Woodslane | Book - 9781781556320

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ISBN-13: 9781781556320
Publisher: FONTHILL
Imprint: FONTHILL
By Brian Cull
Price: AUD $50.99
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Local release date: 08/12/2017
Format: Paperback (234.00mm X 156.00mm) 192 pages Weight: 302g
Categories: European history [HBJD]Second World War [HBWQ]Air forces & warfare [JWG]Greece [1DVG]c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) [3JJH]

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Google Preview: Following the Casablanca Conference in January 1943, at which the Americans refused to back Britain's plan to invade the Dodecanese Islands in the Aegean, to be followed by an invasion of the Greek mainland, a weakened British attempt was made with disastrous results. The Americans wished to concentrate all their forces in capturing Sicily and then invading southern Italy. In this first comprehensive account of aerial operations over the Eastern Mediterranean/Aegean, the first chapter covers the disastrous Hurricane attack on Crete (Operation Thesis), an attempt to divert Axis attention from Sicily; subsequent chapters deal with British landings on the islands of Kos and Leros when Spitfires vainly attempted to hold the Luftwaffe at bay. Meanwhile, Beaufighters flying from North Africa and Cyprus roamed over the Aegean attacking shipping and aerial transports with success but at a heavy cost, until the Germans withdrew from the Aegean and the Greek mainland. In addition, specially modified Spitfires are detailed to combat pressurised high-altitude Ju 87 spy planes used by the Luftwaffe based on Crete, and the Fleet Air Arm with its Seafires, Wildcats and Hellcats over the Aegean. Also, the book includes many first-hand accounts from both British and German aircrew extracted from official reports and memoirs.; Google Preview content