num_pages: 560
description: It is now more than 40 years since 'Fighters over the Desert' was published and nearly as long since this was followed by 'Fighters over Tunisia.' Both volumes have long been out of print and collectors' items but despite much prompting Christopher Shores has resolutely refused to permit their reprinting until he amassed so much more information. He has also long nursed a desire to expand the coverage to encompass the operations of the other types of aircraft involved in this interesting and important theater of war - the bombers reconnaissance aircraft and maritime units. Further it is his intention to extend the period covered to include the later operations over Sicily Italy the Aegean area the Balkans and Southern Europe.This then represents the first volume of a seminal series dealing with all these aspects and areas which will also tie in with the earlier Grub Street volumes which he and his collaborators have produced. Thus a full coverage of all aspects of aerial operations throughout the whole of the Mediterranean area will be the ultimate result. Further these volumes will link appropriately and directly with his other works of this nature dealing both with the Far East and the war in Europe.Readers will then be able to follow the wartime careers of units and personnel involved from volume to volume throughout the war. Operations directly over the main battlefronts will be dealt with as previously on a daily basis. However to allow a clearer view to be obtained of operations elsewhere in the theater or of a different nature separate chapters will deal specifically with the night bombers the air defense of the base areas and the naval co-operation activities. Wide use of maps will be made throughout this and subsequent volumes together with a considerable number of photographs integrated into the text. Long awaited by many if any work can be said to be comprehensive and definitive this is it.
language: English
title: A History of the Mediterranean Air War 1940-1945, Vol. 1: North Africa, June 1940-January 1942
publisher: Casemate Publishers