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Operation Pointblank 1944 : defeating the Luftwaffe / Steven J. Zaloga.
- Title
- Operation Pointblank 1944 : defeating the Luftwaffe / Steven J. Zaloga.
- Author
- Zaloga, Steve, 1952-
- Publication
- Long Island City, NY : Osprey Publishing, c2011.
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- Description
- 96 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "Operation Pointblank was the code name for the United States Army Air Force's attempt to destroy German fighter capability through the use of strategic bombing in advance of the D-Day landings ... Accompanied by detailed maps and illustrations, this book examines the entire operation from both the Allied and German perspectives, focusing on the strategic and tactical decisions that determined the outcome."--Cover p. [iv].
- Series Statement
- Campaign ; 236
- Uniform Title
- Campaign (Osprey Publishing) 236.
- Subject
- United States. Air Force, 8th > History
- Germany. Luftwaffe > History > World War, 1939-1945
- Germany. Luftwaffe
- United States. Air Force, 8th
- World War (1939-1945)
- 1900 - 1999
- World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American
- Bombing, Aerial > Germany > History > 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, German
- Fighter planes > Germany > History > 20th century
- Military operations, Aerial > American
- Military operations, Aerial > German
- Bombing, Aerial
- Fighter planes
- Germany
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-94) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Chronology -- The strategic setting -- The opposing commanders -- The opposing forces -- Opposing plans -- Operation Pointblank -- The battlefield today.
- ISBN
- 9781849083850 (pbk.)
- 1849083851 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2011283719
- OCLC
- 676726859
- SCSB-10743678
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library