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A rigorous new analysis of America's legendary "Big Week" air campaign which enabled the Allies to gain air superiority before D-Day.
In the years before the outbreak of World War II, there was a general consensus among military strategists that strategic bombing had the ability to win wars. However, no-one could foresee the devastation that German radar-directed interceptors would inflict on large bomber formations.
With the increasingly urgent need to eliminate these German fighter-aircraft prior to D-Day, a concerted two-phase effort, code-named "Operation Argument," was launched by USSAF. Targeting aircraft factories with hundreds of heavy bombers escorted by the new long-range P-51 Mustang, the operation, now known as the "Big Week" campaign, was designed to destroy aircraft production on the ground and force the Luftwaffe into combat to defend these vital facilities, allowing the new escort fighters to take their toll on the German interceptors. Packed with specially commissioned artwork and maps, this title is a detailed and fascinating analysis of "Big Week"--history's first ever successful offensive counterair (OCA) campaign.
A rigorous new analysis of America's legendary "Big Week" air campaign which enabled the Allies to gain air superiority before D-Day.
In the years before the outbreak of World War II, there was a general consensus among military strategists that strategic bombing had the ability to win wars. However, no-one could foresee the devastation that German radar-directed interceptors would inflict on large bomber formations.
With the increasingly urgent need to eliminate these German fighter-aircraft prior to D-Day, a concerted two-phase effort, code-named "Operation Argument," was launched by USSAF. Targeting aircraft factories with hundreds of heavy bombers escorted by the new long-range P-51 Mustang, the operation, now known as the "Big Week" campaign, was designed to destroy aircraft production on the ground and force the Luftwaffe into combat to defend these vital facilities, allowing the new escort fighters to take their toll on the German interceptors. Packed with specially commissioned artwork and maps, this title is a detailed and fascinating analysis of "Big Week"--history's first ever successful offensive counterair (OCA) campaign.
INTRODUCTION
CHRONOLOGY
ATTACKER'S CAPABILITIES
-The Pointblank Directive
-Aircraft: their capabilities, roles, and missions
-Commanders
ORDERS OF BATTLE, February 1944
DEFENDER'S CAPABILITIES
-The Luftwaffe's air defence system
-Aircraft: their capabilities, roles, and missions
-Commanders
CAMPAIGN OBJECTIVES
-"Black Week" - the crisis of American daylight strategic
bombing
-The Luftwaffe's response
-Operation Argument planning
THE CAMPAIGN
-Eighth AF Mission 226, February 20
-Eighth AF Mission 228, February 21
-Eighth AF Mission 230, February 22
-Fifteenth AF Missions, February 22, 23, and 24
-Eighth AF Mission No.233, February 24
-Eighth and Fifteenth AF Missions, February 25
AFTERMATH AND ASSESSMENT
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Geschichte, Importe |
| Jahrhundert: | 20. Jahrhundert |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Reihe: | Air Campaign |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9781472824516 |
| ISBN-10: | 1472824512 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Dildy, Douglas C. |
| Illustrator: | Turner, Graham |
| Hersteller: |
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Air Campaign |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 245 x 186 x 10 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Douglas C. Dildy |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 17.02.2022 |
| Gewicht: | 0,307 kg |
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