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Item specifics
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- Release Year
- 2018
- ISBN
- 9780802128393
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
GROVE/Atlantic, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0802128394
ISBN-13
9780802128393
eBay Product ID (ePID)
243111098
Product Key Features
Book Title
Big Week : Smashing the Luftwaffe, February 1944
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Europe / Germany, Military / World War II, Europe / Western, Military / United States, Europe / Great Britain / General
Publication Year
2018
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.5 in
Item Weight
23.6 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2018-047031
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Praise for The Allies Strike Back, 1941-1943: The War in the West, Volume 2 : A Military History Book Club Main Selection An Amazon Best Book of the Month (History) "Detailed, well-researched, and comprehensive . . . Holland makes a strong case . . . [He] shifts smoothly between high-level strategy and tactical battlefield events, producing a good refresher to the large strategic picture for those who are deeply read in WWII history and an excellent introduction to the war in Western Europe for the general reader." -- Publishers Weekly "An illuminating read from a skilled historian . . . Holland delivers a detailed, opinionated account of fighting in North Africa, the Atlantic submarine campaign, and the air war while acknowledging (and often describing) the far larger war in Russia . . . Expert, anecdote-filled, thoroughly entertaining." -- Kirkus Reviews "Holland puts the case for Allied technological and military skills as a vital factor in turning the war's tide, and makes us eager for the third and final part of what now ranks as a towering work of historical research and writing." -- BBC History Magazine "A well-researched, lively account." -- CHOICE "Holland's two greatest qualities, his engaging writing style and his ability to weave multiple threads into a convincing whole, are on display once more in this accessible and authoritative history . . . Holland, a successful fiction author as well, keeps his reader gripped with an engrossing tale, which both educates and entertains. In Holland's own words this is 'a truly epic and astonishing story' and the same could be said for his book." -- History of War (UK) "Holland shoots down the myth of German invincibility . . . All the great turning points of 1941-43 are here. A triumph" -- Sunday Express (UK) "Holland brings a fresh eye to the ebb and flow of the conflict . . . [A] majestic saga" -- Literary Review (UK) "This second volume easily reaches the benchmark set by its predecessor . . . The style is crisp, engaging, absorbing, it really does have the feel of a fresh and revisionist perspective on the momentous events that occurred between 1941 and 1943." -- Soldier (UK) Praise for The Rise of Germany, 1939-1941: The War in the West, Volume 1 : A Military History Book Club Main Selection "This is narrative history as intimate, intricate tapestry . . . Mr. Holland's success is built in part on an engaging writing style and in part on a genuinely fresh approach to events that have been so often--and apparently definitively--recounted. This is at heart an operational narrative, but with a difference: Mr. Holland takes the time and space to enhance his recounting of troop and ship movements and clashes of arms with the stuff of wider humanity. He deftly interweaves the experiences of refugees, of civilians, of the warriors' loved ones and of the political elites, while never distracting us with meaningless sentimentality or extraneous personal detail. This is harder to do than it looks. Mr. Holland's achievement is exceptional . . . [An] epic narrative." -- Wall Street Journal "Impeccably researched and superbly written . . . [Holland] skewers a number of myths about the early years of the Second World War . . . Holland's fascinating saga offers a mixture of captivating new research and well-considered revisionism. The next two volumes should be unmissable." -- Guardian, Praise for The Allies Strike Back, 1941-1943: The War in the West, Volume 2 : A Military History Book Club Main Selection An Amazon Best Book of the Month (History) "As someone who considers himself well-read in World War II history, this reviewer was pleasantly surprised to discover how much he did not know, and, moreover, how much of what he thought he knew was simply not true. The second volume in Holland''s trilogy is even better than his first . . . A fascinating story of how the fortunes of war changed in obvious--and particularly not so obvious--ways." --Col. Eric M. Walters, Military Review "Detailed, well-researched, and comprehensive . . . Holland makes a strong case . . . [He] shifts smoothly between high-level strategy and tactical battlefield events, producing a good refresher to the large strategic picture for those who are deeply read in WWII history and an excellent introduction to the war in Western Europe for the general reader." -- Publishers Weekly "An illuminating read from a skilled historian . . . Holland delivers a detailed, opinionated account of fighting in North Africa, the Atlantic submarine campaign, and the air war while acknowledging (and often describing) the far larger war in Russia . . . Expert, anecdote-filled, thoroughly entertaining." -- Kirkus Reviews "Holland puts the case for Allied technological and military skills as a vital factor in turning the war''s tide, and makes us eager for the third and final part of what now ranks as a towering work of historical research and writing." -- BBC History Magazine "A well-researched, lively account." -- CHOICE "Holland''s two greatest qualities, his engaging writing style and his ability to weave multiple threads into a convincing whole, are on display once more in this accessible and authoritative history . . . Holland, a successful fiction author as well, keeps his reader gripped with an engrossing tale, which both educates and entertains. In Holland''s own words this is ''a truly epic and astonishing story'' and the same could be said for his book." -- History of War (UK) "Holland shoots down the myth of German invincibility . . . All the great turning points of 1941-43 are here. A triumph" -- Sunday Express (UK) "Holland brings a fresh eye to the ebb and flow of the conflict . . . [A] majestic saga" -- Literary Review (UK) "This second volume easily reaches the benchmark set by its predecessor . . . The style is crisp, engaging, absorbing, it really does have the feel of a fresh and revisionist perspective on the momentous events that occurred between 1941 and 1943." -- Soldier (UK) Praise for The Rise of Germany, 1939-1941: The War in the West, Volume 1 : A Military History Book Club Main Selection "This is narrative history as intimate, intricate tapestry . . . Mr. Holland''s success is built in part on an engaging writing style and in part on a genuinely fresh approach to events that have been so often--and apparently definitively--recounted. This is at heart an operational narrative, but with a difference: Mr. Holland takes the time and space to enhance his recounting of troop and ship movements and clashes of arms with the stuff of wider humanity. He deftly interweaves the experiences of refugees, of civilians, of the warriors'' loved ones and of the political elites, while never distracting us with meaningless sentimentality or extraneous personal detail. This is harder to do than it looks. Mr. Holland''s achievement is exceptional . . . [An] epic narrative." -- Wall Street Journal "Impeccably researched and superbly written . . . [Holland] skewers a number of myths about the early years of the Second World War . . . Holland''s fascinating saga offers a mixture of captivating new research and well-considered revisionism. The next two volumes should be unmissable." -- Guardian
Dewey Decimal
940.54/213
Synopsis
The vivid and largely untold story of the dramatic Allied air campaign against Germany that was a turning point in World War II and ultimately crucial to the success of D-Day and the Allied invasion of Europe, The vivid and largely untold story of the dramatic Allied air campaign against Germany that was a turning point in World War II and ultimately crucial to the success of D-Day and the Allied invasion of Europe During the third week of February 1944, the combined Allied air forces based in Britain and Italy launched their first round-the-clock bomber offensive against Germany. Their goal: to smash the main factories and production centers of the Luftwaffe while also drawing German planes into an aerial battle of attrition to neutralize the Luftwaffe as a fighting force prior to the cross-channel invasion, planned for a few months later. Officially called Operation ARGUMENT, this aerial offensive quickly became known as "Big Week," and it was one of the turning-point engagements of World War II. In Big Week , acclaimed World War II historian James Holland chronicles the massive air battle through the experiences of those who lived and died during it. Prior to Big Week, the air forces on both sides were in crisis. Allied raids into Germany were being decimated, but German resources--fuel and pilots--were strained to the breaking point. Ultimately new Allied aircraft--especially the American long-range P-51 Mustang--and superior tactics won out during Big Week. Through interviews, oral histories, diaries, and official records, Holland follows the fortunes of pilots, crew, and civilians on both sides, taking readers from command headquarters to fighter cockpits to anti-aircraft positions and civilian chaos on the ground, vividly recreating the campaign as it was conceived and unfolded. In the end, the six days of intense air battles largely cleared the skies of enemy aircraft when the invasion took place on June 6, 1944--D-Day. Big Week is both an original contribution to WWII literature and a brilliant piece of narrative history, recapturing a largely forgotten campaign that was one of the most critically important periods of the entire war., During the third week of February 1944, the combined Allied air forces based in Britain and Italy launched their first round-the-clock bomber offensive against Germany. Their goal: to smash the main factories and production centers of the Luftwaffe while also drawing German planes into an aerial battle of attrition to neutralize the Luftwaffe as a fighting force prior to the cross-channel invasion, planned for a few months later. Officially called Operation ARGUMENT, this aerial offensive quickly became known as "Big Week," and it was one of the turning-point engagements of World War II. In Big Week , acclaimed World War II historian James Holland chronicles the massive air battle through the experiences of those who lived and died during it. Prior to Big Week, the air forces on both sides were in crisis. Allied raids into Germany were being decimated, but German resources--fuel and pilots--were strained to the breaking point. Ultimately new Allied aircraft--especially the American long-range P-51 Mustang--and superior tactics won out during Big Week. Through interviews, oral histories, diaries, and official records, Holland follows the fortunes of pilots, crew, and civilians on both sides, taking readers from command headquarters to fighter cockpits to anti-aircraft positions and civilian chaos on the ground, vividly recreating the campaign as it was conceived and unfolded. In the end, the six days of intense air battles largely cleared the skies of enemy aircraft when the invasion took place on June 6, 1944--D-Day. Big Week is both an original contribution to WWII literature and a brilliant piece of narrative history, recapturing a largely forgotten campaign that was one of the most critically important periods of the entire war.
LC Classification Number
D785.H57 2018
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