Military Vehicles

50 Aircraft That Changed the WorldRon Dick and Dan PattersonPaperback208 PagesOctober 2020 (new edition) In this book, the authors of the widely acclaimed Aviation Century series profile 50 of history's most influential aircraft, their pilots and...

A Spitfire Girl: One of the World's Greatest Female ATA Ferry Pilots Tells Her Storyby Mary Ellis and Melody ForemanPaperback248 Pages2019 We visualise dashing and daring young men as the epitome of the pilots of the Second World War, yet amongst that...

A Wing and a Prayer: The "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War IIby: Harry H. CrosbyPaperback348 PagesSeptember 2021 “A compelling account of the air war against Germany” written by the...

Aircrafts of World War II by Robert JacksonPaperback320 PagesFebruary 2020 Learn all about 75 of the most important WWII warplanes, from the venerable Fairey Swordfish biplane to the first operational jet fighter. Aircraft of World War...

Allied Armor in Normandy by Yves BuffetautPaperback128 Pages2018 Tanks were the beasts of the Second World War, machines designed to destroy anything and anyone in their path. Throughout the summer of 1944, the Allied forces readily employed tanks and...

Allied Tanks of the Second World War Michael GreenPaperback208 Pages2017 Expert author Michael Green has compiled a full inventory of the tanks developed and deployed by the Allied armies during the six year war against Nazi Germany and her Axis partners...

American Airpower Stategy in World War II: Bombs, Cities, Civilians, and Oil by Conrad CranePaperback288 Pages2016 Resistance is a product of will times means, Carl von Clausewitz postulated in his treatise On War. In his 1993 Bombs, Cities, and...

American Flygirl by Susan AnkenyHardcover272 PagesApril 23, 2024 One of WWII’s most uniquely hidden figures, Hazel Ying Lee was the first Asian American woman to earn a pilot’s license, join the WASPs, and fly for the United States military...

American PT Boats in World War II (Volume 1)by Victor ChunHardcover240 Pages American PT Boats in World War II is an illustrated study of the development, construction, tactics, and combat actions, of U.S. PT Boats.

B-17 Memphis Belle (Images of War)by Graham SimonsPaperback128 Pages2012 Without doubt Boeing Flying Fortress B-17F 41-42285 Memphis Belle and her crew generate an image that is an all-American icon. Indeed, it has been claimed that the Memphis Belle is...

Bazooka vs Panzer: Battle of the Bulge 1944    by Steven J. Zaloga (Author), Alan Gilliland (Illustrator) and Johnny Shumare (Illustrator) Paperback 80 PagesNovember, 2016   World War II saw tanks assume a dominant role in warfare,...

Beyond Valor: World War II's Ranger and Airborne Veterans Reveal the Heart of Combatby Patrick O'DonnellPaperback384 Pages2001 Members of the Ranger and Airborne troops from World War II tell their own action-packed stories of dropping behind enemy...

Bomber Command: Battle of Berlin: Failed to Return by Steve Bond, Steve Darlow, Sean Feast, AndrewMacdonald, Dr. Robert Owen, Howard Sandall, and Nicole RussellHardcover128 PagesJuly 2017 ‘Tonight you are going to the Big City. You will have the...

Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment's Bloody War From D-Day to VE-Dayby James HollandHardcover592 PagesNovember, 2021 Celebrated military historian James Holland chronicles the experiences in World War II of the legendary tank unit, the...

Clash of the Carriers: The True Story of the Marianas Turkey Shoot of World War II by Barret Tillman (Author), Stephen Coonts (Foreword)Paperback384 pagesNovember, 2006From the national bestselling coauthor of Dragon's Jaw, here is the incredible true...

Damn Lucky: One Man's Courage During the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History  by: Kevin MaurerPaperback320 PagesApril 2023 From Kevin Maurer―the #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning coauthor of No Easy Day―comes...

Deadly Sky: The American Combat Airman in World War II by John C. McManusPaperback476 Pages2016 This insightful chronicle takes readers inside the experiences of America’s fighter pilots and bomber crews, an incredible assortment of men who, in...

  Fabeled Fiften: The Pacific War Saga of Carrier Air Group 15by Thomas McKelvey CleaverPaperback264 PagesOctober 2014 The record of Carrier Air Group 15 in World War II is astonishing by any measure: it scored 312 enemy aircraft destroyed, 33...

Finish Forty and Home: The Untold World War II Story of B-24s in the Pacific by: Phil Scearce408 PagesPaperback During the early years of World War II in the Pacific theatre, against overwhelming odds, young American airmen flew the longest and most...

Fly Girls: The Daring American Women Pilots Who Helped Win WWIIby P. O'Connell PearsonHardcover224 PagesProduct Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.6 x 9 inchesAge Range: 10 and UpGrade Level: 5-6 “A truly inspiring read.” —Booklist (starred...

Four Hours of Fury: The Untold Story of World War II's Largest Airborne Invasion and the Final Push into Nazi Germanyby James FenelonHardcover448 PagesIn this viscerally exciting account, a paratrooper-turned-historian reveals the details of World...

Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II By: Mitchell ZuckoffHardcover2014393 Pages Frozen in Time is a gripping true story of survival, bravery, and honor in the vast Arctic wilderness during...

  Heavy Date Over Germany: The Life and Times of B-17 Tail Gunner Ray Perry   By: Jewelle Jordan KuenstlerPaperback230 Pages December 2019   Ray Perry was a farm boy from rural West Texas when America entered World War II. He always had...

Hitler's War Beneth the Waves: The Menace of the U-Boats by Michael FitzGeraldPaperback256 pagesMarch 2020 During World War I, German U-boats had been the most effective naval weapon against the Allies and without America's entry into the war in 1917...

How Carriers Fought: Carrier Operations in WWII by Lars Celander Hardcover296 Pages2018 In November 1921 the first purpose-built aircraft carrier was launched by the Japanese, followed a year later by the launch of the British Hermes. The conversion of...

In Hostile Skies: An American B-24 Pilot in World War II by James M. Davis  Paperback 256 Pages September 2007   James “Jim” Davis lived what he considered “an impossible dream” as he piloted a B-24, as part of...

Into the Dark Water: The Story of Three Officers and PT-109by John J. DomagalskiHardcover288 pagesMade famous by her final commanding officer, John F. Kennedy, PT-109 is one of the most celebrated warships in American history. However, a full chronicle...

M36/M36B1 Tank Destroyer (Images of War)by David DoylePaperback128 Pages2019 Going into WWII, the prevailing strategy of the US command was that tanks were not to be used to engage enemy tanks in combat. Rather, tanks were to be the armored spearhead to...

Operation Chastise: The RAF's Most Brilliant Attack of World War II  By: Mark HastingsHardcover400 Pages2020   One of the most lauded historians of our time returns to the Second World War in this magnificent retelling of the awe-inspiring...

Operation Jubilee: Dieppe, 1942: The Folly and the Sacrificeby Patrick BishopPaperback400 PagesAugust 2022 In the tradition of Ben Macintyre, Tim Cook, and other bestselling World War Two historians, a riveting and updated telling of the tragic Dieppe...

Operation Vengeance:  The Astonishing Aerial Ambush That Changed World War II By: Dan HamptonHardcover448 Pages2020   "Operation Vengeance is colorful, intimate, eye-popping history, delivered at a breakneck pace. I loved it...

Panzer Operations by Hermann HothHardcover256 Pages2015This book, originally published in German in 1956, has now been translated into English, unveiling a wealth of both experiences and analysis about Operation Barbarossa, perhaps the most...

Picture History of World War II American Aircraft Production (Dover Books on Transportation)by Joshua StoffPaperback160 Pages Over 250 rare photographs depict one of the greatest industrial feats of World War II: the massive production of American...

PT 109: An American Epic of War, Survival, and the Destiny of John F. Kennedyby William DoylePaperback368 PagesJune 2016 The extraordinary World War II story of shipwreck and survival that paved John F. Kennedy's path to power – hailed as a...

SBS-Silent Warriors: The Authorised Wartime Historyby Saul DavidPaperback528 Pages2021 THE FIRST AUTHORISED HISTORY OF THE SBS. Britain’s SBS – or Special Boat Service – was the world’s first maritime special operations unit...

Sherman: The Story of the M4 Tank in World War IIby Michel EsteveHardcover248 Pages2019 The Medium Tank, M4, better known to the British as the Sherman, was the most widely used medium tank by the United States and western Allies in World War II...

Ship Spotter's Guide by Angus KnostamPaperback128 PagesNovember 2014 Ships have been part of military campaigns since the Ancient world, and this expertly illustrated and detailed Spotter's Guide offers a look at the 40 most iconic and recognizable ships...

Signted Sub, Sank Same: The United States Navy's Air Campaign Against the U-Boatby Alan C. CareyHardcover240 Pages2019 Sighted Sub, Sank Same examines the United States Naval air campaign against German U-boats prowling for allied merchant shipping...

Critical Convoy Battles of WWII: Crisis in the North Atlantic, March 1943by Jurgen RohwerPaperback270 Pages2008 "Remarkable...a feat of historical reconstruction."--Paul Kennedy, New York Times bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Great...

Luftwaffe KG 200: The German Air Force's Most Secret Unit of World War IIGeoffery Thomas, Barry KerleyPaperback336 Pages Shrouded in secrecy during World War II and obscured by myth ever since, Kampfgeschwader 200 (200th Bomb Wing) remains one of the...

Spitfires & Yellow Tail Mustangs: The U.S. 52nd Fighter Group in WWII Stackpole Military History SeriesBy: Tom Ivie and Paul Ludwig Paperback336 Pages •Story of one of the best fighter units in the Mediterranean theater, which earned two...

Tank Killers: A History of America's World War II Tank Destroyer Forceby Harry YeidePaperback256 Pages2018 This is the story of the specialized U.S. armored force designed specifically to kill enemy tanks in direct combat. It follows the men who fought...

Tank Spotter's Guide by Marcus Cowper and Christopher PannellPaperback128 PagesMay 2011 Invented during World War I to break the grim deadlock of the Western Front trenches, tanks went on to revolutionize warfare. From the lightning Blitzkrieg assaults...

Tank Tactics: From Normandy to Lorraine Stackpole Military History SeriesBy: Roman JarymowyczPaperback400 Pages •Explores the doctrinal, strategic, and tactical ideas behind World War II tank combat•Contains detailed maps and...

The 8th Army Air Force in Color: As Seen Through The Eyes of Kodak FilmNathan HowlandHardcover280 Pages2016 This book showcases a comprehensive catalog of restored WWII color Kodachrome slides. Many were taken during the heat of battle by individuals...

The All American: A History of the 82nd Airborne Division from 1917 to the Presentby Robert AnzuoniHardcover1752001 This new book tells the complete story of the famous 82nd Airborne Division from its formation in 1917, through its legendary World War II...

The Berlin Aircraft: The Worlds Largest Ever Air Supply Opperationby John GrehanPaperback192 Pages 2019 The fate of the free world hung in the balance. Stalin’s Soviet Union sought to drive the Western democracies from Germany to continue the...

  The Flying Tigers: The Untold Story of the American Pilots Who Waged a Secret War Against Japan   By: Sam Kleiner PaperbackMay 2019 304 Pages   The thrilling story behind the American pilots who were secretly recruited to defend the...

The Great War In The Air: Military Aviation from 1909 to 1921 (Smithonian History of Aviation Series) by John H. MorrowPaperback510 Pages2009 A comprehensive study of the development and significance of airpower in World War I, comparing various...

The Lou Conter Story: From USS Arizona Survivor to Unsung American Hero by Louis Conter, Annette Hull, and Warren HullPaperback239 PagesJanuary 2021 The Lou Conter Story: From USS Arizona Survivor to Unsung American Hero tells the incredible story...

The Mathews Men: Seven Brothers and the War Against Hitler's U-Boatsby William GerouxPaperback432 PagesMarch 21, 2017 “Vividly drawn and emotionally gripping."—Daniel James Brown, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The...

The Mosquito in the USAAF: DeHavilland's Wooden Wonder in American Service by Tony FairbairnHardcover304 PagesDecember 2021 On 20 April 1941, a group of distinguished Americans headed by the US Ambassador to the United Kingdom, John Winant, and which...

The Three Musketeers of the Army Air Forces: From Hitler's Fortress Europa to Hiroshima and NagasakiRobert O. HarderHardcover290 Pages2015 While scores of books have been published about the atomic bombings that helped end World War II, little has been...

The Tuskegee Airmen Chronology: A Detailed Timeline of the Red Tails and Other Black Pilots of World War IIby Daniel HaulmanPaperback198 Pages2018 The Tuskegee Airmen Chronology: A Detailed Timeline of the Red Tails and Other Black Pilots of World War II...

The Tuskegee Airmen Freedom Flyers of WWII PBby Brynn Nicole Baker32 Pages2015Ages 8-10Grades 3-6 The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African-American military pilots in the United States armed forces. Flying bombers and fighters, they completed over 1500...

U-Boats of the Second World War: Their Longest Voyagesby Jak P. Mallmann Showell Paperback240 Pages2017 Ocean-going U-boats, each one not much longer than four European articulated lorries with up to sixty men inside them, sailed the far-off seas to...

U-Boats off Bermuda: Patrol Summaries and Merchant Ship Survivors Landed in Bermuda 1940-1944by Eric WibergHardcover256 Pages2017 For the first time, a book exposes an obscure theater of the Second World War in great detail and comprehensively, not just...

United States Airborne Divisions 1942-2018 (Images Of War)by Michael GreenPaperback216 Pages2019 In 1942 the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions were formed and three more followed. 17th and 92nd (All American Division) and 101st (Screaming Eagles) fought...

U.S. Anti Tank Artillery 1941 - 1945 by Steven J. Zaloga (Author), Brian Delf (Illustrator) Paperback93 PagesAugust 2012 The US Army's development of the 37mm anti-tank gun began in response to needs identified during the Spanish...

Widowmaker: Living and Dying with the Corsair By: Tim Hillier-GravesHardcoverAugust 2020 214 Pages   “Despite everything, I felt very lucky to have flown Corsairs. They were the best, you know, even though it took me sometime to realize...

Witchcraft: B-24 LiberatorKenny Kemp Paperback128 pagesThe first book in the Warbird Flightline series celebrates the Collings Foundation’s Witchcraft, the last flying exemplar of the B-24 Liberator bomber. Unlike other walk-around books,...

The World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Carriers and Naval Aircraft: An Illustrated History of Aircraft Carriers and The Naval Aircradt that Launch From...Wartime and Modern Identification Photographs by Bernard Ireland and Francis Crosby 512...

World War II Fighter Planes Spotter's Guide by Tony Holmers (Author) and Jim Laurier (Illustrator)Paperback288 PagesFebruary 2021 A compact but comprehensive guide to the iconic fighter planes that fought during World War II, which features...