United States Naval Aviation 1910-1918 for the first time provides a comprehensive study of the formation and initial deployment of naval aviation in a world war. The late eminent naval historian R.D. Layman wrote that the subject of naval aviation has, "never been adequately explored, had been often underestimated, ignored, or unrealized." The author of this book, based upon over thirty years of research into the subject of World War I aviation, and based upon both primary and secondary reference sources, has compiled into one source a complete history of the early development of naval aviation in the United States. He then discusses the manner and role that the naval aviation service applied to the war effort during 1917-1918. The book covers not only the subject of naval aircraft, but also describes the activities of the Navy in the field of lighter-than-air craft. Specific information is provided on each of the Naval Air Stations constructed and operated, both domestically as well as in Foreign Service during the War. Detailed discussion is also provided regarding the role of Marine Corps aviation during this time period.

United States Naval Aviation 1910-1918 (Schiffer Book for Designers & Collectors)

History

Shirley, Noel

Military

Schiffer Military

Orlando Norie is considered to have been one of the foremost illustrators of the British army in the 19th century, with thousands of watercolors to his credit in public and private collections. His pictures are highly sought after and command high prices. Yet his life remained a mystery that is only now being uncovered. Many of these wonderful pictures are revealed here for the first time. The Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection in Brown University Library, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, possesses one of the largest, if not the largest public collection of original military watercolors by Orlando Norie. The pictures in the Brown military collection range from single figure uniform studies or composites, to genre and battle scenes and at least one named portrait. These are published as a group for the first time along with Michel Tomasek's masterful account of Norie's life, including comments on the artist's British pictures by Peter Harrington.

Queen Victoria’s Army in Color: The British Military Paintings of Orlando Norie

Harrington, Peter

Arts & Photography

This book provides fellow collectors with a detailed reference on the famed World War II Luftwaffe gravity knife (Flieger-Kappmesser). The book dispels many common misconceptions about the gravity knife's origin, purpose, evolution and history while thoroughly familiarizing the reader with every facet of the gravity knife. To this end the book presents the reader an historical context with which to view the knife and imparts an appreciation for the gravity knife's development and use. As well, through the provision of a general historical backdrop, by briefly introducing the Luftwaffe and its formations, the reader gains an better understanding of how the knife fits into the larger scheme relative to its time and other weapons. As well this book demonstrates, from an historical perspective, that the knife bears testament to the high level of German technology that emerged during the 1930s. Innovative, ergonomic, and of the highest quality, it truly stands far above its contemporaries. The FKm is, undeniably, a state-of-the-art knife from its time.

Luftwaffe Gravity Knife: A History and Analysis of the Flyer’s and Paratrooper’s Utility Knife (Schiffer Military History Book)

Pattarozzi, Mack

Silver Wings &amp; Leather Jackets is the sixth book in Jon Maguire s definitive series on the uniforms and insignia of U.S. Army aviation from World War I through World War II. This volume focuses on rare and unusual items not covered in the author s previous books. For this book, aviation museums and private collectors throughout the U.S. have generously opened their collections of extremely rare: AVG, Eagle Squadron, Aces, A-2 jackets, attributed general s items, OSS material, First Air Commandos, World War I wing badges, CNAC, paper items, and many other interesting and unique artifacts.

Silver Wings & Leather Jackets: Rare, Unique, and Unusual Artifacts of First and Second World War Allied Flyers

Maguire, John A.

These groundbreaking volumes present, for the first time, a comprehensive view of the World War II German Army's most elite formation: "Grodeutschland." Exceptional detail of rare uniforms and unique insignia are woven with Grodeutschland's history and development from an independent motorized regiment in 1939 to a panzergrenadier division within a corps that adopted its name in 1944. Its two closest sister units, the "Wachbataillon Berlin" and the "Fuhrer Begleit Battalion" are also covered in the same superb level of detail. Awards, decorations, portraits and personal effects of common soldiers and noted personalities, covering every arm of service within the units, are presented in over 3,000 spectacular color and black and white images.

Uniforms and Insignia of the Grossdeutschland Division, Volume 1

Scott Pritchett

Europe

Stalingrad: The Death of the German Sixth Army on the Volga, 1942-1943, is the first published work to detail the situation of every German corps and division for every day of the six-month Stalingrad campaign. Derived from the Sixth Army daily operation reports and the German Army High Command (OKH) situation maps (Lage Ost), this two-volume set presents the situation on the flanks of the army, as well as the combat in the city itself, a level of detail never before attempted.

Stalingrad: The Death of the German Sixth Army on the Volga, 1942-1943

MacLean, French L.

Renowned author Paul Carell’s photo album to accompany his definitive studies on the war in Russia. Over 570 b/w and color photos from both German and Russian archives explore the entire campaign.

Operation Barbarossa in Photographs (Schiffer Military History)

Paul Carell

Unusual delta wing jet conceived by Germany during WWII.

Lippisch P 13a & Experimental DM-1

Science & Math

Dabrowski, H.P.

Technology

Covers all German heavy bomber models used during WWII.

German Heavy Bombers: Do 19, Fw 200, He 177, He 274, Ju 89, Ju 290, Me 264 and others

Griehl, Manfred

Dressel, Joachim

Never before in German military history did the German Artillery possess such variety and magnitude as in the World War II era. From North Cape to Tobruk, Biscay to Lapland, Den Helder to the Caucasus, there were more than 1000 light and about 340 heavy a

German Artillery in World War II 1939-1945 (Schiffer Military History)

Engelmann, Joachim

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