Dornier Do.17
Units of World
War II
Publisher: Osprey
Author: Chris Goss
ISBN: 9781472829634
Format: Softback
Price: £14.99I
nitially designed as a high-
speed mail aeroplane and
airliner, the Do 17 irst made
an appearance as a military
aircraft in the Spanish Civil
War, both as a bomber and in
reconnaissance roles. In the
early stages of World War II, it,
together with the Heinkel He
111, formed the backbone of
the German bomber arm over
Poland, France, Belgium and the
Low Countries, and saw action
in almost every major campaign
in this period. However, by the
start of the Battle of Britain, the
Do 17’s limited range and small
bomb load meant that it was
ripe for replacement by the Ju- Though it performed well
at lower altitudes, the model
sufered heavy losses during
raids, particularly during the Blitz
and were increasingly phased
out. This fully illustrated study
uses detailed full-colour artwork
and authoritative text from an
expert author to tell the full
operation story of one of Nazi
Germany’s best light bombers
from the early years of World
War II.
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Atlas of the
Blitzkrieg
Publisher: Osprey
Author: Robert Kirchubel
ISBN: 9781472834997
Format: Hardback
Price: £45.00I
n August 1939, Nazi
Germany launched its
infamous Blitzkrieg invasion
of Poland, bringing about
the outbreak of World War II.
Faced with highly tactical and
accelerated attacks aimed at
disrupting the line of defence
and encircling vulnerable
troops, Allied forces broke under
pressure. Within the space of a
year, France had been invaded
and occupied, while the forces
of Great Britain had retreated
headlong back across the
Channel. Further campaigns
in the air and at sea sought to
subdue the British Isles, while
more lightning-fast attacks in
1941 overran Yugoslavia and
Greece, leaving the bulk of
Continental Europe under Nazi
control. Though the dominance
of the Blitzkrieg method was to
be challenged in the latter part
of the war, as Allied forces found
methods of disrupting the attacks
and dominating the battleields,
its unparalleled success in the
early years of the conlict brought
Europe to its knees.
Featuring 107 detailed maps,
this impressive atlas shows, in
intricate detail, the ighting and
physical challenges faced by
the German attackers and Allied
defenders. This will be a treasure
for World War II enthusiasts and
collectors alike.
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of World War II
Publisher: Osprey
Author: Tony Buttler
ISBN: 9781472835987
Format: Softback
Price: £13.99W
hile World War II raged,
pioneering aircraft and
engine designers were
busy developing the world’s irst
practical jet-powered research
aircraft to test and prove the
new technology. This book
examines the aircraft that paved
the way for Germany’s Me 262
and Britain’s Meteor - the world’s
irst jet ighters. Throughout
the war, Germany, Italy and
Britain engaged in top-secret
jet programmes as they raced
to develop the airpower of the
future. Various experimental
aircraft were trialled in order to
achieve the goal of producing an
efective engine and ighter that
could harness the potential of
the jet power. These included the
German Heinkel He 178 research
aircraft and Heinkel He 280 jet
ighter prototype, the famed
British E.28/39 research aircraft
built by Gloster Aircraft as well
as the stillborn E.5/42 ighter and
E.1/44 Ace ighter prototype,
and inally the remarkable
Italian Caproni-Campini N.1/CC
2 research aircraft. Illustrated
throughout with full-colour
artwork and rare photographs,
this fascinating study examines
the fore-runners to the military
jet age.
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Units
Publisher: Osprey
Author: Peter E Davies
ISBN: 9781472836403
Format: Softback
Price: £14.99O
ne of the most dramatic
bombers of its day, the
Convair B-58 came to
epitomise the Cold War power
of Strategic Air Command.
Introduced only 12 years after the
sound barrier was irst broken,
this iconic plane became the
irst large long-range supersonic
bomber to take to the skies, a feat
which had seemed far-fetched
only a few years previously.
Outstripping its contemporaries
in terms of speed, and agile
enough to escape most
interceptors, the B-58 was a
remarkable feat of engineering,
setting 19 world speed records
and collecting a host of trophies.
The irst operational bomber
capable of Mach 2 at 63,000
feet, it was able to evade hostile
ighters and represented a
serious threat to targets across
the Soviet Bloc. Supported
by contemporary irst-hand
accounts, photography, and
full-colour illustrations, this
study explores the history of this
ground-breaking aircraft from
its conception to its little-known
testing for use in the Vietnam
War.
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