General Douglas MacArthur ended World War II controlling one of the most powerful air forces in the world. This new history traces its development from its origins in the Philippines through to its eventual victory in the skies over Japan and its key role in the Korean War.
General Douglas MacArthur ended World War II controlling one of the most powerful air forces in the world. This new history traces its development from its origins in the Philippines through to its eventual victory in the skies over Japan and its key role in the Korean War.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Bill Yenne is the author of more than three dozen non-fiction books, as well as ten novels. His work has been selected for the Chief of Staff of the Air Force Reading List. He is the recipient of the Air Force Association's Gill Robb Wilson Award for the "most outstanding contribution in the field of arts and letters [as an] author whose works have shaped how thousands of Americans understand and appreciate airpower." He lives in California, USA.
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Prologue: MacArthur and Airpower Chapter 1: Starting Out in the Crosshairs of Calamity Chapter 2: Shoestring Air Force Chapter 3: Who's in Charge of What? Chapter 4: Making Do with Nothing Chapter 5: Clinging to New Guinea Chapter 6: The Battles of Buna Chapter 7: Airpower Over Naval Power Chapter 8: The Battle of the Bismarck Sea Chapter 9: Japanese Air Superiority Challenged Chapter 10: Japanese Air Superiority Met Head-On Chapter 11: Allied Air Superiority Achieved Chapter 12: Cartwheel Over Rabaul Chapter 13: Expanding the Perimeter Chapter 14: The Ploesti of the Pacific Chapter 15: MacArthur's Return to the Philippines Chapter 16: MacArthur's Expanding Air Force Chapter 17: Victory in Leyte and Mindoro Chapter 18: The Bloody Road to Manila Chapter 19: The Superfortress Chapter 20: From Borneo to Formosa Chapter 21: First Strikes on Japan Chapter 23: After the War Chapter 24: MacArthur's Air Force in Korea Epilogue: By the Numbers
Prologue: MacArthur and Airpower Chapter 1: Starting Out in the Crosshairs of Calamity Chapter 2: Shoestring Air Force Chapter 3: Who's in Charge of What? Chapter 4: Making Do with Nothing Chapter 5: Clinging to New Guinea Chapter 6: The Battles of Buna Chapter 7: Airpower Over Naval Power Chapter 8: The Battle of the Bismarck Sea Chapter 9: Japanese Air Superiority Challenged Chapter 10: Japanese Air Superiority Met Head-On Chapter 11: Allied Air Superiority Achieved Chapter 12: Cartwheel Over Rabaul Chapter 13: Expanding the Perimeter Chapter 14: The Ploesti of the Pacific Chapter 15: MacArthur's Return to the Philippines Chapter 16: MacArthur's Expanding Air Force Chapter 17: Victory in Leyte and Mindoro Chapter 18: The Bloody Road to Manila Chapter 19: The Superfortress Chapter 20: From Borneo to Formosa Chapter 21: First Strikes on Japan Chapter 23: After the War Chapter 24: MacArthur's Air Force in Korea Epilogue: By the Numbers
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