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Sunday Punch In Normandy - The Tactical Use Of Heavy Bombardment In The Normandy Invasion : [Illustrated Edition] |
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San Francisco : , : Lucknow Books, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (40 pages) |
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Soggetti |
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Military campaigns |
Military operations, Aerial |
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Foreword -- Planning the Operation -- Eighth Air Force Aims and Commitments -- Heavy Bombers -- Fighters -- Transition From a Strategic to a Tactical Role -- Predawn assembly -- Routings -- Loadings and fuzings -- Overcast bombing technique -- Visibility trials -- Briefing and interrogation -- Aircraft recognition and demarcation of friendly lines -- Ground force requirements -- Selection of targets -- Over-All Air Cooperation Plan -- Delivering The Punch -- Operations 2-17 June 1944 -- D minus 4 to D minus 1 (2-5 June) -- D-day (6 June) -- D plus 1 to D plus 11 (7-11 June) -- Fighters -- Air Cooperation -- Interdiction -- Shipping patrol -- Subsidiary Operations -- Enemy Air Reaction -- Dawn 28 May-Dawn 4 June -- Dawn 4 June-Dawn 11 June -- REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER. |
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