“Big Week” 1944
Operation Argument and the breaking of the Jagdwaffe
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Technology, Military Science, History, Military, Aviation
| Author: | Douglas C. Dildy | ISBN: | 9781472824523 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing | Publication: | December 24, 2020 |
| Imprint: | Osprey Publishing | Language: | English |
| Author: | Douglas C. Dildy |
| ISBN: | 9781472824523 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Publication: | December 24, 2020 |
| Imprint: | Osprey Publishing |
| Language: | English |
In the years before World War II, it was believed that strategic bombing would win wars, but none foresaw the devastation that German radar-directed interceptors would inflict on large bomber formations.
With the increasingly urgent need to eliminate German fighter-aircraft prior to D-Day, a concerted two-phase effort was launched, codenamed 'Operation Argument'. Targeting aircraft factories with hundreds of heavy bombers escorted by the new long-range P-51 Mustang, the operation, known to history as the 'Big Week' campaign, was designed to destroy aircraft production on the ground, and force the Luftwaffe into combat to defend these vital facilities – when it was intended that the new escort fighters would take their toll on the German interceptors.
Using specially commissioned artwork and maps, this is a detailed and fascinating analysis of history's first-ever successful offensive counter-air (OCA) campaign.
In the years before World War II, it was believed that strategic bombing would win wars, but none foresaw the devastation that German radar-directed interceptors would inflict on large bomber formations.
With the increasingly urgent need to eliminate German fighter-aircraft prior to D-Day, a concerted two-phase effort was launched, codenamed 'Operation Argument'. Targeting aircraft factories with hundreds of heavy bombers escorted by the new long-range P-51 Mustang, the operation, known to history as the 'Big Week' campaign, was designed to destroy aircraft production on the ground, and force the Luftwaffe into combat to defend these vital facilities – when it was intended that the new escort fighters would take their toll on the German interceptors.
Using specially commissioned artwork and maps, this is a detailed and fascinating analysis of history's first-ever successful offensive counter-air (OCA) campaign.
