Screen LibraryThe Mediterranean air war : airpower and Allied victory in World War II /
Without what the Allies learned in the Mediterranean air war in 1942-1944, the Normandy landings--and so, perhaps, the Second World War II--would have ended differently. This is one of many lessons of The Mediterranean Air War, the first one-volume history of the vital role of airpower during the th...
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University Press of Kansas,
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| Publisher Address: | Lawrence, Kan. : |
| Publication Dates: | [2015] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Modern war studies
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Without what the Allies learned in the Mediterranean air war in 1942-1944, the Normandy landings--and so, perhaps, the Second World War II--would have ended differently. This is one of many lessons of The Mediterranean Air War, the first one-volume history of the vital role of airpower during the three-year struggle for control of the Mediterranean Basin in World War II--and of its significance for the Allied successes in the war's last two years. Airpower historian Robert S. Ehlers opens his account with an assessment of the pre-war Mediterranean theater, highlighting the ways in which the |
| Carrier Form: | xvi, 520 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-489) and index. |
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9780700620753 0700620753 |
| Index Number: | D785 |
| CLC: | K152 |
| Call Number: | K152/E332 |
| Contents: | Part I: Prelude -- The approach to war -- Part II: Contest -- War comes to the Mediterranean -- Triumph and tragedy: Operation compass and the German attack on Greece -- The RAF holds -- and learns -- The back door secured and the front door strengthened -- Preparations for and the conduct of Operation Crusader -- Rommel strikes again -- Axis high tide -- The tide turns -- El Alamein and operation torch -- Building a new air command and clearing North Africa -- Part III: Exploitation -- Operations Husky, Avalance, and Baytown -- the Italian campaign and the invasion of Southern France -- The |