Fighter Operations in Europe and North Africa 1939-1945
$58.50
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
1 April 2012
Summary
Fighter Operations in Europe and North Africa 1939-1945 tells the story of Allied and German fighter pilots in Europe, over the Mediterranean and in North Africa during the Second World War. The book starts with the early skirmishes as each side tested the other’s defences, moves through the Battle of Britain and then the Blitz, when the emphasis switched from single-engined day fighters to twin-engined night fighters, while increasingly fighters were used to sweeps over enemy airfields and l…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781848844810 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1848844816 |
| Author: | David Wragg |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Pen & Sword Aviation |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2012 |
| Weight: | 553g |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 234mm |
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David Wragg
David Wragg has published several highly praised books on railway history and produced a textbook for the old Chartered Institute of Transport. He has also written on railways for the Sunday Telegraph, The Spectator, The Scotsman, and the Yorkshire Post.
His book Wartime on the Railways was reviewed by Rail as ‘very readable’ and by Railways Illustrated as ‘a fascinating insight and also an important record’. Railways Illustrated also chose his Southern Railway Handbook as ‘Book of the Month’. One of his most recent publications is The Historical Dictionary of Railways in the British Isles.
He is also well known as a writer of military history and provided the British, Australian, Canadian and New Zealand material for On Seas Contested - The Seven Great Navies of the Second World War. Published in 2010 by the Naval Institute Press in the United States, this book won the Stonebooks award for “The Best Non-Fiction book on World War II” published that year.
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