Donald Macintyre (1) (1904–1981)
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Værker af Donald Macintyre
Works have been aliased into Captain Donald MacIntyre.
Sea power in the Pacific : a history from the sixteenth century to the present day (1972) 4 eksemplarer
Midway 1 eksemplar
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- Juridisk navn
- Macintyre, Donald George Frederick Wyville
- Fødselsdato
- 1904-01-26
- Dødsdag
- 1981-05-23
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- England
- Fødested
- Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand, India
- Dødssted
- Ashford, Kent, England, UK
- Erhverv
- naval officer
- Organisationer
- Royal Navy
Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Distinguished Service Order with two bars
Distinguished Service Cross
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Aircraft carrier; the majestic weapon af Donald G. F. W. Macintyre
A survey of these ships in their WWII form. MacIntyre had been a writer in the field of the royal Navy of WWII, in which he served. This chance to do a survey and get the royalties led to a useful, but not particularly insightful production.
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DinadansFriend | 1 anden anmeldelse | Jul 31, 2019 |
DinadansFriend | 1 anden anmeldelse | Jul 31, 2019 | This book tells the history of the aircraft carrier in World War II. It's main focus is the Pacific Theatre, though it has chapters on British Aircraft carriers also.
The aircraft carrier, in 1939 mistrusted not only by the more conservative type of naval officer - the majority perhaps of the senior ranks - but by those many fanatics of air power who believed that the shore based aeroplane had made all navies redundant, became, in the course of the war, the dominating factor in naval operations.… (mere)
The aircraft carrier, in 1939 mistrusted not only by the more conservative type of naval officer - the majority perhaps of the senior ranks - but by those many fanatics of air power who believed that the shore based aeroplane had made all navies redundant, became, in the course of the war, the dominating factor in naval operations.… (mere)
the attack by the Japanese fleet against the US pacific naval forces…
Ballantine's illustrated History of World War II, battle book No. 11. The Battle for Leyte Gulf; a desperate gamble by Imperial Japan when she risked the remnants of her Fleet in an all-out effort to retain her conquests and safeguard her supply routes against the might American Pacific forces. Here is the background story to this great sea battle, which saw the suicidal Kamikaze units in use for the first time.
Ballantine's illustrated History of World War II, battle book No. 11. The Battle for Leyte Gulf; a desperate gamble by Imperial Japan when she risked the remnants of her Fleet in an all-out effort to retain her conquests and safeguard her supply routes against the might American Pacific forces. Here is the background story to this great sea battle, which saw the suicidal Kamikaze units in use for the first time.
1 MasseyLibrary | Mar 23, 2018 |
MasseyLibrary | Mar 23, 2018 | 
The clearest single account of the battle. Unique and vivid description of how a big warship worked in combat!
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