Land Battles & Air Battles - 2- book set

Land battles: The men, the weapons and the tactics of the great Battles Victory and disaster, heroism and foolhardiness, strategic genius and wasteful slaughter.

The Pictorial History of Land Battles gives you a complete picture of war on land through full accounts of some of the most important battles of all time. From picture-packed pages you'll learn about the tactics of the great generals, the weapons that altered the course of war and the fighting qualities of the common soldier. Dozens of illustrations and action photos, many in full colour, maps and technical diagrams, an informative and highly-readable text make The Pictorial History of Land Battles an exciting introduction to the history of warfare and a must for every enthusiast's bookshelf.

Air Battles: The planes, the men and the Battles which revolutionised the concept of warfare From the whirling dog-fights over the trenches of France, to the lightning Israeli jet-strike of the 1967 war The Pictorial History of Air Battles gives you a complete picture of the role of aircraft in modern warfare. From picture-packed pages you'll learn about those battles that took place high above the clouds, the machines which revolutionized the practice of war, the pilots those super-warriors of the twentieth century.

Dozens of historic action photos, many in full colour, together with technical diagrams and an informative and highly-readable text, make The Pictorial History of Air Battles an exciting introduction to this special kind of warfare and a must for every enthusiast's bookshelf. The destruction of Zeppelin LZ 37 Richtofen and the World War I dog-fights Stuka terror attack on Warsaw The Battle of Britain Coral Sea first all-carrier battle The Dambusters raid Schweinfurt the horrors of daylight bombing Mosquito raid on Gestapo H.Q. Kamikaze the Japanese suicide attacks MiGs and Sabres over Korea The Israeli lightning jet-strike of 1967