Clean Sweep: VIII Fighter Command against the Luftwaffe, 1942–45 - Couverture souple

McKelvey Cleaver, Thomas

 
9781472855459: Clean Sweep: VIII Fighter Command against the Luftwaffe, 1942–45
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ISBN 10 : 1472855450 ISBN 13 : 9781472855459
Editeur : Osprey Publishing, 2025

Synopsis

A vivid history, packed with first-hand accounts, of the US Eighth Air Force's VIII Fighter Command from its foundation in 1942 through to its victory in the skies over Nazi Germany.

On August 7, 1942, two major events occurred on opposite sides of the planet. In the South Pacific, the United States went on the offensive with the First Marine Division landing on Guadalcanal. In England, 12 B-17 bombers of Eighth Air Force bombed the Rouen-Sotteville railroad marshalling yards in France. While the mission was small, the aerial struggle that began that day would ultimately cost the United States more men killed and wounded by the end of the war in Europe than the Marines would lose in the Pacific War.

Clean Sweep is the story of the creation, development and operation of the Eighth Air Force Fighter Command and the battle to establish daylight air superiority over the Luftwaffe so that the invasion of Europe could be successful.

Thomas McKelvey Cleaver has had a lifelong interest in the history of the fighter force that defeated the Luftwaffe over Germany. He has collected many first-hand accounts from participants over the past 50 years, getting to know pilots such as the legendary "Hub" Zemke, Don Blakeslee and Chuck Yeager, as well as meeting and interviewing leading Luftwaffe pilots Adolf Galland, Gunther Rall and Walter "Count Punski" Krupinski. This story is told through accounts gathered from both sides.

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À propos de l?auteur

Thomas McKelvey Cleaver has been a published writer for the past 40 years, with his most recent work being the best-selling Osprey titles The Cactus Air Force (2022) alongside the late Eric Hammel, Clean Sweep (2023), Turning The Tide (2024) Mediterranean Sweep (2025) and Bloody Skies (2026). Tom served in the US Navy in Vietnam and lives in Encino, California

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Éditeur
Osprey Publishing
Date d'édition
2025
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1472855450
ISBN 13 
9781472855459
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
464
Coordonnées du fabricant
Oliver Edwards
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9781472855480: Clean Sweep: VIII Fighter Command against the Luftwaffe, 1942–45

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1472855485 ISBN 13 :  9781472855480
Editeur : Osprey Publishing, 2023
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