Strike From the Sky: The History of Battlefield Air Attack, 1910-1945University of Alabama Press, 14.03.2010 - 391 Seiten Chronicles the history of battlefield air attack from 1911, when the airplane was first used in war, to the end of World War II. |
Inhalt
Introduction | 1 |
The First World War | 7 |
Small Conflicts of the Interwar Years | 43 |
Abyssinia Spain and War in Asia | 77 |
The Second World War | 127 |
Where We Have Come Where We Are Where We Are Going | 261 |
Glossary | 273 |
Source Notes | 276 |
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