Bill Yenne

Macarthur's Air Force

American Airpower Over the Pacific and the Far East, 1941-51

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Produktbeschreibung

General Douglas MacArthur ended World War II controlling one of the most powerful air forces in the world. This new history traces its development from its origins in the Philippines through to its eventual victory in the skies over Japan and its key role in the Korean War.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 672g
• ISBN-13: 9781472833235
• ISBN-10: 1472833236
• Artikelnr.: 54851530

Autorenporträt

Bill Yenne

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue: MacArthur and Airpower Chapter 1: Starting Out in the Crosshairs
of Calamity Chapter 2: Shoestring Air Force Chapter 3: Who's in Charge of
What? Chapter 4: Making Do with Nothing Chapter 5: Clinging to New Guinea
Chapter 6: The Battles of Buna Chapter 7: Airpower Over Naval Power Chapter
8: The Battle of the Bismarck Sea Chapter 9: Japanese Air Superiority
Challenged Chapter 10: Japanese Air Superiority Met Head-On Chapter 11:
Allied Air Superiority Achieved Chapter 12: Cartwheel Over Rabaul Chapter
13: Expanding the Perimeter Chapter 14: The Ploesti of the Pacific Chapter
15: MacArthur's Return to the Philippines Chapter 16: MacArthur's Expanding
Air Force Chapter 17: Victory in Leyte and Mindoro Chapter 18: The Bloody
Road to Manila Chapter 19: The Superfortress Chapter 20: From Borneo to
Formosa Chapter 21: First Strikes on Japan Chapter 23: After the War
Chapter 24: MacArthur's Air Force in Korea Epilogue: By the Numbers