<p>This is the story of one single day in the Battle of Britain: Sunday 18 August 1940. There had been an ominous silence in the skies over south east England the day before, after six days of attack by the Luftwaffe and substantial losses on both sides, but the quiet was not to last. On Sunday, a fine summer's day, the Luftwaffe launched three major assaults. In the course of these and numerous smaller actions 100 German and 136 British aircraft were destroyed or damaged. On no other day in the Battle of Britain would either side suffer a greater number of aircraft put out of action. Aviation historian Alfred Price gives a thrilling, absorbing, minute-by-minute account of that hardest day of the Battle, from the perspective of everyone involved - British and German aircrew, behind-the-scenes planners and strategists, and members of the public above whose countryside the Battle was waged. It was a day that changed the destiny of the war.</p>

The Hardest Day : Battle of Britain, 18 August 1940

PRICE, ALFRED

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Egerton Castle

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Japanese arms & armour;: Introduction [and line drawings] ([Arms and Armour Press. Illustrated monographs])

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H. Russell Robinson

Sculpture

The phrase 'German Secret Weapons' immediately conjures up images of the V-1 and V-2 missiles which bombarded London in 1944. But what of the V-3 and V-4? What of Schmetterling, the Rochling shell, the Kurt bomb, the Hs293? These, and many other devices, were all part of the German secret armoury but are relatively unknown except to a handful of specialists. What of the German nuclear bomb? And the question of chemical warfare? The sheer magnitude of the secret weapon projects of the Third Reich is revealed in this comprehensive study written by one of the world's great experts on weaponry, which captures both the reality behind the weapons actually produced and the intentions behind projects still in their infancy when the war ended. German Secret Weapons of the Second World War examines the various fields in which the Germans concentrated their weapon development and discusses the multiplicity of ideas, the difficulties, and, in several cases, how these ideas were subsequently exploited by the victors. Comparisons with Allied projects are also drawn. Although much of the German wartime development was not completed before the war's end, it nevertheless provided a foundation for a great deal of the munitions development which has since taken place. This book explodes some of the myths surrounding Hitler's secret weapons to reveal a truth all the stranger for being fact.

German Secret Weapons of World War II (Illustrated Studies in 20th Century Arms)

History

HOGG, IAN V.

Europe

<p>. Arms & Armour Press; 1971, bright clean copy, with dustjacket, no markings, Professional booksellers since 1981</p>

Georgian pistols: The art and craft of the flintlock pistol, 1715-1840

Norman Dixon

The first edition of this now classic work truly broke new ground. It was the first reference work supported by full photographic evidence to cover in detail every aspect of the military uniforms, insignia and accoutrements of the German Army during the Third Reich. Now updated with extra notes and corrections, it remains the standard work on the subject. There are over 460 illustrations that cover all types of uniform dress from helmet to footwear. Included are badges and insignia of rank, arm of service colours and insignia, trade as well as specialist and qualification badges

GERMAN ARMY UNIFORMS AND INSIGNIA 1933 - 1945

de Smet, J. L.

Photography & Video

British Pistols and Guns, 1640-1840

Glendenning, Ian

Armour Camouflage & Markings North Africa 1940-1943

George R. Bradford

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Operation World War III: Secret American Plan ("Dropshot") for War with the Soviet Union in 1957

Engineering & Transportation

Anthony Cave Brown

Engineering

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