Big Week: Six Days that Changed the Course of World War II - Tapa blanda

Yenne, Bill

 
9780425272244: Big Week: Six Days that Changed the Course of World War II
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ISBN 10: 0425272249 ISBN 13: 9780425272244
Editorial: Dutton Caliber, 2014

Sinopsis

In just six days, the United States Strategic Air Forces changed the course of military offense in World War II. During those six days, they launched the largest bombing campaign of the war, dropping roughly ten thousand tons of bombs in a rain of destruction that would take the skies back from the Nazis . . .

The Allies knew that if they were to invade Hitler’s Fortress Europe, they would have to wrest air superiority from the mighty Luftwaffe.

The plan of the Unites States Strategic Air Forces was extremely risky. During the week of February 20, 1944—and joined by the RAF Bomber Command—the USAAF Eighth and Fifteenth Air Force bombers took on this vital mission. They ran the gauntlet of the most heavily defended air space in the world to deal a death blow to Germany’s aircraft industry and made them pay with the planes already in the air. In the coming months, this Big Week would prove a deciding factor in the war.

Both sides were dealt losses, but whereas the Allies could recover, damage to the Luftwaffe was irreparable. Thus, Big Week became one of the most important episodes of World War II and, coincidentally, one of the most overlooked—until now.

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Bill Yenne is the author of many works of military fiction and nonfiction including Aces High, as well as histories of America’s great aviation companies. He is a contributor to encyclopedias of both World Wars, and has appeared on the History Channel.

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Editorial
Dutton Caliber
Año de publicación
2014
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Inglés
ISBN 10 
0425272249
ISBN 13 
9780425272244
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Número de páginas
320
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