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Big Week - The Biggest Air Battle of World War II (Paperback)
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Big Week - The Biggest Air Battle of World War II (Paperback)
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The vivid and largely untold story of the dramatic Allied air
campaign against Germany that was a turning point in World War II
and ultimately crucial to the success of D-Day and the Allied
invasion of Europe 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 Big Week, 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 on both sides, taking
readers from command headquarters to fighter cockpits to
anti-aircraft positions and civilian chaos on the ground, vividly
recreating 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. Big Week 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.
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