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Big Week: Six Days That Changed the Course of World War II Hardcover - 2012

by Bill Yenne


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In just six days, the United States Strategic Air Forces changed the course of military offense in World War II. During those six days, they launched the largest bombing campaign of the war, dropping roughly 10,000 tons of bombs in a rain of destruction that would take the skies back from the Nazis…

The Allies knew that if they were to invade Hitler’s Fortress Europe, they would have to wrest air superiority from the mighty Luftwaffe.

The plan of the Unites States Strategic Air Forces was risky. During the week of February 20th, 1944—and joined by the RAF Bomber Command—the USAAF Eighth and Fifteenth Air Force bombers took on this vital and extremely risky mission. They ran the gauntlet of the most heavily defended air space in the world to deal a death blow to Germany’s aircraft industry, and made them pay with the planes already in the air. In the coming months, this Big Week would prove a deciding factor in the war.

Both sides were dealt losses, and whereas the Allies could recover, damage to the Luftwaffe was irreparable. Thus Big Week became one of the most important episodes of World War II, and coincidentally, one of the most overlooked—until now.

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Bill Yenne is the author of many works of military fiction and nonfiction, as well as histories of America’s great aviation companies. He is a contributor to encyclopedias of both World Wars, and has appeared on the History Channel. 

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  • Title Big Week: Six Days That Changed the Course of World War II
  • Author Bill Yenne
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Berkley Books, NY
  • Date 2012-12-31
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780425255759 / 0425255751
  • Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.3 in (23.11 x 16.00 x 3.30 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Western
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012038542
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.544

About the author

Bill Yenne is the author of many works of military fiction and nonfiction, as well as histories of America s great aviation companies. He is a contributor to encyclopedias of both World Wars, and has appeared on the History Channel."
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