Автор: Rivas Santiago, Tincopa Amaru Название: Axis Aircraft in Latin America ISBN: 190210949X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781902109497 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 36910.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Following World War I, and aided by the many German and Italian immigrants, the aviation industry of Latin America developed their first commercial airlines from Axis pre-WWII aircraft. While Latin American commercial aviation was greatly influenced by the German aviation industry, its military aviation focused pimarily on Italian combat aircraft. This new book features many famous Axis aircraft from the inter-war period, including the Junkers Ju 52/3m and F.13 transports, the Dornier Do J Wal flying boat, the Focke Wulf Fw 58 Weihe, the Fiat CR.20 fighter, as well as the only Japanese type, the Mitsubishi Betty. This colorful and detailed history will be of interest to WWII aviation enthusiasts and modelers alike.
Автор: Rivas Santiago Название: Playa Giron ISBN: 1911096028 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781911096023 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 14090.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: In 1961 - two years after a revolution in Cuba overran the government of Fulgencio Batista - a group of Cuban exiles (backed by the CIA) landed on the beaches of the Bay of Pigs in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro from the new government. After three days of intense fighting on the beaches and swamps around the area, the invaders were defeated by Castro's forces and most of them surrendered, while a few managed to escape to the ships. Failures in the plans developed by the CIA and the lack of decision by the Kennedy administration were decisive in a fiasco that became one of the most shameful defeats by a US-backed operation in the 20th century. Among the forces that defended the Cuban Revolution, the Revolutionary Air Force played a key role - despite their lack of operational planes and pilots - sinking the main transport ships of the expeditionary force and forcing the others to leave, while abandoning the invading force on the beaches until they ran out of ammunition. Also, they won the control of the air space over the area - denying their use to the A-26 Invaders of the exiles - and thus leaving the ground forces with no close air support. The exiles fought remarkably against a much more powerful enemy and even won the first round of combat, but the lack of support left them with no ammunition or food, while the enemy forces thrown against them grew more and more as the hours since the landing passed by. In the end, they ran out of ammunition and had to surrender. After more than 50 years, much was written about the invasion, but only ever showing one side of the coin - told by veterans or historians from the Castro side their part of the story (and being highly subjective in the process). This book attempts to show the full picture from an objective point of view - gathering information from some of the few veterans still alive and from information both previously published and never published before.
Автор: Rivas, Santiago Название: Brazilians at war ISBN: 1911512587 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781911512585 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 21070.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: The organisation, development and activities of the Brazilian Air Force during the Second World War.
Автор: Rivas-Rodriguez Maggie Название: Latina/OS and World War II: Mobility, Agency, and Ideology ISBN: 0292756259 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780292756250 Издательство: Marston Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 64680.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: This eye-opening anthology documents, for the first time, the effects of World War II on Latina/o personal and political beliefs across a broad spectrum of ethnicities and races within the Latina/o identity.
