Fifth Air Force Light and Medium Bomber Operations during 1942 and 1943: Building Doctrine and Forces That Triumphed in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781288316274)

When Generals George C. Kenney and Ennis C. Whitehead became the two senior commanders of the US Fifth Air Force in July 1942 their work was cut out for them. The previous January, the Japanese secured the port of Rabaul in eastern New Britain. They immediately began the drive down the east coast of New Guinea with the objective of driving the Allies from Port Moresby. For the next year and a half, in some the harshest climate of World War II, the Fifth Air Force helped to reverse the tide and drive the Japanese from eastern New Guinea. This was accomplished despite the Europe-first policy and an inappropriate doctrine based on high altitude, daylight, precision bombing.

Author: Timothy D. Gann
ISBN-10: 1288316275
ISBN-13: 9781288316274
Publisher: Biblioscholar
Language: English
Published: 11/19/2012
Pages: 64
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.29lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.13d