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A spectacularly illustrated new history and analysis of the
strategic bombing campaign in the Korean War, which saw the last
combat of America's legendary B-29s. Just five years after they
defeated Japan, at the dawn of the jet age, the most advanced
bomber of World War II was already obsolescent. But the legendary
war-winning Superfortresses had one more war to fight, in the
strategic air campaign against North Korea. The bombers' task was
to destroy North Korea's facilities for waging war, from industry
and hydroelectric dams to airfields and bridges. However, it was a
challenging campaign, in which the strategy was not merely military
but political. In this fascinating book, airpower scholar and
former RAF pilot Michael Napier explains how the campaign was
fought, and how the technique of 'bombing to negotiate' that would
become notorious in Vietnam was already being used in Korea. He
analyses in detail the relationship between battlefield progress,
armistice negotiations and the bombing strategy developed over the
complex campaign. In the skies over Korea, the B-29s operated in a
new world dominated by jet fighters and jet age technology, and
tactics were developing rapidly. Packed with original
illustrations, this book includes dramatic air scenes featuring
B-29s, MiG-15s, AD Skyraiders and Skyknight jet nightfighters in
action. It also includes maps, 3D recreations of missions and
explanatory 3D diagrams to bring the conflict to life. This is a
fascinating, dramatic account of the last battles of the
piston-engined aircraft era as the superpowers vied for victory in
the first clash of the Cold War.
An illustrated history of how the Luftwaffe intended 'the Blitz' to
knock Britain out of the war, emphasising the German point of view
and detailing how Britain's defences and civilians responded. The
Blitz - the German 'blitzkrieg' of Britain's industrial and port
cities - was one of the most intensive bombing campaigns of World
War II. Cities from London to Glasgow, Belfast to Hull, and
Liverpool to Cardiff were targeted in an attempt to destroy
Britain's military-industrial facilities and force it out of the
war. Most histories of the Blitz concentrate on the civilian
experience of ‘life under the bombs’ or the fighter pilots of
the RAF but, in military terms, the Blitz was also the Luftwaffe's
biggest and most ambitious strategic bombing campaign. Focusing on
both sides, this book places particular emphasis on the hitherto
under-represented Luftwaffe view of the campaign and looks at the
new technology and tactics at its heart. From the innovative
development of specialist night-fighters to the 'Battle of the
Beams' that pitted German electronic navigation systems against
British countermeasures, the Blitz demonstrated the effects of
developing technology on aerial warfare. Describing and analyzing
the strategy, tactics and operations of both the Luftwaffe and the
UK’s air defences during the period between September 1940 and
May 1941, author Julian Hale demonstrates that, for a variety of
reasons, there was little chance of the Luftwaffe achieving any of
its aims. Using primary sources, spectacular original artwork, 3D
diagrams and maps, this study shines a fresh light on how and why
the world’s first true strategic air offensive failed.
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