SAS Operation Storm
Title | SAS Operation Storm PDF eBook |
Author | Roger Cole |
Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
Pages | 423 |
Release | 2011-08-18 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1444726994 |
OPERATION STORM is the inside story - told by those who took part - of the greatest secret war in SAS history. The tipping point, Mirbat, South Oman, 19 July 1972 is one of the least-known yet most crucial battles of modern times. If the SAS had been defeated at Mirbat, the Russian and Chinese plan for a communist foothold in the Middle East would have succeeded, with catastrophic consequences for the oil-hungry West. OPERATION STORM is a page-turning account of courage and resilience. Mirbat was a battle fought and won by nine SAS soldiers and a similar number of brave local people - some as young as ten years old - outnumbered by at least twenty-five to one. Roger Cole, one of the SAS soldiers who took part, and writer Richard Belfield have interviewed every SAS survivor who fought in the battle from the beginning to the end - the first time every single one of them has revealed their experience. OPERATION STORM is a classic story of bravery against impossible odds, minute by minute, bullet by bullet.
Operation Storm City
Title | Operation Storm City PDF eBook |
Author | Joshua Mowll |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Adventure stories |
ISBN | 9781406311327 |
Mystery fiction. Adventure fiction. Book III of The Guild Trilogy: the adventure continues and the stakes are higher than ever. Becca and Doug are back at their old family home in Lucknow, India, where they discover research papers containing clues to their missing parents' expedition route and to the location of Ur-Can - the fabled Storm City. Soon they are on a perilous journey to the Takla Makan desert, racing against the enemy by steam train, riverboat, and airship across the Himalayas. But the race is on to take control of Ur-Can - ancient source of power and threat to the security of the planet. Can Becca, Doug and the Guild get there in time? And has their quest taught them enough to solve the final mystery of Storm City, or will they find their parents only to lose them again for ever?
Operation Storm
Title | Operation Storm PDF eBook |
Author | John Geoghegan |
Publisher | National Geographic Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2014-03-18 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0770435734 |
The riveting true story of Japan's top secret plan to change the course of World War II using a squadron of mammoth submarines a generation ahead of their time In 1941, the architects of Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor planned a bold follow-up: a potentially devastating air raid—this time against New York City and Washington, DC. The classified Japanese program required developing a squadron of top secret submarines—the Sen-toku or I-400 class—designed as underwater aircraft carriers, each equipped with three Aichi M6A1 attack bombers painted to look like U.S. aircraft. The bombers, called Seiran (which translates as “storm from a clear sky”), were tucked in a huge, water-tight hanger on the sub’s deck. The subs' mission was to travel more than halfway around the world, surface on the U.S. coast, and launch their deadly air attack. This entire operation was unknown to U.S. intelligence. And the amazing thing is how close the Japanese came to pulling it off. John Geoghegan’s meticulous research, including first-person accounts from the I-401 crew and the U.S. capturing party, creates a fascinating portrait of the Sen-toku's desperate push into Allied waters and the U.S. Navy's dramatic pursuit, masterfully illuminating a previously forgotten story of the Pacific war.
Operation Storm
Title | Operation Storm PDF eBook |
Author | John Geoghegan |
Publisher | Crown |
Pages | 514 |
Release | 2014-03-18 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0770435734 |
The riveting true story of Japan's top secret plan to change the course of World War II using a squadron of mammoth submarines a generation ahead of their time In 1941, the architects of Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor planned a bold follow-up: a potentially devastating air raid—this time against New York City and Washington, DC. The classified Japanese program required developing a squadron of top secret submarines—the Sen-toku or I-400 class—designed as underwater aircraft carriers, each equipped with three Aichi M6A1 attack bombers painted to look like U.S. aircraft. The bombers, called Seiran (which translates as “storm from a clear sky”), were tucked in a huge, water-tight hanger on the sub’s deck. The subs' mission was to travel more than halfway around the world, surface on the U.S. coast, and launch their deadly air attack. This entire operation was unknown to U.S. intelligence. And the amazing thing is how close the Japanese came to pulling it off. John Geoghegan’s meticulous research, including first-person accounts from the I-401 crew and the U.S. capturing party, creates a fascinating portrait of the Sen-toku's desperate push into Allied waters and the U.S. Navy's dramatic pursuit, masterfully illuminating a previously forgotten story of the Pacific war.
Crusade
Title | Crusade PDF eBook |
Author | Rick Atkinson |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Pages | 614 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780395710838 |
Integrating interviews with individuals ranging from senior policymakers to frontline soldiers, a look at the Persian Gulf War shows how the conflict transformed modern warfare.
The Whirlwind War
Title | The Whirlwind War PDF eBook |
Author | Frank N. Schubert |
Publisher | Government Printing Office |
Pages | 330 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780160429545 |
CMH Publication 70-30. Edited by Frank N. Schubert and TheresaL. Kraus. Discusses the United States Army's role in the Persian Gulf War from August 1990 to February 1991. Shows the various strands that came together to produce the army of the 1990s and how that army in turn performed under fire and in the glare of world attention. Retains a sense of immediacy in its approach. Contains maps which were carefully researched and compiled as original documents in their own right. Includes an index.
The Soviet Strategic Offensive in Manchuria, 1945
Title | The Soviet Strategic Offensive in Manchuria, 1945 PDF eBook |
Author | David Glantz |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 515 |
Release | 2003-02-27 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1135774994 |
Volume I covers in detail the background, strategic regrouping, and strategic planning and conduct of the offensive.