Phoenix Squadron: HMS Ark Royal, Britain's last Topguns and the untold story of their most dramatic mission

di Rowland White (Autore)

Transworld Publishers Ltd, 2010

January 1972: the tiny outpost of British Honduras is threatened with imminent invasion by battle-hardened, US-trained Guatemalan paratroops. Britain's response must be immediate and decisive. But there is only one deterrent the government can offer: HMS Ark Royal, once the Navy's most powerful warship, now a white elephant on the verge of being scrapped. To save the small colony, she must launch a pair of Buccaneer fighter bombers on an unprecedented long-range mission. But first the old carrier must make a high-speed, 1,500 mile dash across the Atlantic towards the Gulf of Mexico. The odds of arriving in time are very slim indeed... Drawing on extensive first-hand accounts and previously unseen, classified documents, Rowland White has pieced together one of the most audacious and thrilling missions of post-war British military history.

• Autore: Rowland White
• Editore: Transworld Publishers Ltd
• Anno: 2010
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 544 p.
• Dimensioni: 198 x 126 mm
• Peso: 370 gr.
• EAN: 9780552152907

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