Thomas McKelvey Cleaver

Clean Sweep

VIII Fighter Command Against the Luftwaffe, 1942-45

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 602g
• ISBN-13: 9781472855459
• ISBN-10: 1472855450
• Artikelnr.: 71648916

Autorenporträt

Thomas McKelvey Cleaver

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Brigadier General USAF (Ret.) Clarence "Bud" Anderson
Author Preface
Chapter One: The Most Important Day
Chapter Two: War on the Horizon
Chapter Three: Fledgling Fighters
Chapter Four: Yanks in the RAF
Chapter Five: Starting Over
Chapter Six: Opponents
Chapter Seven: VIII Fighter Command Struggles to Survive
Chapter Eight: The Battle Gets Serious
Chapter Nine: Against the Odds
Chapter Ten: Carrying On
Chapter Eleven: Mission 115 - The Day the Luftwaffe Won
Chapter Twelve: Reinforcement
Chapter Thirteen: End of the Beginning
Chapter Fourteen: Jimmy Doolittle Arrives
Chapter Fifteen: Blakeslee Takes Command
Chapter Sixteen: One-Man Air Force
Chapter Seventeen: Big Week
Chapter Eighteen: "I Knew the Jig Was Up"
Chapter Nineteen: The Battle of Germany
Chapter Twenty: Liberating Europe
Chapter Twenty-One: The Battle of Normandy
Chapter Twenty-Two: Oil: The Knockout Punch
Chapter Twenty-Three: The Road To Bodenplatte
Chapter Twenty-Four: Death of the Luftwaffe
Chapter Twenty-Five: A Clean Sweep
Bibliography
Glossary
Index

Rezensionen

The European air war from 1942 to 1945 is a daunting subject, but Tom Cleaver's study of VIII Fighter Command contributes to our broader knowledge of 'The Mighty Eighth' with detailed coverage of personalities and events, plus insightful analysis.