Aviation Century: World War II
This is the third volume in Firefly's Aviation Century series. With 400 color and black-and-white photos, details the role of planes in Europe and the Middle East, the Pacific, China, Burma, and India from 1939 to 1945. The authors describe the fighters and bombers of the countries involved and the decisive events, such as the sinking of the German cruiserKonigsbergby British airmen in 1940, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and that nation's kamikaze pilots' attacks on U.S. ships in the Pacific, the German bombing of England, and the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan in 1945.Any readers interested in the history of flying will treasure this profusely illustrated book.George CohenCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved