Overview
The year 1942 began badly for the Allies. German U-boats were indiscriminately sinking merchant shipping off America's east coast and in the Caribbean. Allied fortunes were no better in the Far East under the relentless Japanese advance. America was struggling to hold the Philippines, while the Soviet Union was fighting a series of bitter winter battles against Hitler's Wehrmacht at the gates of Moscow. General Erwin Rommel's surprise offensive in North Africa brought a renewed threat to the Middle East in mid-1942, which hastened the transfer of U.S. aircraft to Egypt to assist the beleaguered British. The vast, sprawling deserts of North Africa were a new and strange terrain to American aircrew. Confronted by sand storms, flooding rains, extremes of temperature and primitive living conditions, the United States Army Air Forces were pitted against an experienced and determined enemy. U.S. air power nevertheless played a decisive role in the Allied invasion of Northwest Africa and the subsequent surrender of Axis forces in Tunisia in May 1943. Later bombing missions flown from North Africa struck Axis targets across Europe and supported the Allied invasions of Sicily and mainland Italy. This book is a pictorial account of U.S. fighter aircraft and bombers including the iconic B-17 Flying Fortress, P-38 Lightning and B-24 Liberator and the aircrews that fought to establish ascendancy over North African skies and beyond. AUTHOR: David Mitchelhill-Green is a freelance military author and photographer. His areas of interest include the Second World War and Japanese castles. Previous books in this series include: Fighting in Ukraine: A Photographer at War, With Rommel in the Desert: Tripoli to El Alamein and Rommel in North Africa: Quest for the Nile.
Full Product Details
Author: David Mitchelhill-Green
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Imprint: Pen & Sword Military
ISBN: 9781473881792
ISBN 10: 147388179
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 23 October 2019
Audience:
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
A well-chosen picture is worth a thousand words, and quality captions can build on that efficiency. Mitchellhill-Green includes enough nuggets of new information to pique the reader's curiosity to explore further. -- Air Power History ...a very interesting read and a book that I know you will want on your shelves. -- ModelingMadness.Com A book that in addition to the fantastic images (436!) stands out for the captions full of details and testimonies. A must for any aviation enthusiast'-- Old Barbed Wire Blog After reading this book, you will have a much different perspective about what our people endured during that part of World War II. Each photograph is explained thoroughly, and the pictures are of exceptionally good quality. -- IPMS/USA Enjoyed it. -- Historical Miniatures Gaming Society
Enjoyed it. --Historical Miniatures Gaming Society After reading this book, you will have a much different perspective about what our people endured during that part of World War II. Each photograph is explained thoroughly, and the pictures are of exceptionally good quality. --IPMS/USA ...a very interesting read and a book that I know you will want on your shelves. --ModelingMadness.Com
"""A well-chosen picture is worth a thousand words, and quality captions can build on that efficiency. Mitchellhill-Green includes enough nuggets of new information to pique the reader's curiosity to explore further.""-- ""Air Power History"" ""...a very interesting read and a book that I know you will want on your shelves.""-- ""ModelingMadness.Com"" ""A book that in addition to the fantastic images (436!) stands out for the captions full of details and testimonies. A must for any aviation enthusiast'-- ""Old Barbed Wire Blog"" ""After reading this book, you will have a much different perspective about what our people endured during that part of World War II. Each photograph is explained thoroughly, and the pictures are of exceptionally good quality.""-- ""IPMS/USA"" ""Enjoyed it.""-- ""Historical Miniatures Gaming Society"""
Enjoyed it. --Historical Miniatures Gaming Society
Author Information
David Mitchelhill-Green is a freelance military author and photographer. His areas of interest include the Second World War and Japanese castles. Previous books in this series include: Fighting in Ukraine: A Photographer at War, With Rommel in the Desert: Tripoli to El Alamein and Rommel in North Africa: Quest for the Nile.
