Research Catalog

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