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  • Winter War 1939–40

    Repelling the Soviets from Finnish skies

    by Kari Stenman ...
    Series Book 61 - Air Campaign
    The first illustrated study in English of the Finnish Air Force's battle to repel the Soviet invaders during the Winter War, one of the greatest David-and-Goliath air battles in history.In 1939, the Soviet Union invaded its neighbour Finland, sparking the Winter War. While Finland was heavily outnumbered in all respects, in few respects was the contest so uneven as in the air. In this book, ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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  • Brewster F2A Buffalo Aces of World War 2

    by Kari Stenman, Andrew Thomas ...
    Series Book 91 - Aircraft of the Aces
    A complete survey of all of the pilots who achieved Aces status using the Brewster F2A Buffalo.Although designed and built for the US Navy, the F2A fought in only one major US engagement, the battle of Midway, in which F2A pilots managed to shoot down a number of Japanese fighters. Soon replaced by the navy, the F2A was exported to Britain, where it was nicknamed the 'Buffalo' thanks to its stubby ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Fokker D.XXI Aces of World War 2

    by Kari Stenman, Peter de Jong ...
    Series Book 112 - Aircraft of the Aces
    Featuring stunning illustrations, this compact volume explores the early successes of the aircraft model and its aces.Although only built in modest numbers principally for the Dutch Air Force, the low-cost monoplane D.XXI fighter enjoyed its greatest success in combat with the Finnish Air Force. The Dutch D.XXIs saw less than a week of action following the German invasion of the west on 10 May ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Brewster F2A Buffalo Aces of World War 2

    by Kari Stenman, Andrew Thomas ...
    Series Book 91 - Aircraft of the Aces
    A complete survey of all of the pilots who achieved Aces status using the Brewster F2A Buffalo.Although designed and built for the US Navy, the F2A fought in only one major US engagement, the battle of Midway, in which F2A pilots managed to shoot down a number of Japanese fighters. Soon replaced by the navy, the F2A was exported to Britain, where it was nicknamed the 'Buffalo' thanks to its stubby ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Fokker D.XXI Aces of World War 2

    by Kari Stenman, Peter de Jong ...
    Series Book 112 - Aircraft of the Aces
    Featuring stunning illustrations, this compact volume explores the early successes of the aircraft model and its aces.Although only built in modest numbers principally for the Dutch Air Force, the low-cost monoplane D.XXI fighter enjoyed its greatest success in combat with the Finnish Air Force. The Dutch D.XXIs saw less than a week of action following the German invasion of the west on 10 May ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Morane-Saulnier MS.406 Aces

    by Kari Stenman, Christian-Jacques Ehrengardt ...
    Series Book 121 - Aircraft of the Aces
    The story of the aces who flew the MS.406, an important aircraft not only because it was built in larger numbers than any other French fighter of the period, but also because it was the first modern fighter in the Armée de l'Air inventory.Although comparable to the British Hurricane and early models of the German Bf 109, it was outclassed when flown against the more powerful, and faster, Bf 109E. ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Lentolaivue 24

    by Kari Stenman, Kalevi Keskinnen ...
    Series Book 4 - Aviation Elite Units
    Illustrated throughout with photographs and detailed aircraft profiles, this book tells the story of the Finnish air force's most successful fighter unit.Finland's premier fighter squadron during World War 2, Lentolaivue 24 (Flying Squadron 24) first saw action during the bloody Winter War of 1939-40, when the Soviet Red Army launched a surprise attack on the small Scandinavian country - the ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • P-36 Hawk Aces of World War 2

    by Lionel Persyn, Kari Stenman, Andrew Thomas ...
    Series Book 86 - Aircraft of the Aces
    A fascinating account of a plane that served on both sides during World War 2 and in a variety of environments from Pearl Harbor to the deserts of North Africa to the barren forests of Karelia and the jungles of Burma.The Curtiss P-36 was considered a revolution in performance design in comparison to other US fighters. Yet by the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor the P-40 was ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Finnish Aces of World War 2

    by Kari Stenman, Kalevi Keskinnen ...
    Series Book 23 - Aircraft of the Aces
    Always outnumbered by their Soviet counterparts, the small band of Finnish fighter pilots who defended their Scandinavian homeland from the 'communist hordes' in three separate wars between 1939 and 1945 amassed scores only bettered by the Luftwaffe's Jagdflieger.Initially equipped with a motley collection of biplane and monoplane fighters garnered from sources across the globe, the Finnish Air ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

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  • The Sorry Saga of the Brewster Buffalo: A Flying Coffin to the U.S. Marines, but a Pearl to the Finns

    by Daniel Ford ...
    A group of Internet aviation fans once debated the subject of the worst fighter of World War II. Their hands-down favorite: the Brewster Buffalo. Two books are titled The World's Worst Aircraft. The Buffalo is the only fighter from any era to have a chapter in both of them.The Royal Air Force fobbed the Brewster fighter onto the Fleet Air Arm and colonial squadrons; the U.S. Navy gave it to the ... Read more

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  • Japan's Gestapo

    Murder, Mayhem and Torture in Wartime Asia

    by Mark Felton ...
    From the author of Children of the Camps, a look at the disturbing activities of the Kempeitai, Japan's feared military and secret police.The book opens by explaining the origins, organization, and roles of the Kempeitai apparatus, which exercised virtually unlimited power throughout the Japanese Empire. Author Mark Felton reveals their criminal and collaborationist networks that extorted huge ... Read more

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  • Classic Video Games

    The Golden Age 1971–1984

    by Brian R. Eddy ...
    Series Book 639 - Shire Library USA
    In the early 1970s, video arcade games sprung to life in the form of Pong, Space Invaders, Asteroids, and Pac-Man, and if you were lucky enough to have an Atari system you could play Frogger or Galaga at home. By the 1980s, arcade and video games were entrenched as a pop culture phenomenon and were ubiquitous. But as quickly as the form took flight it began to change with the advent of hand-held ... Read more

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