http://hdl.handle.net/2436/6303 Sat, 25 May 2013 21:12:10 GMT 2013-05-25T21:12:10Z http://hdl.handle.net/2436/52113 Title: War in the Air 1903-1939 Authors: Buckley, John Abstract: This book: The history of 20th century warfare, from the strategies and tactics of World War One that had changed little since the Napoleonic Wars some one hundred years earlier, to the dawn of a new millenium where air power and advanced technology play a vital role in shaping future conflicts. Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2436/52113 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2436/52098 Title: Battle Zone Normandy : Omaha Beach Authors: Badsey, Stephen Abstract: This key title in the acclaimed Battle Zone Normandy series explores the US attack on Omaha Beach at dawn on D-Day 1944 and its aftermath. At dawn on D-Day the US Army's most experienced, battle-tested infantry formation, 1st Division or 'The Big Red One' launched its attack on Omaha Beach. The assault wave was launched too far out to sea and the men suffered terribly from seasickness. All the amphibious tanks sank except two, depriving the infantry of armoured support against minefields, bunkers and other defences. Moreover, the Allied aircraft tasked with destroying the fortifications had dropped their loads on open country too far inland and the offshore bombardment was hampered by poor visibility. Of the first six landing craft, two sank while the remainder ran aground on a sandbank. The assaulting infantry were compelled to wade in shoulder-high water, many drowning or being shot as they struggled ashore. All cohesion was lost and following waves of infantry simply stumbled into the carnage on the beach, the piles of wreckage restricting movement. In these first harrowing hours of the invasion, Lieutenant-General Omar Bradley considered aborting the Omaha effort altogether. Despite these appalling difficulties, a vulnerable bridgehead some 1.5 km inland had been established by the evening of 6 June 1944. Thu, 01 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2436/52098 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2436/52078 Title: Normandy 1944: Allied landings and breakout Authors: Badsey, Stephen Abstract: D-Day, 6 June 1944, saw the largest amphibious landing operation in history. From ports and harbours on the southern coast of England, an armada of troopships and landing craft launched the Allied return to mainland Europe. Stephen Badsey provides a concise account of the Normandy campaign, from the fiercely contested landings, to the struggle to capture Caen, the 'Cobra' offensive and the dramatic pursuit of the Germans to the River Seine. This was the crucial campaign of the Western theatre: after the Battle of Normandy the only question was how soon the war would end, not who would win it. Mon, 01 Jan 1990 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2436/52078 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2436/52097 Title: The Franco-Prussian War 1870–1871 Authors: Badsey, Stephen Abstract: The Franco-Prussian War broke out in 1870 when Bismarck engineered a war with the French Second Empire under Napoleon III. This was part of his wider political strategy of uniting Prussia with the southern German states, excluding Austria. The war was an overwhelming Prussian victory, and King Wilhelm I was proclaimed Emperor of the new united Germany. The Second Empire collapsed and Napoleon III became an exile in Britain. In the peace settlement with the French Third Republic in 1871 Germany gained the eastern French provinces of Alsace and Lorraine, areas that were to provide a bone of contention for years to come. Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2436/52097 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z