1942 The Second World War In The Air In Photographs
Regular price
€23.99
14 days return policy
Shipping & Delivery
A01=L. Archard
Author_L. Archard
Category=AJC
Category=JWCM
Category=JWL
Category=NHWL
Category=NHWR7
eq_art-fashion-photography
eq_bestseller
eq_history
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
History
Military Aircraft
Military History
Military History of Air Forces
Military History of Strategy
Military History of World War II
Social Sciences
War & Defence Operations
World War Two
WWII
Product details
- ISBN 9781445622460
- Weight: 350g
- Dimensions: 165 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 15 Nov 2014
- Publisher: Amberley Publishing
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
On 1 September 1939, Germany invaded Poland. It was the start of a conflict that would erupt over every continent, see the deaths of tens of millions of people, much of central Europe destroyed, the development of jets, ballistic missiles and computers as well as the atomic bomb.
The year 1942 saw the eruption of war in the Far East as Japanese forces continued the offensive across Asia and the Pacific, which had begun with the attacks on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. However, the Japanese advance would be checked at the Battle of the Coral Sea, Guadalcanal and, most importantly, the Battle of Midway. Meanwhile, the US was building up its strength in Europe as well, the Eighth Air Force beginning offensive operations against Germany, while fighting continued in the Mediterranean and North Africa as the Malta convoys continued to scrape through and the Battle of Stalingrad dominated the Eastern Front. The Second World War was now a truly global conflict.
L. Archard is a military history author specialising in World War Two and aviation.
