A Forgotten Offensive: Royal Air Force Coastal Command's Anti-Shipping Campaign 1940-1945Routledge, 14 gen 2014 - 400 pagine The "forgotten offensive" of the title is RAF Coastal Command's offensive against German sea-trade between 1940 and 1945. The fortunes of the campaign are followed throughout the war, and its success is then evaluated in terms of the shipping sunk, and the impact on the German economy. |
Sommario
The First Maritime Aviation Experience | 1 |
2 The Ebb of Maritime Aviation 191929 | 34 |
3 The Nadir of Maritime Aviation 193039 | 72 |
The Early AntiShipping Campaign 1940 | 111 |
The AntiShipping Campaign in 1941 | 132 |
6 The Mounting Offensive 1942 | 161 |
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Parole e frasi comuni
254 Squadron 489 Squadron Admiralty AHB BBSU Report AHB Coastal Command’s air Air Ministry Air Staff aircraft aircrews Allied anti anti-shipping campaign anti-submarine AOC-in-C Appendix April Beaufighters Blenheim Bomber Command bombing bombsight Bowhill British calcs cent Chief of Air Coastal Command Review Command’s War Record Committee con convoy crews damaged Defence Despatch enemy enemy’s escort fighter flak Fleet Air Arm flying German Germany’s Group Ibid Intelligence Joubert July June Letter Luftwaffe March maritime aviation Memo merchant shipping merchant vessels minesweepers months Mosquito Murray Sueter Narvik navigation Navy North Sea Norway Norwegian Norwegian coast offensive Operational Research Section organisation paper patrols pilots Portal ports RAF’s reconnaissance Reichskommissar Royal Air Force Sea Lord Sept September Service Slessor strategic bombing Strike Wing Sub-Committee submarine sunk Swedish Table F tactics target tonnage tons torpedo aircraft torpedo attack trade trials U-boat units