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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Conversino, Mark J.
Titre(s) : Fighting with the Soviets [Texte imprimé] : the failure of Operation FRANTIC, 1944-1945 / Mark J. Conversino
Publication : Lawrence (Kan.) : University Press of Kansas, copyright 1997
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XI-284 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Collection : Modern war studies
Lien à la collection : Modern war studies
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. p. 225-259. Bibliogr. p. 261-268. Index
Using Ukranian air bases, Operation FRANTIC was designed to help deliver the knockout
blow to the Nazi war machine while minimizing the severe losses experienced by Allied
air forces in the daylight bombing campaigns over Germany. In theory, it allowed American
bombers to reach targets deeper in Germany, divert Luftwaffe air support away from
Normandy, and provide additional cover for battles on the Soviets' western front.
American strategists also hoped that the operation would forge closer ties with the
USSR and encourage the ever-wary Stalin to allow access to Siberian air bases for
use against Japan. Conversino, however, shows that events did not quite go as planned.
His study portrays one of the great "might-have-beens" of the war and illustrates
how it fell victim to politics, swift victories on the battlefield, and clashing national
visions
Sujet(s) : Opération Frantic (1944)
Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) -- Opérations aériennes soviétiques
Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) -- Opérations aériennes américaines
Relations militaires -- États-Unis -- URSS -- 1900-1945
Indice(s) Dewey :
940.544 973 (23e éd.) = Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 - Opérations aériennes des États-Unis
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 0700608087. - ISBN 9780700608089 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45558255t
Notice n° :
FRBNF45558255
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