Air War Over North Africa

Air War Over North Africa
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Publisher : Pen and Sword
Total Pages : 503
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ISBN-10 : 9781473881815
ISBN-13 : 1473881811
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Book Synopsis Air War Over North Africa by : David Mitchelhill-Green

Download or read book Air War Over North Africa written by David Mitchelhill-Green and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2019-05-30 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The decisive role of U.S. Army Air Forces in North Africa is vividly chronicled in this WWII pictorial history featuring rare wartime photographs. In 1942, General Erwin Rommel launched a surprise offensive in North Africa that brought a renewed threat to the Allied forces in the Middle East. United States Army Air Forces were quickly transferred to Egypt to assist the beleaguered British. Unaccustomed to the sprawling deserts of North Africa, the American airmen were confronted by sandstorms, flooding rains, extremes of temperature and primitive living conditions. Beyond these daunting conditions, they were pitted against an experienced and determined enemy. U.S. air power nevertheless played a decisive role in the Allied invasion of Northwest Africa and the subsequent surrender of Axis forces in Tunisia in May 1943. Later bombing missions flown from North Africa struck Axis targets across Europe and supported the Allied invasions of Sicily and mainland Italy. Featuring rare photograph from wartime archives, this volume in the Images of War series presents an illustrated account of U.S. fighter aircraft and bombers—including the iconic B-17 Flying Fortress, P-38 Lightning and B-24 Liberator—and the aircrews that fought to establish ascendancy over North African skies and beyond.


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