Shlomo Aloni

Yom Kippur War 1973 (eBook, PDF)

Airpower in Israel's hardest-fought war
Illustrator: Bangsø, Mads

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The story of the hardest-fought air war of the jet era, where highly trained Israeli air forces almost met their match against Egypt and Syria's high-tech MiGs and missiles.

The Yom Kippur War, or October War of 1973 was perhaps the most intensive and savage air war in history. It pitted more than 300 Israeli combat aircraft - including modern US-built Phantoms and Skyhawks - against nearly 1,000 advanced Soviet-built jets from Egypt, Iraq, Libya, and Syria. During a war lasting just 19 days, each side flew an average of more than 1,000 sorties per day, and both sides lost around one-third of their aircraft.

Veteran Middle East aviation historian Shlomo Aloni explains how, in contrast to the striking success of the Six-Day War, Israel's prewar plans failed in 1973. Since the Six-Day War, Israel had modernized its air force and planned in detail for this air war. But the IDF underestimated the effectiveness of the latest Soviet air defense technology and doctrine, particularly the new SA-6 missile system.

With archive photos, spectacular combat artwork, 3D diagrams, and maps, this book unravels the complexities of one of the fiercest air wars of modern times, and explains how Israel's eventual victory was achieved against the odds and at a grave cost.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472858269
• Artikelnr.: 69442747

Autorenporträt

Shlomo Aloni has authored dozens of books and hundreds of articles covering Israel Air Force heritage and Middle East air warfare history.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chronology
Attacker's Capabilities
Technical devices and countermeasures
Bombing methods
Defender's Capabilities
Hamburg's flak defences
Night fighters and the Kammhuber Line
Campaign Objectives
The destruction of Hamburg
Population and 'de-housing'
The Campaign
Oil refineries, Bismarck and attacking the city, May 1940-February 1941
Assisting the Battle of the Atlantic during 1941
The battle of the German ports, January-April 1943
Operation Gomorrah, 24-25 July to 2-3 August 1943
Bomber Command's 'anniversary' raid
Oil and U-boats, September 1944-April 1945
Aftermath and Analysis
Further Reading
Index