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Author | : Andrew J. Brookes |
Publisher | : Ian Allan Publishing |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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Provides a narrative to the conflict from 1943 until the final German surrender of 1945.
Author | : Christopher Shores |
Publisher | : Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | : 697 |
Release | : 2018-11-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1911621785 |
Download A History of the Mediterranean Air War, 1940–1945 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This fourth volume in the comprehensive series “fills a gap in the existing narrative” of WWII’s Mediterranean air war (Journal of Military History). The fourth volume in this momentous series commences with the attacks on the Italian island fortress of Pantellaria, which led to its surrender and occupation achieved almost by air attack alone. The account continues with the ultimately successful, but at times very hard fought, invasions of Sicily and southern Italy as burgeoning Allied air power, now with full US involvement, increasingly dominated the skies overhead. The successive occupations of Sardinia and Corsica are also covered in detail. This is essentially the story of the tactical air forces up to the point when Rome was occupied, just at the same time as the Normandy landings were occurring in northwest France. With regards to the long-range tactical role of the Allied heavy bombers, only the period from May to October is examined, while they remained based in North Africa, with the narrative continuing in a future volume. This volume also delves into the story of “the soldiers’ air force.” Frequently overshadowed by more immediate newsworthy events elsewhere, the soldiers’ struggle was often of an equally Homeric nature. “No future publication on the Mediterranean air war will be credible without use of this series.” —Air Power History
Author | : Patrick Branly |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 82 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Airplanes |
ISBN | : 9780993534591 |
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Author | : Dominick Graham |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 635 |
Release | : 2004-05-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1473819938 |
Download Tug of War Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
When the Allies invaded mainland Italy in 1943 they intended only a clearing-up operation to knock Italy out of the war, but Hitler ordered the German armies to defend every foot of the country. The 'Tug of War' was the mysterious force which caused a war to race out of control, and attract vast numbers of men, tanks, guns and aircraft. The book analyses the main battles of Salerno, Cassino, Anzio and the march on Rome.
Author | : Herington, John |
Publisher | : Canberra : Australian War Memorial |
Total Pages | : 731 |
Release | : 1962 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Download Air War Against Germany and Italy, 1939-1943 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Beskriver luftkrigen mod Tyskland og Italien under 2. verdenskrig, herunder den australske deltagelse.
Author | : Christopher Shores |
Publisher | : Grub Street Publishing |
Total Pages | : 736 |
Release | : 2014-07-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 191069097X |
Download A History of the Mediterranean Air War, 1940–1945. Volume 2 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This second volume in the seminal series on aerial combat, pilots, and tactics in Libya and Egypt in the middle of World War II. In volume two of this series, historian Christopher Shores begins by exploring the 8th Army’s movements after Operation Crusader when they were forced back to the Gazala area in northeastern Libya, as well as their defeat in June, 1942, the loss of Tobruk, and the efforts of Allied air forces to protect their retreating troops. Shores continues with the heavy fighting that followed in the El Alamein region. This features the Western Desert Air Force and the arrival of the first Spitfires. The buildup of both army and air forces and the addition of new commanders on the ground aided the defeat of Rommel’s Deutsche Afrika Korps at Alam el Halfa, after which came the Second Battle of El Alamein. With the arrival of the United States Army Air Force, the Allied air forces gained dominance over the Axis. Shores recounts the lengthy pursuit of the Italo-German forces right across Libya, including the capture of Tripoli and the breakthrough into Southern Tunisia. This allowed a linkup with other Allied forces in Tunisia (whose story appears in Volume 3). Included with the action are stories of some of the great fighter aces of the Desert campaign such as Jochen Marseille and Otto Schulz of the Luftwaffe, Franco Bordoni-Bisleri of the Regia Aeronautica and Neville Duke, Billy Drake, and “Eddie” Edwards of the Commonwealth air forces. Finally, Shores touches on the Allied and Axis night bombing offensives and the activities of the squadrons cooperating with the naval forces in the Mediterranean.
Author | : Nino Arena |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 33 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Airplanes, Military |
ISBN | : |
Download Air War in North Italy, 1943-1945 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Kenneth E. Hunter |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 440 |
Release | : 1951 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | : |
Download The War Against Germany and Italy Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Maurer Maurer |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 520 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : 1428915850 |
Download Air Force Combat Units of World War II Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Major Phillip A. Smith |
Publisher | : Pickle Partners Publishing |
Total Pages | : 207 |
Release | : 2014-08-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1782897453 |
Download Bombing To Surrender: The Contribution Of Air Power To The Collapse Of Italy, 1943 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Throughout this first century of air power, military theorists have proposed numerous schemes as the best use of air power. Airmen of many nations tried and tested these theories in wars large and small and they have learned, ignored, or forgotten many lessons. Of the four major coercive mechanisms available to air power-punishment, risk, military denial and decapitation-Robert Pape in Bombing to Win, concludes that military denial is the best use of air power. Furthermore, Pape argues that recent technological advances only enhance the military denial mechanism. In his appendix, Pape categorizes the Italian case as another case of successful military denial. This study examines the collapse of Italy in 1943 and the contribution of air power to this collapse. Several broad works, often citing Ernest May in “Lessons” from the Past, claim that air power decisively caused the Italian surrender, but do not indisputably argue this point nor do they define the coercive mechanism(s) air power employed to achieve this result. Studies such as the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey or the British Bombing Survey Unit largely ignore Italy or in the case of F. W. Deakin’s The Brutal Friendship, cite the coalition politics as the primary cause of Italy’s surrender... In an era of clean conflict, both painless and quick, leaders and airman downplay the psychological effects of air power-with the exception of the questionable negative effects of casualties on the democracies. Operation DESERT STORM typifies both these effects. Furthermore, attrition-based computer wargame simulations largely ignore the human element. The collapse of Italy serves as one example where the psychological effects of air power outweighed the physical damage caused by bombing.