Skies of WWII
Subtitle: courage, battle and victory in the air
By: Jason Biggs
Publisher: Chartwell Books, Inc.
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780785831112
Subjects: Military Airplanes; History; World War, 1939-1945; Aerial operations; Aerial Military operations
Other titles: Skies of World War II
Description: Tells the story of young men and women who were thrown into the turmoil and the aircraft that carried them into battle.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: pt. I. The skies of Europe. The rise of the Luftwaffe ; The few of the RAF ; The invasion of Poland ; The calm before the storm ; The evacuation of Dunkirk ; The Battle of Britain ; The Blitz ; The Dambusters Raid ; The Ploesti Raid ; The D; title: Day landings ; Operation Market Garden ; The bombing of Dresden; title: pt. II. The skies of the Eastern front. The Winter War ; Operation Barbarossa ; The Battle of Stalingrad ; The Battle of Kursk; title: pt. III. The skies of the Mediterranean and North Africa. The German invasion of Crete ; The siege of Malta ; The Battle of El Alamein; title: pt. IV. The skies of the Pacific. Pearl Harbor ; The Doolittle Raid ; The Battle of Midway ; Skies of New Guinea ; The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot ; The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.