Operation Pointblank 1944: Defeating the Luftwaffe

Operation Pointblank 1944: Defeating the Luftwaffe

Operation Pointblank 1944: Defeating the Luftwaffe

Operation Pointblank 1944: Defeating the Luftwaffe

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Overview

Operation Pointblank was the code name for the United States Army Air Force's attempt to destroy German fighter capability through the use of daylight strategic bombing in advance of the D-Day landings. Launched in 1943, the operation immediately met with severe problems, most notably the horrible attrition experienced by the US bomber forces. However, with the arrival of the P-51 Mustang, the United States was able to equip the fighters to fly on long-range-bomber escort missions and take the fight to the Luftwaffe in the skies over Germany. This book examines the entire operation from both the Allied and the German perspectives, covering all the main decisions and technological innovations made by both sides in this epic struggle.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781849088206
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 07/20/2011
Series: Campaign , #236
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 96
File size: 16 MB
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About the Author

Steven J. Zaloga received his BA in history from Union College and his MA from Columbia University. He has worked as an analyst in the aerospace industry for over two decades, covering missile systems and the international arms trade, and has served with the Institute for Defense Analyses, a federal think-tank. He is the author of numerous books on military technology and military history, with an accent on the US Army in World War II as well as Russia and the former Soviet Union.
Steven J. Zaloga received his BA in History from Union College and his MA from Columbia University. He has worked as an analyst in the aerospace industry for three decades, covering missile systems and the international arms trade, and has served with the Institute for Defense Analyses, a federal think tank. He is the author of numerous books on military technology and history, including NVG 294 Allied Tanks in Normandy 1944 and NVG 283 American Guided Missiles of World War II. He currently lives in Maryland, USA.

Table of Contents

Introduction 5

Chronology 8

The Strategic Setting 9

The Opposing Commanders 23

Luftwaffe

American commanders

The Opposing Forces 30

Luftwaffe

USAAF

Opposing Plans 51

USAAF plans

German plans

Operation Pointblank 58

Prelude to Operation Argument

Operation Argument

Confrontation: Berlin, March 1944

Beyond Operation Pointblank

Hitting the Achilles heel: the oil campaign, May 1944

The payoff: Operation Overlord and beyond

The Battlefield Today 90

Further Reading 92

US strategic bombing survey reports

US Air Force historical studies Books

Index 95

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