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The Mediterranean air war : airpower and Allied victory in World War II / Robert S. Ehlers, Jr.
LIBRA D785 .E54 2015
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ehlers, Robert, author.
- Series:
- Modern war studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Mediterranean Region.
- Air power--Mediterranean Region--History--20th century.
- Air power.
- Combined operations (Military science)--Case studies.
- Combined operations (Military science).
- History, Military.
- History.
- Mediterranean Region--History, Military--20th century.
- Mediterranean Region.
- Military campaigns.
- Military operations, Aerial.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- History.
- Military history.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 520 pages ; 25 cm.
- Other Title:
- Airpower and Allied victory in World War II
- Place of Publication:
- Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2015]
- Contents:
- Part I Prelude
- 1 The Approach to War 3
- Part II Contest
- 2 War Comes to the Mediterranean 25
- 3 Triumph and Tragedy: Operation Compass and the German Attack on Greece 46
- 4 The RAF Holds-and Learns 86
- 5 The Back Door Secured and the Front Door Strengthened 114
- 6 Preparations for and the Conduct of Operation Crusader 150
- 7 Rommel Strikes Again 177
- 8 Axis High Tide 200
- 9 The Tide Turns 223
- 10 El Alamein and Operation Torch 242
- 11 Building a New Air Command and Clearing North Africa 265
- Part III Exploitation
- 12 Operations Husky, Avalanche, and Baytown 291
- 13 The Italian Campaign and the Invasion of Southern France 322
- 14 The Second Aerial Front 356
- 15 The Balkan Air Force 386
- Part IV Retrospective
- 16 Taking Stock 397.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780700620753
- 0700620753
- OCLC:
- 892804171
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