A history of the Mediterranean air war, 1940-1945. Volume three, Tunisia and the end in Africa, November 1942-May 1943 / Christopher Shores [and four others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shores, Christopher F., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Africa, North.

World War, 1939-1945.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (682 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, [England] : Grub Street Publishing, 2016.

Summary:

The third volume in the epic military aviation series focuses on the Allied invasion of North Africa during World War II. This work of WWII history takes us to November 1942 to explain the background of the first major Anglo-American venture: Operation Torch, the invasion of French North Africa. Describing the fratricidal combat that followed the initial landings in Morocco and Algeria, it then considers the unsuccessful efforts to reach northern Tunisia before the Germans and Italians could get there to forestall the possibility of an attack from the west on the rear of the Afrika Korps forces, then beginning their retreat from El Alamein. The six months of hard fighting that followed, as the Allies built up the strength of their joint air forces and gradually wrested control of the skies from the Axis, are recounted in detail. The continuing story of the Western Desert Air Force is told, as it advanced from the east to join hands with the units in the west. Also covered are the arrivals over the front of American pilots and crew, the P-38 Lightning, the Spitfire IX, and the B-17 Flying Fortress-and of the much-feared Focke-Wulf Fw190. The aerial activities over Tunisia became one of the focal turning points of World War II, yet are frequently overlooked by historians. Here, the air-sea activities, the reconnaissance flights, and the growing day and night bomber offensives are examined in detail.

Contents:

Intro

Title

Copyright

CONTENTS

Preamble

Chapter 1 Setting the Scene

Chapter 2 The Landings

Map of Tunisia

Chapter 3 The Axis Arrive

December 1942

January 1943

February 1943

A Question of Command

March 1943

April 1943 - A Critical Month

May 1943

Pilots' Views

Appendix

Acknowledgements

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 25, 2017).

ISBN:

9781910690673

1910690678