Hoppa till innehållet
Biblioteket meddelar: ansök om låneuppgifter längst ned på denna sida

E-böcker / Samhälle & politik


Omslagsbild för The Shelburne Escape Line
E-bok

The Shelburne Escape Line

Six decades after the end of World War II, new stories about the conflict continue to emerge. One of these is the subject of this book. Written by an American, Réanne Hemingway-Dou ...


Omslagsbild för Daylight Bombing Operations 1939-1942
E-bok

Daylight Bombing Operations 1939-1942

There are no records of war more valuable than the first-hand accounts of the individuals who were actually there. The vivid honesty of the stories on display here brings into shar ...


Omslagsbild för The Heavy Bomber Offensive of WWII
E-bok

The Heavy Bomber Offensive of WWII

This book contains fourteen stirring accounts, each conveying an authentic sense of what it was really like to fly as a member of air-crew during the various bombing operations of ...


Omslagsbild för RAF Night Operations
E-bok

RAF Night Operations

'The Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can win it. Therefore our supreme effort must be to gain overwhelming mastery in the air. The Fighters are our salvation but t ...


Omslagsbild för Secret Wings of World War II
E-bok

Secret Wings of World War II

There are many myths and legends surrounding the advanced German aeronautical technology of the Second World War. There are also facts and proven events. Yet within these stories a ...


Omslagsbild för Soviet Cold War Weaponry
E-bok

Soviet Cold War Weaponry

The T-54, T-62 and T-72 main battle tanks along with the personnel carriers, assault guns, self-propelled guns and anti-tank missiles that are illustrated in this photographic hist ...


Omslagsbild för Daring Raids of World War Two
E-bok

Daring Raids of World War Two

The Second World War saw a host of heroic raids enacted across the various theatres, all delivered valiantly in a variety of ways by British combatants; on land, by sea and from th ...


Omslagsbild för Nothing is Impossible
E-bok

Nothing is Impossible

Battle is the severest test a man can be called upon to undergo; it can bring out the best in a man – and the worst...The author of this book, Victor Miller, joined the Queen's Roy ...


Omslagsbild för Dogfight
E-bok

Dogfight

Innumerable books have been published on the two most famous fighter aircraft of all time, the Supermarine Spitfire and the Messerschmitt Bf109. But books setting out to tell the s ...


Omslagsbild för Air Raids on South-West Essex in the Great War
E-bok

Air Raids on South-West Essex in the Great War

A quarter of a century before the Blitz of 1940, the inhabitants of south-west Essex were terrorized by an earlier aerial menace. Over the course of four years, German Zeppelins, G ...


Omslagsbild för Tornado Over the Tigris
E-bok

Tornado Over the Tigris

Written from the unique perspective of a fast jet cockpit, Tornado Over the Tigris captures the essence of what it was really like to fly a Tornado at the front-line of the Cold Wa ...


Omslagsbild för Merchant Sailors at War 1943-1945: Beating the U-Boat
E-bok

Merchant Sailors at War 1943-1945: Beating the U-Boat

“The Battle of the Atlantic was the dominating factor all through the war. Never for one moment could we forget that everything happening elsewhere, on land, at sea, or in the air, ...


Omslagsbild för Battleships: WWII Evolution of the Big Guns
E-bok

Battleships: WWII Evolution of the Big Guns

Beginning with a pictorial essay on battleship construction in the 1930s and 1940s, this new book looks at the various design facets of the last great capital ships of the world's ...


Omslagsbild för The Battle of Jutland
E-bok

The Battle of Jutland

The Battle of Jutland: At the end of May 1916, a chance encounter with Admiral Hipper's battlecruisers has enabled Beatty to lead the German Battle Fleet into the jaws of Jellicoe' ...


Omslagsbild för Early Ships and Seafaring
E-bok

Early Ships and Seafaring

In this volume Professor Seán McGrail introduces the reader to a relatively new branch of Archaeology – the study of water transport – how early rafts, boats and ships were built a ...


Omslagsbild för 1940
E-bok

1940

The epic story of 1940 is not confined to the great air battle over England that summer; The Battle of Britain. Whilst that battle was indeed a major turning point in the course of ...


Omslagsbild för The Night Air War
E-bok

The Night Air War

Of the 7,953 Bomber Command aircraft lost on night operations during the Second World War, an estimated 5,833 fell victim to Luftwaffe night fighters. In this detailed re-enactment ...


Omslagsbild för American Eagles: US Fighter Pilots in the RAF 1939-1945
E-bok

American Eagles: US Fighter Pilots in the RAF 1939-1945

American Eagles provides a photographic snapshot of the lives of the American fighter pilots who volunteered their services during World War II, as well as the Spitfires and Hurric ...


Omslagsbild för The Lusitania Saga & Myth
E-bok

The Lusitania Saga & Myth

The SS Lusitania entered service with Cunard in 1907. The first transatlantic express liner powered by marine turbines, she could complete the Liverpool-New York crossing in five ...


Omslagsbild för The Panavia Tornado
E-bok

The Panavia Tornado

Through a collection of dramatic and informative photographs, supplemented by cutaway illustrations, this book highlights the agility and flexibility of this dedicated RAF aircraft ...


Omslagsbild för Airmen Behind the Medals
E-bok

Airmen Behind the Medals

Of the many human characteristics, few evoke greater admiration and respect than gallantry in the service of one's country. Here, Graham Pitchfork describes the outstanding bravery ...


Omslagsbild för The Baby Killers
E-bok

The Baby Killers

Just over a decade after the Wright Brothers’ triumph of powered flight, the conduct of war was changed for ever. Until the Kaiser’s Zeppelins raided British cities and towns, it h ...


Omslagsbild för Berlin Battlefield Guide
E-bok

Berlin Battlefield Guide

On 16 April 1945 the Red Army unleashed a colossal offensive against Berlin with the aim of destroying Hitler's armies in the East and capturing the German capital before the Weste ...


Omslagsbild för Beware Raiders!
E-bok

Beware Raiders!

This is the fascinating story of two German surface raiders and the havoc they caused amongst Allied shipping in World War II. One was the 8-inch gun cruiser Admiral Hipper, fast, ...


Omslagsbild för Britain’s Future Navy
E-bok

Britain’s Future Navy

What kind of Royal Navy does Britain need now? The 21st century promises to be one of huge uncertainties and challenges for the senior service. Does Britain have the right naval st ...