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Normandy 1944 - Julian Hale

Normandy 1944

The 'Transportation Plan' to cut D-Day communications

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Buch | Softcover
96 Seiten
2025
Osprey Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4728-6580-9 (ISBN)
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Packed with illustrations, this is the first book to focus on the 'Transportation Plan', the air campaign to isolate the D-Day beaches from German reinforcements.

As the invasion of Europe grew closer, thought was given to how to use the Allies' substantial forces of heavy bombers in preparation. After much controversy, the plan eventually adopted was the ‘Transportation Plan’, in which the railway and road networks of France (and hence the German logistical chain) were targeted in order to slow German reinforcements to the Normandy beachhead both before and during the Allied invasion.

In this book, aviation researcher Julian Hale draws on new archive research to explain how this crucial, dangerous and often spectacular campaign was fought. Running from April to July 1944, it would eventually involve heavy and medium bombers of both the RAF and USAAF, with a starring role for the fighter-bombers of the Ninth Air Force. Early attacks by strategic bombers on the French rail nodes were only partially successful at best. In mid-May, the decision was taken to attack bridges and road and rail traffic intensively using fighter-bombers, mainly drawn from the US Ninth.

Illustrated with carefully chosen photos, spectacular battlescene artwork and explanatory maps and 3D diagrams, this is the story of how Allied airpower paved the way for D-Day.

Julian Hale read History at Lancaster University and completed an MA on the RFC and RAF in the Middle East during World War I. In 2012, he joined the RAF Museum and catalogued the Jack Bruce Collection. He was the Assistant Curator for the Museum’s Centenary Programme until June 2018, and is the author of The Blitz 1940-41 for Osprey. Graham Turner is an award-winning historical painter and member of the Guild of Aviation Artists.

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Introduction
Chronology
Attacker's Capabilities
Defender's Capabilities
Campaign Objectives
The Campaign
Aftermath and Analysis
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 19.6.2025
Reihe/Serie Air Campaign
Illustrationen Graham Turner
Zusatzinfo Illustrated throughout with 65 photos and 14 pages of colour illustrations
Sprache englisch
Maße 184 x 248 mm
Themenwelt Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte 1918 bis 1945
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Militärgeschichte
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10 1-4728-6580-4 / 1472865804
ISBN-13 978-1-4728-6580-9 / 9781472865809
Zustand Neuware
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