Download or read book The Great Book of Bombers written by Jon Lake and published by Salamander Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chronological reference from 1912 to the present day of every bomber aircraft ever flown. From RE-8s and B-29s to Caproni Ca.33's, from Tornado to B-2s, they are all accompanied by historical photographs, general arrangement drawings, colour profiles and detailed cutaways.

Download or read book The World s Great Bombers written by Bookmart Limited and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The World s Great Bombers written by Christopher Chant and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beskriver bombefly gennem tiderne fra alle lande

Download or read book The Great Book of Bombers written by Jon Lake and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Great Book of Bombers written by Jon Lake and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Famous Bombers of the Second World War written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book World s Great Bombers written by Christopher Chant and published by Chartwell Books. This book was released on 2005-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its first use in 1914 to bomb Zeppelin sheds to its current use as a means of enforcing peace, the bomber has become one of the world's most effective and feared weapons. In World War I bombers flew as tactical weapons on the battlefield due to its short range and lack of power. By the mid 1930s there came a major change as the bomber's capabilities were dramatically increased. Engines became more powerful, and sleek all-metal monoplanes with enclosed cockpits and internal bombloads, like the Heinkel He III and Dornier Do 17, were deployed, proving their effectiveness in the early campaigns of World War II. Yet while the Germans concentrated on tactical bombing, the Allied nations made strategic bombing a major part of their war effort. Losses were heavy as the German air defences took their toll, but by 1944 the bombing efforts by Boeing B-17s and Avro Lancasters were seriously degrading Germany's ability to wage the war. The dropping of two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 finally turned the bomber into a weapon of grand strategic capability. Throughout the Cold War, the United States and Soviet Union produced ever more capable turbine-powered bombers, like the giant B-52 and Tupolev Tu-95 Bear, that later added missile launching to their repertoire. Today only the US can afford to continue development, production, and deployment of strategic bombers like the highly advanced B-2 Stealth aircraft. Magnificently illustrated throughout with photographs and full-color artworks, The World's Great Bombers details the development, unique features, and operational capabilities of the major bomber types. Each artwork is accompanied by the relevant technical specifications for the aircraft, including armament, powerplant, performance, and dimensions. The book provides a mass of information on one of the most decisive weapons of the last 100 years. Book jacket.

Download or read book World s Great Bombers written by Chris Chant and published by . This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its first use in 1914 to bomb Zeppelin sheds to its current use as a means of enforcing peace, the bomber has become one of the world¿s most effective & feared weapons. Magnificently illustrated, with more than 60 full-color artworks & 80 photos, this book details the development, unique features, & operational capabilities of the major bomber types worldwide. Today only the U.S. can afford to continue development, production, & deployment of strategic bombers like the highly advanced B-2 Stealth aircraft. Each artwork is accompanied by the relevant technical specifications for the aircraft, including armament, powerplant, performance, & dimensions. Includes aircraft from WW1, the Inter-war period, WW2, & the Post-war period.

Download or read book B 52 Stratofortress written by Bill Yenne and published by Zenith Press. This book was released on 2012-12-15 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The B-52's development and five decades of service, from the Cold War and Vietnam to the Gulf Wars and Afghanistan, are featured in this comprehensive and heavily illustrated history.

Download or read book Famous Bombers of the Second World War written by W. Green and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Famous Bombers Of The Second World War Volume One written by William Green and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2016-03-28 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1959 to much acclaim, William Green’s Famous Bombers Of The Second World War, provides the most accurate and comprehensive view of the bomber aircraft that were used by both the Axis and the Allies. In this first volume, the author covers 18 different aircraft and their variants in their approximate order of introduction to operational service and provides a brief developmental and operational history of each type. Included are: Heinkel HE111, Savoia-Marchetti Sparviero, Boeing Fortress, Junker JU87, Dornier DO17, Vickers Wellington, Junkers JU88, Consolidated Liberator, North American Mitchell, Martin Marauder, De Havilland Mosquito and the Avro Lancaster. Widely regarded as a pioneering ground from author William Green, it is particularly noted for the many excellent illustrations by G.W. Heumann and comprehensive side profiles of major sub-types, this volume also includes a highly detailed 3-view artwork.

Download or read book Famous Bombers of the Second World War written by William Green and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Famous Bombers of the Second World War written by William Green and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book World s Greatest Aircraft written by Christopher Chant and published by Salamander Books. This book was released on 1999-01 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rigt illustreret beskrivelse af de mest kendte jetjagere og bombefly

Download or read book World s Greatest Bombers written by Christopher Chant and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Bombers of World War II written by Nancy Robinson Masters and published by Capstone. This book was released on 1998 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces the different kinds of bombers used during World War Two, their capabilities, the kinds of missions on which they were sent, and any special characteristics. Also discusses what some of the airplanes were used for after World War 2.

Download or read book The Bomber Mafia written by Malcolm Gladwell and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “truly compelling” (Good Morning America) New York Times bestseller that explores how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war—from the creator and host of the podcast Revisionist History. In The Bomber Mafia, Malcolm Gladwell weaves together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard to examine one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American history. Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. But a small band of idealistic strategists, the “Bomber Mafia,” asked: What if precision bombing could cripple the enemy and make war far less lethal? In contrast, the bombing of Tokyo on the deadliest night of the war was the brainchild of General Curtis LeMay, whose brutal pragmatism and scorched-earth tactics in Japan cost thousands of civilian lives, but may have spared even more by averting a planned US invasion. In The Bomber Mafia, Gladwell asks, “Was it worth it?” Things might have gone differently had LeMay’s predecessor, General Haywood Hansell, remained in charge. Hansell believed in precision bombing, but when he and Curtis LeMay squared off for a leadership handover in the jungles of Guam, LeMay emerged victorious, leading to the darkest night of World War II. The Bomber Mafia is a riveting tale of persistence, innovation, and the incalculable wages of war.