On the highways of the skies: the 8th Air Force in World War II
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Schiffer Military History
2008
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 360) |
| Beschreibung: | 360 S., [64] Bl. Ill. 29 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780764330902 |
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| adam_text | Contents
Acknowledgments
.......................................................................................................................................................................6
Introduction
.................................................................................................................................................................................8
Chapter
1:
The Eagle Spreads its Wings
.......................................................................................................................................................9
Chapter
2:
Lighting the Torch
.....................................................................................................................................................................15
ChapterS: Fall of the Forts
.........................................................................................................................................................................21
Chapter
4:
Trial by Combat
.........................................................................................................................................................................31
Chapter
5:
Gaining Strength
........................................................................................................................................................................43
Chapter
6:
Battles with the Luftwaffe
..........................................................................................................................................................57
Chapter?: Blitz Week and Beyond
.............................................................................................................................................................63
Chapter
8:
Knights of the Sky
.....................................................................................................................................................................76
Chapter
9:
Black Thursday
..........................................................................................................................................................................89
Chapter
10:
Four Miles High
......................................................................................................................................................................110
Chapter
11:
Bloody Battles
.........................................................................................................................................................................122
Chapter
12:
The Battles of Big Week
..........................................................................................................................................................132
Chapter
13:
Bomb Bays over Big
В
............................................................................................................................................................140
Chapter
14:
Flak and Fighters Fortissimo
...................................................................................................................................................149
Chapter
15:
The
Westwall...........................................................................................................................................................................175
Chapter
16:
The Great Crusade
...................................................................................................................................................................188
Chapter
17:
The Bridge is Blown
................................................................................................................................................................199
Chapter
18:
Battles of the Bridgehead and Beyond
....................................................................................................................................218
Chapter
19:
Home by Christmas?
...............................................................................................................................................................243
Chapter
20:
The Ardennes Offensive
..........................................................................................................................................................269
Chapter
21:
Clarion Call
.............................................................................................................................................................................276
Chapter
22:
Path to Victory
.........................................................................................................................................................................285
Chapter
23:
The Breaking of Nations
.........................................................................................................................................................304
Glossary
...................................................................................................................................................................................308
German Ranks and their Abbreviations
...................................................................................................................................309
Endnotes..................................................................................................................................................................................310
Bibliography
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