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Caen-Carpiquet 1940-1945: un aérodrome dans la guerre (French Edition)
Thierry Quittard
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Description for Caen-Carpiquet 1940-1945: un aérodrome dans la guerre (French Edition)
Hardcover. Before the war, the French Air Ministry chose Carpiquet to create, far from the future front, an aerodrome focused on aerial bombardment, for training and observation. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 297. .
Before the war, the French Air Ministry chose Carpiquet to create, far from the future front, an aerodrome focused on aerial bombardment, for training and observation. In June 1940, the Germans installed an important base there, engaged in the Battle of Britain (book includes never before seen photos) and in their confrontation with the invasion of Dieppe. The aerodrome suffered heavy bombardments. In June and July 1944, it became the keystone of the Battle for Caen. The Hitlerjugend put up strong resistance there against the Canadians. After the war, the aerodrome trained hundreds of pilots involved in the conflict with ... Read more
Before the war, the French Air Ministry chose Carpiquet to create, far from the future front, an aerodrome focused on aerial bombardment, for training and observation. In June 1940, the Germans installed an important base there, engaged in the Battle of Britain (book includes never before seen photos) and in their confrontation with the invasion of Dieppe. The aerodrome suffered heavy bombardments. In June and July 1944, it became the keystone of the Battle for Caen. The Hitlerjugend put up strong resistance there against the Canadians. After the war, the aerodrome trained hundreds of pilots involved in the conflict with ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Heimdal
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Bayeux, France
ISBN
9782840483861
SKU
V9782840483861
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