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 Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America 
 Author: Annie Jacobsen Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America Little, Brown and Company 2014 Format: pdf/epub/mobi Size: 15 Mb Language: English The explosive story of America's secret post-WWII science programs, from the author of the New York Times bestseller Area 51 In the chaos following World War II, the U.S. government faced many difficult decisions, including what to do with the Third Reich's scientific minds. These were the brains behind the Nazis' once-indomitable war machine. So began Operation Paperclip, a decades-long, covert project to bring Hitler's scientists and their families to the United States. Many of these men were accused of war crimes, and others had stood trial at Nuremberg; one was convicted of mass murder and slavery. They were also directly responsible for major advances in rocketry, medical treatments, and the U.S. space program. Was Operation Paperclip a moral outrage, or did it help America win the Cold War?
Warships
 Author: C. J. Norman Warships (Picture Library) Franklin Watts Ltd 1986 Format: PDF Pages: 38 Language: English Size: 24.2 MB In this book all sorts of warships are highlighted, with material on their design, technology, and capabilities.
Modelling the Challenger 1 and 2 MBT and Variants (Osprey Modelling №29)
 Author: Graeme Davidson, Pat Johnston Modelling the Challenger 1 and 2 MBT and Variants Osprey Publishing Osprey Modelling №29 2006 Format: EPUB Pages: 80 Size: 15 Mb Language: English Introduced to the British Army in 1983, Challenger Main Battle Tanks have served operationally in the Balkans and both Gulf Wars, where their firepower, protection and shock action were instrumental to the success of British forces. In addition to the familiar gun tanks, the Challenger family encompasses the Rhino Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle (ARRV), highly modified Desert Challenger 2s operated by the Royal Army of Oman and the radical Falcon 2 being developed by the Jordanian Army. This book covers a wide range of these variants, with each chapter presenting a different build using colour photos to illustrate scratch-building, painting and weathering techniques across a variety of skill levels.
Hot Books in the Cold War—: The CIA-Funded Secret Western Book Distribution Program Behind the Iron Curtain
 Author: Alfred A. Reisch Hot Books in the Cold War—: The CIA-Funded Secret Western Book Distribution Program Behind the Iron Curtain Central European University Press 2013 Format: PDF Size: 12.7 Mb Language: English This study reveals the hidden story of the secret book distribution program to Eastern Europe financed by the CIA during the Cold War. At its height between 1957 and 1970, the book program was one of the least known but most effective methods of penetrating the Iron Curtain, reaching thousands of intellectuals and professionals in the Soviet Bloc.
Gestapo Chief: The 1948 Interrogation of Heinrich Muller
 Author: Gregory Douglas Gestapo Chief: The 1948 Interrogation of Heinrich Muller R James Bender Pub 1996 Pages: 288 Format: PDF Language: English Size: 10mb Taken directly from top Secret transcripts made in 1948, Mller's private files and from material hidden for fifty years in US intelligence archives, this book gives a brutally frank look into the intelligence agencies of both Allied and Axis powers. From the viewpoint of many, the reproduction of a trans-Atlantic secret telephone conversation between Churchill and Roosevelt on November 26, 1941, in which the imminent attack on Pearl Harbor is discussed, is the high point of the book.
Airway to the East 1918-1920
 Author: Clive Semple Airway to the East 1918-1920 Pen and Sword ISBN: 1848846576 2012 Format: EPUB Size: 4,7 МБ Language: English Pages: 256 The origins of what became officially known as No 1 Aerial Route lay in the newly formed Royal Air Force's desire to move several squadrons of the then recently designed first heavy bomber to enter service - the Handley Page O/400, to the war in the Middle-East. The aircraft had served on the Western Front with some success, although not in the long-range capacity. During the spring of 1918, the Wing Commander of No 5 Wing, 'Billy' Borton, requested that one of the HP O/400 aircraft be flown to Egypt. This was approved by Major General Sir Frederick Sykes. Before the flight could proceed a great deal of planning was required since the aircraft's maximum range was only 600 miles. Several refueling and maintenance bases along the route were required. When planned in 1918 the route was from Paris - Lyons, Istres, Pisa, Rome, Barletta, Taranto, Athens, Crete, Mersa Matru and finally Cairo. Each landing station would require fuel, spares, and communications and back-up personnel. On July 50.00 1918 a new HPO/400 set off from Manston in Kent with Borton and his pilot Major McLaren plus two crew. After a comparatively trouble-free flight the bomber arrived in Aboukir, Alexandria on the evening of 7 August. As a result, the RAF decided to use this route to fly several squadrons of the Handley Page bombers shortly after the war had ended. The Arab leaders had found out that the Allie's promise that the captured Turkish lands would be returned to them was a duplicitous lie and that France and Great Britain would take control of the area. This quite naturally lead to massive unrest and rioting throughout the middle-eastern lands. The bombers were needed to quell the rioting and sabotage that had broken out. Thus, on 3 May 1919 58 Squadron set of from France on No 1 Aerial Route. It was a premature departure since many of the refueling airfields along the route were not prepared for there incoming customers. Chaos ensued - by 1 November Three Squadrons had been dispatched. Of the 51 bombers sent only 26 had arrived, ten were stuck en-route and 15 had been written-off as broken or lost at sea and 11 aircrew had perished.This is the story of the development of the route. It would eventually form the first stage of the Imperial Air Route to Australia.
Telling Lies About Hitler - The Holocaust, History and the David Irving Trial
 Author: Richard J. Evans Telling Lies About Hitler - The Holocaust, History and the David Irving Trial Verso Books 2002 Format: PDF Pages: 321 Language: English Size: 13 MB In April 2000 a High Court judge branded the writer David Irving a racist, an antisemite, a Holocaust denier, and a falsifier of history. The key expert witness against Irving was the Cambridge historian Richard J. Evans who describes here, in a book which several publishers have been intimidated to withdrawing, his involvement in the case. Recounting his discovery of Irving's connections with far right Holocaust deniers in the United States and of how Irving falsified the documentary evidence on the Second World War, Evans reflects generally and eloquently on the interaction of historical and legal rules of evidence. Evans argues that the Irving trial does for the twenty-first century what the Eichmann trial did for the second half of the twentieth. It vindicates history's ability to come to reasoned conclusions on the basis of a careful examination of the evidence, even when eyewitnesses and survivors are no longer around to tell the tale.
Level Zero Heroes: The Story of U.S. Marine Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan
 Author: Michael Golembesky, John R. Bruning Level Zero Heroes: The Story of U.S. Marine Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan St. Martin's Press ISBN: 1250030404 2014 Format: EPUB Size: 4,5 МБ Language: English Pages: 320 In Level Zero Heroes, Michael Golembesky follows the members of U.S. Marine Special Operations Team 8222 on their assignment to the remote and isolated Taliban stronghold known as Bala Murghab as they conduct special operations in an effort to break the Taliban’s grip on the Valley. What started out as a routine mission changed when two 82nd Airborne Paratroopers tragically drowned in the Bala Murghab River while trying to retrieve vital supplies from an air drop that had gone terribly wrong. In this one moment, the focus and purpose of the friendly forces at Forward Operating Base Todd, where Team 8222 was assigned, was forever altered as a massive clearing operation was initiated to break the Taliban’s stranglehold on the valley and recover the bodies. From close-quarters firefights in Afghan villages to capturing key-terrain from the Taliban in the unforgiving Afghan winter, this intense and personal story depicts the brave actions and sacrifices of MSOT 8222. Readers will understand the hopelessness of being pinned down under a hail of enemy gunfire and the quake of the earth as a 2000 lb. guided bomb levels a fortified Taliban fighting position. A powerful and moving story of Marine Operators doing what they do best, Level Zero Heroes brings to life the mission of these selected few that fought side-by-side in Afghanistan, in a narrative as action-packed and emotional as anything to emerge from the Special Operations community contribution to the Afghan War.
The Bolsheviks: The Intellectual and Political History of the Triumph of Communism in Russia
 The Bolsheviks: The Intellectual and Political History of the Triumph of Communism in Russia Author: Adam B. Ulam Harvard University Press Graduation Year: 1998 ISBN: 0674078306 Pages: 616 Format: pdf Size : 36,3 mb Language: English "The Bolsheviks" is an intellectual biography of the highest sort. Whenever there is an opportunity to ask probing questions that would clarify Lenin's position and motivations in the reader's mind, Ulam gets the answers. His language is both undaunting and precise; one comes away from this book having achieved a substantial understanding of early Soviet history without ever having felt plunged in over one's head.
Program Executive Officer Land System Marine Corps 2008
 Author: Collective Program Executive Officer Land System Marine Corps 2008 Faircount LLC 2008 Format: PDF (e-book) Pages: 132 Size: 21 Mb Language: English Program Executive Officer Land System Marine Corps
Modern Battle Tanks
 Author: Duncan Crow Modern Battle Tanks Arco Publishing Company, Inc. 1978 Format: PDF Pages: 132 Language: English Size: 18.1 MB Many armoured vehicles today are referred to as tanks which do not properly warrant the name. As far as most newspaper readers and television viewers are concerned any vehicle that is armed and armoured is a tank whether it has tracks or wheels. And indeed in some cases a definition is hard to frame. But there is one class of armoured vehicle about which there can be no question as to whether it is a tank or not - the Main Battle Tank. The term first came into use in the 1950s and has replaced such classifications as medium, cruiser, and heavy and medium gun tanks.
Horrido! Fighter Aces of the Luftwaffe
 Author: Trevor J. Constable Horrido! Fighter Aces of the Luftwaffe Ballantine Books, Inc. 1970 Format: PDF Pages: 468 Language: English Size: 73 MB Quiet comprehensive look at nearly all the top aces of the Luftwaffe. It has long sections on Rall, Barkhorn and especially Marseille and Hartman as well as a long chapter on the amazing night fighter aces. The personal remembrances of these pilots who were interviewed for this book in the 1960s when it was first published are priceless. The first part of the book is slow but worth getting through. The appendix has a large list of hundreds and hundreds of fighter aces and the units they served in. Essential reading for those interested in the Luftwaffe.
Aircraft Carriers at War. A Personal Retrospective of Korea, Vietnam, and the Soviet Conflict
 Author:James L. Holloway Aircraft Carriers at War. A Personal Retrospective of Korea, Vietnam, and the Soviet Conflict Naval institute press 2007 Format: pdf Size: 2.2 Language: English
Hitler: A Biography
 Hitler: A Biography Author: Ian Kershaw W. W. Norton & Company ISBN: 0393337618 ASIN: B00BJIMCA8 2010 Pages: 1030 Language: English Format: EPUB Size: 17.3 mb “Magisterial . . . anyone who wishes to understand the Third Reich must read Kershaw.”—Niall Ferguson. “The Hitler biography of the twenty-first century” (Richard J. Evans), Ian Kershaw’s Hitler is a one-volume masterpiece that will become the standard work. From Hitler’s origins as a failed artist in fin-de-siècle Vienna to the terrifying last days in his Berlin bunker, Kershaw’s richly illustrated biography is a mesmerizing portrait of how Hitler attained, exercised, and retained power. Drawing on previously untapped sources, such as Goebbels’s diaries, Kershaw addresses the crucial questions about the unique nature of Nazi radicalism, about the Holocaust, and about the poisoned European world that allowed Hitler to operate so effectively.
V and W Class Destroyers 1917-1945
 Author: Antony Preston V and W Class Destroyers 1917-1945 Macdonald and Co. 1971 ISBN: 0356034712 Format: PDF Size: 13,4 МБ Language: English Pages: 163 The V and W class was an amalgam of six similar classes of destroyer built for the Royal Navy under the War Emergency Programme of the First World War and generally treated as one class. For their time they were among the most powerful and advanced ships of their type in the world, and set the trend for future British designs.
Fundamentals of Electronic Warfare
 Author: Sergei A. Vakin Fundamentals of Electronic Warfare Artech Print on Demand ISBN: 1580530524 2001 Format: PDF Size: 15,4 МБ Language: English Pages: 408 A complete discussion of the fundamental aspects of electronic warfare, featuring accounts of its use in several major conflicts. Includes coverage of targets of electronic warfare, electronic warfare effectiveness criteria, mathematical models of signals, systems and techniques for electronics jamming, and other major topics. DLC: Electronics in military engineering.
The Geeks of War: The Secretive Labs and Brilliant Minds Behind Tomorrow's Warfare Technologies
 Author: John Edwards The Geeks of War: The Secretive Labs and Brilliant Minds Behind Tomorrow's Warfare Technologies AMACOM 2005 Format: PDF Size: 1,5Mb Language: English "Wars are fought on the battlefield, but the technologies that enable 21st century warfare are developed in research laboratories. Within the walls of corporate, government, and academic labs, researchers are probing the edges of science to uncover technologies that will make warfare more efficient - and more deadly. This book looks at the people behind the curtain, and at the next generation of tactical, information, communication, vehicular, biological, and cryptographic systems. Featuring in-depth interviews with the project directors and scientists performing this groundbreaking research, "The Geeks of War" also examines their scientific, political, patriotic, and financial motives, as well as the implications these technologies may have for the future. Presenting the views of numerous respected military, business, and technology analysts, "The Geeks of War" takes readers inside America's leading military technology research facilities - exploring a clandestine world that few people ever see."
Symon Petliura and the Jews. A Reappraisal
 Symon Petliura and the Jews. A Reappraisal Author: Taras Hunczak Rutgers University 2008 Pages: 132 Format: PDF Size: 6 Mb Language: English The book Symon Petliura and the Jews is based on the author’s article of the same title which originally appeared in 1969 in The Jewish Social Studies as well as his “Letter to the Editors” published in the above journal a year later. Both works deal with the years 1917-1921, a complex period in the history of Ukraine intertwined with confrontations between various ethnic groups particularly the Jews and the Ukrainians. As a result there emerged certain stereotypes which to this day remain as obstacles to the normal relations between the two nations.
Tora! Tora! Tora! - Pearl Harbor 1941
 Tora! Tora! Tora! - Pearl Harbor 1941 Author: Mark Stille Jim Laurier Osprey Publishing Raid (Book 26) 2011 ISBN: 1849085099 Pages: 80 Language: English Format: EPUB Size: 41 MB The Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor is one of the most famous raids in history, if not the most famous. In the early hours of December 7, 1941, the carriers and aircraft of the Japanese First Air Fleet launched a sudden and unexpected attack on the US naval forces anchored in Pearl Harbor, hoping to cripple America's naval capabilities in one decisive blow. This new study by Mark Stille will address the build-up to, execution of, and fallout from the Pearl Harbor operation. Putting the raid in context, the political and military background will be addressed - Japanese expansion in the Far East, and American responses to it, and the steady increase in tensions between the two powers. The Japanese decision to launch an assault on Pearl Harbor will be considered in detail, from the time constraints faced in planning the raid, alternative operational possibilities, and the bold, stubborn leadership of Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto, who was the driving force behind the concept and planning, to the final adoption of the operation, and its place in Japan's national strategy. It is an illuminating new look at one of the most infamous events in modern history.
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