E-böcker / Samhälle & politik
![Omslagsbild för A History of the Mediterranean Air War, 1940-1945. Volume 1](https://images.axiellmedia.com/cover/1127339/1127339_202102161139.jpg?height=160)
A History of the Mediterranean Air War, 1940-1945. Volume 1
It is now more than 40 years since Fighters over the Desert was published, and nearly as long since this was followed by Fighters over Tunisia. Both volumes have long been out of p ...
![Omslagsbild för Churchill and His Airmen](https://images.axiellmedia.com/cover/1127340/1127340_202102161137.jpg?height=160)
Churchill and His Airmen
Winston Churchill probably had more impact on 20th Century British military history than any other person and especially during World War II. Yet of all the many volumes since that ...
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BEYOND COURAGE
This new book covers the adventures of 283, 284, 293 and 294 Walrus Squadrons, operating from North Africa, Sicily, Italy and Sardinia. The pilots, like their counterparts in Engl ...
![Omslagsbild för Victor Boys](https://images.axiellmedia.com/cover/1127342/1127342_202102161140.jpg?height=160)
Victor Boys
The Handley Page Victor was the third of the three V Bombers and the most long lasting, serving in the RAF until 1993, and still doing invaluable service in the first Iraq war. Mor ...
![Omslagsbild för Iron Man](https://images.axiellmedia.com/cover/1127343/1127343_202102161141.jpg?height=160)
Iron Man
As one of the most successful German fighter pilots of World War I Hauptmann Rudolf Berthold was victorious in forty-four aerial combats. He was also shot down or forced to land af ...
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The Quick and the Dead
First published in 1956, but still relevant and thought-provoking today, this book is an absolute revelation on test flying with the British aircraft organizations and manufacturer ...
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Pathfinder Companion
What sort of men were the Pathfinders, the corps d’élite of Bomber Command? What did they do? What risks did they face? And what contribution did they make to the air war and the u ...
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Open Cockpit
Thanks to a broken leg during flight school, Arthur Stanley Gould Lee gained valuable additional time flying trainers before he was posted to France during World War I. In November ...
![Omslagsbild för Coastal Dawn](https://images.axiellmedia.com/cover/1127351/1127351_202102161144.jpg?height=160)
Coastal Dawn
In 1940, the defense of Great Britain rested with a handful of volunteer aircrew, Churchill’s ‘few’. Overshadowed in later folklore by the more famous Spitfire and Hurricane pilots ...
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Stuka Attack
The Junkers 87 Stuka was an iconic weapon of World War Two and an aircraft name that was, and still is, instantly recognized worldwide. Its roles in Poland and the Battles of Franc ...
![Omslagsbild för The Last of the 39-ers](https://images.axiellmedia.com/cover/1127377/1127377_202102161134.jpg?height=160)
The Last of the 39-ers
In some ways, Alfie Fripp’s war ended when he was shot down on a reconnaissance sortie over Germany in October 1939. In many others, it was only just beginning. Squadron Leader Alf ...
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Spitfire Pilot
Spitfire Pilot was written in 1940 in the heat of battle when the RAF stood alone against the might of Hitler's Third Reich. It is a tremendous personal account of one of the fierc ...
![Omslagsbild för Footprints on the Sands of Time](https://images.axiellmedia.com/cover/1127385/1127385_202102160131.jpg?height=160)
Footprints on the Sands of Time
This extensive book is divided into two parts. The first, which has eighteen chapters, deals with German POW camps as they were opened, in chronological order and to which the Bomb ...
![Omslagsbild för Tales of My Time](https://images.axiellmedia.com/cover/1127386/1127386_202102160010.jpg?height=160)
Tales of My Time
Raymond Baxter, WW2 fighter pilot, postwar radio and TV commentator at major events from motor races to great State occasions, was later the famous presenter of television’s Tomorr ...
![Omslagsbild för Arrival of Eagles](https://images.axiellmedia.com/cover/1127387/1127387_202102161129.jpg?height=160)
Arrival of Eagles
During World War Two a great many Luftwaffe aircraft arrived on the ground in the UK or its coastal waters, but, as with Rudolf Hess, not all of them through ‘conventional’ combat ...
![Omslagsbild för Hunter Boys](https://images.axiellmedia.com/cover/1127388/1127388_202102161128.jpg?height=160)
Hunter Boys
From the highly successful author of Lightning Boys and Lightning Boys 2, Richard Pike, comes a welcome addition to the ‘Boys’ series, Hunter Boys. A fascinating insight into the e ...
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Observers and Navigators
This title first appeared in 2001 to universal acclaim, quickly went out of print and has remained so since. The author, meantime, has continued his research and the result is this ...
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Aces High
A revised collection of the biographies of the highest scoring Allied fighter pilots of World War II. All details of their combat are arranged in tabular form. Included are a selec ...
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Aces High
This volume updates the information in the first volume and adds some new names. Information has been added on the pilots who gained success against the V-1 flying bombs during 194 ...
![Omslagsbild för Air War for Yugoslavia Greece and Crete 1940-41](https://images.axiellmedia.com/cover/1127393/1127393_202102161133.jpg?height=160)
Air War for Yugoslavia Greece and Crete 1940-41
The air battle for Yugoslavia, Greece and Crete began in June 1940 with the Italian declaration of war. In the past, there has been much controversy amongst air historians on many ...
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Dennis 'Hurricane' David
Born in Surrey in 1918, Dennis David had a very distinguished war record, both during the Battle for France and the Battle of Britain. This is his autobiography of his flying caree ...
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Hunting with Richthofen Jagd in Flanderns Himmel
Karl Bodenschatz was the Richthofen squadron adjutant. His historical record offers an insight into the war from the German viewpoint.
![Omslagsbild för A History of the Mediterranean Air War, 1940-1945. Volume 2](https://images.axiellmedia.com/cover/1127398/1127398_202102161239.jpg?height=160)
A History of the Mediterranean Air War, 1940-1945. Volume 2
The first volume of this series dealt with the initial 19 months of the air war over the Western Desert of North Africa. This volume picks up the story as the 8th Army, following i ...
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D-Day Bombers: The Veterans' Story
This book is largely an eye-witness account of the heavy bomber contribution to the success of the D-Day landings and therefore to the winning of the war in Europe. It is told usin ...
![Omslagsbild för Jaguar Boys](https://images.axiellmedia.com/cover/1127400/1127400_202102161239.jpg?height=160)
Jaguar Boys
Originally intended as a trainer, the Anglo-French Sepecat jet, equipped with the very latest in weapon-aiming and navigational equipment, eventually became the backbone of the RAF ...