
Μεγάλη εβδομάδα: Έξι ημέρες που άλλαξαν την πορεία του Β 'Παγκοσμίου Πολέμου
Μπιλ Γιέν
Είδος : Ιστορία
Θέματα: Ιστορία, Στρατιωτικός, Β ́ Παγκόσμιος Πόλεμος Ζήτημα: 30/12/2012 Συντάκτης: 1η έκδ. Εκδότης: Berkley σκληρό εξώφυλλο Μορφή: Σκληρό εξώφυλλο Σελίδες: 320 Διαστάσεις: 9,10 x 6,30 x 1,30 ίντσες ΙΣΠΝ-10 : 9780425255759 ΑΣΙΝ : 0425255751
In just six days, the United States Strategic Air Forces changed the course of military offense in World War II. During those six days, they launched the largest bombing campaign of the war, dropping roughly 10,000 tons of bombs in a rain of destruction that would take the skies back from the Nazis…
The Allies knew that if they were to invade Hitler’s Fortress Europe, they would have to wrest air superiority from the mighty Luftwaffe.
The plan of the Unites States Strategic Air Forces was risky. During the week of February 20th, 1944—and joined by the RAF Bomber Command—the USAAF Eighth and Fifteenth Air Force bombers took on this vital and extremely risky mission. They ran the gauntlet of the most heavily defended air space in the world to deal a death blow to Germany’s aircraft industry, and made them pay with the planes already in the air. In the coming months, this Big Week would prove a deciding factor in the war.
Both sides were dealt losses, and whereas the Allies could recover, damage to the Luftwaffe was irreparable. Thus Big Week became one of the most important episodes of World War II, and coincidentally, one of the most overlooked—until now.
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Μπιλ Γιέν είναι συγγραφέας πολλών έργων στρατιωτικής φαντασίας και μη μυθοπλασίας, καθώς και ιστοριών μεγάλων αεροπορικών εταιρειών της Αμερικής. Είναι συνεργάτης σε εγκυκλοπαίδειες και των δύο Παγκοσμίων Πολέμων και έχει εμφανιστεί στο History Channel.