John Dibbs, Kent Ramsey, Robert "Cricket" Renner

Storm of Eagles (eBook, PDF)

The Greatest Aviation Photographs of World War II

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A lavish photographic history that reveals the vital role that the pilots and their aircraft played throughout the course of World War II.

Soaring high above the fields and cities of Europe and Asia as well as the vast expanse of the Pacific, Allied and Axis pilots engaged in a deadly battle for control of the skies in World War II. Whoever won the skies would win the war.

Published in association with the National Museum of World War II Aviation, Storm of Eagles is a fully illustrated coffee-table book that brings together classic as well as never-before-seen wartime images. Compiled by one of the world's premier aviation photographers and historians, this remarkable volume is a must-have for anyone interested in World War II aviation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472823021
• Artikelnr.: 48568695

Autorenporträt

John Dibbs is unquestionably the world's premier aerial photographer, having gained access to most of the 55 airworthy Spitfires presently flying across the globe. He has also amassed an amazing collection of related ephemera over the past 25 years, much of it Spitfire related - helmets, flying clothing logbooks medals, archive photography etc. - all of which will be included in this volume.

Inhaltsangabe

ForewordIntroductionPreface1 The Third Reich Moves On Europe2 Battle For Britain3 The Bear In The East 4 Waking The Giant5 War in the Med6 CBI Theater 7 Liberating Europe8 War In The PacificAcknowledgmentsIndex