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 Scream of Eagles: The Creation of Top Gun and the U.S. Air Victory in Vietnam 
 Author: Robert K. Wilcox Scream of Eagles: The Creation of Top Gun and the U.S. Air Victory in Vietnam John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1990 Format: PDF Pages: 336 Language: English Size: 30.8 MB The first true-life account of the creation of the Top Gun school during the Vietnam War era. Wilcox's gripping narrative describes how a handful of Navy fighter pilots established a special school called Top Gun at the Miramar Air Station in California in 1968 and virtually revolutionized air combat training. Top Gun doctrine was fully validated when Randy Cunningham and his radar interceptor officer, William Driscoll, became the first American aces of the Vietnam war. By the time of the U.S. pullout in 1973, Top Gun's kill ratio was 12 to 1, compared with the Air Force's "dismal" 2 to 1. Wilcox ( The Shroud ) contends that Top Gun training forged the only clear-cut victory America won during the 1965-1973 war. The book features breathtaking accounts of aerial duels--Wilcox is very good at describing the three-dimensional world of dogfighting. His account of the school's ad hoc origins and the effort to develop ways of meeting the MiG challenge in Vietnam is equally exciting. Screaming Eagles ranks with the best of the books about air combat.
Australia and the Vietnam War
 Author: Peter Edwards Australia and the Vietnam War University of New South Wales Press ISBN: 1742232744 | 2014 Format: EPUB Size: 10,8 МБ Language: English Pages: 304 Peter Edwards was the Official Historian and general editor of the nine-volume Official History of Australia’s Involvement in Southeast Asian Conflicts 1948–1975. He was also the author of the volumes dealing with politics, strategy, and diplomacy, Crises and Commitments and A Nation at War. His other books and monographs include Arthur Tange: Last of the Mandarins, Permanent Friends? Historical Reflections on the Australian-American Alliance, Prime Ministers and Diplomats, and Robert Marsden Hope and Australian Public Polic. He is currently an adjunct professor at the Alfred Deakin Research Institute of Deakin University, a Member of the Order of Australia, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of International Affairs, and a former Trustee of the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne.
Nautilus 90 North
 Author: William R. Anderson Nautilus 90 North The World Publishing Company 1959 Format: PDF Pages: 296 Language: English Size: 33.3 MB The dramatic account of the first atomic submarine's voyage from the Pacific to the Atlantic beneath the Arctic ice Pole.
Vom Original zum Modell: Uboottyp II, Die 'Einbäume'
 Vom Original zum Modell: Uboottyp II, Die 'Einbäume' Author: Eberhard Rössler Bernard & Graefe Verlag ISBN: 3763760237 1999 Pages: 90 Format: PDF Size: 96.37МБ Language: German
An Island Hell: A Soviet Prison in the Far North
 Author: Malsagoff S.A. An Island Hell: A Soviet Prison in the Far North London: A.M. Philpot ltd. 1926 Language: English Format: pdf Size: 55,6 mb
The Russian Orthodox Church, 1917-1948 : from decline to resurrection
 Author:Daniela Kalkandzhieva The Russian Orthodox Church, 1917-1948 : from decline to resurrection Routledge, London Language:English Routledge religion, society and government in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet States 2015 Format: pdf Size: 2,6 mb This book tells the remarkable story of the decline and revival of the Russian Orthodox Church in the first half of the twentieth century and the astonishing U-turn in the attitude of the Soviet Union’s leaders towards the church. In the years after 1917 the Bolsheviks’ anti-religious policies, the loss of the former western territories of the Russian Empire, and the Soviet Union’s isolation from the rest of the world and the consequent separation of Russian emigrés from the church were disastrous for the church, which declined very significantly in the 1920s and 1930s. However, when Poland was partitioned in 1939 between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, Stalin allowed the Patriarch of Moscow, Sergei, jurisdiction over orthodox congregations in the conquered territories and went on, later, to encourage the church to promote patriotic activities as part of the resistance to the Nazi invasion. He agreed a Concordat with the church in 1943, and continued to encourage the church, especially its claims to jurisdiction over émigré Russian orthodox churches, in the immediate postwar period. Based on extensive original research, the book puts forward a great deal of new information and overturns established thinking on many key points. Contents List of illustrations Acknowledgments List of abbreviations Introduction 1 The dissolution of the Russian Orthodox Church (1917–1939) 2 The Sergian Church in the annexed territories (September 1939–June 1941) 3 The holy war of the Sergian Church 4 The Sergian Church and Western Christianity 5 The Moscow patriarchate restored 6 The growth of Moscow’s jurisdiction (1945–1946) 7 The Russian émigré churches beyond Stalin’s grasp (1945–1947) 8 The Moscow Patriarchate and the autocephalous Orthodox Churches outside the Soviet Union (1944–1947) 9 Toward an eighth ecumenical council (1944–1948) Conclusion Bibliography Index
White Ensign Flying: Corvette HMCS Trentonian
 White Ensign Flying: Corvette HMCS Trentonian Author: Roger Litwiller Dundurn 2014 ISBN: 1459710398 Pages: 192 Language: English Format: EPUB Size: 7 MB White Ensign Flying tells the story of HMCS Trentonian, a Canadian corvette that fought U-Boats in the Second World War. Trentonian escorted convoys on the North Atlantic and through the deadly waters near England and France. The ship was attacked by the Americans in a friendly-fire incident during Operation Neptune and later earned the dubious distinction of being the last corvette sunk by the enemy. Litwiller has interviewed many of the men who served in Trentonian and collected their stories. Their unique personal perspectives are combined with the official record of the ship, giving an intimate insight into the life of a sailor — from the tedium of daily life in a ship at sea to the terror of fighting for your life in a sinking ship. Over one hundred photos from the private collections of the crew and military archives bring the story of Trentonian to life, illustrating this testament to the ship and the men who served in it.
Occult Roots of Nazism
 Occult Roots of Nazism Author: Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke Tauris Parke Paperbacks 2005 Pages: 304 Format: PDF Size: 14.5 Mb Language: English Product Description: Over half a century after the defeat of the Third Reich the complexities of Nazi ideology are still being unravelled. This text is a serious attempt to identify these ideological origins. It demonstrates the way in which Nazism was influenced by powerful occult and millenarian sects that thrived in Germany and Austria at the turn of the century. Their ideas and symbols filtered through to nationalist-racist groups associated with the infant Nazi party and their fantasies were played out with terrifying consequences in the Third Reich: Auschwitz, Sobibor and Treblinka are the hellish museums of the Nazi apocalypse. This bizarre and fascinating story contains lessons we cannot afford to ignore.
Pioneers of Flight
 Author: Henry T. Wallhauser Pioneers of Flight Hammond 1969 Format: PDF Pages: 96 Language: English Size: 10.7 MB Briefly traces the pioneering experiments that led to the first flight by the Wright brothers and describes subsequent landmarks in aviation history up to Lindbergh's crossing of the Atlantic in 1927.
A Young Persons Introduction to HMS Victory
 A Young Persons Introduction to HMS Victory Author: William Pearce Alan Roe Waterlow Ltd. for Portsmouth Royal Navy Museum Trading Co. Ltd 1982 Pages: 20 Language: English Format: PDF Size: 14 MB HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, ordered in 1758, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765. She is best known as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. She was also Keppel's flagship at Ushant, Howe's flagship at Cape Spartel and Jervis's flagship at Cape St Vincent. After 1824, she served as a harbour ship. In 1922, she was moved to a dry dock at Portsmouth, England, and preserved as a museum ship. She is the flagship of the First Sea Lord since October 2012 and is the world's oldest naval ship still in commission.
Mars Learning The Marine Corp's Development of Small Wars Doctrine, 1915-1940
 Author: Keith B. Bickel Mars Learning The Marine Corp's Development of Small Wars Doctrine, 1915-1940 Westview Press ISBN: 0813397758 2000 Format: PDF Size: 28,4 МБ Language:English Pages: 289 Keith B. Bickel challenges a host of military and strategic theories that treat particular bureaucratic structures, large organizations, and elites as the progenitors of doctrine. This timely study of how the military draws lessons from interventions focuses on the overlooked role that mid-level combat officers play in creating military doctrine. Mars Learning closely evaluates Marine civil and military pacification operations in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Nicaragua, and illuminates the debates surrounding the development of Marine Corps’ small wars doctrine between 1915 and 1940. The result is compelling evidence of how field experience obtained before 1940 played a role in shaping the Marine Corps’ Small Wars Manual and elements of doctrine that exist today. How the Marines organized lessons at that time provides important insights into how doctrine is likely to be generated today in response to post-Cold War interventions around the globe.
The Magnificent Bastards The Joint Army-Marine Defense of Dong Ha, 1968
 Author: Keith Nolan The Magnificent Bastards The Joint Army-Marine Defense of Dong Ha, 1968 Presi dio Press ISBN: 089141861X 2007 Format: EPUB Size: 5,4 МБ Language: English Pages: 448 On April 29, 1968, the North Vietnamese Army is spotted less than four miles from the U.S. Marines’ Dong Ha Combat Base. Intense fighting develops in nearby Dai Do as the 2d Battalion, 4th Marines, known as “the Magnificent Bastards,” struggles to eject NVA forces from this strategic position. Yet the BLT 2/4 Marines defy the brutal onslaught. Pressing forward, America’s finest warriors rout the NVA from their fortress-hamlets–often in deadly hand-to-hand combat. At the end of two weeks of desperate, grinding battles, the Marines and the infantry battalion supporting them are torn to shreds. But against all odds, they beat back their savage adversary. The Magnificent Bastards captures that gripping conflict in all its horror, hell, and heroism.
The Marine Steam Engine
 The Marine Steam Engine Author: Richard Sennett, H. J. Oram Longmans & Co. Pages: 580 Format: PDF Size: 43 mb Quality: Good Language: English 1898 A minor classic in steam marine engineering. Sennett and Oram's "Marine Steam Engine" went through many editions. Be aware that the later editions simply carried across older technology shown in the earlier editions such as this one. Despite some useful snippets, I don't favour this text quite as much as Bauer or Seaton, because it stops short of full detail. It also has a bias toward naval rather than mercantile practice, but if naval is what you are after, maybe this is for you.
Flying Fortress - the Illustrated Biography of the B-17s and the Men Who Flew Them
 Author: Edward Jablonski Flying Fortress - the Illustrated Biography of the B-17s and the Men Who Flew Them Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1965 Format: PDF Pages: 390 Language: English Size: 34.4 MB The Boeing B-17 was more than a plane—and its story, and that of its crews—is more than history. It is drama, romance, adventure, tragedy and folklore set against the panorama of the greatest war in history. To the men who flew in the B-17, and particularly to those who feel thev owe their lives to this majestic aircraft, it was more than a metal monster with four engines and a hundred-foot wing. The B-17 was almost human—the Queen of the Bombers, the Big Bird, a Glorv Wagon, affectionately named "Rosie's Riveters," "Memphis Belle," "Swoose," "Suzy-Q," "Hell's Angels"—names which during the bittersweet years of war became as celebrated as the men who fought in them.
Twin Mustang: The North American F-82 at War
 Author: Alan C. Carey Twin Mustang: The North American F-82 at War Pen and Sword Images of War ISBN: 1783462213 2014 Format: EPUB Pages: 128 Size: 4 Mb Language: English One of the most unusual and remarkable American fighter aircraft, the F-82 Twin Mustang was the last mass production propeller-driven fighter acquired by the U.S. Air Force. Originally intended as a very long-range fighter escort for the Boeing B-29 Superfortress during World War II, it arrived too late to see combat and evolved into a night and all-weather fighter during the post-war years. Combat operations in the Korean War followed, along with a host of other dynamic episodes of deployment. This work traces the developmental, operational, and combat history of this unique American fighter and features 120 photographs and illustrations, many of which have never been published before.
Squadron/Signal Publications 1017: F-105 Thunderchief in action - Aircraft No. Seventeen
 Squadron/Signal Publications 1017: F-105 Thunderchief in action - Aircraft No. Seventeen Author: Lou Drendel Squadron/Signal Publications ISBN: 0897470168 1974 Pages: 52 Format: PDF Size: 6.64МБ Language: English "In Action Series" books provide enthusiasts, historians and modelers with outstanding photographic coverage over a wide range of selected subjects. Images are drawn from many private collections and archives to depict the title feature in its historical surroundings.
Osprey Warrior 90 - US Marine Corps Tank Crewman 1965-70: Vietnam
 Author: Oscar Gilbert Osprey Warrior 90 - US Marine Corps Tank Crewman 1965-70 Vietnam Osprey Publishing 2004 ISBN: 1841767182 Format: PDF Size: 22,4 МБ Language: English Pages: 66 Following Korea, by 1960 tanks and their crews had proved themselves to be a fundamental part of the Marine Corps' combined arms team. When the Marines were ordered to Vietnam in 1965, they took their tanks with them. This book explores this decision, which created a political storm. The presence of the tanks became a lightning rod for accusations of an 'escalation' of the war. Nevertheless, the tanks not only proved their value in the anti-guemilla campaigns, but amid the bitter conventional fighting and extraordinary casualties at Hue City. The ability to undertake such radical change and to prevail demonstrated the versatility, courage and tenacity that are the hallmarks of the 'ordinary' Marine.
Tanks
 Author: Ian V. Hogg Tanks (Modern Military Techniques) Lerner Publications Company 1985 Format: PDF Pages: 54 Language: English Size: 64.7 MB A survey of the evolution of modern armored tanks, now equipped with computerized electronics, night vision, air filtration, and laser fire control systems, and their tasks and tactics today.
Great British Flying-boats
 Great British Flying-boats Author: Martyn Chorlton Kelsey Publishing Aeroplane Collectors' Archive ISBN: 978 1907426292 2012 Language: English Pages: 100 Format: PDF Size: 21,8 MB The Aeroplane Collectors’ Archive series is devoted to British monoplane fl ying-boats – we intend to cover biplane ‘boats in a future issue, while the Saro SR.A/1 will also feature in another of this series. One type included here is not a fl ying-boat – the seaplane upper component of the Short-Mayo Composite, but the unit had to be considered as a whole. As in previous Collectors’ Archives, only basic details for each type are given, and we concentrate on providing large and interesting illustrations and cutaway drawings from the Aeroplane and Flight archives, supplementing these where necessary by quality prints from our wider archive and from other sources. We are grateful to the Solent Sky Museum Southampton for their assistance with this volume.
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