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  • US NAVAL AVIATION, 1945–2003
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    US NAVAL AVIATION, 1945–2003
    LEO MARRIOTT
    In this the highly illustrated second volume of his history of US naval aviation, Leo Marriott takes the reader through the extraordinary developments in design and capability that transformed American aircraft and aircraft carriers after the Second World War, and he describes the succession of conflicts in which they were deployed. Increasingly, advanced jets replaced propelle...

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  • NAVAL BATTLES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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    NAVAL BATTLES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
    LEO MARRIOTT
    The Second World War was a truly global conflict and maritime power played a major role in every theatre of operations. Land campaigns depended on supplies transported by sea, and victory or defeat depended on the outcome of naval battles. So Leo Marriott’s highly illustrated two-volume account of the struggle sets naval actions in the wider strategic context as well as giving ...

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  • NAVAL BATTLES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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    NAVAL BATTLES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
    LEO MARRIOTT
    The Second World War was a truly global conflict and maritime power played a major role in every theatre of operations. Land campaigns depended on supplies transported by sea, and victory or defeat depended on the outcome of naval battles. So Leo Marriott's highly illustrated two-volume account of the struggle sets naval actions in the wider strategic context as well as giving ...

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  • EARLY JET FIGHTERS
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    EARLY JET FIGHTERS
    LEO MARRIOTT
    In almost 200 archive photographs Leo Marriott traces the course of the development of British and American jet fighters during the first pioneering decade of their production. In many ways the period from 1944 to 1954 was one of the most exciting and innovative in the history of military aviation. Rare images show the first jet fighters flown by the RAF towards the end of the ...

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  • NAVAL BATTLES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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    NAVAL BATTLES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
    LEO MARRIOTT
    The Second World War was a truly global conflict and maritime power played a major role in every theatre of operations. Land campaigns depended on supplies transported by sea, and victory or defeat depended on the outcome of naval battles. So Leo Marriott’s highly illustrated two-volume account of the struggle sets naval actions in the wider strategic context as well as giving ...

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  • US NAVAL AVIATION, 1898–1945
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    US NAVAL AVIATION, 1898–1945
    LEO MARRIOTT
    This pictorial history tells the story of US naval aviation from its early beginnings in the 1920s to its dominance in the Pacific theater of WWII. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor sank or crippled almost all of the battleships in the US Navy’s Pacific Fleet. But the fleet’s aircraft carriers survived—and soon demonstrated the power of US naval aviation. Thanks to pioneering...

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  • ESSEX CLASS AIRCRAFT CARRIERS, 1943–1991
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    ESSEX CLASS AIRCRAFT CARRIERS, 1943–1991
    LEO MARRIOTT
    A photographic history of the US Essex-class aircraft carriers of World War II—including the USS Intrepid that now serves as a New York City museum. Essex-class aircraft carriers played an essential role in the victory of the United States over Japan in the Second World War, and Leo Marriott’s photographic history is a fascinating introduction to them. Without these remarkable ...

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  • NAVAL BATTLES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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    NAVAL BATTLES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
    LEO MARRIOTT
    The Second World War was a truly global conflict and maritime power played a major role in every theatre of operations. Land campaigns depended on supplies transported by sea, and victory or defeat depended on the outcome of naval battles. So Leo Marriott’s highly illustrated two-volume account of the struggle sets naval actions in the wider strategic context as well as giving ...

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  • EARLY JET BOMBERS, 1944–1954
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    EARLY JET BOMBERS, 1944–1954
    LEO MARRIOTT
    The author of Early Jet Fighters: 1944-1954 turns his attention to jet bombers in another stunning pictorial history: “Don't miss out on this one.” —IPMS/USA Using over 200 archive photographs, Leo Marriott gives us a powerful portrait of the first decade in the development of the jet bomber. This was a time of intense technical innovation that transformed the design and capabi...

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  • EARLY JET FIGHTERS, 1944–1954
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    EARLY JET FIGHTERS, 1944–1954
    LEO MARRIOTT
    A “clearly written, profusely illustrated, and well organized” volume on Soviet and European jet fighter design (Air Power History). In his previous book on early jet fighters, Leo Marriott traced the history of the revolutionary aircraft produced by the British and Americans immediately after the Second World War. Now, in this companion volume, he describes jet fighter develop...

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  • JETS AT SEA
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    JETS AT SEA
    LEO MARRIOTT
    As World War Two drew to a close, jet-powered aircraft were beginning to be introduced into service. To take advantage of this major development it was necessary for all the worlds air powers to rethink combat tactics and develop the means of handling these faster and generally larger aircraft in the air, on land and especially at sea. As this modern breed approached and finall...

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  • US NAVAL AVIATION, 1945–2003
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    US NAVAL AVIATION, 1945–2003
    LEO MARRIOTT
    In this the highly illustrated second volume of his history of US naval aviation, Leo Marriott takes the reader through the extraordinary developments in design and capability that transformed American aircraft and aircraft carriers after the Second World War, and he describes the succession of conflicts in which they were deployed. Increasingly, advanced jets replaced propelle...

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  • RACE TO THE RHINE
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    RACE TO THE RHINE
    LEO MARRIOTT / SIMON FORTY
    Travel across the battlefields of WWII with this beautiful book combining historical images, full-color aerial photography, and informative text.   In June 1944, Allied forces invaded Nazi-occupied France, beginning a sweep of fierce battles that would eventually liberate Western Europe. With aerial photography, historic images, maps, and other illustrations, Race to the Rhine ...

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  • THE NORMANDY BATTLEFIELDS
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    THE NORMANDY BATTLEFIELDS
    LEO MARRIOTT / SIMON FORTY
    Experience the battlefields of D-Day in this beautiful book combining historical images, full-color aerial photography, and informative text.   The D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied Normandy was the most dramatic turning point of World War II. With a combination of historic and contemporary photography, along with maps and other illustrations, The Normandy Battlefields takes read...

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  • CATAPULT AIRCRAFT
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    CATAPULT AIRCRAFT
    LEO MARRIOTT
    A concise history of this specialty aircraft used during World Wars I and II. During World War I, the navies of the opposing forces discovered the value of aerial reconnaissance, and many experiments were made to allow larger warships to carry one or sometimes two aircraft aboard. In the early days these were float planes that were lowered by crane into the sea and then lifted ...

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  • TREATY CRUISERS
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    TREATY CRUISERS
    LEO MARRIOTT
    "A quite enlightening book that discusses the most important group of heavy cruisers serving during WW2 and how the type evolved." — Malcolm Wright, author of British and Commonwealth Warshi p Camouflage of WWII   The Washington Naval Treaty of 1921 and subsequent treaties in the 1930s effectively established the size and composition of the various navies in World War II. In pa...

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  • JETS AT SEA
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    JETS AT SEA
    LEO MARRIOTT
    As World War Two drew to a close, jet-powered aircraft were beginning to be introduced into service. To take advantage of this major development it was necessary for all the worlds air powers to rethink combat tactics and develop the means of handling these faster and generally larger aircraft in the air, on land and especially at sea. As this modern breed approached and finall...

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  • THE FALAISE GAP BATTLES
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    THE FALAISE GAP BATTLES
    SIMON FORTY / LEO MARRIOTT
    “A great book” on the decisive engagement of the Battle of Normandy in the series that brings World War II battles to life (Army Rumour Service). The denouement of the battle of Normandy, the fighting around Falaise and Chambois in August 1944, and the pursuit of the retreating German armies to the Seine provided the Allies with an immense victory—all made possible by Operation...

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