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German and Italian Aircraft Carriers of World War II: New Vanguard, cartea 306

Autor Ryan K. Noppen, Douglas C. Dildy Ilustrat de Paul Wright
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 mai 2022
This fully illustrated study details Germany and Italy's failed development of World War II aircraft carriers, and the naval aviation ships that the two Axis powers sent into action in their place.The quest for a modern aircraft carrier was the ultimate symbol of the Axis powers' challenge to Allied naval might, but fully-fledged carriers proved either too difficult, expensive or politically unpopular for either to make operational. After the Anglo-German Naval Agreement of 1935, Hitler publicly stated his intention to build an aircraft carrier, the Graf Zeppelin, which was launched in 1938. A year later, the ambitious fleet-expansion Z-Plan, was unveiled with two additional aircraft carriers earmarked for production . However, by the beginning of World War II, Graf Zeppelin was not yet completed and work was halted. Further aircraft carrier designs and conversion projects such as the ocean liner Europa and heavy cruiser Seydlitz were considered but, in January 1943, all construction work on surface vessels ceased and naval resources were diverted to the U-boat Campaign.This book explains not only the history of Germany's famous Graf Zeppelin fleet carrier and German carrier conversion projects but also Italy's belated attempt to convert two of her ocean liners into carriers. It considers the role of naval aviation in the two countries' rearmament programmes and describes how ultimately it was only Italian seaplane carriers and German ocean-going, catapult-equipped flying boat carriers that both Axis powers did eventually send into combat.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781472846761
ISBN-10: 1472846761
Pagini: 48
Ilustrații: Illustrated throughout with 40 photos and 8pp of colour illustrations
Dimensiuni: 184 x 248 x 5 mm
Greutate: 0.17 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Osprey Publishing
Seria New Vanguard

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

This volume covers the legendary Graf Zeppelin-fleet carriers but also Axis naval aviation with descriptions of German and Italian aviation ships and carrier projects such as the new Jade class, the conversion of ocean liner Europa and the intended conversions of heavy cruisers Seydlitz, Aquila and Sparviero into flush-deck carriers.

Notă biografică

Douglas C. Dildy is a retired US Air Force colonel with approximately 3,200 hours of fast jet time. He is a USAF Academy graduate with a Masters Degree in Political Science and has authored numerous books, including To Defeat the Few for Osprey. He contributes regularly to the modelling magazine Small Air Forces Observer and lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.Ryan K. Noppen is a military author and consultant originally from Kalamazoo, Michigan and holds a Master of Arts degree in European History from Purdue University. A scholar of Dutch, German, and Central European military history, he has published a major history of Dutch air power and has written several titles for Osprey. He lives in California.

Cuprins

INTRODUCTION GERMANYGerman seaplane carriers, 1914-1918 German aircraft carrier project SMS Ausonia, 1918 Flush-deck aircraft carriers and Plan Z Graf Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers German carrier aircraft Messerschmitt Bf 109T "Toni" Junkers Ju 87C and E "Trägerstukas" Messerschmitt Me 155 Wartime auxiliary carrier conversion projects ITALY Experimentation in the First World War Interwar projects Aquila Sparviero CONCLUSIONBIBLIOGRAPHY

Recenzii

Informative text coupled with archive images and some first class artwork by illustrator Paul Wright.