Big Week: The Biggest Air Battle of World War II Holland JamesPevná vazba
Big Week: The Biggest Air Battle of World War II Holland JamesPevná vazba During the third week of February 1944, the combined Allied air forces based in Britain and Italy launched their first…
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Big Week: The Biggest Air Battle of World War II Holland JamesPevná vazba
During the third week of February 1944, the combined Allied air forces based in Britain and Italy launched their first round-the-clock bomber offensive against Germany. Officially called Operation ARGUMENT, this aerial offensive quickly became known as "Big Week," and it was one of the turning-point engagements of World War II.In Big Week, acclaimed World War II historian James Holland chronicles the massive air battle through the experiences of those who lived and died during it. Their goal: to smash the main factories and production centers of the Luftwaffe while also drawing German planes into an aerial battle of attrition to neutralize the Luftwaffe as a fighting force prior to the cross-channel invasion, planned for a few months later.
Allied raids into Germany were being decimated, but German Prior to Big Week, the air forces on both sides were in crisis.
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