Format:
Book
Author:
Wilson, Kevin, 1942- author.
Title:
Airborne in 1943 : the daring Allied air campaign over the North Sea / Kevin Wilson.
Edition:
First Pegasus books hardcover edition.
Publisher, Date:
New York : Pegasus Books, 2018.
Description:
479 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Summary:
Draws from letters, diaries, and interviews to recount the air campaigns of 1943, a period of unprecedented bombing against Germany by Allied bomber planes.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-464) and index.
Contents:
Beginnings -- WINTER. To the heart of darkness ; A signal success ; Piercing the gloom ; Ruining the Ruhr -- SPRING. The bitter taste of Pilsen ; The toss of a coin ; The power of water ; Pointblank and return to the Ruhr -- SUMMER. The power of fire ; The peril of Peenemùˆnde ; Back to Berlin ; Stretching to succeed -- AUTUMN. Attrition to achievement ; 'The greatest of air battles' -- WINTER. A miserable end ; Closure.
ISBN:
9781681778808 (hardcover)
1681778807 (hardcover)
Other Number:
1076575579
System Availability:
4
Current Holds:
0
Control Number:
3660249
Call Number:
940.54/4
Course Reserves:
0
# System items in:
4