Search Results: Authors starting with D from Military History Books

(Subject: European Conflicts & The Napoleonic Wars) Some 7300 titles are listed, with sections on the Armies of the Period, the Egyptian campaign, the Naval War, the Peninsular War, the Russian campaign and the Hundred Days. (Published: 1986) (Publisher: Greenhill Books) (ISBN: 0947898441) (Pagination: xii + 689pp.) (Condition: Very good in slightly spine faded d/w) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Uniforms, Dress & Insignia - General) An illustrated study of German Aviation Badges. Includes NS Fliegerkorps, SA/SS Fliegersturme, NSFK and Luftwaffe. German Text (Published: 1987) (Publisher: Patzwall Verlag) (Pagination: 104pp, 112 photos, insignia, drawings) (Condition: covers rubbed ow good) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Post World War II - Vietnam, SE Asia) Three volumes of poetry by a retired veteran of Korea and Vietnam. Vol.I ISBN 094032900X. Vol.II ISBN 0940329018. Vol.III ISBN 0940329026. All copies are signed by author. Although unread, some shelfwear on edges. (Published: 1987) (Publisher: Jo-Ely Publishing Co) (Pagination: vol.1.63pp.Vol.2.64pp.vol.3.64pp) (Condition: Good in card covers) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Regimental & Unit Histories - General) Mass market paperback. Good. The history of the Special Boat Squadron of the Royal Marines from their first operations in WWII to the Falklands War. The SBS can trace their origins to the Second World War, when they were formed as the Special Boat Section in 1940. They became the Special Boat Squadron in 1977. (Published: 1984) (Publisher: Fontana) (ISBN: 0006366406) (Pagination: 381pp illustrations) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General) The Royal Navy of Spain, its achievements, campaigns and objectives, from 1705 to 1805. The design of their warships, the officers, the campaign and battle of Trafalgar and its significance to Spain. (Published: 1988) (Publisher: Conway) (ISBN: 0851774776) (Pagination: 208pp, 20 col plates, 125 illustrations) (Condition: Good in edgecreased d/w.) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Colonial & Other Wars ) Facsimile reprint. The experiences of Tyrie-Lang who commanded the Belingwe Field Force during the rebellion. He tells of the heroic actions of a small unit made up from a number of different nationalities. (Published: 1991) (Publisher: Roberts Medals) (Pagination: 136pp) (Condition: Faded on spine. very good in card covers) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Aviation - World War II ) The full and authorised biography of Flight Lieutenant James Brindley Nicolson, the only RAF Battle of Britain fighter Pilot to be awarded the Victoria Cross. During an engagement with the enemy near Southampton on 16th August, 1940, Nicolson's Hurricane was hit by cannon shells, wounding him and setting fire to the aircraft. About to abandon the aircraft, he sighted a German Me 110 fighter which he attacked and shot down. As a result of staying in his burning aircraft Flt. Lt. Nicolson sustained serious burns. With a Foreword by Group Captain Leonard Cheshire. (Published: 1991) (Publisher: Geerings of Ashford) (ISBN: 0951304291) (Pagination: 164pp, 112 illustrations) (Condition: Fine in d/w) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Aviation - General) The history of the elite USAAF/USAF Air Commando and Special Operations Squadrons 1944-1994. Looks at their activities in WWII when the 1st Air Commando suported the Wingate operation in Burma and their activities in Vietnam, Iran, Grenada, Panama and the Gulf. (Published: 1994) (Publisher: Airlife Publishing) (ISBN: 1853104531) (Pagination: 320pp, 64 photos, 7 maps, diagrams, appendices, bibliography, index) (Condition: fine in dw) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Aviation - World War II ) This book has a 3 inch cut at bottom of the front cover and first 2 pages, the result of careless box opening unfortunately. The history of the three "Eagle" Squadrons, formed by the RAF from American volunteers who joined before the United States entered WWII. This is the first book to relate their entire history from recruitment, training, their battles, and eventual assimilation into the USAAF. (Published: 1991) (Publisher: National Defense Univ.) (Pagination: xii + 417pp, 34 ills, maps, tables, index) (Condition: showing a little shelf wear but ow vg. Unread.) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Aviation - Pre World War II ) A far-reaching and superbly researched overview of all aspects of naval aviation in WWI. It sheds new light on little-known aspects of the naval war in the air, including the operations of the Imperial Russian Navy's seaplane-carrier squadron in the Black Sea, the world's first 'carrier strike force', the Royal Navy's use of observation balloons tethered to ships, and the vital role played by aviation in the ill-fated Gallipoli campaign (Published: 1996) (Publisher: Caxton Editions) (ISBN: 1840673141) (Pagination: 224pp, 39 ills, appendices, tables, index) (Condition: Unread but small tear in d/w) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: The Third Reich - General) The Olympic games of 1936 were held in Berlin, a propaganda coup, seen by Hitler as a golden opportunity to introduce Nazi culture to the world and strengthen his hold over the German people. A dazzling spectacle to reinforce and mobilise the hysterical patriotism of the German masses. (Published: 1972) (Publisher: Souvenir Press) (ISBN: 0285620436) (Pagination: 316pp illustrations, endpaper map) (Condition: Good in d/w) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General) The author's search for the wreck of the Bismarck began in July 1988, but the first expedition brought no success. A second expedition was mounted in May 1989, and on 8 June, after combing an area of some 200 square miles of the Atlantic Ocean, the Bismarck's remains were found 600 miles west of Brest at a depth of 4,790 meters (15,700 feet). This account describes The Bismarck's construction, trials and the final fatal war cruise. With two fold-outs, the photos include how the vessel was and what she looks like now. (Published: 1990) (Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton) (ISBN: 0340529768) (Pagination: Large Format. 231pp, colour & b/w illustrations, charts, maps, diagrams.) (Condition: No d/w. Good in blue boards.) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General) A study of Royal Navy Destroyers From HMS Havoc in 1893 to the Darings of the 1950s. Each vessel is listed with details of tonnage, machinery, armament, and its ultimate fate. (Published: 1961) (Publisher: Putnam Publishers) (Pagination: 148pp. b/w illustrations) (Condition: Good in torn d/w) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Post World War II - Cold War, Eastern Bloc) Live Testing of Soviet Nuclear Bombs, 1949-1962. On 30 October 1961, the Soviet Union conducted a live test of the most powerful nuclear weapon ever created. Codenamed ‘Ivan’, and known in the West as the ‘Tsar Bomba’, the RDS-202 hydrogen bomb was detonated at the Sukhoy Nos cape of Severny Island, Novaya Zemla archipelago, in the Barents Sea. The Tsar Bomba unleashed about 58 megatons of TNT, creating a 8-kilometre/5-mile-wide fireball and then a mushroom that peaked at an altitude of 95 kilometres (59 miles). The shockwave created by the RDS-202 eradicated a village 55 kilometres (34 miles) from ground zero, caused widespread damage to nature to a radius of dozens of kilometres further away, and created a heat wave felt as far as 270 kilometres (170 miles) distant. And still, this was just one of 45 tests of nuclear weapons conducted in the USSR in October 1961 alone. (Published: 2021) (Publisher: Helion & Co.) (ISBN:… Read More

(Subject: Colonial & Other Wars - The American Civil War) The 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles (1861–1865) was a Confederate Army cavalry regiment. The unit was formed as a mounted infantry regiment, but was dismounted in the spring of 1862 and remained so for the remainder of the war. The unit participated in the earliest battles in the western theater at Wilson's Creek and surrendered with the remnants of the Army of Tennessee in North Carolina in April 1865. (Published: 1972) (Publisher: Morningside) (Pagination: 48pp) (Condition: scarce. Very good) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Aviation - Pre World War II ) Beginning with the very early attempts at mechanized flight, this volume progresses from the earliest prototypes to coverage of all the types of planes used during the First World War. Every model is shown with five classic views, along with any signal variants, detailed history, structural and technical specifications, performance data and records held. (Published: 1974) (Publisher: Macdonald & Janes) (ISBN: 0356080757) (Pagination: 208pp 479ills 323 in full colour Large Format) (Condition: vg in edgeworn dw) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Post World War II - General) When Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire received the call to serve as force commander of the UN mission to Rwanda, he thought he was heading off to Africa to help two warring parties achieve a peace both sides wanted. Instead, he and members of his small international force were caught up in a vortex of civil war and genocide. Dallaire left Rwanda a broken man; disillusioned, suicidal, and determined to tell his story. (Published: 2004) (Publisher: Arrow Books) (ISBN: 978099478935) (Condition: As new in card covers) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War I - General) The transition from war to peace across Europe, the collapse of Germany and it's allies, and the armistice. There is revolution in Russia, an uprising in Bavaria, and the call for a League of Nations. The United States enters European politics with a new role to play. (Published: 2000) (Publisher: John Murray) (ISBN: 0719554772) (Pagination: 616pp 60 b&w photos & illustrations, 4 maps) (Condition: Slight creasing edge of dw . Edges browning ow very good) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Post World War II - General) The author considers the question that there was no peace settlement in 1945: simply a division of Europe into two halves determined by military force. The Yalta and Potsdam conferences were recognitions of a fait accompli rather than agreements on the terms of peace. The book opens on the day of Hitler's suicide in Berlin where life existed in the ruins of the city as the Red army ferociously imposed its victorious will. (Published: 2005) (Publisher: John Murray) (ISBN: 0719554780) (Pagination: 739pp 40 ills.) (Condition: Very good in like dw) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: European Conflicts & The Napoleonic Wars) 1814-1815 Europe embraced an uneasy peace. Despite mutual antagonisms the ruling powers knew they must restore the natural order or risk repeating the past. They agreed to convene a congress of nations in Vienna. It's goal, to insure the peace of Europe. The stellar cast included Tsar Alexander, Talleyrand, Castlereagh, Wellington and metterbnich. Hovering over it, the man who was not there, Napoleon Bonaparte, who would confirm their worst fears, breaking free of exile to challenge them on the Plains of Waterloo. (Published: 1996) (Publisher: Henry Holt & Co ) (ISBN: 0805031847) (Pagination: 544pp illustrations) (Condition: Good in d/w) UL-XXXXXX