Conquering The Night - Army Air Forces Night Fighters At War

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Название: Conquering The Night - Army Air Forces Night Fighters At War

Издательство: Pickle Partners Publishing

ISBN: 1410225240

Год: 2015

Формат: PDF

Размер: 1,8 МБ

Язык: Английский

Количество страниц: 66

Описание: Includes 16 photos illustrations. The author traces the AAF’s development of aerial night fighting, including technology, training, and tactical operations in the North African, European, Pacific, and Asian theaters of war. In this effort the United States never wanted for recruits in what was, from start to finish, an all-volunteer night fighting force.

For combatants, a constant in warfare through the ages has been the sanctuary of night, a refuge from the terror of the day’s armed struggle. On the other hand, darkness has offered protection for operations made too dangerous by daylight. Combat has also extended into the twilight as day has seemed to provide too little time for the destruction demanded in modern mass warfare. Автор:

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