Adolf Galland was the most famous German fighter pilot of World War II, and until his death in February 1996 he was the last surviving senior German combat commander of that war. An "ace" pilot with more than 100 air-to-air victories in the West, he was also the last living recipient of the supreme decoration for gallantry and leadership - the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds, awarded to only 27 men among the millions who served. His combat career spanned an extraordinary period in aviation history, from flying open-cockpit biplanes in the Spanish Civil War, through command of a wing of Messerschmitt Bf109s in the fiercest fighting of the Battle of Britain, to leadership of a unique "aces' squadron" flying the world's first jet fighters against impossible odds in the last weeks of the war. But Adolf Galland's story is much more than the straightforward account of a fighter pilot's war. His meteoric promotion made him, at 30, the youngest general in the German armed forces; and his appointment as inspector-general of fighter forces brought him into regular and sometimes perilous contact with the leaders of the Third Reich. He was the recipient of Hitler's private musings about his global war aims; he was the fearless champion of the fighting pilots against the ranting disloyalty of Goering; he worked closely with the brilliant munitions minister Albert Speer; and in the end his outspoken refusal to compromise brought dismissal, and investigation by the Gestapo - his life or death finally turning on the result of a single telephone call.

Adolf Galland: The Authorised Biography

History

Baker,David

Military

Windrow & Greene Ltd

Choosing & Buying Your Vw Beetle

Reference

Noad, Peter

Catalogs & Directories

Of all the actions fought on Indian's Northwest Frontier (today's Afghanistan and Pakistan), the campaign of 1897 was the most threatening to the British Empire. Barthorpe, an authority on the British Army and its uniforms, chronicles the year-long campaign to regain the Khyber Pass. His narrative is interspersed with numerous b&amp;w photos. Color plates feature paintings showing uniforms of the various participants. Distributed in the US by Combined Books, Inc. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

The Frontier Ablaze: The North-West Frontier Rising, 1897-98

Anderson, Douglas N.

BARTHORP, Michael

Americas

Chevrolets of the 1950's (Classics in Color Series)

Engineering & Transportation

Beadle, Tony

Automotive

Tony Greenland shares his expertise and experience in a wide range of techniques and materials, covering the tools, reference sources, construction and conversion methods, and artistic touches that help create visually stunning and minutely accurate German armour masterpieces. Tony's mastery of military vehicle modelling is world renowned, and he has been commissioned to craft master patterns for manufacturers such as Armour Accessories, Azimut/ADV, and Dragon.

Tony Greenland's Panzer Modelling Masterclass

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Tony Greenland

Crafts & Hobbies

The battle fought at Culloden beteen the armies of the Duke of Cumberland and Prince Charles Edward Stewart has passed into history not only as the bloody ruin of the Jacobite cause, but also as a symbol of the final confrontation of two cultures. It has inevitably become entangled in legend and distortion. This book - the result of years of research, in archives and on the actual battlefield - argues a new analysis of the nature and course of the battle. Here are accounts of the background to the "Forty-Five" rebellion, and of the earlier stages of the campaign. The composition, organization, equipment, tactics and character of the two armies are examined in depth. The author describes the course of the battle in detail, his arguments supported by a series of new maps, which reconcile - for the first time - contemporary accounts and military manuals with the topography revealed by modern maps and examination of the field.

Like Hungry Wolves: Culloden Moor 16 April 1746

Reid, Stuart

Europe

This photographic guide presents a wide range of flying clothing, escape and survival gear worn, carried, sat in and stowed nearby for an instant getaway by the aircrews of the US Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Army and Coast Guard. The book includes close-ups, photographs of how the gear is worn, and action shots of aircrew using the different items during training and survival tests. It draws on pilot interviews, as well as "the manual", and describes in detail how the equipment is used for real when a mission goes wrong.

Bone Domes and Speed Jeans US Aircrew Flight & Survival Gear(Wings)

Mike Halberstadt

Hans. Halberstadt

Transportation

Here Mat Irvine shares his wealth of knowledge of techniques for building plastic model cars that produce a degree of realism unachievable ‘straight from the box’. All types of automobile are covered: vintage and veteran, classic sports cars, single-seat racers, American cars from the fifties and sixties, pickups, vans, dragsters, hot rods, customs, four-whell-drives, and the most modern cars. Illustrated with over 240 colour photographs, this book not only provides a treasure trove of useful techniques and tips, but also offers a fascinating insight into the hobby, its past and future.

Mat Irvine's Auto Modelling Masterclass

Irvine, Mat

Understanding Corruption in Irish Politics

Collins, Neil

Warbirds Worldwide (Warbirds Worldwide Series, No 29)

Coggan, Paul

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