Big week : the biggest air battle of World War II
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Big week : the biggest air battle of World War II
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- Big week : the biggest air battle of World War II
- Title remainder
- the biggest air battle of World War II
- Statement of responsibility
- James Holland
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "During the third week of February 1944, the combined Allied air forces based in Britain and Italy launched their first round-the-clock bomber offensive against Germany. Their goal: to smash the main factories and production centers of the Luftwaffe while also drawing German planes into an aerial battle of attrition to neutralize the Luftwaffe as a fighting force prior to the cross-channel invasion, planned for a few months later. Officially called Operation ARGUMENT, this aerial offensive quickly became known as 'Big Week,' and it was one of the turning-point engagements of World War II. In [this book], acclaimed World War II historian James Holland chronicles the massive air battle through the experiences of those who lived and died during it. Prior to Big Week, the air forces on both sides were in crisis. Allied raids into Germany were being decimated, but German resources--fuel and pilots--were strained to the breaking point. Ultimately new Allied aircraft--especially the American long-range P-51 Mustang-and superior tactics won out during Big Week. Through interviews, oral histories, diaries, and official records, Holland follows the fortunes of pilots, crew and civilians and military leaders on both sides--from famed actor and bomber captain Jimmy Stewart to German ace Heinz Knoke to British Air Marshal Arthur "Bomber" Harris. Taking readers from strategic meetings at command headquarters to fighter cockpits during aerial dogfights to anti-aircraft positions and civilian chaos on the ground, Holland vividly recreates the campaign as it was conceived and unfolded. In the end, the six days of intense air battles largely cleared the skies of enemy aircraft when the invasion took place on June 6, 1944--D-Day. [This book] is both an original contribution to WWII literature and a brilliant piece of narrative history, recapturing a largely forgotten campaign that was one of the most critically important periods of the entire war."--Dust jacket
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- PUL
- Dewey number
- 940.54/213
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- D785
- LC item number
- .H57 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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