Novedades

Like the three volumes preceding it in the series, Sub Tales 4 offers a detailed recounting of some of the most pivotal and poignant moments in the rich history of the Silent Service.

From Martin Dugard, #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Bill O'Reilly's Killing series—with more than twelve million copies sold—comes a fast-paced, dramatic account of the famous yet little understood battle that turned the tide of World War II.

1944. The USS Intrepid set sail on its first combat voyage, only to be struck by a Japanese torpedo plane, jamming its rudder at a forty-five-degree angle. It could only sail in circles amid treacherous waters. The task force abandoned ship as it tried to make the 3,300-mile voyage to Pearl Harbor. For a day, the captain was able to slalom, alternating use of the ship’s engines, but the seas became too perilous. Until one resilient crewman came up with the ingenious idea of rigging a twenty-eight-inch-high sail on the second deck to steer the ship home safe.

A history of the Royal Navy’s FAA since 1945, featuring a survey of the aircraft flown, the conflicts fought, and the daily life of those in service. The RAF’s continuing role in the projection of air power in the defence of the United Kingdom and its overseas interests since the end of the Second World War is well known. However, the same cannot always be said about the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm (FAA).

Innovating Victory: Naval Technology in Three Wars studies how the world‘s navies incorporated new technologies into their ships, their practices, and their doctrine. It does this by examining six core technologies fundamental to twentieth-century naval warfare including new platforms (submarines and aircraft), new weapons (torpedoes and mines), and new tools (radar and radio).

In this swashbuckling adventure story, bestselling historian Alexander Rose draws on long-classified encrypted documents and intercepted German transmissions to unravel, for the first time, the astounding tale of a daring heist cooked up by an owlish egghead and a glory-seeking buccaneer to score the richest prize on the high seas.

The Navy by Harold Clark takes you from the streets of Baltimore to the dark thirty chaos of Grenada's invasion, where Marines hit the beaches with guns blazing.

USS Intrepid's Fighting Squadron 18 (VF-18) was one of the U.S. Navy's highest-scoring carrier units of World War II. Despite having only one combat veteran in its roster, its aviators were credited with shooting down more than 170 planes during their eighty-one-day tour of duty, earning the squadron the nickname "Two-a-Day 18" in newspapers nationwide. How did a novice unit with a comparatively short time in theater accomplish such a feat?

"Battleships. The True History" is dedicated to battleships - the origin of the type, development, design features and service of individual ships and ship classes. This novella contains the text portion of the "Battleships. The True History" so that the text can be used on Kindle devices or as an audiobook. This edition does not contain reference data and tables, drawings and photographs.

Delivering Destruction is the first detailed study of American triphibious (land, sea, and air) firepower coordination in the Pacific War. In describing the Amphibious Corps' development of fire coordination teams and tactics in the Central Pacific, Hemler underlines the importance of wartime adaptation, battlefield coordination, and the primacy of the human element in naval combat.

The Last Vestiges of the 3rd Reich...or is it the early images of the Fourth Reich? We posed that question in our KTB magazine some time ago and as each day passes our files bulging even more with never before seen secret files, personal memories, observations, photos, and reports of the "Spook" activities in Europe, South America, and elsewhere. You will read these facts NOWHERE else - more and more data is coming in every day and it will give you a much clearer picture of what actually did transpire from the early 1930's up to... today. Yes, there are interesting activities taking place ...

The story of a young man coming of age on the USS Bang SS-385, a U.S. Navy submarine. Originally written by the author for fellow shipmates and his family, the book includes a brief history of the USS Bang SS-385 and the many adventures and experiences of the author while serving on the USS Bang in the early 1960's. Written in an easily digestible short story format. Illustrated. 67,663 words. Review by Alex Sinclair, Rear Admiral, USN-Retired: “...a masterful job in relating your experiences while a crew member of USS Bang SS-385. Forty years certainly did not dim your memory in the ...