大周:改变二战进程的六天
比尔·延恩
类型 : 历史
科目: 历史, 军事, 第二次世界大战 问题: 30/12/2012 编辑 器: 第1版. 出版商: 伯克利精装本 格式: 精装 页面: 320 尺寸: 9.10 x 6.30 x 1.30 英寸 伊斯BN-10 : 9780425255759 阿辛 : 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.
关于作者
比尔·延恩 是许多军事小说和非小说作品的作者,以及美国伟大航空公司的历史。他是两次世界大战百科全书的撰稿人,并出现在历史频道上。