On June 6, 1944, the Allies launched Operation Overlord, the largest, most hazardous amphibious assault in history. The objective: establishment of a lodgment area in Normandy from which the Allies could strike at the heart of Germany and destroy the German armed forces. Air supremacy over northwest Europe was an absolute prerequisite for the success of the invasion, and to achieve it the U.S. Army Air Forces launched two campaigns aimed at destroying the Germans' transportation advantages in the area. In the months and days leading up to the assault, the Army Air Forces ceaselessly bombed…mehr
On June 6, 1944, the Allies launched Operation Overlord, the largest, most hazardous amphibious assault in history. The objective: establishment of a lodgment area in Normandy from which the Allies could strike at the heart of Germany and destroy the German armed forces. Air supremacy over northwest Europe was an absolute prerequisite for the success of the invasion, and to achieve it the U.S. Army Air Forces launched two campaigns aimed at destroying the Germans' transportation advantages in the area. In the months and days leading up to the assault, the Army Air Forces ceaselessly bombed rail centers, rendering most of the railways in northern France and Belgium unusable. Once the actual invasion was underway, the Allies shifted to an interdiction campaign, using precise air attacks on critical transportation installations near the battlefield to neutralize Germany's efforts to resupply and reinforce their troops. This work makes use of many wartime records that had remained classified until recently.
John J. Sullivan served ironically enough in a U.S. Marine Corps aviation unit in World War II. He lives in Ormond Beach, Florida.
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Table of Contents Lists of Tables, Diagrams, Maps Lists of Photographs Preface xiii Introduction I. Air Preparations for Invasion 1. Overlord's Air Command 2. Eighth Air Force Operations, 1942-43 3. Eighth Air Force Fighter Problems 4. The Allied Expeditionary Air Forces 5. USSTAF's Campaign to Weaken the German Air Force 6. The Plan to Bomb French and Belgian Rail Centers 7. Opposition to the Transportation Plan 8. Air Preparations to Support Invasion Forces II. Air Operations in Support of Overlord 9. Attacks on Rail Centers, Oil Plants, and V-Weapons Before D-Day 10. Attacks on Bridges and Airfields Before D-Day 11. Air Support for the Landings in Normandy 12. Close Air Support for Invasion Forces 13. Counter-Invasion and Resistance Operations 14. Air Support for the Allied Breakout from Normandy 15. Reorganization of Eisenhower's Air Command III. Evaluations of Overlord's Air Campaigns 16. Surveys of the Transportation Campaign and Inderdiction 17. German Opinions of Allied Air Campaigns 18. Evaluations of Allied Air Offensives: Oil, V-Weapons, Aircraft, Road Junctions, Carpet Bombing 19. Postwar Debates About Allied Air Campaigns Epilogue Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Lists of Tables, Diagrams, Maps Lists of Photographs Preface xiii Introduction I. Air Preparations for Invasion 1. Overlord's Air Command 2. Eighth Air Force Operations, 1942-43 3. Eighth Air Force Fighter Problems 4. The Allied Expeditionary Air Forces 5. USSTAF's Campaign to Weaken the German Air Force 6. The Plan to Bomb French and Belgian Rail Centers 7. Opposition to the Transportation Plan 8. Air Preparations to Support Invasion Forces II. Air Operations in Support of Overlord 9. Attacks on Rail Centers, Oil Plants, and V-Weapons Before D-Day 10. Attacks on Bridges and Airfields Before D-Day 11. Air Support for the Landings in Normandy 12. Close Air Support for Invasion Forces 13. Counter-Invasion and Resistance Operations 14. Air Support for the Allied Breakout from Normandy 15. Reorganization of Eisenhower's Air Command III. Evaluations of Overlord's Air Campaigns 16. Surveys of the Transportation Campaign and Inderdiction 17. German Opinions of Allied Air Campaigns 18. Evaluations of Allied Air Offensives: Oil, V-Weapons, Aircraft, Road Junctions, Carpet Bombing 19. Postwar Debates About Allied Air Campaigns Epilogue Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
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