AMERICAN WARPLANES of WORLD WAR II Combat aircraft of the UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE US NAVY US MARINE CORPS 1941 to 1945
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Characteristics
| ISBN-13 | 978-1880588215 |
| ISBN-10 | 1-874023-72-7 |
| Book cover finish(es) | Hardcover ( rounded spine binding ) |
| Special Features | Dust jacket |
| Condition | LIKE NEW |
| Author(s) | David Donald |
| Publisher | Aerospace Publishing Ltd |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Published date | 1995 |
| Language(s) | English |
| Collection / Series | World Air Power |
| Size | 23.5 x 31.3 x 2 cm |
| Categorie(s) | • AVIATION MILITAIRE • SECONDE GUERRE MONDIALE |
Description
Combat aircraft of the UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE US NAVY US MARINE CORPS 1941 to 1945
7 December 1941: On that terrible Sunday, Japanese warplanes smashed into the US Pacific Fleet resting in Pearl Harbor and, at once, the United States was embroiled in the largest conflict in its history.
Years of complacency had left the US Army and US Navy with small forces, poor structures and obsolete airplanes. But all that was to change. And how! The desperate battles of Coral Sea and Midway saw the mighty US Navy carrier fleet wrest control of the Pacific Ocean from the Japanese. But capture of the Pacific islands was a different matter. It was to take three long years of bitter fighting, supported by the Dauntless, Hellcat, Avenger and Corsair aircraft of the US Navy and Marine Corps, to finish that bloody task.
Meanwhile, in Europe, the USAAF was assembling a mighty armada to join the massive aerial bombardment of the German heartland. B-17 Fortresses pounded the Reich by day, while escorting P-47 Thunderbolts and P-51 Mustangs swept the Luftwaffe from their path. When freed from supporting the bombers, the fighters raced at low level across western Europe, blasting trains, troops, tanks and whatever else fell before their guns.
In North Africa and the push through Italy, medium bombers reigned supreme, while B-24 Liberators pulverised the Reich's oilfields.
In China P-40 Warhawks and P-51 Mustangs fought a brave battle against fierce defence in primitive conditions.
And at sea the Catalinas, Liberators and Harpoons of the US Navy kept the convoy lanes open, waging a devastating campaign against enemy U-boats and shipping in both eastern and western hemispheres.
Back home, the regenerated US aviation industry developed, tested and produced thousands upon thousands of highly effective warplanes, while a massive training effort fuelled the demands of front lines around the globe.
And it was this US technical brilliance and industrial might which eventually prevailed; the B-29 Superfortress was the most advanced aircraft of its day, and it beat Japan to its knees before the final, awful blow of the first atomic bombardment.
AMERICAN WARPLANES OF WORLD WAR II describes every one of the aircraft which took part in this global victory, from lowly trainers to the pride of front-line squadrons.
In its spectacular presentation, AMERICAN WARPLANES OF WORLD WAR II is both a unique work of reference and a tribute to those brave airmen and the fabulous warplanes that ruled the skies during those dramatic, war-torn years.