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Fire in the sky : the air war in the South Pacific

Author: Eric M Bergerud
Publisher: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2000.
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A chronicle of the Pacific Air War in World War II draws on interviews with surviving veterans of all duties to paint a detailed look at the war in the sky.
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Bergerud, Eric M.
Fire in the sky.
Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2000
(OCoLC)607375359
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Eric M Bergerud
ISBN: 081332985X 9780813329857
OCLC Number: 42002639
Description: xxviii, 723 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents: The Three-Dimensional Battlefield --
Defining the Battlefield: Air-Base Networks --
War in an Unlikely Place: Japanese Air-Base Networks in the South Pacific --
Sites for Victory: Allied Base Networks --
The Land and Air --
Modern War in a Primitive Place --
A Malignant Land --
A Dangerous Sky --
Machines and Men in the South Pacific --
Japanese Warplanes --
Japanese Navy Aircraft --
Japanese Army Aircraft --
Allied Aircraft --
Allied Fighters --
Allied Bombers --
Airmen in the South Pacific --
Preparation for War --
Morale --
Fire in the Sky: Air Battle in the South Pacific --
Deadly Geometry: Fighter Warfare in the South Pacific --
Fighter Formations and Missions --
Maneuver and Melee --
Making History: Bombers in the South Pacific --
A Confused Start --
Allied Bombers Take Control --
Helping the Ground-Pounders --
The Destruction of Japanese Airpower --
Author's Note on Technical Information Including Table of Major Warplanes in the South Pacific Theater.
Responsibility: Eric M. Bergerud.
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A chronicle of the Pacific Air War in World War II draws on interviews with surviving veterans of all duties to paint a detailed look at the war in the sky.

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