Tag: Airlift

The Speed of Heat An Airlift Wing at War in Iraq and Afghanistan


Free Download Thomas W. Young, "The Speed of Heat: An Airlift Wing at War in Iraq and Afghanistan"
English | ISBN: 0786437987 | 2008 | 273 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
With its fleet of large transport aircraft, the United States military can put personnel and equipment anywhere on the globe within hours. In the Iraq and Afghanistan wars in particular, virtually every soldier, every bullet, every pint of blood, and every bite of food have arrived in the war zone by airlift.

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The Berlin Airlift The Cold War Mission to Save a City [Audiobook]

Free Download John Tusa, Ann Tusa, Sir Michael Burton – Foreword by, Michael Page (Narrator), "The Berlin Airlift: The Cold War Mission to Save a City"
English | ASIN: B0DDMQNQY7 | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~18:03:00 | 496 MB
"A detailed dramatic narrative . . . Vivid." -Times (London) Literary Supplement. How the Allies kept the population of West Berlin alive in the face of a Russian blockade.
In the summer of 1948, the Russians occupied all of Eastern Europe. Behind Russian lines, the Allied-controlled part of the great city of Berlin stood as the lone Western outpost in a sea of Communist occupation. Then the Soviets closed all Allied traffic through their zone, sealing off the food and supply routes on which the city relied.

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To Save An Army The Stalingrad Airlift


Free Download To Save An Army: The Stalingrad Airlift by Robert Forsyth
English | November 22, 2022 | ISBN: 1472845412 | 352 pages | PDF | 15 Mb
Using the diaries of Luftwaffe commanders, rare contemporary photographs and other previously unpublished sources, Robert Forsyth analyzes the human, strategic, tactical and technical elements of one of the most dramatic operations arranged by the Luftwaffe.

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