Spencer Dunmore

From the Henley to the Kursk, the Greatest Submarines Ever Lost -- and Found

Lost Subs

Fred E. C. Culick

On the eve of the 100th anniversary of the historic events at Kitty Hawk comes a splendidly illustrated account of the legendary 12-second flight that changed the world forever. 200+ photos & illustrations.

The Wright Brothers and the Race for Flight

On Great White Wings

Robert D. Ballard

by Robert Ballard In May 1915, a German torpedo sank the sleek Cunard liner, Lusitania, taking 1,195 civilian lives. The sinking turned world opinion against Germany, and the deaths of 123 American passengers was the first step in bringing the United States into the First World War. Rumours of conspiracies and cover-ups surround the liner, and over 80 years later she is still a ship of mystery. In 1993 Robert Ballard led an expedition to the wreck of the Lusitania off the coast of Ireland in search of the answers. Ballard s conclusions are authoritative and provide a fascinating, definitive account of what happened on that fateful May afternoon. incredibly rich in illustration Diver Magazine

Probing the Mysteries of the Sinking that Changed History

Robert Ballard's Lusitania

Ken Marschall

This highly illustrated book investigates the sinking of the Cunard liner, Lusitania. It features Ballard's unique underwater photography paired with high-quality archival material in fascinating then and now spreads.

Exploring the Lusitania

Explore the Lusitania and who or what was behind its sinking.

Explores the controversies surrounding the sinking of the cruise ship in 1915

From the first skirmishes over Europe in September 1939, Canadian airmen served in almost every theatre of the Second World War, from bases in Britain and Europe, North Africa, and Southeast Asia. And in the months and years that followed, with the slaughter mounting in hostile skies around the globe, the contribution of Canadian pilots, navigators, gunners, air bombers, and flight engineers grew out of all proportion to their country's population. In the early days of the conflict, great numbers of Canadians served in units of Britain's RAF and Fleet Air Arm. As the war progressed, however, the Royal Canadian Air Force came into its own, and by Germany's surrender, forty-eight RCAF squadrons were overseas, almost completely manned by Canadian officers and men. Among the Canadians were Johnny Fauquier and Reg Lane, Canada's leading bomber pilots; Stan Turner, perhaps the country's greatest fighter leader; Len Birchall, the gallant "Saviour of Ceylon"; the redoubtable ace Buzz Beurling; the great naval hero Hammy Gray; Roly Dibnah, Bert Houle, and many others. These brash young men from the Empire's senior dominion had little time for ceremony and tradition. Countless British officers considered them dangerously independent and lacking in respect for rank. But in the air, where it counted, the Canadians more than proved their worth. Combining first person accounts of the action and his own vivid prose, Dunmore captures the high drama and gut-churning tension of dogfights and bomber raids, charts the victories and defeats of the armies and navies below, and recreates the mood abroad in wartime as the world watched the drama unfold.

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