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Pros
Sprawling history that discusses everything from the overall strategies of the air campaigns to the effects of these * missions on the ground.
This narrative thankfully avoids the stuffy tone found in older volumes. It expertly blends in the more general war to keep you in touch with the overall view of the war. Amazing stories of bravery and unwavering brotherhood.
This book is the best written and the chronological order is easy to follow. Wholly not unreasonable for the breath of this tome. The audiobook is 24 hours long, but mr.
Donald l. Masters of the air is an absolutely magnificent must-read work! Well done, dr. Masters. His bibliography is wonderful.
I've been fascinated by the u. S. Miller is the story of world war ii told from the skies. These names include the likes of glen miller, jimmy stewart, walter cronkite, and more. Bravo to donald miller for this masterpiece.
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Quality
The way that this work combines broader context with personal glimpses is utterly brilliant
His tale is an honest description of all the sufferings want serious mental issues and physical injuries the bombers went throu... Read More
I was touched horrified elated overwhelmed exhausted depressed and thrilled
It’s gripping and boring depressing and encouraging places to cry and places to laugh pilots to mourn and pilots to adore losse... Read More
Shipping
Eighth air force which was the centerpiece of epic missions conducted at great risk in broad daylight
He did not know why they were loaded implying nonmilitary application
But it area bombed strategically important centers and when it finally came up with long range escort fighters it was able to e... Read More
My moms family spent the war in hamburg and i knew that they got bombed a lot but reading about the fire bombing was the first ... Read More
Competitiveness
The ice cold decision is contrasted with the ice cold battlefield 35000 feet in the air
Also churchill fire bombed dresden as a pacifier for joe stalin in the same way that operation husky was pushed forward with a ... Read More
One final point for those expecting this to be similar to the apple series now airing be warned that this very lengthy book is ... Read More
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Read as an ebook and skip the really gross details way more than i needed to read
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Miller steers clear of hagiography but he also does not buy the fashionable revisionist critique that the air war was ineffective and inhumane
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The eight airforce lacked the ability to deliver pinpoint precision and it was reduced to area bombing
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And most importantly without air superiority dday does not work
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The bombers lured out the german fighters and those fighter were massacred by the mustangs and thunderbolts
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The german jet fighters were not effective because their mechanical unreliability low numbers and insufficiently trained pilots were vulnerable to the overwhelming numbers on the american side
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The eighth air force was too wedded to the notion that bombers could defend themselves and too easily dismissed the feasibility of the longrange escort fighter
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This almost cost them the war
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