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  • A HISTORY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AIR WAR, 1940-1945
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    A HISTORY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AIR WAR, 1940-1945
    CHRISTOPHER SHORES / GIOVANNI MASSIMELLO / RUSSELL GUEST
    During the final year of World War II, the defending Axis forces were steadily driven from southern skies by burgeoning Anglo-American power. This was despite the steady withdrawal of units to more demanding areas. In this fifth volume of the series the activities of the Allied tactical air forces in support of the armies on the ground as their opponents were steadily extracted...

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  • A HISTORY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AIR WAR, 1940–1945. VOLUME 2
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    A HISTORY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AIR WAR, 1940–1945. VOLUME 2
    CHRISTOPHER SHORES / GIOVANNI MASSIMELLO / RUSSELL GUEST / FRANK OLYNYK / WINFRIED BOCK
    This second volume in the seminal series on aerial combat, pilots, and tactics in Libya and Egypt in the middle of World War II. In volume two of this series, historian Christopher Shores begins by exploring the 8th Army's movements after Operation Crusader when they were forced back to the Gazala area in northeastern Libya, as well as their defeat in June, 1942, the loss of To...

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  • JAPANESE NAVAL AIR FORCE FIGHTER UNITS AND THEIR ACES, 1932–1945
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    JAPANESE NAVAL AIR FORCE FIGHTER UNITS AND THEIR ACES, 1932–1945
    IKUHIKO HATA / YASUHO IZAWA / CHRISTOPHER SHORES
    An extensive guide to Japan's Naval Air Force Fighter Units and their ace pilots during conflicts in the 1930s and '40s, now in English. The book begins by looking at the land- and aircraft carrier-based navy fighter units and their operations from 1932 to 1945, as well as their history and achievements. This is followed with biographical details for all pilots who claimed eigh...

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  • AIR WAR FOR BURMA
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    AIR WAR FOR BURMA
    CHRISTOPHER SHORES
    In his monumental work Bloody Shambles, Volume Two, Christopher Shores described in detail the British retreat out of Burma, culminating at the end of May 1942. The monsoon then brought operations on land and in the air virtually to a halt for several months as the British and Indian forces prepared to retake Burma. The Japanese however, had very different ideas. Air War for Bu...

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  • AIR WAR FOR YUGOSLAVIA GREECE AND CRETE 1940-41
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    AIR WAR FOR YUGOSLAVIA GREECE AND CRETE 1940-41
    BRIAN CULL / CHRISTOPHER SHORES
    The air battle for Yugoslavia, Greece and Crete began in June 1940 with the Italian declaration of war. In the past, there has been much controversy amongst air historians on many of the details of the operations. It was here, for example, that "Pat" Pattie believed by many to be the Royal Air Force's "unknown" top-scoring fighter pilot of the whole war, saw most of his action....

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  • A HISTORY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AIR WAR, 1940–1945
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    A HISTORY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AIR WAR, 1940–1945
    CHRISTOPHER SHORES / GIOVANNI MASSIMELLO / RUSSELL GUEST / FRANK OLYNYK / WINFRIED BOCK / ANDY THOMAS
    This fourth volume in the comprehensive series “fills a gap in the existing narrative” of WWII’s Mediterranean air war (Journal of Military History).   The fourth volume in this momentous series commences with the attacks on the Italian island fortress of Pantellaria, which led to its surrender and occupation achieved almost by air attack alone. The account continues with the u...

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  • A HISTORY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AIR WAR, 1940-1945
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    A HISTORY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AIR WAR, 1940-1945
    CHRISTOPHER SHORES / RUSSELL GUEST
    In 1943, Allied bombers from Italy launched strategic attacks on Axis oil fields, factories, and Danube supply routes. Following the inter-Allied Casablanca Conference in January 1943 the outline for the Combined Bomber Offensive was agreed and resulted in early February with the ‘Casablanca Directive’. This required the “progressive destruction and dislocation of the German mi...

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  • A HISTORY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AIR WAR, 1940–1945
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    A HISTORY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AIR WAR, 1940–1945
    CHRISTOPHER SHORES / GIOVANNI MASSIMELLO / RUSSELL GUEST
    This first volume in the seminal series on World War II aerial combat, pilots, and tactics that "reads like an encyclopedia on the subject" (Portland Book Review).   In the early days of World War II, both Allied and Axis powers extended the theater of war to North Africa, where hard-fought battles were conducted in the harsh desert. But before anyone could claim victory on the...

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  • JAPANESE ARMY AIR FORCE UNITS AND THEIR ACES, 1931–1945
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    JAPANESE ARMY AIR FORCE UNITS AND THEIR ACES, 1931–1945
    IKUHIKO HATA / YASUHO IZAWA / CHRISTOPHER SHORES
    An extensive guide to Japan's Army Air Force Units and their ace pilots during conflicts in the 1930s and '40s, now in English. Commencing with a detailed study of the development, equipment, and operations flown by this force since its inception immediately after the end of World War I, until the catastrophic conclusion of World War II, the initial section deals with the wars ...

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  • THE SPITFIRE SMITHS
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    THE SPITFIRE SMITHS
    ROD SMITH / CHRISTOPHER SHORES
    A posthumous autobiography, culled from a partial manuscript and notes, by Canada's World War II fighter ace and his equally heroic brother. In late 2001 Rod Smith died tragically at his own hand, leaving behind a part-written autobiography and many notes. His friend, the historian Christopher Shores, took on the task of seeking to complete the story as nearly as possible to ho...

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  • ACES HIGH, VOLUME 1
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    ACES HIGH, VOLUME 1
    CHRISTOPHER SHORES / CLIVE WILLIAMS
    First in the Aces High series—a military reference of the fighter pilots who had five or more confirmed victories while serving in the Royal Air Force. Introduced by the French quite early in World War I, the term "ace" was used to describe a pilot credited with five or more aerial victories. But in the United Kingdom, the term was never officially recognized. Becoming an ace w...

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  • ACES HIGH, VOLUME 2
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    ACES HIGH, VOLUME 2
    CHRISTOPHER SHORES
    Second in the Aces High series—an updated military reference of the fighter pilots who had five or more confirmed victories while serving in the RAF. This volume updates the information in the first volume and adds some new names. Information has been added on the pilots who gained success against the V-1 flying bombs during 1944-45. Detail is also provided on those units in wh...

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  • A HISTORY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AIR WAR, 1940–1945
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    A HISTORY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AIR WAR, 1940–1945
    CHRISTOPHER SHORES / GIOVANNI MASSIMELLO / RUSSELL GUEST / FRANK OLYNYK / WINFRIED BOCK
    The third volume in the epic military aviation series focuses on the Allied invasion of North Africa during World War II.   This work of WWII history takes us to November 1942 to explain the background of the first major Anglo-American venture: Operation Torch, the invasion of French North Africa. Describing the fratricidal combat that followed the initial landings in Morocco a...

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