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Michael Weber, ein erfahrener Warbird-Pilot, erzählt seinen Weg ins Warbird Cockpit. Er inspiriert und zeigt Wege und Hürden für einen Piloten, der diesen Weg gehen möchte. Michael Weber nimmt Sie mit auf diese Reise und eröffnet interessierten Piloten diesen Weg.

As PFC Douglas Ernest jumps off the M113 personnel carrier, nicknamed "High Angle Hell," he is immediately overwhelmed by a mix of fear and excitement. With mortar blasts pounding and fiery clouds rising in the distance, he and his platoon press forward, tasked with clearing the arid terrain of Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm. Despite the tumult of emotions swirling in his mind, he is resolute—this is his calling.

A respected Special Forces combat veteran of the top-secret MACV-SOG, Dale Hanson draws upon his first-hand knowledge to write with an intensity only possible by a warrior who equally knows how to wield a pen. Well written and thoroughly engaging, it’s an excellent read.

In a remote outpost of Now Zad, in Helmand Province, Pen Farthing’s tour of duty will change his life forever, but for entirely unexpected reasons... Appalled by the horrors of a local dog fight, he intervenes to free the victims. One of these dogs finds his way into the Marine compound—and into Pen’s heart. Soon other strays are being drawn to the sanctuary provided by Pen’s makeshift pound. But as his time in Helmand draws to an end, Pen cannot leave the dogs of Now Zad to their own fates. He begins hatching plans to help them escape to a better life.

Hij had de mooiste baan, de ultieme jongensdroom: teamleider bij de Special Forces. Na een succesvolle carrière van zestien jaar vertelt Sander Aarts, de best getrainde militair van Nederland, wat hij allemaal heeft meegemaakt en wat hij daarvan heeft geleerd. Sander is het levende bewijs dat je met de juiste mentaliteit alles kunt bereiken.

A Japanese American boy born just before Pearl Harbor joins the Army and is thrust into the maelstrom of Vietnam. Drawn to intelligence work, his watchword is "Intoku," Japanese for "good done in secret." Ishimoto is recruited by the legendary Colonel Charlie Beckwith to be a founder of Delta Force, the legendary elite Special Operations unit. He is on the ground in Iran for the Desert One disaster during Operation Eagle Claw, the ill-fated bid to rescue American hostages in Tehran.

On 21 June 1941, assigned to Luftwaffe bomber wing Kampfgeschwader 53, the twenty-three-year-old Arnold Döring took off to fly his first mission against the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front. From that day, he kept a diary describing his operations in vivid detail. These diaries, here translated into English for the first time, give a unique perspective on the action on the Eastern Front, from the point of view of a bomber pilot.

One of the few RAF aircrew to play a central part in two of the Second World War's most momentous events, the Battle of Britain and D-Day, Cyril 'Frank' Babbage was a survivor. He wasn't just an immensely skilled pilot; he was also blessed with extraordinary good fortune.

Ho Chi Minh wasn’t just a communist. He wasn’t just a nationalist. He was a farmer who watched his homeland get swallowed by empires—and decided to break them from the inside. From French colonialism to American firepower, this book traces the full arc of Vietnam’s 20th century: the lies, the betrayals, the resilience, and the man whose spirit still shapes a nation. Forget what you thought you knew about the Vietnam War. This isn’t just history. It’s a root system with a pulse.

Koncentrationslejren Auschwitz er symbolet på Tysklands og Europas store kollektive traume. Det er en nøgtern, men grundig beskrivelse og gennemgang af historien bag Auschwitz: Om de mennesker, der blev fængslet i lejrene, om forbrydelserne og dagligdagen og om processerne, der fulgte i kølvandet på anden verdenskrigs afslutning.

The year was 1968. I had already been in Vietnam for five months. I was 20 years old. In August 1967 I was drafted out of my Anaheim, CA. home, and was no more aware of a Vietnam than I was aware of any "domino theory that was forcing the U.S. to escalate it's draft mandate. It was the time of The Tet Offensive, Apollo 8 orbiting the moon, and the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy; and about all my 19-year-old self could think about was getting gas money for my 1957 Chevy, and what girl I could take-out and impress with it.

The central character of the book is Ralph Hall. Ralph grew up on a small farm, and after getting in trouble at high school, he runs away from home and enlists in the Army at age 15. He then is sent to help chase Pancho Villa down during a border dispute with Mexico. He returns to Fort Riley, Kansas, and is sent overseas with the 18th Infantry Regiment of the 1st Army Division: the Big Red One. He contracts the Spanish Flu while on the ship going to France but survives.

La sera del 23 agosto 1942 la Sedicesima divisione corazzata tedesca si assestava sulle rive del Volga, a breve distanza dalla città di Stalingrado . Era l'avanguardia della "grande armata" che poco più di un anno prima Hitler aveva lanciato a sorpresa contro l'Unione Sovietica "per schiacciare il comunismo slavo". L'Armata Rossa pareva in rotta. Gli uomini della Wehrmacht non potevano sapere che la città assediata sarebbe diventata un baluardo insuperabile, una trappola per le ambizioni del Reich e la tomba di decine di migliaia di suoi soldati.

César commence par y relater la guerre des Gaules, justifiant la soumission d'un monde considéré comme barbare, avant de nous plonger dans la guerre civile, c'est-à-dire l'effondrement de la République romaine. Comme le souligne Pacôme Thiellement, qui signe une postface audio inédite, entendre César aujourd'hui, c'est assister à la naissance d'une idéologie qui structure encore notre rapport au monde : domination, expansion et justification de la guerre.

This book is a short autobiography of my life. It details the trials, adversity, setbacks, and self defeat that I experienced during my life and while trying to achieve my goal of becoming a U.S. Navy SEAL. It lays out the road I traveled to keep going into BUD/S training and HELL Week four times until finally becoming successful. I hope it helps to inspire and grow in you a sense of perseverance, grit, and intestinal fortitude needed to help you achieve your goals in life, never give up, and to always keep pressing forward.

The Kron family survived the horror of the Nazi regime, thanks to the resourcefulness of Meyer and Gita Kron and the bravery of their rescuers. While Ruta’s Closet is based on fact, it flows like fiction. The drama of the events described and the richness of the characters make it a compelling work of narrative nonfiction—as intriguing as it is inspirational.

The Cost of Service explores the profound personal and emotional sacrifices made by those in law enforcement, ministry, and the military. Through compelling narratives, it reveals the unseen burdens borne by their families. The book honors their commitment while examining the toll of a life devoted to others. It is a tribute to courage, calling, and the quiet cost of duty.

You’re in the cockpit of the legendary F-14 Tomcat fighter, blazing along at twice the speed of sound seven miles above the ocean and the carrier that hurled you off its deck. You’re practicing dogfighting with “aggressors,” guys on your side flying F-16s. You’re patrolling the tense skies above Iraq, and with the push of a button you can launch the 100-mile Phoenix missile that can blow a foe to scrap before you even see him. You are an expert in fighter tactics and aircraft carrier operations, and it all leads to your command of an F-14 fighter squadron of more than three hundred people.

In the summer of 1940, darkness was falling over Europe. Led by Winston Churchill, the British rediscovered the virtues that had made a humble people the rulers of the world. In June 1940, Winston Churchill called the battle Britain's "finest hour", and he was right.

Pilote d'exception, le jeune Irakien est envoyé par l'armée de l'air pour être formé en URSS, avant de disparaître en 1974, entre Bagdad et Krasnodar. Trente ans plus tard, son neveu Taymour ne supporte plus le mystère qui entoure l'absence de cet oncle.