Night fighters
Subtitle: Luftwaffe and RAF air combat over Europe, 1939-1945
By: Colin D. Heaton III, Anne-Marie Lewis.
Contributors: Lewis, Anne-Marie.
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Annapolis, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9781591143604
Subjects: Germany. -- Luftwaffe. -- Nachtjagd-Division; Great Britain. -- Royal Air Force. -- Bomber Command; World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, German; World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, British; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front; Fighter plane combat -- Technological innovations -- Great Britain; Fighter plane combat -- Technological innovations -- Germany; Fighter plane combat -- Psychological aspects
Description: "Night Fighters examines the historical, technological. tactical, and strategic evolution of limited-visibility aerial combat as the air forces of Great Britain and Germany dueled in the night skies during World War II. The book is based on extensive research and interviews with the key planners and policy makers responsible for their respective national strategies governing the conduct of the nighttime air war, as well as with the airmen who fought the war, which makes it far more detailed than previous works on this subject. The science developed by both nations greatly increased the momentum and lethality of air combat in that conflict. In addition, this arena of World War II combat also produced many technological innovations, the results of which are seen today in everyday military and civilian life."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.