Download or read book Tracking Enemy Units by Aerial Photography written by Donald J. Belcher and Associates and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Aerial Photographs Characteristics and Military Applications written by Dache M. Reeves and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Belorussia 1944 written by David Glantz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new edited translation of the Soviet Staff study of the Red Army's Belorussian operation in the summer of 1944, which was unprecedented in terms of its scale, scope and strategic consequences. The Soviet Stavka had planned a campaign consisting of a series of massive operations spanning the entire Soviet-German front. Four powerful fronts (army groups) operated under close Stavka (high command) control. Over 1.8 million troops acomplished a feat unique in the history of the Red Army: the defeat and dismemberment of an entire German army group. This book is a translation of the Soviet General Staff Study No 18, a work originally classified as 'secret' and intended to educate Soviet commanders and staff officers. The operation is presented from the Soviet perspective, in the words of the individuals who planned and orchestrated the plans. A map supplement, including terrain maps, is provided to illustrate the flow of the operation in greater detail.
Download or read book Military Thought written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 876 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tiger Hound written by Ken Welch and published by Ken Welch. This book was released on 2010-03-17 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1963, communist insurgency was in it's infancy. Then South Vietnam's President was assassinated and it's government was in turmoil. Soon America found itself embroiled in war and secret wars. The enemy suffered horrible casualties but were handed victory.
Download or read book Army Digest written by and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 924 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fundamental Concepts Of Aerial Photography Remote Sensing GPS Geographical Information System GIS written by Dr. Shyam S. Khinchi and published by Academic Guru Publishing House. This book was released on 2024-01-04 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Remote sensing encompasses the practice of aerial photography. Aircraft and satellites are the most popular and pervasive platforms used for remote sensing observations. Topographical mapping, environmental research, engineering, mineral and oil exploration, and many more fields find use for aerial photography, which is a subset of remote sensing. Aerial photography relied on balloons & kites in the beginning, but with the creation of airplanes in 1903, they have become the standard method. Air and space-borne photography serves the purpose of capturing diverse views of Earth, allowing observers to witness the planet's flora, resources, and landscapes. These images, obtained through various methods such as remote sensing and aerial photography, depict landscapes from above. A systematic overlapping flying pattern at a specific height is employed in aerial photography, utilizing satellites, balloons, helicopters, or aircraft to generate photographic pictures. The primary objective of this approach is map creation. The field of study known as "remote sensing" focuses on the acquisition, analysis, and presentation of geographical data obtained from a considerable distance. This involves aerial footage and still images captured through the electromagnetic spectrum.
Download or read book Vietnam War After Action Reports written by and published by BACM Research. This book was released on with total page 3213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Eyes on the Horizon written by Richard Myers and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even centuries later, the final decades of the twentieth century are still regarded as one of the darkest and most perilous chapters in the history of humanity Now, as an ancient and forbidden technology tempts mankind once more, Captain James T. Kirk of the "Starship Enterprise(TM)" must probe deep into the secrets of the past, to discover the true origins of the dreaded Eugenics Wars -- and of perhaps the greatest foe he has ever faced. 1974 A.D. An international consortium of the world's top scientists have conspired to create the Chrysalis Project, a top-secret experiment in human genetic engineering. The project's goal is the creation of a new super-race to take command of the entire planet. Gary Seven, an undercover operative for an advanced alien species, is alarmed by the project's objectives; he knows too well the apocalyptic consequences of genetic manipulation. But he may already be too late. One generation of super-humans has already been conceived. Seven watches as the children of Chrysalis-in particular, a brilliant youth named Khan Noonien Singh -- grow to adulthood. Can Khan's dark destiny be averted -- or is Earth doomed to fight Singh a global battle for supremacy? "The Eugenics Wars: Volume One" is a fast-paced thriller that explores the rise of the conqueror known as Khan.
Download or read book Eyes All Over the Sky written by James Streckfuss and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2016-05-19 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The impact of the unsung heroes of WWI—“a must for any aviation enthusiast to further complement work on aerial reconnaissance in modern warfare” (Roads to the Great War), Beyond the heroic deeds of the fighter pilots and bombers of World War I, the real value of military aviation lay elsewhere; aerial reconnaissance, observation, and photography impacted the fighting in many ways, but little has been written about it. Balloons and airplanes regulated artillery fire, infantry liaison aircraft followed attacking troops and the retreats of defenders, aerial photographers aided operational planners and provided the data for perpetually updated maps, and naval airplanes, airships, and balloons acted as aerial sentinels in a complex anti-submarine warfare organization. Reconnaissance crews at the Battles of the Marne and Tannenberg averted disaster. Eyes All Over the Sky fully explores all the aspects of aerial reconnaissance and its previously under-appreciated significance. Also included are the individual experiences of British, American, and German airmen—true pioneers of aviation warfare. “With an interesting selection of photos, the book is not only an excellent reference—it is historically important.” —Classic Wings “This well-researched history belongs on the shelf of anyone with a serious interest in the air war or the ground war of 1914-1918.” —Steve Suddaby, former president of the World War One Historical Association
Download or read book Red Phoenix Rising written by Von Hardesty and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2021-07-01 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking account of the Soviet Air Force in World War II, the original version of this book, Red Phoenix, was hailed by the Washington Post as both "brilliant" and "monumental." That version has now been completely overhauled in the wake of an avalanche of declassified Russian archival sources, combat documents, and statistical information made available in the past three decades. The result, Red Phoenix Rising, is nothing less than definitive. The saga of the Soviet air force, one of the least chronicled aspects of the war, marked a transition from near annihilation in 1941 to the world's largest operational-tactical air force four years later. Von Hardesty and Ilya Grinberg reveal the dynamic changes in tactics and operational art that allowed the VVS to bring about that remarkable transformation. Drawing upon a wider array of primary sources, well beyond the uncritical and ultra-patriotic Soviet memoirs underpinning the original version, this volume corrects, updates, and amplifies its predecessor. In the process, it challenges many "official" accounts and revises misconceptions promoted by scholars who relied heavily on German sources, thus enlarging our understanding of the brutal campaigns fought on the Eastern Front. The authors describe the air campaigns as they unfolded, with full chapters devoted to the monumental victories at Moscow, Stalingrad, and Kursk. By combining the deeply affecting human drama of pilots, relentlessly confronted by lethal threats in the air and on the ground, with a rich technical understanding of complex military machines, they have produced a fast-paced, riveting look at the air war on the Eastern Front as it has never been seen before. They also address dilemmas faced by the Soviet Air Force in the immediate postwar era as it moved to adopt the new technology of long-range bombers, jet propulsion and nuclear arms. Drawing heavily upon individual accounts down to the unit level, Hardesty and Grinberg greatly enhance our understanding of their story's human dimension, while the book's more than 100 photos, many never before seen in the West, vividly portray the high stakes and hardware of this dramatic tale. In sum, this is the definitive one-volume account of a vital but still underserved dimension of the war-surpassing its predecessor so decisively that no fan of that earlier work can afford to miss it.
Download or read book The Luftwaffe s Way of War written by James S. Corum and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The staff papers of the Luftwaffe expose the inner workings of the German Air Force's high command. These doctrines have been translated into English by James S. Corum and Richard R. Muller, two distinguished American scholars of air force history.
Download or read book Information Technology and Military Power written by Jon R. Lindsay and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Militaries with state-of-the-art information technology sometimes bog down in confusing conflicts. To understand why, it is important to understand the micro-foundations of military power in the information age, and this is exactly what Jon R. Lindsay's Information Technology and Military Power gives us. As Lindsay shows, digital systems now mediate almost every effort to gather, store, display, analyze, and communicate information in military organizations. He highlights how personnel now struggle with their own information systems as much as with the enemy. Throughout this foray into networked technology in military operations, we see how information practice—the ways in which practitioners use technology in actual operations—shapes the effectiveness of military performance. The quality of information practice depends on the interaction between strategic problems and organizational solutions. Information Technology and Military Power explores information practice through a series of detailed historical cases and ethnographic studies of military organizations at war. Lindsay explains why the US military, despite all its technological advantages, has struggled for so long in unconventional conflicts against weaker adversaries. This same perspective suggests that the US retains important advantages against advanced competitors like China that are less prepared to cope with the complexity of information systems in wartime. Lindsay argues convincingly that a better understanding of how personnel actually use technology can inform the design of command and control, improve the net assessment of military power, and promote reforms to improve military performance. Warfighting problems and technical solutions keep on changing, but information practice is always stuck in between.
Download or read book There s a War to Be Won written by Geoffrey Perret and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2011-08-03 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THERE'S A WAR TO BE WON is the landmark story of one of the greatest armies in history, a conscript force of amateur soldiers who had an unparalleled record of combat success. Here -- for the first time in one volume -- is the chronicle of the United States Army's dramatic mobilization and stunning march to victory in World War II. In a lively and engrossing narrative that spans theaters of operations around the world, Geoffrey Perret tells how the Army was drafted, trained, organized, armed, and led at every stage of the war. Beginning with the prescient military planners of the 1930s, he offers vivid warts-and-all profiles of the farsighted commanders who would lead the way, men like Marshall, MacArthur, Eisenhower, Ridgway, Bradley, and Patton. Drawing heavily on important new source material in major archives throughout the United States, THERE'S A WAR TO BE WON offers new insights into the wartime Army, its commanders, and its battles. A major work of American military history. "An immensely readable, well-researched history . . . Dramatic." -- Chicago Tribune
Download or read book To Salamaua written by Phillip Bradley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-07-02 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts the first of the New Guinea offensives by the Australian Army in WWII.
Download or read book Hearings written by United States. Congress. House and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 2086 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
