U S CARRIER WAR: DESIGN,
DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS
by Kev Darling
America's part in World War One saw the
deployment of US Navy aircraft operating from coastal bases. In
the immediate post-war period the first aircraft carriers were
commissioned, Langley, Saratoga and Lexington. Following Pearl
Harbor, US Navy fighters engaged the Japanese for the first time
at Wake Island. Japan continued its conquest of the Pacific
throughout 1941 but the USN then went on the offensive when two
carriers attacked the Gilbert-Marshall Islands, and the Doolittle
raid against Japan was launched from USS Hornet. Meanwhile in the
Atlantic US Carriers undertook escort duties across Atlantic and
helped with the supply of Spitfires to Malta. Post WW2 actions
included the War in Korea and later, US Navy and Marine Corps
aircraft were deployed from carriers against targets in North and
South Vietnam. Most recent carrier deployments include both Gulf
Wars and continuing middle-eastern conflicts.
The story the atrocity committed by the 1-SS Panzer Battle
Group under SS-Obersturmbannfuehrer Joachim Peiper in the Ardennes
in 1944. One hundred and thirteen American prisoners-of-war were
assembled in a field near the village of Malmedy. Though Peiper
was not present, soldiers under his command from 1-SS Panzer
Division opened fire on the men. They then shot, or clubbed to
death, any survivors. In May 1946, Peiper and 70 of his men were
put on trial. Forty-three of those accused were sentenced to death
and the rest received prison sentences. The death sentences were
later commuted to imprisonment. After the war Peiper took up
residence in France where, in the village of Traves, he was
murdered in 1974.
A Personal Perspective of the Korean War, 1950-1953. The North
Koreans’ attack on their Southern neighbours shocked and surprised
the World already in the grip of the Cold War. The conflict
rapidly escalated with China soon heavily involved on one side,
and the United Nations on the other. The author, then a young
Gunnery officer, found himself in the midst of this very nasty
war. The reader is given a clear insight of what it was like to be
at the infamous Battle of the Hook, where UN troops held off
ferocious massed attacks by waves of Chinese.
16 AIR ASSAULT BRIGADE:
BRITAIN'S RAPID REACTION FORCE
by Tim Ripley
A historical narrative of 16 Brigade's operations since its
formation in 1999 explaining the innovative tactics and
operational procedures used to move by air into battle. The book
covers military hardware including Apache attack helicopters, as
well as describing the elite combat units including the Parachute
Regiment and Pathfinders. Key personalities from the Brigade are
examined together with a comprehensive analysis of how the Brigade
has performed and how it is likely to evolve in coming years.
New in d/w - 272pp. numerous colour &
b/w illustrations, maps, tactical diagrams.
A series of essays by seven historians on the British Army in
WWI. Prior to the war the British Army consisted of some 250,000
men. This small, regular force had to rapidly absorb a citizens'
army of over five million men, firstly of volunteers and then of
conscripts. These studies examine the impact of the war on the army.
Case studies examine particular units such as the Black Watch and
the 113th Welsh Brigade. With a foreword by Sir John Keegan.