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Featured battle : Arcola
Part of The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
Date : 15 November 1796 - 17 November 1796
A crucial French victory in northern Italy, where Napoleon, through tactical genius managed to defeat a much larger Austrian force under Alvintzi threatening to envelope him.
Featured image :
PIAT infantry anti-armour weapon
The Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank weapon or PIAT for short was used by British forces during and after World War 2, particularly by paratroopers when no other anti-tank guns were available for example at Arnhem and Pegasus Bridge. It had to be loaded by standing on the shoulder plate and heaving to cock the spring, then inserting the round through the rectangular space in the top of the forward section. This particular weapon is a training version used by RAF Regiment personnel in their airfield protection role.
Gallery updated : 2022-04-04 08:33:43
Featured review :
The Doolittle Raid
John Grehan & Alexander Nicoll
The Doolittle Raid is in the Images of Aviation series and images it certainly has. There are photographs of all the aircraft, all of the crews and many of the ships that took part in that historic adventure. But this book is much more than the images in that it also tells the story of the raid largely through the reports of Colonel Doolittle and others who took part in the action. The photographs are well annotated and given context by the text. In this book we have a factual introduction free from authors conjectures, what ifs and opinions and is best seen as an essential introduction to greater in depth analysis. The references and notes point to further readings should one want it.
This great story, well told and illustrated, will appeal to a wide range of reader and we highly recommend it.
Air World Books, 2020
Reviewed : 2020-04-17 09:04:35
