Paul Wright has painted ships of all kinds for most of his career, specializing in steel and steam warships from the late 19th century to the present day. Paul”s art has illustrated the works of Patrick O”Brian, Dudley Pope and C.S. Forester amongst others, and hangs in many corporate and private collections all over the world. A Member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists, Paul lives and works in Surrey.
85 Ebooks by Lardas Mark Lardas
Mark Lardas: Shenandoah 1864
For three years of war the Union and the Confederacy had battled over the picturesque Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Nestled between the Blue Ridge Mountains to the east and the Ridge-and-Valley …
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€16.91
Mark Lardas: Chattanooga 1863
Following the disastrous defeat at Chickamauga, Union forces were in disarray and the tactically vital Chattanooga was under siege and on the brink of falling. Secretary of War William Stanton …
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€17.02
Lardas Mark Lardas: World War I Seaplane and Aircraft Carriers
In 1910 the first aircraft was successfully launched from a small wooden platform on a stationary ship. Just four years later, seaplane-carrying warships were being used to launch the first naval air …
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English
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€13.01
Mark Lardas: USS Lawrence vs HMS Detroit
The most critical naval fighting during the War of 1812 took place, not on the high seas, but on the inland lakes of North America: the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain. Carrying between 12 and 22 …
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€15.95
Mark Lardas: USS Lawrence vs HMS Detroit
The most critical naval fighting during the War of 1812 took place, not on the high seas, but on the inland lakes of North America: the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain. Carrying between 12 and 22 …
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€16.00
Mark Lardas: Nashville 1864
In September 1864, the Confederate army abandoned Atlanta and were on the verge of being driven out of the critical state of Tennessee. In an attempt to regain the initiative, John Bell Hood launched …
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€16.97
Mark Lardas: Nashville 1864
In September 1864, the Confederate army abandoned Atlanta and were on the verge of being driven out of the critical state of Tennessee. In an attempt to regain the initiative, John Bell Hood launched …
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€16.86
Mark Lardas: US Flush-Deck Destroyers 1916–45
Four pipes and flush decks – these ships were a distinctively American destroyer design. Devised immediately prior to and during the United States” involvement in World War I they dominated the US …
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€13.01
Mark Lardas: Rabaul 1943–44
In 1942, the massive Japanese naval base and airfield at Rabaul was a fortress standing in the Allies” path to Tokyo. It was impossible to seize Rabaul, or starve the 100, 000-strong garrison out. …
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€16.97
Mark Lardas: South American Battleships 1908–59
In 1908 the most incredible naval arms race in history began. Flush with cash from rubber and coffee, Brazil decided to order three of the latest, greatest category of warship available – the …
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€11.01
Lardas Mark Lardas: Tsushima 1905
Japan was closed to the world until 1854 and its technology then was literally medieval. Great Britain, France and Russia divided the globe in the nineteenth century, but Japan was catching up. Its …
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€14.95
Lardas Mark Lardas: Tsushima 1905
Japan was closed to the world until 1854 and its technology then was literally medieval. Great Britain, France and Russia divided the globe in the nineteenth century, but Japan was catching up. Its …
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English
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€14.95
Mark Lardas: Japan 1944–45
The air campaign that incinerated Japan”s cities was the first and only time that independent air power has won a war.
As the United States pushed Imperial Japan back towards Tokyo Bay, the US …
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€16.97
Lardas Mark Lardas: Glorious First of June 1794
As 1794 opened, Revolutionary France stood on a knife’s edge of failure. Its army and navy had been shaken by the revolution, with civil war and famine taking its toll on their resources. Seeking to …
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English
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€16.97
Mark Lardas: Russian Battleships and Cruisers of the Russo-Japanese War
This book examines the major warships of the Imperial Russian Navy which participated in the Russo-Japanese War. The focus is on the battleships, coastal defence warships, and cruisers of the Pacific …
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€12.11
Lardas Mark Lardas: Russian Battleships and Cruisers of the Russo-Japanese War
This book examines the major warships of the Imperial Russian Navy which participated in the Russo-Japanese War. The focus is on the battleships, coastal defence warships, and cruisers of the Pacific …
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English
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€11.99
Mark Lardas: Great Lakes Warships 1812–1815
When war broke out in 1812, neither the United States Navy nor the Royal Navy had more than a token force on the Great Lakes. However, once the shooting started, it sparked a ship-building arms race …
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€12.93
Lardas Mark Lardas: Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses Grant was his country’s greatest general since George Washington. Like Washington, Grant’s battlefield performance was the only factor standing between the United States continuing as one, …
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English
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€12.02
Mark Lardas: British Frigate vs French Frigate
In the Age of Fighting Sail (1650–1820), ambitious officers of the navies of many nations sought command of a frigate. Speedy, nimble and formidably armed, frigates often operated independently, …
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€15.94
Mark Lardas: African American Soldier in the Civil War
Approximately 200, 000 African Americans fought for the Union during the Civil War. Initially, many white soldiers doubted their bravery and skill; they were soon proved wrong. The United States …
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€15.15
Mark Lardas: Native American Mounted Rifleman 1861–65
Before the American Civil War most Native Americans or Indians lived in an area of the South known as the Five Civilized Nations. At the war”s outbreak many of these Indians enlisted in the …
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€14.92
Mark Lardas: Space Shuttle Launch System 1972–2004
The Space Shuttle is one of the oldest and most famous manned launch systems – the only launch vehicle that has been used for a longer period of time is the Soviet (now Russian) R-7 booster. By the …
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DRM
€13.01
Mark Lardas: American Heavy Frigates 1794–1826
By 1805 the 44-gun frigate was probably viewed as a failed experiment whilst the 38-gun frigate was viewed as the vessel of the future. Ten years later every navy was building 44-gun frigates and …
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€12.95
Mark Lardas: American Light and Medium Frigates 1794–1836
The ”Original Six” frigates were commissioned by the new-born US Navy at a staggering cost of nearly $700, 000. Designed to be light and fast, these warships enabled America to project its power …
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€12.90
Mark Lardas: Roughshod Through Dixie
On April 17, 1863 Benjamin Grierson led a force of 1, 700 Union cavalrymen across enemy lines into Confederate-held Tennessee in a bold diversionary raid. Over the next seventeen days, Grierson”s …
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€15.87
Mark Lardas: Constitution vs Guerriere
Famed as a classic naval duel, a one-on-one clash between two sailing frigates offered the victor immeasurable fame and glory. During the War of 1812, the Royal Navy and United States Navy squared …
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€15.98
Mark Lardas: Ships of the American Revolutionary Navy
Mark Lardas explores the origins of American warships, primarily light and medium frigates, built for the Continental Navy during the years 1776–1783. This was the first navy of the United States and …
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€12.97
Mark Lardas: Decatur’s Bold and Daring Act
On a dark night in 1804, Lt. Stephen Decatur and a team of hand-picked men, slipped into Tripoli harbor in a small boat. Their target was the USS Philadelphia. Captured by the Barbary pirates four …
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€12.02
Mark Lardas: George Washington
Despite his lack of formal military training, George Washington may be one of history”s must underrated commanders. Building an army virtually from scratch, he defeated the pre-eminent military …
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€15.03
Mark Lardas: CSS Alabama vs USS Kearsarge
The most successful commerce raider of the Civil War, the CSS Alabama almost single-handedly drove United States merchant shipping from the seas. Her illustrious career saw the capture of 60 merchant …
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€16.00
Mark Lardas: Great Lakes Warships 1812–1815
When war broke out in 1812, neither the United States Navy nor the Royal Navy had more than a token force on the Great Lakes. However, once the shooting started, it sparked a ship-building arms race …
PDF
DRM
€13.00
Mark Lardas: Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses Grant was his country”s greatest general since George Washington. Like Washington, Grant”s battlefield performance was the only factor standing between the United States continuing as one, …
PDF
DRM
€11.96
Mark Lardas: Bonhomme Richard vs Serapis
The clash between the American Bonhomme Richard and the British HMS Serapis during the American Revolutionary War is perhaps the most famous single-ship duel in history. This epic battle between two …
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DRM
€15.87
Mark Lardas: Decatur’s Bold and Daring Act
On a dark night in 1804, Lt. Stephen Decatur and a team of hand-picked men, slipped into Tripoli harbor in a small boat. Their target was the USS Philadelphia. Captured by the Barbary pirates four …
EPUB
DRM
€11.91
Mark Lardas: CSS Alabama vs USS Kearsarge
The most successful commerce raider of the Civil War, the CSS Alabama almost single-handedly drove United States merchant shipping from the seas. Her illustrious career saw the capture of 60 merchant …
EPUB
DRM
€16.02
Mark Lardas: Shenandoah 1864
For three years of war the Union and the Confederacy had battled over the picturesque Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Nestled between the Blue Ridge Mountains to the east and the Ridge-and-Valley …
EPUB
DRM
€16.94
Mark Lardas: Chattanooga 1863
Following the disastrous defeat at Chickamauga, Union forces were in disarray and the tactically vital Chattanooga was under siege and on the brink of falling. Secretary of War William Stanton …
EPUB
DRM
€16.95
Mark Lardas: Roughshod Through Dixie
On April 17, 1863 Benjamin Grierson led a force of 1, 700 Union cavalrymen across enemy lines into Confederate-held Tennessee in a bold diversionary raid. Over the next seventeen days, Grierson”s …
EPUB
DRM
€15.98
Mark Lardas: Constitution vs Guerriere
Famed as a classic naval duel, a one-on-one clash between two sailing frigates offered the victor immeasurable fame and glory. During the War of 1812, the Royal Navy and United States Navy squared …
EPUB
DRM
€15.98
Mark Lardas: American Light and Medium Frigates 1794–1836
The ”Original Six” frigates were commissioned by the new-born US Navy at a staggering cost of nearly $700, 000. Designed to be light and fast, these warships enabled America to project its power …
EPUB
DRM
€13.01
Mark Lardas: Ships of the American Revolutionary Navy
Mark Lardas explores the origins of American warships, primarily light and medium frigates, built for the Continental Navy during the years 1776–1783. This was the first navy of the United States and …
EPUB
DRM
€12.98
Mark Lardas: African American Soldier in the Civil War
Approximately 200, 000 African Americans fought for the Union during the Civil War. Initially, many white soldiers doubted their bravery and skill; they were soon proved wrong. The United States …
EPUB
DRM
€14.99
Mark Lardas: Bonhomme Richard vs Serapis
The clash between the American Bonhomme Richard and the British HMS Serapis during the American Revolutionary War is perhaps the most famous single-ship duel in history. This epic battle between two …
EPUB
DRM
€16.02
Mark Lardas: Space Shuttle Launch System 1972–2004
The Space Shuttle is one of the oldest and most famous manned launch systems – the only launch vehicle that has been used for a longer period of time is the Soviet (now Russian) R-7 booster. By the …
EPUB
DRM
€12.89
Mark Lardas: American Heavy Frigates 1794–1826
By 1805 the 44-gun frigate was probably viewed as a failed experiment whilst the 38-gun frigate was viewed as the vessel of the future. Ten years later every navy was building 44-gun frigates and …
EPUB
DRM
€13.13
Lardas Mark Lardas: World War I Seaplane and Aircraft Carriers
In 1910 the first aircraft was successfully launched from a small wooden platform on a stationary ship. Just four years later, seaplane-carrying warships were being used to launch the first naval air …
EPUB
English
DRM
€12.97
Mark Lardas: US Flush-Deck Destroyers 1916–45
Four pipes and flush decks – these ships were a distinctively American destroyer design. Devised immediately prior to and during the United States” involvement in World War I they dominated the US …
EPUB
DRM
€13.01
Mark Lardas: Rabaul 1943–44
In 1942, the massive Japanese naval base and airfield at Rabaul was a fortress standing in the Allies” path to Tokyo. It was impossible to seize Rabaul, or starve the 100, 000-strong garrison out. …
EPUB
DRM
€16.98
Mark Lardas: South American Battleships 1908–59
In 1908 the most incredible naval arms race in history began. Flush with cash from rubber and coffee, Brazil decided to order three of the latest, greatest category of warship available – the …
EPUB
DRM
€11.01
Mark Lardas: Japan 1944–45
The air campaign that incinerated Japan”s cities was the first and only time that independent air power has won a war.
As the United States pushed Imperial Japan back towards Tokyo Bay, the US …
EPUB
DRM
€17.01
Lardas Mark Lardas: Glorious First of June 1794
As 1794 opened, Revolutionary France stood on a knife’s edge of failure. Its army and navy had been shaken by the revolution, with civil war and famine taking its toll on their resources. Seeking to …
EPUB
English
DRM
€17.00
Mark Lardas: Native American Mounted Rifleman 1861–65
Before the American Civil War most Native Americans or Indians lived in an area of the South known as the Five Civilized Nations. At the war”s outbreak many of these Indians enlisted in the …
EPUB
DRM
€14.93
Mark Lardas: George Washington
Despite his lack of formal military training, George Washington may be one of history”s must underrated commanders. Building an army virtually from scratch, he defeated the pre-eminent military …
EPUB
DRM
€15.02
Mark Lardas: British Frigate vs French Frigate
In the Age of Fighting Sail (1650–1820), ambitious officers of the navies of many nations sought command of a frigate. Speedy, nimble and formidably armed, frigates often operated independently, …
EPUB
DRM
€15.87
Lardas Mark Lardas: Battle of the Atlantic 1939 41
At the start of World War II, few thought the U-boat would be as devastating as it proved to be. But convoys and sonar-equipped escorts proved inadequate to defend the Allies’ merchantmen, and the …
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English
DRM
€15.02
Lardas Mark Lardas: Battle of the Atlantic 1939 41
At the start of World War II, few thought the U-boat would be as devastating as it proved to be. But convoys and sonar-equipped escorts proved inadequate to defend the Allies’ merchantmen, and the …
EPUB
English
DRM
€15.02
Mark Lardas: Spanish Galleon vs English Galleon
Between 1550–1600, Europe witnessed a rapid evolution in the art of ship design which enabled safer and more efficient transatlantic travel. This was the pinnacle of the Age of Discovery and …
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DRM
€14.00
Mark Lardas: Spanish Galleon vs English Galleon
Between 1550–1600, Europe witnessed a rapid evolution in the art of ship design which enabled safer and more efficient transatlantic travel. This was the pinnacle of the Age of Discovery and …
EPUB
DRM
€14.00
Mark Lardas: US Navy Destroyer Escorts of World War II
The Destroyer Escort was the smallest ocean-going escort built for the United States Navy – a downsized destroyer with less speed, fewer guns, and fewer torpedoes than its big brother, the fleet …
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€11.98
Mark Lardas: US Navy Destroyer Escorts of World War II
The Destroyer Escort was the smallest ocean-going escort built for the United States Navy – a downsized destroyer with less speed, fewer guns, and fewer torpedoes than its big brother, the fleet …
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€11.93
Lardas Mark Lardas: Battle of the Atlantic 1942 45
This illustrated study explores, in detail, the climactic events of the Battle of the Atlantic, and how air power proved to be the Allies’ most important submarine-killer in one of the most bitterly …
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English
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€15.02
Lardas Mark Lardas: Battle of the Atlantic 1942 45
This illustrated study explores, in detail, the climactic events of the Battle of the Atlantic, and how air power proved to be the Allies’ most important submarine-killer in one of the most bitterly …
EPUB
English
DRM
€14.87
Mark Lardas: German Heavy Cruisers vs Royal Navy Heavy Cruisers
This superbly illustrated study explores the epic clashes of British and German heavy cruisers at the beginning of World War II.
The opposing heavy cruisers of the German Kriegsmarine and the Roy …
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DRM
€13.92
Mark Lardas: German Heavy Cruisers vs Royal Navy Heavy Cruisers
This superbly illustrated study explores the epic clashes of British and German heavy cruisers at the beginning of World War II.
The opposing heavy cruisers of the German Kriegsmarine and the Roy …
EPUB
DRM
€13.96
Mark Lardas: B-25 Mitchell vs Japanese Destroyer
Throughout the first year of the war in the Pacific during World War II the USAAF was relatively ineffective against ships. Indeed, warships in particular proved to be too elusive for conventional …
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€14.00
Mark Lardas: B-25 Mitchell vs Japanese Destroyer
Throughout the first year of the war in the Pacific during World War II the USAAF was relatively ineffective against ships. Indeed, warships in particular proved to be too elusive for conventional …
PDF
DRM
€14.00
Lardas Mark Lardas: Truk 1944 45
A fully illustrated history of how the US Navy destroyed Truk, the greatest Japanese naval and air base in the Pacific, with Operation Hailstone, and how B-29 units and the carriers of the British …
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English
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€14.96
Lardas Mark Lardas: Truk 1944 45
A fully illustrated history of how the US Navy destroyed Truk, the greatest Japanese naval and air base in the Pacific, with Operation Hailstone, and how B-29 units and the carriers of the British …
EPUB
English
DRM
€15.02
Mark Lardas: The Kamikaze Campaign 1944–45
An illustrated history of how Japan devised and launched a new kind of air campaign in late 1944 –
the suicidal assaults of the kamikaze units against the approaching Allied fleets.
As summer c …
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€14.95
Mark Lardas: Arctic Convoys 1942
A new history of the most crucial few months of the Arctic Convoys, when Germany”s air power forced the Allies to retreat to the cover of winter.
Between spring and autumn 1942, Germany was winn …
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€14.93
Mark Lardas: Arctic Convoys 1942
A new history of the most crucial few months of the Arctic Convoys, when Germany”s air power forced the Allies to retreat to the cover of winter.
Between spring and autumn 1942, Germany was winn …
EPUB
DRM
€14.95
Mark Lardas: The Capture of U-505
U-505 was the first enemy warship the US Navy captured at sea since 1812. This is a new account of how Captain Gallery planned and executed the raid on his own initiative, and how his success almost …
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€15.01
Mark Lardas: The Capture of U-505
U-505 was the first enemy warship the US Navy captured at sea since 1812. This is a new account of how Captain Gallery planned and executed the raid on his own initiative, and how his success almost …
PDF
DRM
€14.98
Mark Lardas: South China Sea 1945
A history of the US Navy”s remarkable 1945 South China Sea raid against the Japanese, the first time in history that a carrier fleet dared to rampage through coastal waters.
As 1945 opened, Japa …
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€17.17
Mark Lardas: South China Sea 1945
A history of the US Navy”s remarkable 1945 South China Sea raid against the Japanese, the first time in history that a carrier fleet dared to rampage through coastal waters.
As 1945 opened, Japa …
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DRM
€16.97
Mark Lardas: US Destroyers vs German U-Boats
An absorbing study of the duels fought between the US Navy”s escort warships and Hitler”s U-boats between December 1941 and May 1945.
Although the Battle of the Atlantic lasted several years, i …
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€15.87
Mark Lardas: US Destroyers vs German U-Boats
An absorbing study of the duels fought between the US Navy”s escort warships and Hitler”s U-boats between December 1941 and May 1945.
Although the Battle of the Atlantic lasted several years, i …
EPUB
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€15.92
Mark Lardas: Corregidor 1945
A detailed and fascinating exploration of the 1945 US combined land, naval and air operation to retake Corregidor and the other Japanese-held islands in Manila Bay from a determined and well-entrench …
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€17.03
Mark Lardas: Corregidor 1945
A detailed and fascinating exploration of the 1945 US combined land, naval and air operation to retake Corregidor and the other Japanese-held islands in Manila Bay from a determined and well-entrench …
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DRM
€16.95
Mark Lardas: Sunderland vs U-boat
An illustrated examination of the role played by the Sunderland as an antisubmarine aircraft during the Battle of the Atlantic, focusing on the key battles of the Biscay campaign in 1943–44.
The …
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€15.98
Mark Lardas: Sunderland vs U-boat
An illustrated examination of the role played by the Sunderland as an antisubmarine aircraft during the Battle of the Atlantic, focusing on the key battles of the Biscay campaign in 1943–44.
The …
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€16.02
Lardas Mark Lardas: Tokyo 1944 45
The full history of how the United States targeted and destroyed the Japanese capital from the air, in a ten-month long campaign by the US Army Air Force and the US Navy.In November 1944, the US Army …
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English
DRM
€16.98
Lardas Mark Lardas: Tokyo 1944 45
The full history of how the United States targeted and destroyed the Japanese capital from the air, in a ten-month long campaign by the US Army Air Force and the US Navy.In November 1944, the US Army …
EPUB
English
DRM
€16.94
