Full account of the role of the Allied air forces - RAF and USAAF - in winning the war over the D-Day beaches and paving the way towards final victory.

Although D-Day was a combined operation involving ground, air and sea forces, much less is heard of the crucial air operations than the fighting on the surface - this book goes a long way towards correcting this omission. Operation Overlord, the Allied invason of occupied France, began in the opening minutes of 6 June 1944.By the end of the day a bridgehead had been won and gradually the Allied forces extended their grip.None of this would have been possible without air-power. In the weeks and months leading up to D-Day the RAF and the USAAF waged a concerted campaign against the German military infrastructure: fighter bases, road and rail routes and choke points, ammunition, fuel and troop depots; any target that would impede the Germans’ ability to repel the liberating forces.In the invasion itself, thousands of troops were air-dropped or air-landed, and throughout the day fighter patrols swarmed over the area while fighter-bombers engaged ground targets.In the days that followed the landings, air power remained vitally important in expanding the bridgehead into the path to final victory.With the aid of almost 200 archive photos this book - the product of detailed research in original documents - tells the story of this vital air campaign that went a long way to winning the war.

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Product Code:	9286
Author:	Ken Delve
ISBN:	1 86126 704 5
Format:	192pp, b/w photographs, and illustrations, maps, hb. Published Price £16.99
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