Pictorial History of the Royal Air Force Volume Two 1939-1945

This second volume of the Pictorial History of the RAF tells of the tremendous contribution that the Royal Air Force made to victory in World War II.
Officially released information, including the results of research not available to earlier historians, has enabled John W. R. Taylor and Philip J. R. Moyes to compare with unprecedented clarity the qualities of the aircraft used by both sides in World War Il. We are shown how Bomber Command's offensive, largely ineffective up to the autumn of 1941, was so changed by the introduction of secret new equipment, formidable new aircraft and bold new tactics that it was able to pave the way for victory in the west. Other chapters take the reader to North and East Africa, the Far East, over the Atlantic wherever the Royal Air Force and its allies waged and won the war in the air - and shows clearly why the Royal Air Force was unbeatable in the face of what should have been impossible odds.
In this new edition the size, format and photographs of the original volume have been changed. With over 200 new photographs it is a superb history of a Service that performed valiantly and with devastating effect in all theatres of World War Il.

Contents

Introduction Europe: September 1939-June 1940
Battle of Britain: June 1940-October 1940
Parry and Thrust Europe: October 1940-September 1941
Africa, Middle East and Mediterranean: June 1940-May 1943
The Defeat of Germany September 1941-May 1945
The War against Japan December1941-August 1945

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Autore/i John W.R. Taylor, Philip John Richard Moyes
Editore Ian Allan Publishing Luogo London
Anno 1980 Pagine 156
Dimensioni 17x24 (cm) Illustrazioni ill. b/n n.t. - b/w ills.
Legatura cart. edit. con sovracc. ill. colori - Hardcover with dustjacket Conservazione usato come nuovo - used like new
Lingua Inglese - English text Peso 1000 (gr)
ISBN 0711010064 EAN-13 9780711010062