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Gothic Line 1944-45 - The USAAF starves out the German Army (Paperback)
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Gothic Line 1944-45 - The USAAF starves out the German Army (Paperback)
Series: Air Campaign
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Loot Price R363
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This is the history of how the mighty Gothic Line was defeated by
American air power, in one of the most pivotal but least-known air
campaigns of World War II. By late 1944, the Italian Campaign was
secondary to the campaigns in France, and Allied forces were not
strong enough to break the Germans' mighty Gothic Line. These
fortifications were supplied by rail through the Alps, with trains
arriving hourly and delivering 600,000 tons of supplies a month,
enough to keep the German Army going forever. But in the bitter
winter of 1944-45, the mighty Gothic Line would be defeated by
American air power in one of the most pivotal but least-known air
campaigns of World War II. It would not be a direct assault;
instead Operation Bingo would ruthlessly cut the Germans' supply
lines and leave them starved. However, it would not be easy. The
rail routes were defended by a formidable array of heavy flak, and
every raid was expected. Conditions were freezing, and even in
electric flying suits, men suffered both hypoxia and frostbite. By
the end of February, the previous eight-hour rail journey took the
Germans 3-4 days on the wrecked railroad, and soon supplies were
barely enough to keep the army alive. On April 12, the Allied
ground attack began, and within ten days the German command in
Northern Italy sued for surrender, the first German force in Europe
to do so. Packed with first-hand accounts and rare photos from the
57th Bomb Wing Archives, this book is a fascinating history of the
most successful US battlefield interdiction campaign in history,
immortalized in the writing of bombardier Joseph Heller, in his
novel Catch 22.
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