Silent skies
Subtitle: the glider war, 1939-1945
By: Tim Lynch
Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Barnsley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9781844157365
Subjects: Gliders (Aeronautics); Weltkrieg (1939-1945); World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924; Lastensegler; World War, 1939-1945; Aerial Military operations; History; Aerial operations
Description: "[The author] gives vivid accounts of glider operations ... in every theater of the war, in northern Europe, the Mediterranean, the Far East, and the Pacific. He quotes extensively from the memoirs and eyewitness accounts of the glider pilots and the troops they carried, and he traces the evolution of glider tactics over the course of the war. He also gives detailed specifications of the gliders flown by all sides in the conflict and compares their design and performance"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-195) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The fourth flank; title: 'Here are the Germans!' : Eben-Emael, 10 May 1940; title: 'Nothing is impossible' : the Glider Pilot Regiment; title: 'The graveyard of the paratroopers' : Mediterranean operations; title: 'Hitler's best friend in America' : the US glider programme; title: 'Any place, any time, anywhere' : operations in the Far East; title: Over the west wall : the invasion of Europe 1944-1945; title: War behind the lines : Russian glider operations 1941-1945; title: Into the cauldron : German operations on the Eastern Front; title: Epilogue; title: Notes; title: Appendix A: Flying the Horsa; title: Appendix B: Towing techniques; title: Appendix C: Technical details.