Fighters over the Aegean: Hurricanes over Crete, Spitfires

Fighters over the Aegean: Hurricanes over Crete, Spitfires over Kos, Beaufighters over the Aegean 1943 - 44

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 pressurized 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 firsthand accounts from both British and German aircrew extracted from official reports and memoirs.
Country USA
Brand Fonthill Media
Manufacturer Fonthill Media
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 32 black and white photographs
ReleaseDate 2015-03-26
UnitCount 1
UPCs 783324878059
EANs 9781781550441

Country	USA
Brand	Fonthill Media
Manufacturer	Fonthill Media
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	32 black and white photographs
ReleaseDate	2015-03-26
UnitCount	1
UPCs	783324878059
EANs	9781781550441

Fighters over the Aegean: Hurricanes over Crete, Spitfires over Kos, Beaufighters over the Aegean 1943 - 44

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