Christopher Chant Books

Beretter om udviklingen og anvendelsen af det sovjetiske jagerfly, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, af NATO benævnt Fishbed.

The airplane was only a decade old when Europe was plunged into the First World War. Its potential military value was as yet untested, aerial warfare was in its infancy, and pilots had to learn by experience what their aircraft could do. The interwar years saw dramatic advances in aircraft design, performance and armament. During the 1920s and 1930s the major powers spent much money and effort building up their air forces. Even Germany, forbidden after the First World War to build any military aircraft, was secretly training the new Luftwaffe in Russia. This period also saw the crucial technological advance which made the biplane obsolete and introduced the all-metal, stressed-skin monoplane, including the two greatest combat aircraft in history - the Spitfire and the Messerschmitt BF109. In the Illustrated History of the Air Forces of World War 1 and World War II the author, Christopher Chant, traces the history of the world's air forces from the early days of Zeppelin attacks, heroic dogfights and the phenomenon of the aces, through the interwar years to the days of the Blitzkrieg and the strategic use of air power. He examines the growth and traditions of the air forces of Germany, britain, France, Russia, Japan, the United States and many of the minor air forces. He assesses the effectiveness of the men, machines and the decisive influence they had on the course of the two wars. Both the organizational and technical aspects of the air services are examined up to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which prove that air power had finally evolved into a weapon of supreme strategic importance. This authoritative text is vividly bought to life by color and black and white photographs, and specially-commissioned color illustrations, maps and diagrams.

Describes the different types of submarines in service today, from the giant yet barely detectable ballistic missile submarines to the nuclear and diesel powered attack submarines that patrol the high seas and shipping lanes.

A highly illustrated guide to Allied fighter aircraft that fought in Europe during World War II featuring all the main models flown by the Allied air forces from 1939 to 1945. The book covers unit markings, organization, numbers of aircraft flown by campaign and exhaustive specifications for each model, with more than 200 artworks.

Describes the tactics and weapons used by German forces in World War II.

Starting the war with only 35 aircraft, Austro-Hungarian industry went on to produce only moderate numbers of poor quality aircraft. The fliers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire operating on the Serbian and Russian fronts were fortunate at first, finding themselves faced by small numbers of aircraft yet more obsolescent than their own. Serbia fell in 1915, but when Italy declared war the Austro-Hungarians were still faced with a two-front war – a static front against Italy, and a far more fluid one against Russia. Austro-Hungarian fighter pilots performed bravely and often very effectively under extremely difficult geographic, climatic and operational conditions.

British Air Force History. No damage to book, DJ has slight shelfware & curl to some edges, damp stain on inside of DJ at the top edge book not affected.NO International or Priority.

Shows what a performance of a ballet is like, looks at ballet class, discusses music, costume, and sets, and gives brief profiles of famous dancers

The World's Greatest Aircraft, Civil Aircraft

The History of Britain's Most Famous World War II Bomber (Plane Books S.) [Hardcover] Christopher Chant