Fonthillz Media •z American Aircraft Development – World War Two Legacy
Vietnam War Army Helicopter Nose Art
1945-1953 and the Korean War
John Brennan
Volume 2 $32 • Paperback • 128 pages 8.5x11 • 135 illustrations Currently Available HIS027070 978-1-78155-780-8 John Brennan lives in CA
William Norton $55 • Hardback • 512 pages 6.75x9.75 • 364 illustrations November 2021 • HIS027140 978-1-78155-828-7
This volume focuses on the influence of America’s Second World War aviation development and experience, subsequent aviation technological advances, and world events, in shaping American choices in military aircraft and associated weapons development during the few years following the war. It shows how air warfare weapons from the last conflict were carried forward and altered, how new systems evolved from these, and how the choices fared in the next war—Korea. The period was one of remarkable progress in a short span of time via a great many aircraft and weapons programs, and associated technological progress. These systems were of immense importance influencing and growing the engineering, production, and operational capabilities to be exploited for the next generation of weapons.
Here in Volume 2 one will find equally astonishing photos on par with Volume 1, together with some self-help and researched info for sure to tease and delight the aficionado or veteran to unknown degrees. Besides the 165 images, there are search aids for locating one’s former in-country Army helicopter. A listing is available of American sites where Huey & Cobra rides are available. The Army museum in Alabama offers a listing they have compiled of two-dozen recommended Huey photo-books. A tabulation of 300 AH-1 Cobra war survivors, their former units, and present locations are included. Also offered is a database of 500 newly found in-country Army helicopter names. There’s a little something for everyone.
T-34 Shock The Soviet Legend in Pictures Francis Edward Pulham $55 • Hardback • 496 pages • 6.75x9.75 672 black-and-white and 28 color photographs Currently Available • HIS027100 978-1-78155-846-1
With nearly six hundred photographs, mostly taken by soldiers who both operated and fought against the T-34, this book seeks to catalog and contextualize even the subtlest details to create a true ‘T-34 continuum’. The book begins with the antecedents of the T-34, the ill-fated BT ‘fast tank’ series and the influence of the traumatic Spanish Civil War before moving to an in-depth look at the T-34’s prototypes. After this, every factory production change is catalogued and contextualized, with never-before-seen photographs and stunning technical drawings.
Operation Mallory Major from Below Soldiers under a Hailstorm of Bombs Paolo Dossena $35 • Paperback • 144 pages • 8.5x11 150 illustrations • November 2021 • HIS027100 978-1-78155-808-9
The Allied Operation Mallory Major aimed at the destruction of all bridges across the Po River. Women played a major role in this campaign. Axis, guerrillas, and Allied intelligence used women to infiltrate the enemy. Another aspect of this battle was the Hitler-Beneš confrontation, an intelligence-guerrilla war which took place within the ranks of the Regierungstruppe.
Panzersoldaten! Italian Blackshirt Division of the Eastern Front 1941-1943 Paolo Morisi $45 • Hardback • 272 pages • 6.5x9.25 31 illustrations • November 2021 • HIS027100 978-1-78155-819-5 Paolo Morisi lives in Garden City, NY
Panzersoldaten! is a history of the Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale (MVSN), commonly referred to as the Blackshirts due to their wartime attire. They were an anti-Communist paramilitary organization that fought for Mussolini while Italy was under fascist rule; following the Duce’s removal from power, the organization was quickly swept up by the Italian Army.
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