Paul Wright has painted ships of all kinds for most of his career, specializing in steel and steam warships from the late 19th century to the present day. Paul”s art has illustrated the works of Patrick O”Brian, Dudley Pope and C.S. Forester amongst others, and hangs in many corporate and private collections all over the world. A Member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists, Paul lives and works in Surrey.
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Mark Lardas: Shenandoah 1864
A detailed, illustrated account of the Army of the Shenandoah’s campaign against the Army of the Valley, which led to President Lincoln’s re-election in 1864.For three years of war the Union and the …
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€17.52
Mark Lardas: Chattanooga 1863
A highly illustrated account of the Chatanooga campaign that opened the road to Atlanta, and marked Grant’s first experience as a theater commander.Following the disastrous defeat at Chickamauga, Uni …
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€17.36
Mark Lardas: World War I Seaplane and Aircraft Carriers
In 1910 the first aircraft was successfully launched from a small wooden platform on a stationary ship. Just four years later, seaplane-carrying warships were being used to launch the first naval air …
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€13.36
Mark Lardas: USS Lawrence vs HMS Detroit
The most critical naval fighting during the War of 1812 took place, not on the high seas, but on the inland lakes of North America: the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain. Carrying between 12 and 22 cann …
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€16.49
Mark Lardas: USS Lawrence vs HMS Detroit
The most critical naval fighting during the War of 1812 took place, not on the high seas, but on the inland lakes of North America: the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain. Carrying between 12 and 22 cann …
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€16.26
Mark Lardas: Nashville 1864
A highly illustrated account of the often-overlooked Franklin Nashville campaign during the American Civil War between the Confederate Army of Tennessee and the Union Army of Cumberland, which could …
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€17.53
Mark Lardas: Nashville 1864
A highly illustrated account of the often-overlooked Franklin Nashville campaign during the American Civil War between the Confederate Army of Tennessee and the Union Army of Cumberland, which could …
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€17.44
Mark Lardas: US Flush-Deck Destroyers 1916 45
Four pipes and flush decks these ships were a distinctively American destroyer design. Devised immediately prior to and during the United States’ involvement in World War I they dominated the US Navy …
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Engelska
DRM
€13.36
Mark Lardas: Rabaul 1943 44
The story of how Allied air power took the great Japanese base of Rabaul out of the Pacific War with an innovative strategy of aerial siege, backed by the courage and capability of the pilots who fle …
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Engelska
DRM
€17.45
Mark Lardas: South American Battleships 1908 59
In 1908 the most incredible naval arms race in history began. Flush with cash from rubber and coffee, Brazil decided to order three of the latest, greatest category of warship available the dreadnoug …
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Engelska
DRM
€11.31
Mark Lardas: Tsushima 1905
A highly illustrated study of the naval campaign of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904 05, focusing on the decisive battle of Tsushima.Japan was closed to the world until 1854 and its technology then was …
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€16.22
Mark Lardas: Tsushima 1905
A highly illustrated study of the naval campaign of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904 05, focusing on the decisive battle of Tsushima.Japan was closed to the world until 1854 and its technology then was …
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Engelska
DRM
€16.37
Mark Lardas: Japan 1944 45
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 Ai …
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€17.42
Mark Lardas: Glorious First of June 1794
A highly illustrated account of the first and largest fleet action between the navies of Great Britain and France during the French Revolutionary Wars.As 1794 opened, Revolutionary France stood on a …
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€17.53
Mark Lardas: Russian Battleships and Cruisers of the Russo-Japanese War
This book examines the major warships of the Imperial Russian Navy which participated in the Russo-Japanese War. The focus is on the battleships, coastal defence warships, and cruisers of the Pacific …
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€12.32
Mark Lardas: Russian Battleships and Cruisers of the Russo-Japanese War
This book examines the major warships of the Imperial Russian Navy which participated in the Russo-Japanese War. The focus is on the battleships, coastal defence warships, and cruisers of the Pacific …
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Engelska
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€12.19
Mark Lardas: Great Lakes Warships 1812 1815
When war broke out in 1812, neither the United States Navy nor the Royal Navy had more than a token force on the Great Lakes. However, once the shooting started, it sparked a ship-building arms race …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€13.36
Mark Lardas: Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses Grant was his country’s greatest general since George Washington. Like Washington, Grant’s battlefield performance was the only factor standing between the United States continuing as one, in …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€12.34
Mark Lardas: British Frigate vs French Frigate
In the Age of Fighting Sail (1650 1820), ambitious officers of the navies of many nations sought command of a frigate. Speedy, nimble and formidably armed, frigates often operated independently, unli …
PDF
Engelska
DRM
€16.31
Mark Lardas: African American Soldier in the Civil War
Approximately 200, 000 African Americans fought for the Union during the Civil War. Initially, many white soldiers doubted their bravery and skill; they were soon proved wrong. The United States Colo …
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Engelska
DRM
€15.40
Mark Lardas: Native American Mounted Rifleman 1861 65
Before the American Civil War most Native Americans or Indians lived in an area of the South known as the Five Civilized Nations. At the war’s outbreak many of these Indians enlisted in the Confedera …
PDF
Engelska
DRM
€15.42
Mark Lardas: Space Shuttle Launch System 1972 2004
The Space Shuttle is one of the oldest and most famous manned launch systems the only launch vehicle that has been used for a longer period of time is the Soviet (now Russian) R-7 booster. By the sta …
PDF
Engelska
DRM
€13.30
Mark Lardas: American Heavy Frigates 1794 1826
By 1805 the 44-gun frigate was probably viewed as a failed experiment whilst the 38-gun frigate was viewed as the vessel of the future. Ten years later every navy was building 44-gun frigates and tod …
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Engelska
DRM
€13.25
Mark Lardas: American Light and Medium Frigates 1794 1836
The ’Original Six’ frigates were commissioned by the new-born US Navy at a staggering cost of nearly $700, 000. Designed to be light and fast, these warships enabled America to project its power acro …
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Engelska
DRM
€13.35
Mark Lardas: Roughshod Through Dixie
On April 17, 1863 Benjamin Grierson led a force of 1, 700 Union cavalrymen across enemy lines into Confederate-held Tennessee in a bold diversionary raid. Over the next seventeen days, Grierson’s hor …
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Engelska
DRM
€16.38
Mark Lardas: Constitution vs Guerriere
Famed as a classic naval duel, a one-on-one clash between two sailing frigates offered the victor immeasurable fame and glory. During the War of 1812, the Royal Navy and United States Navy squared of …
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Engelska
DRM
€16.39
Mark Lardas: Ships of the American Revolutionary Navy
Mark Lardas explores the origins of American warships, primarily light and medium frigates, built for the Continental Navy during the years 1776 1783. This was the first navy of the United States and …
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Engelska
DRM
€13.34
Mark Lardas: Decatur s Bold and Daring Act
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. Captured by the Barbary pirates four mo …
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Engelska
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€12.17
Mark Lardas: George Washington
Despite his lack of formal military training, George Washington may be one of history’s must underrated commanders. Building an army virtually from scratch, he defeated the pre-eminent military power …
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Engelska
DRM
€15.43
Mark Lardas: CSS Alabama vs USS Kearsarge
The most successful commerce raider of the Civil War, the CSS Alabama almost single-handedly drove United States merchant shipping from the seas. Her illustrious career saw the capture of 60 merchant …
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Engelska
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€16.25
Mark Lardas: Great Lakes Warships 1812 1815
When war broke out in 1812, neither the United States Navy nor the Royal Navy had more than a token force on the Great Lakes. However, once the shooting started, it sparked a ship-building arms race …
PDF
Engelska
DRM
€13.20
Mark Lardas: Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses Grant was his country’s greatest general since George Washington. Like Washington, Grant’s battlefield performance was the only factor standing between the United States continuing as one, in …
PDF
Engelska
DRM
€12.24
Mark Lardas: Bonhomme Richard vs Serapis
The clash between the American Bonhomme Richard and the British HMS Serapis during the American Revolutionary War is perhaps the most famous single-ship duel in history. This epic battle between two …
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Engelska
DRM
€16.38
Mark Lardas: Decatur s Bold and Daring Act
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. Captured by the Barbary pirates four mo …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€12.33
Mark Lardas: CSS Alabama vs USS Kearsarge
The most successful commerce raider of the Civil War, the CSS Alabama almost single-handedly drove United States merchant shipping from the seas. Her illustrious career saw the capture of 60 merchant …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€16.22
Mark Lardas: Shenandoah 1864
A detailed, illustrated account of the Army of the Shenandoah’s campaign against the Army of the Valley, which led to President Lincoln’s re-election in 1864.For three years of war the Union and the …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€17.32
Mark Lardas: Chattanooga 1863
A highly illustrated account of the Chatanooga campaign that opened the road to Atlanta, and marked Grant’s first experience as a theater commander.Following the disastrous defeat at Chickamauga, Uni …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€17.34
Mark Lardas: Roughshod Through Dixie
On April 17, 1863 Benjamin Grierson led a force of 1, 700 Union cavalrymen across enemy lines into Confederate-held Tennessee in a bold diversionary raid. Over the next seventeen days, Grierson’s hor …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€16.39
Mark Lardas: Constitution vs Guerriere
Famed as a classic naval duel, a one-on-one clash between two sailing frigates offered the victor immeasurable fame and glory. During the War of 1812, the Royal Navy and United States Navy squared of …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€16.42
Mark Lardas: American Light and Medium Frigates 1794 1836
The ’Original Six’ frigates were commissioned by the new-born US Navy at a staggering cost of nearly $700, 000. Designed to be light and fast, these warships enabled America to project its power acro …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€13.43
Mark Lardas: Ships of the American Revolutionary Navy
Mark Lardas explores the origins of American warships, primarily light and medium frigates, built for the Continental Navy during the years 1776 1783. This was the first navy of the United States and …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€13.40
Mark Lardas: African American Soldier in the Civil War
Approximately 200, 000 African Americans fought for the Union during the Civil War. Initially, many white soldiers doubted their bravery and skill; they were soon proved wrong. The United States Colo …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€15.39
Mark Lardas: Bonhomme Richard vs Serapis
The clash between the American Bonhomme Richard and the British HMS Serapis during the American Revolutionary War is perhaps the most famous single-ship duel in history. This epic battle between two …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€16.34
Mark Lardas: Space Shuttle Launch System 1972 2004
The Space Shuttle is one of the oldest and most famous manned launch systems the only launch vehicle that has been used for a longer period of time is the Soviet (now Russian) R-7 booster. By the sta …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€13.38
Mark Lardas: American Heavy Frigates 1794 1826
By 1805 the 44-gun frigate was probably viewed as a failed experiment whilst the 38-gun frigate was viewed as the vessel of the future. Ten years later every navy was building 44-gun frigates and tod …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€13.34
Mark Lardas: World War I Seaplane and Aircraft Carriers
In 1910 the first aircraft was successfully launched from a small wooden platform on a stationary ship. Just four years later, seaplane-carrying warships were being used to launch the first naval air …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€13.34
Mark Lardas: US Flush-Deck Destroyers 1916 45
Four pipes and flush decks these ships were a distinctively American destroyer design. Devised immediately prior to and during the United States’ involvement in World War I they dominated the US Navy …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€13.27
Mark Lardas: Rabaul 1943 44
The story of how Allied air power took the great Japanese base of Rabaul out of the Pacific War with an innovative strategy of aerial siege, backed by the courage and capability of the pilots who fle …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€17.45
Mark Lardas: South American Battleships 1908 59
In 1908 the most incredible naval arms race in history began. Flush with cash from rubber and coffee, Brazil decided to order three of the latest, greatest category of warship available the dreadnoug …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€11.22
Mark Lardas: Japan 1944 45
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 Ai …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€17.56
Mark Lardas: Glorious First of June 1794
A highly illustrated account of the first and largest fleet action between the navies of Great Britain and France during the French Revolutionary Wars.As 1794 opened, Revolutionary France stood on a …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€17.32
Mark Lardas: Native American Mounted Rifleman 1861 65
Before the American Civil War most Native Americans or Indians lived in an area of the South known as the Five Civilized Nations. At the war’s outbreak many of these Indians enlisted in the Confedera …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€15.37
Mark Lardas: George Washington
Despite his lack of formal military training, George Washington may be one of history’s must underrated commanders. Building an army virtually from scratch, he defeated the pre-eminent military power …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€15.31
Mark Lardas: British Frigate vs French Frigate
In the Age of Fighting Sail (1650 1820), ambitious officers of the navies of many nations sought command of a frigate. Speedy, nimble and formidably armed, frigates often operated independently, unli …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€16.38
Mark Lardas: Battle of the Atlantic 1939 41
This is the David-and-Goliath story of how RAF Coastal Command battled with outdated aircraft against the deadly U-boat fleet during the crucial first years of World War II.At the start of World War …
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Engelska
DRM
€15.20
Mark Lardas: Battle of the Atlantic 1939 41
This is the David-and-Goliath story of how RAF Coastal Command battled with outdated aircraft against the deadly U-boat fleet during the crucial first years of World War II.At the start of World War …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€15.31
Mark Lardas: Spanish Galleon vs English Galleon
Between 1550 1600, Europe witnessed a rapid evolution in the art of ship design which enabled safer and more efficient transatlantic travel. This was the pinnacle of the Age of Discovery and Explorat …
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Engelska
DRM
€14.22
Mark Lardas: Spanish Galleon vs English Galleon
Between 1550 1600, Europe witnessed a rapid evolution in the art of ship design which enabled safer and more efficient transatlantic travel. This was the pinnacle of the Age of Discovery and Explorat …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€14.26
Mark Lardas: US Navy Destroyer Escorts of World War II
The Destroyer Escort was the smallest ocean- going escort built for the United States Navy a downsized destroyer with less speed, fewer guns, and fewer torpedoes than its big brother, the fleet destr …
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Engelska
DRM
€12.35
Mark Lardas: US Navy Destroyer Escorts of World War II
The Destroyer Escort was the smallest ocean-going escort built for the United States Navy – a downsized destroyer with less speed, fewer guns, and fewer torpedoes than its big brother, the fleet des …
EPUB
DRM
€12.34
Mark Lardas: Battle of the Atlantic 1942 45
This illustrated study explores, in detail, the climactic events of the Battle of the Atlantic, and how air power proved to be the Allies’ most important submarine-killer in one of the most bitterly …
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Engelska
DRM
€17.40
Mark Lardas: Battle of the Atlantic 1942 45
This illustrated study explores, in detail, the climactic events of the Battle of the Atlantic, and how air power proved to be the Allies’ most important submarine-killer in one of the most bitterly …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€17.40
Mark Lardas: German Heavy Cruisers vs Royal Navy Heavy Cruisers
This superbly illustrated study explores the epic clashes of British and German heavy cruisers at the beginning of World War II.The opposing heavy cruisers of the German Kriegsmarine and the Royal Na …
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Engelska
DRM
€14.39
Mark Lardas: German Heavy Cruisers vs Royal Navy Heavy Cruisers
This superbly illustrated study explores the epic clashes of British and German heavy cruisers at the beginning of World War II.The opposing heavy cruisers of the German Kriegsmarine and the Royal Na …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€14.37
Mark Lardas: B-25 Mitchell vs Japanese Destroyer
Throughout the first year of the war in the Pacific during World War II the USAAF was relatively ineffective against ships. Indeed, warships in particular proved to be too elusive for conventional me …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€14.22
Mark Lardas: B-25 Mitchell vs Japanese Destroyer
Throughout the first year of the war in the Pacific during World War II the USAAF was relatively ineffective against ships. Indeed, warships in particular proved to be too elusive for conventional me …
PDF
Engelska
DRM
€14.22
Mark Lardas: Truk 1944 45
A fully illustrated history of how the US Navy destroyed Truk, the greatest Japanese naval and air base in the Pacific, with Operation Hailstone, and how B-29 units and the carriers of the British Pa …
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Engelska
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€15.40
Mark Lardas: Truk 1944 45
A fully illustrated history of how the US Navy destroyed Truk, the greatest Japanese naval and air base in the Pacific, with Operation Hailstone, and how B-29 units and the carriers of the British Pa …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€15.31
Mark Lardas: Kamikaze Campaign 1944 45
An illustrated history of how Japan devised and launched a new kind of air campaign in late 1944 the suicidal assaults of the kamikaze units against the approaching Allied fleets.As summer changed to …
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Engelska
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€15.28
Mark Lardas: Arctic Convoys 1942
A new history of the most crucial few months of the Arctic Convoys, when Germany’s air power forced the Allies to retreat to the cover of winter. Between spring and autumn 1942, Germany was winning t …
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Engelska
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€15.37
Mark Lardas: Arctic Convoys 1942
A new history of the most crucial few months of the Arctic Convoys, when Germany’s air power forced the Allies to retreat to the cover of winter. Between spring and autumn 1942, Germany was winning t …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€15.38
Mark Lardas: Capture of U-505
U-505 was the first enemy warship the US Navy captured at sea since 1812. This is a new account of how Captain Gallery planned and executed the raid on his own initiative, and how his success almost …
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Engelska
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€15.49
Mark Lardas: Capture of U-505
U-505 was the first enemy warship the US Navy captured at sea since 1812. This is a new account of how Captain Gallery planned and executed the raid on his own initiative, and how his success almost …
PDF
Engelska
DRM
€15.40
Mark Lardas: South China Sea 1945
A history of the US Navy’s remarkable 1945 South China Sea raid against the Japanese, the first time in history that a carrier fleet dared to rampage through coastal waters.As 1945 opened, Japan was …
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Engelska
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€17.45
Mark Lardas: South China Sea 1945
A history of the US Navy’s remarkable 1945 South China Sea raid against the Japanese, the first time in history that a carrier fleet dared to rampage through coastal waters.As 1945 opened, Japan was …
PDF
Engelska
DRM
€17.45
Mark Lardas: US Destroyers vs German U-Boats
An absorbing study of the duels fought between the US Navy’s escort warships and Hitler’s U-boats between December 1941 and May 1945. Although the Battle of the Atlantic lasted several years, its mos …
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Engelska
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€16.41
Mark Lardas: US Destroyers vs German U-Boats
An absorbing study of the duels fought between the US Navy’s escort warships and Hitler’s U-boats between December 1941 and May 1945. Although the Battle of the Atlantic lasted several years, its mos …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€16.39
Mark Lardas: Corregidor 1945
A detailed and fascinating exploration of the 1945 US combined land, naval and air operation to retake Corregidor and the other Japanese-held islands in Manila Bay from a determined and well-entrench …
EPUB
Engelska
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€17.40
Mark Lardas: Corregidor 1945
A detailed and fascinating exploration of the 1945 US combined land, naval and air operation to retake Corregidor and the other Japanese-held islands in Manila Bay from a determined and well-entrench …
PDF
Engelska
DRM
€17.34
Mark Lardas: Sunderland vs U-boat
An illustrated examination of the role played by the Sunderland as an antisubmarine aircraft during the Battle of the Atlantic, focusing on the key battles of the Biscay campaign in 1943 44.The Sunde …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€16.42
Mark Lardas: Sunderland vs U-boat
An illustrated examination of the role played by the Sunderland as an antisubmarine aircraft during the Battle of the Atlantic, focusing on the key battles of the Biscay campaign in 1943 44.The Sunde …
PDF
Engelska
DRM
€16.46
Mark Lardas: Tokyo 1944 45
The full history of how the United States targeted and destroyed the Japanese capital from the air, in a ten-month long campaign by the US Army Air Force and the US Navy.In November 1944, the US Army …
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Engelska
DRM
€17.49
Mark Lardas: Tokyo 1944 45
The full history of how the United States targeted and destroyed the Japanese capital from the air, in a ten-month long campaign by the US Army Air Force and the US Navy.In November 1944, the US Army …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€17.32
Mark Lardas: US Navy Pacific Fleet 1941
The first book to examine the battleship-led 1941 Pacific Fleet as it was intended to fight. Packed with illustrations, this study explains how the US Navy saw the approaching war unfolding. When the …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€16.42
Mark Lardas: US Navy Pacific Fleet 1941
The first book to examine the battleship-led 1941 Pacific Fleet as it was intended to fight. Packed with illustrations, this study explains how the US Navy saw the approaching war unfolding. When the …
PDF
Engelska
DRM
€16.34
