Produkt
KlappentextA rigorous new analysis of America's legendary 'Big Week' air campaign which enabled the Allies to gain air superiority before D-Day.The USAAF´s mighty World War II bomber forces were designed for unescorted, precision daylight bombing, but no-one foresaw the devastation that German radar-directed interceptors would inflict on them. Following the failures of 1943´s Schweinfurt-Regensburg raids, and with D-Day looming, the Allies urgently needed to crush the Luftwaffe´s ability to oppose the landings.In February 1944, the Allies conceived and fought history´s first-ever successful offensive counterair (OCA) campaign, Operation Argument or Big Week. Attacking German aircraft factories with hundreds of heavy bombers, escorted by the new long-range P-51 Mustang, it aimed both to slash aircraft production and force the Luftwaffe into combat, allowing the new Mustangs to take their toll on the German interceptors. This expertly written, illustration-packed account explains how the Allies finally began to win air superiority over Europe, and how Operation Argument marked the beginning of the Luftwaffe´s fall.
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ISBN/GTIN978-1-4728-2451-6
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Erscheinungsjahr2022
Erscheinungsdatum17.02.2022
Seiten96 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 186 mm, Höhe 245 mm, Dicke 10 mm
Gewicht307 g
Artikel-Nr.53292679
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GenreGeschichte/Politik