The Last Raid: How World War II Ended, August 1945

Name: The Last Raid: How World War II Ended, August 1945
Price: 2.54 EUR
Author: Daniel Ford
ISBN: 9781502271648

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Daniel Ford

A. Nation
Paru le : 01/01/2016

While the Japanese war cabinet argued about whether to surrender, and on what terms, the U. S. Army Strategic Air Force on Guam and Tinian geared up for... > Lire la suite

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While the Japanese war cabinet argued about whether to surrender, and on what terms, the U. S. Army Strategic Air Force on Guam and Tinian geared up for a thousand-plane raid upon the Empire. It would be the last air raid of the Second World War. This little book, which first appeared in Air & Space / Smithsonian magazine on the 50th anniversary of the war's end, tells the story of those momentous forty-eight hours.
Revised and expanded for e-book publication, including: a portfolio of photographs and a history of the B-29 project. About 7000 words.

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Date de parution : 01/01/2016
Editeur : A. Nation
ISBN : 978-1-5022-7164-8
EAN : 9781502271648
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Biographie de Daniel Ford

Daniel Ford has spent a lifetime reading and writing about the wars of the past hundred years, from the Irish rebellion of 1916 to the counter-guerrilla operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is best known for his history of the American Volunteer Group--the 'Flying Tigers' of the Second World War--and his Vietnam novel that was filmed as Go Tell the Spartans, starring Burt Lancaster. Most recently, he has turned to the invasion of Poland in 1939 by Germany and Soviet Russia.
Most of his books and many shorter pieces are available in digital editions He lives and works in New Hampshire.