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Author | : David E. Johnson |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2013-01-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 080146711X |
Download Fast Tanks and Heavy Bombers Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The U.S. Army entered World War II unprepared. In addition, lacking Germany's blitzkrieg approach of coordinated armor and air power, the army was organized to fight two wars: one on the ground and one in the air. Previous commentators have blamed Congressional funding and public apathy for the army's unprepared state. David E. Johnson believes instead that the principal causes were internal: army culture and bureaucracy, and their combined impact on the development of weapons and doctrine. Johnson examines the U.S. Army's innovations for both armor and aviation between the world wars, arguing that the tank became a captive of the conservative infantry and cavalry branches, while the airplane's development was channeled by air power insurgents bent on creating an independent air force. He maintains that as a consequence, the tank's potential was hindered by the traditional arms, while air power advocates focused mainly on proving the decisiveness of strategic bombing, neglecting the mission of tactical support for ground troops. Minimal interaction between ground and air officers resulted in insufficient cooperation between armored forces and air forces. Fast Tanks and Heavy Bombers makes a major contribution to a new understanding of both the creation of the modern U.S. Army and the Army's performance in World War II. The book also provides important insights for future military innovation.
Author | : Martin W. Bowman |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword Aviation |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 2022-08-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1526746328 |
Download The Men Who Flew the Heavy Bombers Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Martin Bowman’s considerable experience as a military historian has spanned over forty years, during which time he has amassed a wealth of material on the participation by RAF and Commonwealth and US 8th and 15th Air Force crews in the series of raids on the cities and oil transportation and industrial targets in the Third Reich, culminating in ‘Round-the-Clock’ bombing by the RAF, operating at night on the largely forgotten Stirling, the gamely Halifax and ultimately the more successful Lancaster, and the US 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator crews by day on a target list so long and wide ranging that it defies the imagination. Hundreds of hours of painstaking and fact-finding research and interviews and correspondence with numerous airmen and women and their relatives, in Britain, America and beyond has been woven into a highly readable and emotional outpouring of life and death in combat over the Third Reich as the men of the RAF and Commonwealth and American air forces describe in their own words the compelling, gripping and thought-provoking narrative of the Combined Bomber Offensive in World War Two, which resulted from the RAF nocturnal onslaught and the American unescorted precision attacks on targets throughout the Reich until the P-51 Mustang escort fighters enabled the 8th to assume the mantle of the leading bombing partner in theatre. February and March 1945 saw the most intense bombing destruction when Nazi defences were minimal or absent and the war was all but over. Final victory in May 1945 came at a high price indeed. Half of the U.S. Army Air Forces' casualties in World War II were suffered by Eighth Air Force, with in excess of 47,000 casualties, with more than 26,000 dead. RAF Bomber Command lost 55,573 men killed out of a total of 125,000 aircrew and 8,403 wounded in action while 9,838 became prisoners of war. RAF and American bomber crews could, therefore be forgiven for thinking they had won a pyrrhic victory; one that had taken such a heavy toll that negated any true sense of achievement, though, if nothing else, the human effort spent by RAF Bomber Command and the Eighth Air Force did pave the way for the Soviet victory in the east.
Author | : Michael Green |
Publisher | : Capstone |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : B-52 bomber |
ISBN | : 1429613238 |
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Describes the history, weapons, equipment, and use by the U.S. Air Force of the military aircraft known as the B-52 bomber.
Author | : David Myhra PhD |
Publisher | : RCW Technology & Ebook Publishing |
Total Pages | : 81 |
Release | : 2013-09-28 |
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ISBN | : |
Download Swiss Impound 166 Shot-up American USAAF Heavy Bombers & Arrest 1,500 Crew Members Between 1943 & 1945 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Enjoy Dr Myhra's ebook about the total of 166 B-17 and B-24 Bombers and 1,327+ crew members, 2 B-25J bombers, 2 P-51B fighters, 2 P-47 fighters and the light observation plane that was interned/imprisoned between 1943 to 1945 in Switzerland. Available for purchase at: www.luftwaffeaviationhistory.net, amazon.com, and like us on facebook: "Myhras Ebooks" !
Author | : Donald Nijboer |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 81 |
Release | : 2019-10-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1472836707 |
Download German Flak Defences vs Allied Heavy Bombers Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Since the end of World War II, the strategic bombing of Germany has inspired numerous studies, countless books and several documentary films, and it is not surprising. With more than one million tons of bombs dropped, close to 300,000 civilians killed, 700,000 wounded and in excess of 3,500,000 industrial and residential structures destroyed, the Allied bomber offensive was industrial war on a grand scale. The air battle that raged over Germany has often been described as a battle between Allied and German fighters but what has been frequently missed by historians on all sides is the impact of German anti-aircraft defences (flak). Though often dismissed as ineffective and a waste of valuable material and personnel, the German flak arm made a major contribution to the defence of the Third Reich – at least half of the American aircraft shot down over Germany fell to flak, and according to the RAF Official History, it was estimated that flak accounted for 1229 of 3302 aircraft lost by Bomber Command between 1942 and April 1945. Additionally, the strategic role of flak extended beyond simply shooting down aircraft – its other, more important task was to force bombers to drop their ordnance sooner or from a higher altitude, thus reducing bombing accuracy. Both these roles are explored in depth in this detailed study of the German flak defences and of their adversaries, the Allied heavy bombers. Containing full-colour illustrations including cockpit scenes and armament views, this is the definitive guide to the much-overlooked conflict between Allied planes and German anti-aircraft defences.
Author | : Stephen Darlow |
Publisher | : Stackpole Books |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0811706427 |
Download D-Day Bombers Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Eyewitness accounts of heavy bombers on D-Day. Rarely told story of what happened above the beaches. Detailed descriptions of various bombing runs.
Author | : Jean H. Dubuque |
Publisher | : M A/A H Publishing |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 1951 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Download The Development of the Heavy Bomber, 1918-1944 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Pino Lombardi |
Publisher | : Fonthill Media |
Total Pages | : 490 |
Release | : 2017-04-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Download Short Stirling Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Martin W. Bowman |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2015-05-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1473861136 |
Download The Heavy Bomber Offensive of WWII Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book contains fourteen stirring accounts, each conveying an authentic sense of what it was really like to fly as a member of air-crew during the various bombing operations of the Second World War. The storytellers are an eclectic mix of pilots, navigators, bomb aimers, wireless operators and gunners who flew on operations in heavy bombers. It conveys the terror of being coned by German searchlights over the target, attacks by Luftwaffe night-fighters, often catastrophic damage to aircraft and the ensuing struggle to keep the machine airborne on the return trip to base. It tells of the comradeship between the crew and the humour between them, often borne of fear. The gentle and unassuming narratives include 'Millennium'; 'One of Our Aircraft Is Missing'; Bomber's Moon; 'Bombing Berlin' 'The Ordeal Of Pilot Officer Romans DFC'; Last Man Out' operations on Whitleys and Halifaxes; Flying Officer 'X'; Stirlings; 'Rescue At Sea' 'The Incendiary Load's Alight'; 'The Night Of The Bombs' and 'The Kassel Raids of 1943' as well as BBC Broadcasts and stories by Allied war correspondents. Each of these accounts conveys the sense of purpose that these men felt in doing one of the most dangerous jobs of the war. It is a fitting tribute to those that survived and the many thousands who died in the struggle against Hitler's dreadful ambitions in Europe.
Author | : Gregory Pons |
Publisher | : Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2006-07-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9782915239829 |
Download 8th Air Force Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Americas strategy for complete victory over Nazi Germany called for the utter destruction of major its major industrial areas. These raids were carried out as early as 1942 by hundreds of heavy bombers from the US 8th Air Force, based in England. The descriptions of combat missions flown by B-17 crews over occupied Europe and the Reich are illustrated with official and private pictures taken from the personal albums of pilots, crew members, mechanics and Air Force photographers.