America in the air war

America in the air war

by Jablonski, Edward

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When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the Army Air Forces had only 1,100 combat-ready planes. No one could have imagined then that within the next four years the AAF would become the mighty weapon commemorated in the paintings reproduced on the following pages, or that it would have to scope to engage in what its commander, General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold, described as a "global mission." Nevertheless, by 1944 the AAF had grown into 16 separate air forces stationed around t…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :America in the air war / by Edward Jablonski and the editors of Time-Life Books.

Summary

When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the Army Air Forces had only 1,100 combat-ready planes. No one could have imagined then that within the next four years the AAF would become the mighty weapon commemorated in the paintings reproduced on the following pages, or that it would have to scope to engage in what its commander, General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold, described as a "global mission." Nevertheless, by 1944 the AAF had grown into 16 separate air forces stationed around the world, and its 1,100 planes had grown to nearly 80,000.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©1982
  • Edition:Second printing, revised 1984

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Time-Life Books
  • Place of Publication:Alexandria, VA
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©1982

The Physical Object

  • Description:176 pages : : illustrations (some color) ; : 29 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0809433435, 9780809433438, 0809433419, 9780809433414, 0809433427, 9780809433421
  • oclc:ocm21201453
  • LC Classification:D790
  • Dewey Decimal:940.54973

Table of Contents

The Fall & Rise of U.S. Air Power -- Target Europe -- Little Friends to the Rescue -- Acme of Destruction -- 'One Damned Island After Another'.

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Subjects

History Military operations, Aerial -- American United States., Army World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operatio…

Writers

Jablonski, Edward

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