Military Science

Over 220 photos show the various R12 and R75 types in various combat roles on all war fronts.Book InformationISBN 9780887403064Author Janusz PiekalkiewiczFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing...

America deployed a diverse group of special operations forces (SOF) throughout World War II and in Korea. These elite units quickly earned a redoubtable reputation and proved themselves adept at hit-and-run raids, gathering intelligence in long-range...

At its dawn in the early twentieth century, the new technology of aviation posed a crucial question to American and British cavalry: what do we do with the airplane? Lacking the hindsight of historical perspective, cavalry planners based their decisions...

Operational and technical history of Germany's World War II jet bomber and reconnaissance aircraft.Book InformationISBN 9780764314315Author Manfred GriehlFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing...

This book covers the guns that were emplaced along the Atlantic Wall by Germany during WWII.Book InformationISBN 9780764305726Author Karl HienzandFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing LtdWeight(grams)...

After World War II, the Soviet Union and the USA, who had been allies in the war, started moving towards political and military confrontation. The Soviet Union urgently needed a strategic bomber capable of striking at the USA. Thus, the windfall of three...

Unique history of the first Wehrmacht bomber aircraft including the early Dornier Do F, 11, and 13 models.Book InformationISBN 9780764300936Author H.P. DabrowskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374519322Author John McPheeFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and GirouxWeight(grams)...

Eugen SAnger's proposed manned, bi-fuel, liquid rocket-powered orbital bomber was truly mid-1940s high tech. The world's first intercontinental bomber project, the SAnger orbital bomber's total flight time was expected to be no more than two hours...

In 1962 Dean Acheson famously described Britain as having lost an Empire but not yet found a role. Perhaps nowhere is this more apparent than in the realms of nuclear weapons. An increasingly marginal world power, successive post-war British governments...

A new multi-volume series covering United States Naval patches from World War II to the present - each volume contains over 1000 patches in full color.About the AuthorMichael Roberts's aviation patch collecting spans the early 1960s to thepresent,...

X PLANES OF THE THIRD REICH SERIES An Illustrated Series on Germany's Experimental Aircraft of World War II Powered by a single HeS 001A turbojet engine, Woldemer Voigt, who had artfully crafted the Me 262, ran out of time before he could make the 1101's...

Operational and technical history of Germany's World War II jet fighter aircraft.Book InformationISBN 9780764314308Author Manfred GriehlFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 363g

This is the story of the world's first attempt at perfecting a true, tail-sitting vertical take off and landing (VTOL) interceptor flying machine - Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau's proposed "Triebflugeljager" or thrust wing fighter project of 1944. The...

Jon Maguire's book Silver Wings, Pinks & Greens was a tremendous success and set a new standard for American uniform and insignia references. Following its publication there still remained among collectors and historians a desire for more information...

Military historians have often regarded the roll of the Italian military as somewhat "bi-polar." During the First World War, Italy sided with the Allies including Britain, France, Russia and the U.S. against Germany and the Central Powers. During the...

Though never used in combat, the He 280 was the first turbo-jet aircraft designed for fighter use.Book InformationISBN 9780887403446Author Joachim DresselFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing...

A new multi-volume series covering United States Naval patches from World War II to the present - each volume contains over 1000 patches in full color.About the AuthorMichael Roberts's aviation patch collecting spans the early 1960s to thepresent,...

Menhaden steamers were double framed, heavily built offshore fishing boats in use during much of the 20th century. As the name implies, they were used to catch menhaden, a member of the herring family used for bait, oil, and fertilizer. Powered by diesel...

This book covers, in photographs and detailed text, the different types of bridgebuilding equipment used by the Wehrmacht in WWII.Book InformationISBN 9780764305719Author Horst BeiersdorfFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer Publishing...

Covers unique variants and original designs of Panzer tanks.Book InformationISBN 9780887406812Author Michael SawodnyFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 272g

This book is a concise look into the German Zundapp firm's history within the framework of one if its most successful motorcycle designs: the KS 601.Book InformationISBN 9780764312915Author Reiner ScharfenbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Schiffer...

The topic of civil-military relations has high significance for academics, for policy makers, for military commanders, and for serious students of public policy in democratic and other societies. The post-Cold War and post-9-11 worlds have thrown up...

This book presents for the first time a complete and accurate picture of their development, organization and operational use before and during the war.Book InformationISBN 9780764301414Author Charles K. KlimentFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint...

More than 150 never before published illustrations, complimented by an exhaustively researched text, document the little-known air war between Bolivia and Paraguay during the late 1920s and early 1930s. Full details of such aircraft as Fiat C.R. 20s,...

This book covers the short gun versions of the armored fighting vehicles known as the Sturmgeschutz.Book InformationISBN 9780887403507Author Horst ScheibertFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing...

This famed tri-winged World War I German aircraft was flown by Manfred von Richthofen, and was as legendary then as it is now. Detailed text and photographs explain development, technical aspects, and operations.Book InformationISBN 9780764304002Author...

A Stanford University Press classic.Reviews"A pioneering political-scientific history. . . . Lucidly composed, meticulously documented, and handsomely presented."-The Annals"A fascinating and compelling story of the beginnings of the Chinese nuclear...

This new book covers the great variety of secret and largely unknown German missile programs: GUIDED MISSILES: Ruhrstahl/Kramer X1 "Fritz-X", Henschel Hs 293, Hs 294, Hs 295 and Henschel "Zitterrochen", Blohm und Voss Bv 226, Bv 246 "Hagelkorn" and...

It is no secret that twentieth-century Britain was governed through a culture of secrecy, and secrecy was particularly endemic in military research and defence policy surrounding biological and chemical warfare. More generally, it is hard to exaggerate...

The Junkers Ju 388 was a high-altitude aircraft developed from the Ju 88. In its bomber and reconnaissance versions it would elude enemy fighters by flying high, while as a heavy fighter and night-fighter it was to intercept the Boeing B-29 and the...

Detailed book explores the landing gear systems of World War II German combat aircraft.Book InformationISBN 9780887404702Author Gunther SengfelderFormat HardbackPage Count 246Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing LtdWeight(grams)...

This book, the first in a multi-volume history of German aviation, provides a comprehensive and detailed analysis of of jet aircraft design and development in Germany. The solid description, unique photo material, historical documents, numerous drawings...

The Northrop YF-17 holds a special place in aircraft history. The YF-17 was one of the two prototypes tested in the U.S. Air Force Air Combat Fighter competition, a program which attempted to reverse the trend of increasing cost and complexity of new...

Horten brothers biographer David Myhra continues his efforts for a full accounting of the events surrounding the design, construction, and flight testing of the twin turbojet powered all-wing prototype Horten Ho 9 fighter/interceptor and its serial...

X PLANES OF THE THIRD REICH SERIES An Illustrated Series on Germany's Experimental Aircraft of World War II Into the arms of the angels went pilots of the Me 163s, however the Alexander Lippisch-designed machine wasn't quite finished even though it went...

Paramarine! is devoted to the Marines and Sailors of the Marine Corps parachute units of World War II. It explores in fascinating detail their unique, specially-designed uniforms, equipment, weapons and insignia. For the first time, over 500 photographs...

This book is the eighth volume in a series covering the various trucks and cars used by Germany during WWII.Book InformationISBN 9780887404801Author Horst ScheibertFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994140784Author Adam R. A. ClaasenFormat HardbackPage Count 496Imprint Massey University PressPublisher Massey University Press

Shown are the various caliber heavy guns used by the German infantry during World Wars I & II.Book InformationISBN 9780887408151Author Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.Format PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing...