| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Modern War Studies |
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Modern war studies.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Part I. Prelude; 1. The Approach to War; Part II. Contest; 2. War Comes to the Mediterranean; 3. Triumph and Tragedy; 4. The RAF Holdsâ#x80;#x94;and Learns; 5. The Back Door Secured and the Front Door Strengthened; 6. Preparations for and the Conduct of Operation Crusader; 7. Rommel Strikes Again; 8. Axis High Tide; 9. The Tide Turns; 10. El Alamein and Operation Torch; 11. Building a New Air Command and Clearing North Africa; Part III. Exploitation; 12. Operations Husky, Avalanche, and Baytown |
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13. The Italian Campaign and the Invasion of Southern France14. The Second Aerial Front; 15. The Balkan Air Force; Part IV. Retrospective; 16. Taking Stock; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; Back Cover |
| Summary |
Without what the Allies learned in the Mediterranean air war in 1942-1944, the Normandy landings-and so, perhaps, the Second 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 the 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 playe |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Combined operations (Military science) -- Case studies
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Air power -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- 20th century
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Mediterranean Region.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations.
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HISTORY -- Military -- Aviation.
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Air power
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Combined operations (Military science)
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Military campaigns
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Military operations, Aerial
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| SUBJECT |
Mediterranean Region -- History, Military -- 20th century
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| Subject |
Mediterranean Region
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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History
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Military history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2014040567 |
| ISBN |
9780700620760 |
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0700620761 |
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