Thomas McKelvey Cleaver

Clean Sweep

VIII Fighter Command against the Luftwaffe, 1942-45

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A vivid history, packed with first-hand accounts, of the US Eighth Air Force's VIII Fighter Command from its foundation in 1942 through to its victory in the skies over Nazi Germany.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 162mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 866g
• ISBN-13: 9781472855480
• ISBN-10: 1472855485
• Artikelnr.: 65560443

Autorenporträt

Thomas McKelvey Cleaver

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Brigadier General USAF (Ret.) Clarence "Bud" Anderson Author
Preface Chapter One: The Most Important Day Chapter Two: War on the Horizon
Chapter Three: Fledgling Fighters Chapter Four: Yanks in the RAF Chapter
Five: Starting Over Chapter Six: Opponents Chapter Seven: VIII Fighter
Command Struggles to Survive Chapter Eight: The Battle Gets Serious Chapter
Nine: Against the Odds Chapter Ten: Carrying On Chapter Eleven: Mission 115
- The Day the Luftwaffe Won Chapter Twelve: Reinforcement Chapter Thirteen:
End of the Beginning Chapter Fourteen: Jimmy Doolittle Arrives Chapter
Fifteen: Blakeslee Takes Command Chapter Sixteen: One-Man Air Force Chapter
Seventeen: Big Week Chapter Eighteen: "I Knew the Jig Was Up" Chapter
Nineteen: The Battle of Germany Chapter Twenty: Liberating Europe Chapter
Twenty-One: The Battle of Normandy Chapter Twenty-Two: Oil: The Knockout
Punch Chapter Twenty-Three: The Road To Bodenplatte Chapter Twenty-Four:
Death of the Luftwaffe Chapter Twenty-Five: A Clean Sweep Bibliography
Glossary Index

Rezensionen

The European air war from 1942 to 1945 is a daunting subject, but Tom Cleaver's study of VIII Fighter Command contributes to our broader knowledge of 'The Mighty Eighth' with detailed coverage of personalities and events, plus insightful analysis.