The Mediterranean Air War : Airpower and Allied Victory in World War II /

Without what the Allies learned in the Mediterranean air war in 1942-1944, the Normandy landings-and so, perhaps, the Second World War II-would have ended differently. This is one of many lessons of The Mediterranean Air War, the first one-volume history of the vital role of airpower during the thre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ehlers, Robert (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Military operations, Aerial.
Military campaigns.
Combined operations (Military science)
Air power.
HISTORY > Military > Aviation.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Operations aeriennes.
Operations combinees (Science militaire) > Études de cas.
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Mediterranean Region.
Air power > Mediterranean Region > History > 20th century.
Combined operations (Military science) > Case studies.
Mediterranean Region.
Mediterranean Region > History, Military > 20th century.
Military history.
History.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Without what the Allies learned in the Mediterranean air war in 1942-1944, the Normandy landings-and so, perhaps, the Second World War II-would have ended differently. This is one of many lessons of The Mediterranean Air War, the first one-volume history of the vital role of airpower during the three-year struggle for control of the Mediterranean Basin in World War II-and of its significance for the Allied successes in the war's last two years. Airpower historian Robert S. Ehlers opens his account with an assessment of the pre-war Mediterranean theater, highlighting the ways in which the playe.
Physical Description:1 online resource (520 pages).
ISBN:9780700620760

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