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Clash of Wings: World War II in the Air (1994)

door Walter J. Boyne

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"Clash of Wings is the first popularly written, comprehensive account of the role of air power over land and sea in World War II. Col. Walter J. Boyne, USAF (Ret.), brings extensive experience and an expert knowledge to this lively history." "World War II was the first major war in history in which air power played a decisive role. Yet even today, fifty years after the events, there is still some disagreement about the lessons of the war. In this analysis of the major air powers, Col. Boyne offers some fascinating and surprising conclusions:" "Air superiority in Europe was not won until American bombers were used as bait to lure the German fighters up to be destroyed." "The Soviet Union's Air Force has been terribly underrated; its key role in turning back the Nazi invasion is still not fully appreciated." "The Japanese Air Force, while initially superb in equipment and training, was too small to engage in a world war; its initial successes derived from British and American unpreparedness. Later, the Japanese were reduced to futile, suicidal kamikaze tactics." "The Germans did not realize the huge number of aircraft they needed until it was too late." "The Allies were slow to use air power effectively, but when they did, they changed the course of the war. The Axis powers never altered their fundamental strategies, even as those strategies failed." "Boyne carefully analyzes the important technological breakthroughs, such as radar, which gave the RAF the decisive advantage in the Battle of Britain, and the jet plane, which came too late to save Germany. He sheds new light on the controversies over the strategic bombing of Germany and Japan and the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki." "Clash of Wings also profiles the important, often colorful figures who directed the major air campaigns, among them Generals Arnold, Spaatz, LeMay, and Doolittle in the U.S.; Air Marshals Dowding and Harris in Britain; Reichsmarschall Goring and Generalleutnant Adolf Galland in Germany; Admiral Yamamoto in Japan; and General Balbo in Italy. Boyne discusses the principal air campaigns, including the invasions of Poland and Western Europe, the long hard fights in the desert, the mammoth campaign in Russia, and the day and night bombing campaigns, as well as the violent carrier battles that transformed war at sea from Pearl Harbor to Okinawa and beyond. In the process he applies his vast knowledge to critically evaluate all of the famous planes, both fighters and bombers, that made history, among them the Spitfire, Mustang, Hellcat, Fortress, Liberator, Messerschmitt, Thunderbolt, Zero, Shturmovik, and the B-29. He also analyzes lesser-known planes as well, including the Gladiator, Falco, Helldiver, Owl, and Oscar." "Authoritatively researched and vividly written, Clash of Wings is a fresh, comprehensive look at pivotal events of World War II in the air."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved… (meer)
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An excellent work of military history that analyzes World War II through the use and misuse of war planes and the strategy of war from the air. Each major air force is described in terms of its goals--and its ability to reach or fail to attain those targets--its successes and failures, the planes themselves--often in comparison with the planes that flew against them--and the men who planned and flew and died. The author provides a critique how each Axis and Allied participant responded to the challenges they faced and explains why a course of action succeeded or failed. The writing is superbly lively and interest never flags. Sometimes one encounters extraordinary wisdom and great heroism; sometimes ineptitude and small mindedness. The author takes on controversy with enthusiasm, explaining both sides of an issue--for example, the bombing of Dresden--and then explains why he agrees or disagrees with the path taken. An entertaining and informative read, the best type of history. ( )
  neddludd | Sep 1, 2015 |
A generic account of air power in World War II by a noted writer on aviation history. It mostly narrates what happened without much analysis. Boyne does remark that the prewar bombing theorists got the effects of bombers and fighters almost exactly backward. Instead of "the bomber always getting through," it was actually fighters that determined the course of the air war. Boyne remarks that wherever friendly fighters went, bombers could go, but, to a large extent, where fighters did not go, bombers could not go, either.

This book does contain one intriguing suggestion. In one paragraph Boyne speculates about what would have happened if the Germans had developed the Me-262 as a fighter, as originally projected, and rushed it into production by the middle of 1943 to counter the Allied bombing offensive. This would have made the introduction of the P-51 moot, since the Me-262 greatly outperformed all Allied propeller-driven fighters, including the P-51. He suggests that if Me-262s enabled the Germans to gain air superiority over the Continent, that might have made the cross-Channel invasion impossible, since air power could have threatened the invasion fleet as well as the troops and supplies in the beachhead. If the cross-Channel invasion were prevented or significantly delayed, the result would have been to allow the Soviet army to drive all the way across Germany and maybe even to the English Channel, with incalculable political consequences for postwar Europe. This speculation interacts interestingly with Larry Bidinian's point that the Allied bombing of German cities infuriated Hitler to the point that he wanted to punish the British people, which led him to force the developers of the Me-262 to delay it to add bombing capability instead of keeping it as a pure fighter. As in so many other ways, in the second half of the war Hitler was in many ways Germany's worst enemy... ( )
  quizshow77 | Aug 10, 2011 |
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"Clash of Wings is the first popularly written, comprehensive account of the role of air power over land and sea in World War II. Col. Walter J. Boyne, USAF (Ret.), brings extensive experience and an expert knowledge to this lively history." "World War II was the first major war in history in which air power played a decisive role. Yet even today, fifty years after the events, there is still some disagreement about the lessons of the war. In this analysis of the major air powers, Col. Boyne offers some fascinating and surprising conclusions:" "Air superiority in Europe was not won until American bombers were used as bait to lure the German fighters up to be destroyed." "The Soviet Union's Air Force has been terribly underrated; its key role in turning back the Nazi invasion is still not fully appreciated." "The Japanese Air Force, while initially superb in equipment and training, was too small to engage in a world war; its initial successes derived from British and American unpreparedness. Later, the Japanese were reduced to futile, suicidal kamikaze tactics." "The Germans did not realize the huge number of aircraft they needed until it was too late." "The Allies were slow to use air power effectively, but when they did, they changed the course of the war. The Axis powers never altered their fundamental strategies, even as those strategies failed." "Boyne carefully analyzes the important technological breakthroughs, such as radar, which gave the RAF the decisive advantage in the Battle of Britain, and the jet plane, which came too late to save Germany. He sheds new light on the controversies over the strategic bombing of Germany and Japan and the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki." "Clash of Wings also profiles the important, often colorful figures who directed the major air campaigns, among them Generals Arnold, Spaatz, LeMay, and Doolittle in the U.S.; Air Marshals Dowding and Harris in Britain; Reichsmarschall Goring and Generalleutnant Adolf Galland in Germany; Admiral Yamamoto in Japan; and General Balbo in Italy. Boyne discusses the principal air campaigns, including the invasions of Poland and Western Europe, the long hard fights in the desert, the mammoth campaign in Russia, and the day and night bombing campaigns, as well as the violent carrier battles that transformed war at sea from Pearl Harbor to Okinawa and beyond. In the process he applies his vast knowledge to critically evaluate all of the famous planes, both fighters and bombers, that made history, among them the Spitfire, Mustang, Hellcat, Fortress, Liberator, Messerschmitt, Thunderbolt, Zero, Shturmovik, and the B-29. He also analyzes lesser-known planes as well, including the Gladiator, Falco, Helldiver, Owl, and Oscar." "Authoritatively researched and vividly written, Clash of Wings is a fresh, comprehensive look at pivotal events of World War II in the air."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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