Traces the development of warfare tactics and hardware by describing and analyzing twenty-three battles that altered the course of history from the Battle of the Nile in 1798 to the Six Day War of 1967
Beretter om udviklingen og anvendelsen af det sovjetiske jagerfly, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, af NATO benævnt Fishbed.
The World's Greatest Naval Vessels and Their Aircraft
The airplane was just a decade old when Europe entered the First World War, its military potential largely untested. Aerial warfare was in its infancy, with pilots learning through experience. The interwar years brought significant advancements in aircraft design and performance, as major powers invested heavily in their air forces. Germany, despite post-war restrictions, secretly trained the Luftwaffe in Russia. This era also marked the transition from biplanes to all-metal, stressed-skin monoplanes, producing iconic combat aircraft like the Spitfire and the Messerschmitt BF109. The author traces the evolution of global air forces from early Zeppelin attacks and heroic dogfights to the Blitzkrieg and strategic air power. He explores the growth and traditions of air forces in Germany, Britain, France, Russia, Japan, the United States, and smaller nations, assessing the effectiveness of their personnel and machines and their decisive impact on the wars. The text examines both organizational and technical aspects of air services, culminating in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which underscored air power's strategic significance. This authoritative narrative is enriched with color and black-and-white photographs, along with specially commissioned illustrations, maps, and diagrams.
Describes the different types of submarines in service today, from the giant yet barely detectable ballistic missile submarines to the nuclear and diesel powered attack submarines that patrol the high seas and shipping lanes.
A highly illustrated guide to Allied fighter aircraft that fought in Europe during World War II featuring all the main models flown by the Allied air forces from 1939 to 1945. The book covers unit markings, organization, numbers of aircraft flown by campaign and exhaustive specifications for each model, with more than 200 artworks.
Describes the tactics and weapons used by German forces in World War II.
Starting the war with only 35 aircraft, Austro-Hungarian industry went on to produce only moderate numbers of poor quality aircraft. The fliers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire operating on the Serbian and Russian fronts were fortunate at first, finding themselves faced by small numbers of aircraft yet more obsolescent than their own. Serbia fell in 1915, but when Italy declared war the Austro-Hungarians were still faced with a two-front war – a static front against Italy, and a far more fluid one against Russia. Austro-Hungarian fighter pilots performed bravely and often very effectively under extremely difficult geographic, climatic and operational conditions.
