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Landungsschiffe der U.S. Navy seit 1939
29,90 €Landing ships have a permanent place in the American fleet today. They stand as a separate genus between the combat and auxiliary ships. In WW II they became so important. The richly illustrated type book by Wilhelm M. Donko offers an overview of this diverse and varied ship category, without them a global safety concept would not be enforceable: Over 2000 landing ships of the American Navy are listed in detail according to types and classes. The focus is on the approx. 600 amphibious mother ships of the U.S. Navy.
With about 300 photos. -
Minensucher der U.S. Navy seit 1920
29,90 €The U.S. Navy is now undeniably the largest and most powerful in the world with its impressive aircraft carriers, state-of-the-art cruisers and destroyers. Astonishingly, mine sweepers have been neglected in recent decades.
In this documentary, Wilhelm M. Donko presents all U.S. Navy mine sweeping vessels by type and class and describes all units that were ever classified as such from the interwar years til Second World War to the present day.
With 250 (mainly) b/w pictures.