war as the Panzers withdrew through Poland and into the Reich, these exhausted elite units, broken down into small battle groups or Kampfgruppen, fought to the bitter end. With authoritative text supported by a plethora of rare fully captioned photographs, this classic Images of War book informs and inspires the reader revealing the key role played by Waffen-SS Panzer units in this most bitter campaign.
Author | : Stephen G. Fritz |
Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages | : 609 |
Release | : 2011-10-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0813140501 |
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On June 22, 1941, Germany launched the greatest land assault in history on the Soviet Union, an attack that Adolf Hitler deemed crucial to ensure German economic and political survival. As the key theater of the war for the Germans, the eastern front consumed enormous levels of resources and accounted for 75 percent of all German casualties. Despite the significance of this campaign to Germany and to the war as a whole, few English-language publications of the last thirty-five years have addressed these pivotal events. In Ostkrieg: Hitler's War of Extermination in the East, Stephen G. Fritz bridges the gap in scholarship by incorporating historical research from the last several decades into an accessible, comprehensive, and coherent narrative. His analysis of the Russo-German War from a German perspective covers all aspects of the eastern front, demonstrating the interrelation of military events, economic policy, resource exploitation, and racial policy that first motivated the invasion. This in-depth account challenges accepted notions about World War II and promotes greater understanding of a topic that has been neglected by historians.