Traces the events surrounding the final American bombing mission of World War II, identifying a Japanese rebel plot for a massive coup that would have kept Japan in the war and prevented its surrender to Allied forces in August 1945.

A chronicle of the months leading up to the dropping of the atomic bomb in 1945 includes information from recently declassified documents and offers insight into the reasons behind the decision. Reprint. (view table of contents)

Product Description: The famed B-29 Superfortress is presented in this all new collection of World War II and Korean War era photographs. Many of the 850+ photographs appear here for the first time and are identified as to unit and location. John Campbell is also the author of Consolidated B-24 Liberator, and Talisman: A Collection of Nose Art (available from Schiffer Publishing Ltd...read more

Product Description: The second of the Legends of the Air series which narrates the operational and development histories of the most important strategic bombers of WW2. Features of Legends of the Air Volume 2 include approximately 70,000 words detailing the three famous bombers, 48 specially commissioned color sideview drawings, specification and production tables, maps of areas of operations, and hundreds of photographs...read more

Provides a definitive history of the famed Boeing B-29 Superfortress, from its 1920s inception by General Billy Mitchell to the skillful piloting of Curtis LeMay, the man who flew the plane into battle

Traces the development of Boeing's B-29 superfortress bomber and chronicles America's relentless 1945 aerial assault of mainland Japan

Product Description: Softcover, Squadron/Signal Publications-Texas 1980, From the library of John Molinari, R. O. (A.I.) 8th, R.A.F. & 9th Air Force, (NOTE: I have over 50 books from his personal library-most have his service dates inscribed) , in Very Good Condition, just a touch of shelf wear to covers and edges...read more

Product Description: B-29 Superfortress at War