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Legends of Warfare: SR-71 Blackbird

SR-71 Blackbird : Lockheed's Ultimate Spy PlaneDavid Doyle As of 2023, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is the fastest manned jet aircraft ever produced. It set the record in 1976 and has been retired since the late 1990s. With its unrivaled speed and...

Legends of Warfare: Stuart Tank Volume 1

Stuart Tank, Vol. 1 : The M3, M3A1, and M3A3 Versions in World War IIDavid Doyle The Stuart light tanks were the first tanks taken into combat by US troops during WWII. Production of these vehicles can be broken into two categories: the early tanks...

Legends of Warfare: Sturmgeschutz Vol.2

The Sturmgeschütz, or StuG as it is more popularly known, while conceived as self-propelled, infantry support artillery, in time, formed the backbone of Germany’s anti-tank operations during WWII. With more than 130 war-era photos, this volume chronicles...

Legends of Warfare: The Blue Angels

Since 1946, the world-famous US Navy Blue Angels flying-demonstration team has performed in airshows in the United States and around the world. This book details the origins of the team when created by the US Navy, as well as describing the different...

Legends of Warfare: The GMC DUKW

The GMC DUKW : America's Amphibious Truck in World War II and KoreaDavid Doyle The General Motors Corporation DUKW was without a doubt the most successful amphibious military vehicle ever constructed. This is due in large part to the enormous amount of...

Legends of Warfare: The Huey in Vietnam

The Huey in Vietnam : Bell’s UH-1 at WarDavid Doyle The design, development, and evolution of the Bell UH-1 Huey in combat during the Vietnam War. Few implements of war are as representative of the US presence in Vietnam as the Bell Huey UH-1-series...

Legends of Warfare: The Thunderbirds

The Thunderbirds : The United States Air Force's Flight Demonstration Team, 1953 to the PresentKen Neubeck A photographic history of the US Air Force's Thunderbirds flying-demonstration team. Founded in 1953, the US Air Force Thunderbirds...

Legends of Warfare: Tigers I and II

Germany’s Tiger tank, whether in the form of the Tiger I or later Tiger II (King Tiger), was the most feared tank of WWII. Despite production totaling fewer than 2,000 units, its heavy armor, its power, and perhaps the even more powerful Nazi propaganda...

Legends of Warfare: US Half-Tracks

US Half-Tracks : In World War IIDavid Doyle Based on an adaptation of the White Scout Car, the US half-track vehicles of  WWII combined the cross-country ability of a fully tracked vehicle with the road performance of a medium truck.  A myriad of...

Legends of Warfare: US Marine Corps in Vietnam

US Marine Corps in Vietnam : Vehicles, Weapons, and EquipmentDavid Doyle Documents the deployment of the US Marine Corps to Vietnam from 1965 to 1975. The March 1965 landing of the US Marine Corps at Da Nang, South Vietnam, marked the first large-scale...

Legends of Warfare: USMC Tracked Amphibious Vehicles

Due to the specific nature of the Marine Corps' mission, the Marines has a acute need for amphibious vehicles. From the Vietnam War through today, the USMC has relied on four primary types of tracked amphibians: the T46E1/M76 Otter, M116 Husky, LVTP5,...

Legends of Warfare: USS Alabama (BB-60)

USS Alabama (BB-60) : From Tarawa, Leyte Gulf, and Okinawa, to Museum ShipDavid Doyle The history of the design, development, and deployment of the famed WWII battleship USS Alabama! The fourth and final battleship in the South Dakota class, the USS...

Legends of Warfare: USS Arizona (BB-39)

A photographic guide to the USS Arizona, which exploded and sank in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. A battleship of the Pennsylvania class, USS Arizona is most famous for her disastrous loss, along with over 1,000 of her men, during the surprise attack...

Legends of Warfare: USS Lexington CV-2

When commissioned on December 14, 1927, USS Lexington and her sister ship, USS Saratoga, were the world’s largest aircraft carriers. The Lexington-class carriers, as the ships were known, were the results of an effort akin to making lemonade from lemons...

Legends of Warfare: USS Massachusetts (BB-59)

A pictorial guide to battleship Massachusetts, a WWII veteran and floating museum. USS Massachusetts (BB-59) is a South Dakota–class battleship. Launched just before US entry into the Second World War, Massachusetts saw action in the Mediterranean and...

Legends of Warfare: USS New York (BB-34)

USS New York (BB-34) : From World War I to the Atomic AgeDavid Doyle The battleship USS New York served the Navy from 1914 until just after WWII. New York was famously sent to reinforce the British Grand Fleet during WWI. Extensively rebuilt and...

Legends of Warfare: USS Nimitz (CVN-68)

The nuclear-powered supercarrier USS Nimitz is the oldest carrier in the US fleet. Commissioned in 1975, CVN-68 is named after famed navy admiral Chester Nimitz and has been at the front line of many naval operations in its 40+ years of service. Nimitz’s...

Legends of Warfare: USS North Carolina (BB-55)

USS North Carolina (BB-55) : From WWII Combat to Museum ShipDavid Doyle As lead ship of America’s first “fast battleship” class, and the US Navy’s newest battleship when America entered WWII, the construction of the USS North Carolina was not only a...

Legends of Warfare: USS Tennessee (BB-43)

USS Tennessee (BB-43) : From Pearl Harbor to Okinawa in World War IIDavid Doyle Although bombed at Pearl Harbor, USS Tennessee was back to sea before the year was over.  The crew of the resilient warship fought from Alaska's Aleutian Islands to Tokyo...

Legends of Warfare: Vickers Wellington

Vickers Wellington : The RAF’s Long-Range Medium Bomber in World War IIRon Mackay The Vickers Armstrong Wellington, affectionately dubbed the “Wimpy” after the hamburger-scoffing cartoon character, lays claim to two distinctions within RAF WWII annals...

Little Warriors 1:72 Vol.2

English and Spanish. 152 pages. Semi-hard cover. Little Warriors vol.2 is the second issue of this series of monographs dedicated to small-scale modeling. This new volume of Little Warriors escapes the classic and conventional models by focusing on the...

MAA561 - Ground Forces in the Korean War 1950–53 (2): The US Army and US Marine Corps

This study of the evolving uniforms and personal equipment used by US ground forces in the Korean War features new full-color artwork and previously unpublished photographs. In June 1950, US soldiers and Marines deployed in the Korean War were dressed...

MBT Modern Battle Tanks - English

Middle East @ War: 75 Years of the Israeli Air Force : Volume 2 - The Last Half Century, 1973 to 2023

In May 2023, Israel will be celebrating the 75th anniversary of its founding as a state, and also the 75th anniversary of the establishment of its air force. The maturation of what was once the Israel Defense Force/Air Force (IDF/AF), and since 2005 is...

Middle East @ War: 75 Years of the Israeli Air Force Volume 3 - Training, Combat Support, Special Operations, Naval Operations, and Air Defences, 1948-2023

The Israeli Air Force grew from humble beginnings to one of the largest and most experienced air combat teams in the world. This came through several major and minor wars with its Arab neighbors, almost continuous military actions short of war, and...

Middle East @ War: Air Power and the Arab World 1909-1955 : Volume 2 - Military Flying Services in the Arab Countries, 1916-1918

At a time when multiple wars are raging across much of the Middle East, it is almost forgotten that it was Abu al-Qasim Abbas ibn Firnas ibn Wirdas at-Takurni – an Andalusian inventor, physician and engineer – who was the first person to undertake...

Middle East @ War: Air Power and the Arab World 1909-1955: Volume 1 - Military Flying Services in Arab Countries, 1909-1918

At a time when multiple wars are raging across much of the Middle East, it is almost forgotten that it was Abu al-Qasim Abbas ibn Firnas ibn Wirdas at-Takurni – an Andalusian inventor, physician and engineer – who was the first person to undertake...

Middle East @ War: Air Power and the Arab World 1909-1955: Volume 3 - Colonial Skies, 1918-1936

Much of the Arab World remains ravaged by war or threatened by war. Meanwhile, the decades old Arab-Israeli conflict remains fundamentally unresolved. Consequently, even the Arab air forces and other Arab armed forces remain either at war or on a virtual...

Middle East @ War: Air Power and the Arab World 1909-1955: Volume 4 - The First Arab Air Forces, 1936-1941

Volume 4 of Air Power and the Arab World continues the story of the men and machines of the first half century of military aviation in the Arab world. The earliest of the Arab air forces to be established trace their histories back to the 1920s and 1930s...

Middle East @ War: Air Power and the Arab World 1909-1955: Volume 6 - The World Crisis 1939 - March 1941

"Helion’s relatively large format allows this series to pack in plenty of information along with a generous selection of photographs." ― The Journal of the Air Force Historical Foundation Volume 6 of the Air Power and the Arab World mini-series continues...

Middle East @ War: Air Power and the Arab World 1909-1955: Volume 7 - The Arab Air Forces in Crisis, April 1941-December 1942

"Helion’s relatively large format allows this series to pack in plenty of information along with a generous selection of photographs." ― The Journal of the Air Force Historical Foundation Volume 7 of the Air Power and the Arab World, 1909-1955...

Middle East @ War: Air Power and the Arab World 1909-1955: Volume 8 - The Revival in Egypt and Iraq, 1943-1945

You really need to add this entire series to your library. Well worth it. ModelingMadness.comVolume 8 of the Air Power and the Arab World 19091955 mini-series continues the story of the men and machines involved in the first half century of military...

Middle East @ War: Air Power and the Arab World 1909-1955: Volume 9 - The Arab Air Forces and a New World Order, 1946-1948

Continues the story of the men and machines of the first half century of military aviation in the Arab World.Volume 9 of the Air Power and the Arab World, 1909-1955 mini-series continues the story of the men and machines of the first half century of...

Middle East @ War: Air Power and the Arab World, 1909-1955: Volume 5 - World in Crisis, 1936-1941

The years immediately prior to the outbreak of the Second World War saw the earliest and the more recently established Arab Air Forces attempting to play a role on the regional if not yet on the world stage for the first time. It was a period when those...

Middle East @ War: Bombers at Suez: The RAF Bombing Campaign During the Suez War, 1956

In October 1956 the British government, together with the French and Israelis, launched an attack on Egypt in response to President Nasser’s nationalization of the Suez Canal. The agreement between these three governments, the Sèvres Protocol, was a low...

Middle East @ War: Czechoslovak Arms Exports to the Middle East : Volume 2 - Egypt, 1948-1990

During the Cold War, communist Czechoslovakia was one of the largest arms exporters to the Middle East among the Soviet Bloc countries. The second volume of this mini-series describes the history of arms exports from Czechoslovakia to Egypt including...

Middle East @ War: Czechoslovak Arms Exports to the Middle East: Volume 1 - Israel, Jordan and Syria, 1948-1989

Eager to fully use its excess arms manufacturing capacities to earn as much hard currency as possible, communist Czechoslovakia became one of the principal arms suppliers to the Middle East during the Cold War. After the end of the Second World War,...

Middle East @ War: Czechoslovak Arms Exports to the Middle East: Volume 4 - Iran, Iraq, Yemen Arab Republic and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen 1948-1989

Describes the history of arms export from Czechoslovakia to Iran, Iraq, the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen), and the Peoples Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen) between 19481989.During the Cold War, communist Czechoslovakia was one of the...

Middle East @ War: In the Claws of the Tomcat: US Navy F-14 Tomcat in Combat, 1987-2000

Equipped with well-balanced air wings, huge aircraft carriers have formed the backbone of the United States Navy’s doctrine and strategy since the Second World War. Packing an enormous punch, their purpose is to exercise control over enormous portions of...

Middle East @ War: Iraqi Mirages: Mirage F.1 in Service with Iraqi Air Force, 1981-2003

Originally envisaged as a privately funded project for a possible future NATO-fighter, the Dassault Mirage F.1 evolved into one of the most aesthetically attractive and commercially most successful combat aircraft of the 1970s and 1980s. Developed into...