The Battle Against The U-Boat In The American Theater [Illustrated Edition]
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| Autore: |
Hallion Richard P
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| Titolo: |
The Battle Against The U-Boat In The American Theater [Illustrated Edition]
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| Pubblicazione: | San Francisco : , : Tannenberg Publishing, , 2011 |
| ©2011 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (41 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 940.54497300000003 |
| Soggetto topico: | United States. Army Air Forces |
| Antisubmarine aircraft | |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Introduction -- The Battle Against the U-Boat - in the American Theater December 7, 1941-September 2, 1945 -- The Role of The Army Air Forces in the Antisubmarine Campaign -- Operations off the West Coast - December 1941-February 1943 -- Operations off the East Coast - December 1941-June 1942 -- Operations in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea - January-October 1942 -- Operations of the AAF Antisubmarine Command - October 1942-August 1943 -- Operations from Newfoundland - October 1941-July 1943 -- Development of Antisubmarine Equipment and Tactics -- Dissolution of the AAF Antisubmarine Command -- AAF Contributions to the Antisubmarine War -- Suggested Readings. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Includes 20 IllustrationsIn 1942 the Allied powers faced the most serious challenge to their control of the seas encountered in the Second World War: the menace of the U-boat. Fast, well- armed, and long-ranged, Hitler's submarines attacked shipping throughout the North Atlantic, often within sight of America's coastal towns and cities.Eventually, the combination of intelligence, land and sea- based air power, and surface vessel operations from both North American and British bases ended this threat, making possible the Allied build-up for the invasion of Europe in 1944.Flying radar-equipped long-range patrol planes, AAF airmen demonstrated the value of land-based air power against naval threats. This success has been reaffirmed consistently since the Second World War, from Vietnam and crises such as the Mayaguez incident to operations in Desert Shield and Desert Storm. The Harpoon-armed B-52s of our present-day global Air Force are the heirs of a sea-control tradition dating to the AAF's A-29s and B-24s of the Second World War. |
| Altri titoli varianti: | U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Battle Against The U-Boat In The American Theater |
| ISBN: | 1-78625-252-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910158769803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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The U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II