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The Mediterranean Air War: Airpower and Allied Victory in World War II
Robert S. Ehlers Jr.
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Description for The Mediterranean Air War: Airpower and Allied Victory in World War II
Hardback. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 172 x 45. Weight in Grams: 998.
Without what the Allies learned in the Mediterranean air war in 1942–1944, the Normandy landing—and so, perhaps, World War II—would have ended differently. This is one of many lessons of The Mediterranean Air War, the first one-volume history of the vital role of airpower during the three-year struggle for control of the Mediterranean Basin in World War II—and of its significance for Allied successes in the war’s last two years.
Airpower historian Robert S. Ehlers opens his account with an assessment of the pre-war Mediterranean theater, highlighting the ways in which the players’ strategic choices, strengths, and shortcomings set ... Read more
Without what the Allies learned in the Mediterranean air war in 1942–1944, the Normandy landing—and so, perhaps, World War II—would have ended differently. This is one of many lessons of The Mediterranean Air War, the first one-volume history of the vital role of airpower during the three-year struggle for control of the Mediterranean Basin in World War II—and of its significance for Allied successes in the war’s last two years.
Airpower historian Robert S. Ehlers opens his account with an assessment of the pre-war Mediterranean theater, highlighting the ways in which the players’ strategic choices, strengths, and shortcomings set ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Series
Modern War Studies
Number of Pages
520
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700620753
SKU
V9780700620753
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About Robert S. Ehlers Jr.
Robert S. Ehlers, Jr., professor of security studies at Angelo State University (San Angelo, Texas, USA), is a retired colonel in the United States Air Force. He is the author of Targeting the Third Reich: Air Intelligence and the Allied Bombing Campaigns, also from Kansas, winner of the Air Force Historical Foundation’s “Best Airpower History Book” award.
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