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The Big Show

Author	: PIERRE. CLOSTERMANN
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 2019-02-21
ISBN	: 9781909269859
Pages	: 258 pages
Rating	: 4.2/5 (698 download)

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Download or read book The Big Show written by PIERRE. CLOSTERMANN and published by . This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'THE BIG SHOW IS AS CLOSE AS YOU'LL EVER GET TO FIGHTING YOUR LIFE FROM THE COCKPIT OF A SPITFIRE OR TYPHOON. PERHAPS MOST VISCERALLY EXCITING BOOK EVER WRITTEN BY A FIGHTER PILOT' Rowland White, Author of Vulcan 607 Pierre Clostermann DFC was one of the oustanding Allied aces of the Second World War. A Frenchman who flew with the RAF, he survived over 420 operational sorties, shooting down scores of enemy aircraft, while friends and comrades lost their lives in the deadly skies above Europe. The Big Show, his extraordinary account of the war has been described as the greatest pilot's memoir of WWII. ' A truly remarkable book ... the most gripping descriptions of aerial combat I have ever read' New York Times 'A thrilling read ... ranks among the finest accounts of war' Guardian 'A magnificent story' Daily Telegraph 'A classic ... gripping, ripping, full of action' Economist 'Vividly captures the spirit of air combat' The Times

The Big Show

Author	: Pierre Clostermann
Publisher	: Phoenix
Release Date	: 1951
ISBN	: 9780304366248
Pages	: 345 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (662 download)

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Download or read book The Big Show written by Pierre Clostermann and published by Phoenix. This book was released on 1951 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When The Big Show was first published, paper rationing meant that the text had to be heavily cut. Now, for the first time, this international bestseller has been returned to its complete, and breathtaking, original state. Pierre Clostermann was a Free French fighter ace who flew with the RAF during the Second World War. Over the course of five years he engaged in hundreds of dog-fights, shot down scores of Luftwaffe planes, escorted American bombers on some of the most dangerous raids of the war, and watched many of his friends falling to their deaths in the skies over the Channel. The Big Show, his incredible account of the air war over Britain and France, has become one of the most famous memoirs of the Second World War. Now in its original state, it contains everything one could wish for in a war memoir: wonderfully observed descriptions of wartime Britain, frighteningly evocative stories of in-the-cockpit action, an amazing cast of characters, and all the drama and bravery of a man fighting a desperate war thousands of feet above the ground. An undeniable classic.

Hawkeye

Author	: Giora Even-Epstein
Publisher	: Grub Street Publishing
Release Date	: 2020-12-11
ISBN	: 1911667653
Pages	: 208 pages
Rating	: 4.9/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Hawkeye written by Giora Even-Epstein and published by Grub Street Publishing. This book was released on 2020-12-11 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than thirty years, Giora Even-Epstein flew fighters for the Israel Air Force, achieving recognition as a highly skilled military aviator and the highest-scoring jet-mounted ace with the most number of confirmed victories in the French Mirage. Having overcome numerous hurdles just to learn how to fly, he went on to compile a record of Arab MiGs and Sukhoi kills that bettered any other combat aviators’ tally in the entire world. This fast-moving autobiography details his experiences particularly in the intense conflicts of 1967, the Six Day War, and 1973, the Yom Kippur War. The reader shares the cockpit with him as he describes every action he undertook with 101 and 105 Squadron, including the greatest jet-versus-jet air battle in history with four MiG-21 kills in one engagement. His final score was seventeen. After his last battle he became commander of the First Jet Squadron, 117, began civilian flying, retrained to command 254 MMR Squadron in the 1982 Lebanon War, and flew the F-16 at the age of fifty before retirement. Along the way he met numerous fighter pilot legends such as Douglas Bader, Al Deere, Pierre Clostermann and Randy Cunningham. Affable and enthusiastic, Giora gained the nickname ‘Hawkeye’ because of his amazing vision of more than 20/15, enabling him to pick out enemy aircraft long before his squadron mates. His story is of one man’s unfaltering dedication to his dreams and his country. As the leading jet ace it is one well worth telling and, critically, it can be told in his own words.

The War in the West: A New History

Author	: James Holland
Publisher	: Random House
Release Date	: 2017-05-04
ISBN	: 1448167035
Pages	: 1114 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book The War in the West: A New History written by James Holland and published by Random House. This book was released on 2017-05-04 with total page 1114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Hitler's invasion of Russia, America's entry into the conflict and the devastating Thousand Bomber Raids over Germany, to the long grinding struggle in the deserts of North Africa and the crucial Battle of the Atlantic, the middle passage of the Second World War was all about turning back the Nazi tide. These catalytic moments would come to define the course of the war and its outcome. They encompass the most vicious fighting, the most hair-raising strategy and the most breathtaking bravery. Across the battlefronts on land, sea and air, to the streets, fields and factories of Britain, America, Africa and Europe, Holland shows, in his own dramatic and compelling style, how the fortunes of war were changed and what happened when the Allies were finally able to fight back . . . 'Impeccably researched and superbly written... Holland's fascinating sage offers a mixture of captivating new research and well-considered revisionism' Observer 'Exceptional... Holland's success is built in part on an engaging writing stule and in part on a genuinely fresh approach to events' Wall Street Journal 'The best of the new generation of WW2 historians' Sebastian Faulks

Normandy ‘44

Author	: James Holland
Publisher	: Random House
Release Date	: 2019-05-16
ISBN	: 1473564077
Pages	: 864 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Normandy ‘44 written by James Holland and published by Random House. This book was released on 2019-05-16 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A superb account of the invasion that deserves immense praise. To convey the human drama of Normandy requires great knowledge and sensitivity. Holland has both in spades' The Times Renowned World War Two historian James Holland presents an entirely new perspective on one of the most important moments in recent history, unflinchingly examining the brutality and violence that characterised the campaign, and totally recalibrating our understanding of this momentous event. D-Day and the 76 days of bitter fighting in Normandy that followed have come to be seen as a defining episode in the Second World War. Its story has been endlessly retold, and yet it remains a narrative burdened by both myth and assumed knowledge. In this reexamined history, James Holland challenges what we think we know. Drawing on unseen archives and testimonies from around the world, introducing a cast of eye-witnesses from foot soldiers to bomber crews, sailors, civilians and resistance fighters. What readers are saying: ***** 'The most thorough description I have read so far. Well balanced with a real intelligent understanding of events that have been misread for years.' ***** 'Another excellent James Holland book. One of the best writers of WW2 historical books.' ***** 'A wonderful, passionate account. Painstakingly researched and fantastically written.'

Bringing War to Book

Author	: Rachel Woodward
Publisher	: Springer
Release Date	: 2018-05-04
ISBN	: 1137570105
Pages	: 285 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Bringing War to Book written by Rachel Woodward and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-05-04 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how military memoirs come to be written and published. Looking at the journeys through which soldiers and other military personnel become writers, the authors draw on over 250 military memoirs published since 1980 about service with the British armed forces, and on interviews with published military memoirists who talk in detail about the writing and production of their books. A range of themes are explored including: the nature of the military memoir; motivations for writing; authors’ reflections on their readerships; inclusions and exclusions within the text; the memories and materials that authors draw on; the collaborations that make the production and publication of military memoirs possible; and the issues around the design of military memoirs' distinctive covers. Written by two leading commentators on the sociology of the military, Bringing War to Book offers a new and original argument about the representations of war and the military experience as a process of social production. The book will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines including sociology, history, and cultural studies.

The Bulletin

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Publisher	:
Release Date	: 2004
ISBN	:
Pages	: pages
Rating	: 4.X/5 (3 download)

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Air Enthusiast

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Publisher	:
Release Date	: 2006
ISBN	:
Pages	: pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 ( download)

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Flypast

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Publisher	:
Release Date	: 2005
ISBN	:
Pages	: pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flypast written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

WOrld War II Goes to the Movies & Television Guide

Author	: Terry Rowan
Publisher	: Lulu.com
Release Date	: 2006
ISBN	: 1105586022
Pages	: 578 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book WOrld War II Goes to the Movies & Television Guide written by Terry Rowan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Big Week

Author	: James Holland
Publisher	: Random House
Release Date	: 2018-08-16
ISBN	: 1473542146
Pages	: 624 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Big Week written by James Holland and published by Random House. This book was released on 2018-08-16 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'James Holland is a master' BBC History It was to be the battle to end the air war once and for all. During the third week of February 1944, the combined Allied air forces launched their first-ever round-the-clock bomber offensive against Germany. The aim was to smash the main factories and production centres of the Luftwaffe and at the same time draw the German fighter force up into the air and into battle. Big Week is the knife-edge story of bomber against flak gun and fighter, but also, crucially, fighter against fighter. Following the fortunes of pilots and aircrew from both sides, this is a blistering narrative of one of the most critical periods of the entire war. Big Week was the largest air battle ever witnessed, but it has been largely forgotten – until now.

Air Power at the Battlefront

Author	: Dr Ian Gooderson
Publisher	: Routledge
Release Date	: 2013-05-13
ISBN	: 1136305882
Pages	: 304 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (363 download)

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Download or read book Air Power at the Battlefront written by Dr Ian Gooderson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ian Gooderson presents a study of close air support in World War II, with the analysis focusing on the use of tactical air power by British and American forces during the campaigns in Italy and northwestern Europe between 1943 and 1945.

Reagan’s “Boys” and the Children of the Greatest Generation

Author	: Jonathan M. Bullinger
Publisher	: Routledge
Release Date	: 2019-10-10
ISBN	: 1000709604
Pages	: 284 pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Reagan’s “Boys” and the Children of the Greatest Generation written by Jonathan M. Bullinger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-10 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1980s and 1990s, aging Baby Boomer parents constructed a particular type of memory as they attempted to laud their own parents’ wartime accomplishments with the label "The Greatest Generation." This book is the first to tell the entire story of this particular type of U.S. World War II memory begun by U.S. President Ronald Reagan in 1984, and promoted the same year by newscaster Tom Brokaw. The story continues in 1994, when it was given academic credence by historian Stephen E. Ambrose, a sensory realism and ideal American character by director Steven Spielberg and actor Tom Hanks, sloganized by Tom Brokaw in 1998, and later interpreted in light of 9/11 and new wars.

A Guide to the Sources of British Military History

Author	: Robin HIgham
Publisher	: Routledge
Release Date	: 2015-10-05
ISBN	: 1317390210
Pages	: 630 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book A Guide to the Sources of British Military History written by Robin HIgham and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed to fill an overlooked gap, this book, originally published in 1972, provides a single unified introduction to bibliographical sources of British military history. Moreover it includes guidance in a number of fields in which no similar source is available at all, giving information on how to obtain acess to special collections and private archives, and links military history, especially during peacetime, with the development of science and technology.

Four Hours of Fury

Author	: James M. Fenelon
Publisher	: Scribner
Release Date	: 2020-05-12
ISBN	: 1501179381
Pages	: 448 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Four Hours of Fury written by James M. Fenelon and published by Scribner. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Compellingly chronicles one of the least studied great episodes of World War II with power and authority…A riveting read” (Donald L. Miller, New York Times bestselling author of Masters of the Air) about World War II’s largest airborne operation—one that dropped 17,000 Allied paratroopers deep into the heart of Nazi Germany. On the morning of March 24, 1945, more than two thousand Allied aircraft droned through a cloudless sky toward Germany. Escorted by swarms of darting fighters, the armada of transport planes carried 17,000 troops to be dropped, via parachute and glider, on the far banks of the Rhine River. Four hours later, after what was the war’s largest airdrop, all major objectives had been seized. The invasion smashed Germany’s last line of defense and gutted Hitler’s war machine; the war in Europe ended less than two months later. Four Hours of Fury follows the 17th Airborne Division as they prepare for Operation Varsity, a campaign that would rival Normandy in scale and become one of the most successful and important of the war. Even as the Third Reich began to implode, it was vital for Allied troops to have direct access into Germany to guarantee victory—the 17th Airborne secured that bridgehead over the River Rhine. And yet their story has until now been relegated to history’s footnotes. In this viscerally exciting account, paratrooper-turned-historian James Fenelon “details every aspect of the American 17th Airborne Division’s role in Operation Varsity...inspired” (The Wall Street Journal). Reminiscent of A Bridge Too Far and Masters of the Air, Four Hours of Fury does for the 17th Airborne what Band of Brothers did for the 101st. It is a captivating, action-packed tale of heroism and triumph spotlighting one of World War II’s most under-chronicled and dangerous operations.

Joyce in the Belly of the Big Truck; Workbook

Author	: Joyce A. Cascio
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 2005-05
ISBN	: 9780976237310
Pages	: pages
Rating	: 4.2/5 (373 download)

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An Air Power Bibliography

Author	: Raymond Estep
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 1956
ISBN	:
Pages	: 218 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book An Air Power Bibliography written by Raymond Estep and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: