To command the sky [[electronic resource] ] : the battle for air superiority over Germany, 1942-1944 / / Stephen McFarland and Wesley Phillips Newton
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| Autore: |
McFarland Stephen Lee <1950->
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| Titolo: |
To command the sky [[electronic resource] ] : the battle for air superiority over Germany, 1942-1944 / / Stephen McFarland and Wesley Phillips Newton
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| Pubblicazione: | Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (375 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 940.544 |
| Soggetto topico: | Airplanes, Military - History - 20th century |
| World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
NewtonWesley Phillips
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| Note generali: | Originally published: Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution, 1991. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | CONTENTS; Preface to the Paperback Edition; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Challenge; 2. Training to Destroy; 3. Trial and Error-Early Operations; 4. To the Brink-The Fall Crisis; 5. Transition to Air Superiority-Big Week; 6. Berlin, the Strategic Fighter Campaign, and Control of the Air; Epilogue; Appendix; Notes; Bibliographic Essay; Selected Bibliography; Credit Lines; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | To Command the Sky is a scholarly record of the fight for domination of the skies over western Europe during World War II. It also explains the technical details of the tactics used to defeat the Luftwaffe. This book is important for serious students of World War II or military aviation. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | To command the sky |
| ISBN: | 0-8173-8290-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910454755403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Smithsonian history of aviation series.