Forgotten Fifteenth : the daring airmen who crippled Hitler's war machine /
Tillman, Barrett.
Forgotten Fifteenth : the daring airmen who crippled Hitler's war machine / Forgotten 15 : the daring airmen who crippled Hitler's war machine Forgotten 15th : the daring airmen who crippled Hitler's war machine Forgotten Fifteen : the daring airmen who crippled Hitler's war machine Barrett Tillman. - xiv, 338 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-314) and index.
Up from the desert: November 1943-January 1944 -- The winter war: January-March 1944 -- Italian spring: March-June 1944 -- East to Ploesti: April-June 1944 -- Mediterranean summer: July-September 1944 -- Other players: 1944-1945 -- Air supremacy: September-December 1944 -- Mission accomplished: January-May 1945 -- Legacy: May 1945 and beyond.
The story of the U.S. Army's Fifteenth Air Force who waged an unprecedentedly dogged and violent campaign against Hitler's vital oil production and industrial plants on the Third Reich's southern flank, a campaign that contributed to the end of the most destructive war in history.
1621572080 (hbk.) 9781621572084 (hbk.)
2014001772
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 15th.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Mediterranean Region.
Forgotten Fifteenth : the daring airmen who crippled Hitler's war machine / Forgotten 15 : the daring airmen who crippled Hitler's war machine Forgotten 15th : the daring airmen who crippled Hitler's war machine Forgotten Fifteen : the daring airmen who crippled Hitler's war machine Barrett Tillman. - xiv, 338 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-314) and index.
Up from the desert: November 1943-January 1944 -- The winter war: January-March 1944 -- Italian spring: March-June 1944 -- East to Ploesti: April-June 1944 -- Mediterranean summer: July-September 1944 -- Other players: 1944-1945 -- Air supremacy: September-December 1944 -- Mission accomplished: January-May 1945 -- Legacy: May 1945 and beyond.
The story of the U.S. Army's Fifteenth Air Force who waged an unprecedentedly dogged and violent campaign against Hitler's vital oil production and industrial plants on the Third Reich's southern flank, a campaign that contributed to the end of the most destructive war in history.
1621572080 (hbk.) 9781621572084 (hbk.)
2014001772
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 15th.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Mediterranean Region.