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The Flying Fortress crews, sweating into their sheep-wool suits despite the 35-below-zero cold, watched the American fighters turn back over Belgium and the German fighters close in to attack. Again the B-17s were invading Germany with only their own guns to protect them. They were enroute to the ball-bearing plants at Schweinfurt on the biggest raid the U.S. Air Forces had ever attempted. Without ball-bearings, Hitlers war machine would grind to a halt. Decision over Schweinfurt describes moment by moment this August 17, 1943 raid as well as the second Schweinfurt mission, October 14, 1943 the two most savage battles in the history of air warfare. It also describes day by day the lives and deaths of the men on both sides who faced each other not only in these but in other epic battles. Yet Decision over Schweinfurt 1s more than the story of the two famous Schweinfurt missions; it is also the story of the development of the U.S. 8th Air Force in England, and the most crucial combat tests of the American daylight precision bombing strategy. Citing hundreds of previously unpublished documents, the book reveals for the first time the full struggle to establish this daring American Str

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Author

Coffey, Thomas M

Publisher

David. Mckay Co

Published

1977

Language

EN

ISBN

9780679507635

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, History, Humanities

Rating

3.72 / 5 (18 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14