Russian Battleships and Cruisers of the Russo-Japanese War, Lardas Mark

Автор: Lardas Mark
Название: Decatur`s Bold and Daring Act
ISBN: 1849083746 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781849083744
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Описание: On a dark night in 1804, Lt Stephen Decatur and a team of hand-picked men, slipped into Tripoli harbor in a small boat. Their target was the USS Philadelphia. Decatur`s mission was to either recapture the ship, or failing that, burn her to the waterline. This book recounts one of the greatest raids in American military history.

Автор: Lardas Mark
Название: British Frigate vs French Frigate
ISBN: 1780961324 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781780961323
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Описание: Featuring specially commissioned artwork and offering expert analysis, this study provides an account of the bloody combats fought by the romantic warship of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic era - the frigate.

Автор: Mark Lardas
Название: Tsushima 1905
ISBN: 1472826833 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472826831
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Описание: Japan was closed to the world until 1854 and its technology then was literally medieval. Great Britain, France and Russia divided the globe in the nineteenth century, but Japan was catching up. Its army and navy were retrained by Western powers and equipped with the latest weapons and ships.

Japan wanted to further emulate its European mentors and establish a protectorate over Korea, yet Japanese efforts were blocked by Imperial Russia who had their own designs on the peninsula. The Russo-Japanese War started with a surprise Japanese naval attack against an anchored enemy fleet still believing itself at peace. It ended with the Battle of Tsushima, the most decisive surface naval battle of the 20th century.

This gripping study describes this pivotal battle, and shows how the Japanese victory over Russia led to the development of the dreadnought battleship, and gave rise to an almost mythical belief in Japanese naval invincibility.

Автор: Lardas Mark
Название: Japan 1944-45: Lemay`s B-29 Strategic Bombing Campaign
ISBN: 1472832469 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472832467
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Описание: The air campaign that incinerated Japan's cities was the first and only time that independent air power has won a war. As the United States pushed Imperial Japan back towards Tokyo Bay, the US Army Air Force deployed the first of a new bomber to the theater. The B-29 Superfortress was complex, troubled, and hugely advanced.

It was the most expensive weapons system of the war, and formidably capable. But at the time, no strategic bombing campaign had ever brought about a nation's surrender. Not only that, but Japan was half a world away, and the US had no airfields even within the extraordinary range of the B-29.

This analysis explains why the B-29s struggled at first, and how General LeMay devised radical and devastating tactics that began to systematically incinerate Japanese cities and industries and eliminate its maritime trade with aerial mining. It explains how and why this campaign was so uniquely successful, and how gaps in Japan's defences contributed to the B-29s' success.