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Brand: Sylvia Plath
EAN: 9780062740434
Categoria: Libri e riviste

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Brand: Ernesto Balducci
EAN: 9788822251619
Categoria: Libri e riviste

I diari di Ernesto Balducci degli anni del seminario romano (1940-1945) costituiscono una fonte di estremo interesse per la storiografia religiosa contemporaneistica. Specialmente se integrati con altri documenti dell’Archivio Balducci, essi consentono una ricostruzione piuttosto ampia delle letture e dello sviluppo dei diversi filoni di riflessione del noto scolopio italiano. Ma più in generale, offrono elementi preziosi per documentare aspetti importanti della formazione del clero italiano nella prima metà del Novecento.

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Brand: Rino Amato
EAN: 9788868229443
Categoria: Libri e riviste

È trascorso più di un decennio dalla pubblicazione di \"Cosentini in bianco e nero 2\", un breve periodo in rapporto alla memoria lunga della nostra storia. Eppure, il richiamo al \"com'eravamo\" in relazione ai rapidi mutamenti dei luoghi, degli ambienti, dei costumi e della società in generale, a noi che quei periodi li abbiamo vissuti ci ritorna come una bella poesia imparata tra i banchi della prima elementare. La più bella. Quella che senza gran fatica imparammo a memoria. Quella che sempre con più forza ci ritorna in mente. Ora che, vuoi per gli anni che passano, vuoi per le ore sempre più affrettate dell'esistenza, vuoi per tanti altri pensieri che ci distraggono, vuoi per il poco esercizio, quella stessa memoria qualche volta comincia a tradirci. L'esercizio più facile resta il rimandarci al passato. Quel passato prossimo che si fa interessante già per i quarantenni di oggi. Nipotini di quel tempo in cui tutto era in bianco e nero. Al massimo con qualche sbiadito colore Polaroid. Ma quante cose son successe dal decennio della guerra agli anni '80. Quei mitici anni '80.

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Brand: Renzo De Felice
EAN: 9788806195700
Categoria: Libri e riviste

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Brand: Renzo De Felice
EAN: 9788806247669
Categoria: Libri e riviste

La partecipazione dell'Italia alla Seconda guerramondiale e la caduta, il 25 luglio 1943, del regimefascista.Mussolini l’alleato esce per la prima volta nel 1990. Gli aspetti sui quali si concentra la ricostruzione di Renzo De Felice in questo sesto tomo della biografia di Mussolini sono essenzialmente tre: le ragioni dell’intervento mussoliniano nella guerra e gli obiettivi che il duce si proponeva di conseguire; i rapporti e i contrasti con la Germania; l’atteggiamento verso la guerra degli italiani e le alterne vicende del «fronte interno». Come al solito, De Felice si avvale di una vastissima documentazione, che gli permette di chiarire molte questioni controverse e di colmare numerose lacune. Piano dell’opera: Mussolini il rivoluzionario (1883-1920) Mussolini il fascista (1921-1929) I. La conquista del potere (1921-1925) II. L’organizzazione dello Stato fascista (1925-1929) Mussolini il duce (1929-1940) I. Gli anni del consenso (1929-1936) II. Lo Stato totalitario (1936-1940) Mussolini l’alleato (1940-1945) I. L’Italia in guerra (1940-1943) 1. Dalla guerra «breve» alla guerra lunga 2. Crisi e agonia del regime II. La guerra civile (1943-1945)

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Brand: Renzo De Felice
EAN: 9788806247652
Categoria: Libri e riviste

De Felice prosegue il discorso sulle vicende politiche e militari tra il 1940 e il 1943, avviato nel tomo \"Dalla guerra «breve» alla guerra lunga\", alla luce di molti aspetti della vita economica e di politica interna di quegli anni. La ricca appendice di documenti - il discorso di Mussolini del 1943, i rapporti dei sindacati e dei carabinieri sugli scioperi di quello stesso anno, il programma di potenziamento dell'esercito, i tre ordini del giorno in occasione della seduta del Gran Consiglio del 24 luglio, l'arresto di Mussolini nella relazione del generale dei carabinieri - ci conduce all'interno del metodo storiografico di De Felice, proponendo originali ipotesi interpretative.

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EAN: 9781782006466
Categoria: Libri e riviste

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Brand: Lorenzo Bovi
EAN: 9791280526502
Categoria: Libri e riviste

Raccolta di foto inedite sulla seconda guerra mondiale in Sicilia corredate da esaustiva didascalia. L'aeroporto di Cassibile - I tedeschi a Siracusa - \"Assi\" italiani - Gli Arditi in Sicilia - Le S-Boote della 3° Flottiglia - La VII° Brigata Flak in Sicilia - Intervista al barone Gianni Pennisi - La 7° Compagnia Kriegsberichter - La battaglia di Acireale - Il 44° Royal Tank Regiment in Sicilia - Commandos inglesi in Sicilia - Il Tigre di Biscari.

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Brand: Luc Braeuer
EAN: 9780764348303
Categoria: Libri e riviste

The illustrated story of the U-boats and their crews in the port of Lorient, the most important U-boat base of World War II, from June 1940 to June 1941.\n\n \n\n This first volume (of a 4-volume series) on the German U-boats at Lorient, France, covers the period from June 1940 to June 1941, and reveals the evacuation of the port by the French navy and the subsequent takeover by the Kriegsmarine.\n\n \n\n Illustrated with over 600 photographs, it details the installation of the German navy at Lorient and the first year of the presence of the U-Boot arm in this port, as well as the major stages in the Battle of the Atlantic in which they participated. The U-boats that were docked at Lorient are presented in tabular form by type, flotilla, commander, as well as the date of commissioning. \n\n \n\n This book also allows the reader to experience the life of the crews ashore following the return of their boats, and the British naval and aerial actions against the port of Lorient.

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Brand: Giancarlo Toràn
EAN: 9788888145310
Categoria: Libri e riviste

In occasione del primo centenario della Federazione italiana di scherma, Nomos Edizioni pubblica il primo volume che ripercorre le origini, fino agli anni quaranta, della federazione più medagliata del panorama olimpico italiano. Lo scenario, fatto di grandi campioni, giornalisti duellanti, personaggi politici ed eterne contese tra Francia e Italia, è tratteggiato attraverso le cronache sportive dell'epoca e un apparato iconografico raro ed inedito.

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EAN: 9782072907098
Categoria: Libri e riviste

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Brand: Helmut Stampfer
EAN: 9788868391461
Categoria: Libri e riviste

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EAN: 9782374486987
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Brand: Renzo Menoni
EAN: 9788833791067
Categoria: Libri e riviste

Il presente volume (primo di un'opera più vasta che abbraccerà la politica estera italiana fra le due guerre) è dedicato al periodo ricompreso fra gli armistizi e i trattati di pace di Parigi, che hanno posto fine alla \"grande guerra\", e gli accordi di Locarno dell'ottobre-dicembre 1925, che segnarono la conclusione del primo dopoguerra, con la riammissione della Germania di Weimar nel \"concerto\"delle grandi potenze. Questo periodo ricomprende la politica estera dei cinque governi liberali del dopoguerra (Orlando, Nitti, Giolitti, Bonomi e Facta) e, dal 31 ottobre 1922, l'esordio del governo Mussolini, con tutte le connesse e complesse problematiche di continuità/discontinuità della politica estera di quest'ultimo governo rispetto a quella dei precedenti. La conferenza della pace consacrò l'Italia fra le \"grandi potenze\" vincitrici del conflitto (unitamente alle alleate Inghilterra e Francia e all'associato Stati Uniti) e, con i trattati di Locarno, tale ruolo venne ancor più esaltato, in quanto Roma fu chiamata, unitamente all'Impero inglese (e cioè a quello che allora era considerato la massima potenza mondiale, in conseguenza della politica isolazionista assunta da Washington) a garantire il patto franco-tedesco per i confini renani. Il volume indaga - fra l'altro - se, in questi sette anni del primo dopoguerra, al riconosciuto rango ufficiale abbia corrisposto anche un ruolo effettivo di \"grande potenza\" dell'Italia nelle relazioni internazionali. L'ambizione dell'autore sarebbe quella che ciascun lettore fosse in grado di meglio comprendere gli avvenimenti di quel periodo, storicizzandoli e sottraendoli quindi (a distanza di ormai un secolo) alla persistente tentazione di un uso politico della storia.

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Brand: Brooks Richards
EAN: 9781781590805
Categoria: Libri e riviste

As the fall of France took place, almost the entire coastline of Western Europe was in German hands. Clandestine sea transport operations provided lines of vital intelligence for wartime Britain. These \"secret flotillas\" landed and picked up agents in and from France, and ferried Allied evaders and escapees. This activity was crucial to the SIS (Secret Intelligence Service) and the SOE (Special Operations Executive). This authoritative publication by the official historian, the late Sir Brooks Richards, vividly describes and analyses the clandestine naval operations that took place during WWII. The account has been made possible through Sir Brooks' access to closed government archives, combined with his own wartime experiences and the recollections of many of those involved. First published in 1996, the original edition included descriptions of naval operations off French North Africa. The history has now been amended and expanded by Sir Brooks and is now published in two volumes. This first volume concentrates on the sea lines to Brittany.\nThis authoritative publication by the official historian, the late Sir Brooks Richards, vividly describes and analyses the clandestine naval operations that took place during World War Two.

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Brand: Office Of The Federal Register (u.s.)
EAN: 9781641430210
Categoria: Libri e riviste

Title 7 presents regulations governing the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture and forty subordinate departments and agencies. Regulated activities include: marketing services, food and consumer services, crop insurance, plant and animal inspection, agricultural research, natural resources, etc. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by January. Publication follows within six months.

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Brand: Antonello Boschi;luca Lanini
EAN: 9788874628285
Categoria: Libri e riviste

Preceduti da saggi introduttivi e contributi sulle singole opere, il primo dei volumi su L'architettura della villa moderna descrive gli anni della grande sperimentazione formale, tipologica e tecnica di questo tipo edilizio. Caratteristica essenziale dell'opera è il ri-disegno alla stessa scala di un gran numero di ville del periodo, permettendo al lettore la comparazione non solo compositiva, linguistica o tecnologica, ma anche dimensionale delle singole abitazioni, rendendo evidenti sia i congegni distributivi che le innovazioni concettuali. La casistica estremamente ampia di exempla permette non solo di seguire tutte le evoluzioni del tipo all'interno dell'architettura contemporanea, ma anche di avere una sorta di manuale di soluzioni a specifici problemi di progettazione elaborate dai grandi maestri dell'architettura. La raccolta di saggi inediti fornisce poi una serie di approfondimenti su alcune opere o determinati filoni, consentendo letture originali e trasversali che possono risultare di grande interesse per ogni generazione di studiosi.

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Brand: Francesco Mattesini
EAN: 9788893278966
Categoria: Libri e riviste

Il libro di Francesco Mattesini tratta in modo esaustivo quale fu la preparazione, l'organizzazione e l'attività bellica degli aerosiluranti italiani, a iniziare dalla prima sfortunata azione del 15 agosto 1940 contro le navi britanniche nel porto di Alessandria d'Egitto, la base navale della Flotta del Mediterraneo (Mediterranean Fleet), fino ad arrivare all'ultimo successo, con il siluramento e danneggiamento della nave da sbarco per carri armati britannica LCT-414, il 7 settembre 1943 presso Termini Imerese. Nello stesso tempo, con la consultazione di documenti inediti, viene dettagliatamente raccontata quale fu l'attività degli aerosiluranti tedeschi tra il gennaio 1941 e il settembre 1943, facendo anche un doveroso confronto, rispetto agli italiani, sui metodi d'impiego e i successi conseguiti, ma anche delle delusioni che ne seguirono a causa degli attacchi falliti.

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Brand: Office Of The Federal Register (u.s.)
EAN: 9781636714592
Categoria: Libri e riviste

Title 7 presents regulations governing the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture and forty subordinate departments and agencies. Regulated activities include: marketing services, food and consumer services, crop insurance, plant and animal inspection, agricultural research, natural resources, etc. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by January. Publication follows within six months.

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Brand: Piergiorgio De Guidi
EAN: 9788899278168
Categoria: Libri e riviste

Con questo volume il Prof. De Guidi completa il suo racconto storico del paese di Bovolone descrivendo gli eventi che vanno dal 1939 al 1947 in questo primo tomo e fino al 1970 nel secondo tomo. È la cronaca dei tragici eventi della seconda guerra mondiale e del faticoso avvio nel dopoguerra che permetterà il boom economico descritto nel secondo tomo. Storia come Magistra Vitae è quello che ci propone l'autore che racconta la tristezza, la fatica, il dramma degli abitanti ma anche episodi divertenti con simpatica ironia.

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Brand: Bernard Ireland
EAN: 9781526797018
Categoria: Libri e riviste

For 1,000 days the Allied and Axis armies fought for the domination of the North African shores knowing that defeat would bring disastrous consequences. Much has been written about the conduct of the land battles and the commanders who faced each other yet, as the main protagonists realised at the time, success or failure rested on the effectiveness of their seaborne supply chain. Control of the Mediterranean was therefore absolutely crucial. In the final analysis it was the Allies' ability to dominate the Mediterranean that bought them victory but there is no denying that it was a 'damned close run thing'. In this authoritative study, Bernard Ireland brings a fresh clarity to the complexities and factors at play during this critical period.

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Brand: Peter Whelan
EAN: 9781912390908
Categoria: Libri e riviste

This books looks of the British Army's supply service, how it developed, and how it failed - especially in the Crimea War - and how reforms in the 19th century reformed it. It examines how the lines of communication functioned during WW1 and the strains on it during the March 1918 German offensive. The focus of the book looks at the developments in the interwar years, and how it functioned during the French Campaign of May/June 1940. The role of the LOC after the German breakthrough in France has been underestimated and under reported. This part of the British Army performed well in difficult circumstances but individual efforts could not compensate for the woeful lack of organisation, equipment and training, nor that few if any senior officers had either experience or training to carry out the posts they occupied. Only the fortuitous mechanisation of the general transport system of the Army, not due to doctrine or foresight but a dearth of horses in the civil economy, enabled the Army to retreat faster and further than their horse bound allies - the French - and enemies - the Germans. There was bloody-mindedness on the part of the regimental officers and rank and file soldiers to do their best in difficult circumstances.

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Brand: A Peter Dewey;nancy Dewey Hoppin
EAN: 9780872333864
Categoria: Libri e riviste

As They Were offers an inciteful and evocative glimpse of France during the \"phony war\" period between the September 1, 1939, German invasion of Poland and the Nazi attack on the Netherlands, Belgium, and France in May 1940. A. Peter Dewey, a young reporter for the Chicago Daily News, deftly chronicled the daily routines of life in Paris as its citizens, suspended between the world that they knew and an inevitable war ahead, tried to maintain the equilibrium of the French capital. Dewey spoke fluent French and considered the country the home of his heart: his parents had purchased the abandoned Abbaye de Sainte-Marie on the coast of Normandy in 1931 and restored it; the abbey was seized by the Nazis during the war and was later reclaimed by the family.\n\nAfter Dewey was killed while on an OSS mission to Saigon in 1945, his friends and family gathered the writings he left behind and published them as a book in 1946. As They Were describes his experiences in France working as a reporter and a member of the Polish-American Volunteer Ambulance Service in the time leading up to the Nazi invasion. He managed to escape to Spain twelve hours before its border was closed.\n\nThis new edition of the book includes Peter's photographs and an introduction by his daughter, Nancy Dewey Hoppin.

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Brand: Keith S. Ford
EAN: 9781920143725
Categoria: Libri e riviste

Based on the author's diaries, From Addis to the Aosta Valley is the account of Keith Ford's service in the Second World War from 1940-1945. As a gunner, he was deployed 'up north' to East Africa and experienced his first taste of action with the 1st South African Division during the invasion of Italian Somaliland; thereafter he was involved in the Abyssinian campaign and was with the victorious Allies when Addis Ababa was liberated. Then came North Africa and the dark days of the Desert campaign as a Gun Position Officer's Assistant on 25-pounders with the 1st South African Brigade: from Taieb el Essem, the defensive box south of Sidi Rezegh, to Bir el Gubi, Bardia, Tobruk and Gazala, and to the annihilation of his battery by German panzers at Agheila. Retrained as a Bofors anti-aircraft gunner, he was with the Eighth Army at El Alamein. On posting to Italy, his Light Anti-Aircraft Unit 1 became D Company Witwatersrand De la Rey Battalion and dug in on the 1944 Winter Line. He saw action during the assault and capture of Caprara, the advance to the river Po and finally, St Bernard's Pass in the Aosta valley.\nThis is the story of an ordinary soldier, but one who has a keen eye for detail for the countryside and people around him. He brings a sense of immediacy and pathos to his writing through his relationships with his comrades and the civilians he encounters, particularly with the Italian women for whom he retains a special place in his heart.

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Brand: Alex Buchner;janice Ancker
EAN: 9781612009179
Categoria: Libri e riviste

Published for the first time in English, this is a German account of the German invasionof Norway in the spring of 1940. It focuses on the efforts of Group \"1\" led by Eduard Dietl. This group of gebirgstruppen was landed at Narvik in early April by tendestroyers. These ships were then all sunk by the Allies. Dietl's troops wereoutnumbered by Allied troops but his defense utilized ammunition, food and sailorsfrom the sunken ships and his men retook Narvik once the Allies abandoned theirefforts to push the Germans out of Norway.

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Brand: Alice Martini
EAN: 9788862744850
Categoria: Libri e riviste

L'avventura italiana nel secondo conflitto mondiale cominciò il 10 giugno 1940. L'alleato tedesco vi era già impegnato da nove mesi, cioè da quando aveva invaso la Polonia, il 1° settembre 1939, causando l'intervento di Francia e Gran Bretagna. Perché, dunque, Mussolini, che il 22 maggio 1939 aveva firmato con Hitler un'alleanza militare, nota come Patto d'acciaio, non aveva immediatamente incrociato le armi? Questo volume cerca di chiarire i motivi per cui il \"Duce\", prima, scelse la strada della non belligeranza, poi, dopo molte incertezze, optò per scendere in campo al fianco del \"Führer\". Il volume, basato su una corposa documentazione archivistica e su un'ampia bibliografia, italiane e straniere, ruota attorno all'evoluzione dei non lineari rapporti tra Roma e Berlino, da un lato, e Roma e Londra, dall'altro.

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Brand: Chris Mcnab
EAN: 9781780962610
Categoria: Libri e riviste

In early May 1940, the fortress of Eben Emael was a potent sentinel over the Belgian–Dutch borderlands. The fortress covered 75 hectares on the surface, had 5km of tunnels underground and was studded with bunkers, gun turrets and casemates. Add a garrison of 1,200 men and the natural protection of 60m-high canal walls, and Eben Emael gave the impression of near-impregnability. Yet on 10 May just 78 elite airborne soldiers managed to defeat this fortress in an operation of unprecedented tactical skill. Deployed by glider onto the very top of the fortifications, they utilized elite training, fast movement and specialist explosives to destroy many of the gun positions and trap much of the garrison within the fortress. Simultaneously, three other assault detachments conducted high-risk glider operations to capture critical bridges over the Albert Canal. By the end of 11 May, following the arrival of German infantry reinforcements, Eben Emael was in German hands. This Eben Emael RAID title tells the complete, fascinating story of this unique action.

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Brand: Jerry Murland
EAN: 9781473852693
Categoria: Libri e riviste

There is no other city in France that has the same associations in time of conflict that the British have with Arras. Since the campaigns of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, in the early 18th century, British soldiers have fought in and around Arras, occasionally as an enemy but, more often, as defenders of French and Allied democracy. Battlefield visitors to the area will immediately recognize the names of towns and villages that were as significant to the men of Marlborough s army as they were to those who fought in the First and Second World Wars. This book serves both as guide to the Second World War battlefields that surround the city and its environs as well as detailing the actions of the British armoured attack of 21 May 1940\. The book looks at the strategic situation that led up to the famous Arras counter-stroke and, using material that has not been published before, examines the British and German actions between 20 and 23 May. The only Victoria Cross action that took place during this time is looked at in detail; as is the fighting that took place in Arras and during the breakout.\nDespite its shortcomings, the counter-stroke achieved the essential element of surprise and caused widespread alarm amongst the German command and hit Rommel s 7th Panzer Division at precisely the moment when his armoured units were ahead of the infantry and gunners. The British infantry fought well and both the Durham battalions were fortunate that their commanding officers and senior NCOs were men who had already fought in one conflict and possessed the determination to rally their less experienced junior ranks and fight on regardless. Such was the case with the two tank battalions, although sadly they lost both their commanding officers and over half the tanks that went into the engagement. The attack did enable the British to tighten their hold on Arras albeit temporarily and, as is often cited, built doubts in the minds of German High Command as to the speed of their advance and contributed to the subsequent Hitler halt order of 24-27 May.\nThe author has gone to some lengths to track down accounts from those individuals who served in the area during May 1940 and fought the enveloping tide of the German advance The book is supported by three car tours, one of which takes the visitor along the tragic path taken by the Tyneside Scottish on 20 May and two walking routes, which concentrate on Arras. 137 black and white photographs (integrated) and a number of maps derived from regimental histories; and six tour maps provide the battlefield visitor with illustrations of the battlefields as they were in 1940 and as they are today.

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Brand: Ken Delve
EAN: 9781399083263
Categoria: Libri e riviste

This is a comprehensive reference to the structure, operation, aircraft and men of the 1st Tactical Air Force, or Desert Air Force as it became known. It was formed in North Africa to support the 8th Army and included squadrons from the RAF, SAAF, RAAF and eventually the USAAF.\n\nThe book includes descriptions of many notable defensive and offensive campaigns, the many types of aircraft used, weapons and the airfields that played host to these events. The five main sections of the book include a general historical introduction and overview, operations, operational groups, aircrew training and technical details of each aircraft type. Lengthy annexes cover personnel, the squadrons in World War II, accuracy of attacks, orders of battle for each wartime year, maps of airfield locations and numbers of enemy aircraft downed.

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Brand: Jerzy B. Cynk
EAN: 9780764305597
Categoria: Libri e riviste

After being overrun during the early Blitzkrieg in September 1939, and later in France in 1940, the Polish Air Force – flying British and American made fighters and bombers out of England in their own units – made a tremendous contribution to the Allied air victory. The PAFs gallant, lonely fight in September 1939 inflicted the first losses on the mighty Luftwaffe and allowed Britain a nine month grace to strengthen her air defenses. Their part in the Battle of Britain became legend, and its contribution to the early RAF bomber offensive on Germany was equally great. PAF exploits over Dieppe, North Africa, and during the invasion of Europe received special commendations from the RAF. This two volume set is the result of years’ painstaking research of the official RAF and PAF documentation, and is fully supported by the Polish Air Force Association. After a brief introduction to the PAF’s formative years and to the political background to the war itself, the factors shaping PAF operations in Great Britain and to the abandonment by Britain of her most faithful ally are discussed. The book also provides a wealth of information about all PAF squadrons, their participation in operations, the great variety of aircraft flown by the PAF – Hurricanes, Spitfires, Mustangs, Warhawks, Mosquitoes, Lancasters, Wellingtons, Bostons, Liberators and many others – their achievements and disappointments, victories, and losses. These are supplemented by operational statistics in detailed appendices, lists, charts, maps and over 700 black and white and color photographs, and color profiles. Volume 1 covers: the origins of Polish aviation; the air war against the Luftwaffe during the initial Blitzkrieg; the air battles over France and the formation of the Polish squadrons; the establishment and development of the PAF squadrons in Britain after the battles in France; the Battle of Britain; PAF units over Dieppe and North Africa; expansion of the PAF and operations in 1941-1943; and PAF bomber squadrons and bomber operations 1940-1943.

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Brand: Didier Andres
EAN: 9781612008639
Categoria: Libri e riviste

Between 1940 and 1945, large numbers of trucks of all categories were delivered to the U.S. Army by the Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors. Over 160,000 of these trucks were the G-506 light four-wheel drive trucks - which became the standard 1 1/2-ton, 4x4 truck for both the U.S. Army and Army Air Corps during the war. In addition, many more thousands were delivered to Allied forces as part of the Lend-Lease program, including nearly 50,000 delivered to the Soviet Union. Tough, well-built and more agile than the deuce and a half, the Chevy 1½ton played a part in every theater of operations during the war. Its durability and mechanical reliability made it ideal for a wide range of missions. Not for nothing did Chevy advertise the trucks during the war as “Vehicles of victory.”\n\nMore than 75 years after it was designed, the small Chevrolet truck is still a favourite with collectors.\n\nThis fully illustrated book details the different series of trucks and their many uses within the U.S. Army including cargo trucks, panel delivery trucks for the Signal Corps, dump trucks for engineers, telephone trucks, tractors, bomb service trucks for the air force. It also covers their part in the Lend-Lease program, and their continued use after the war.

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