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Author:
Ehlers, Robert.
Title:
Targeting the Third Reich : air intelligence and the Allied bombing campaigns / Robert S. Ehlers, Jr.
Publisher:
University Press of Kansas,
Copyright Date:
c2009
Description:
xv, 422 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Subject:
World War, 1939-1945--Military intelligence.
Military intelligence--Europe--History--20th century.
Aerial reconnaissance--Europe--History--20th century.
Bombing, Aerial--Europe--History--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, British.
United States.--Army Air Forces--History--World War, 1939-1945.
Great Britain.--Royal Air Force--History--World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe.
Germany--History--1933-1945.
Bombardementen.
Geallieerden
Duitsland.
Luftwaffe
Luftaufklärung
Weltkrieg (1939-1945)
Großbritannien
USA
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Air intelligence in its historical context -- The Great War and the beginnings of air intelligence -- Lessons learned, unlearned, and forgotten : analyses of aerial bombardment in World War I and their consequences -- Retrenchment and advance : air intelligence developments in the early interwar period, 1919-1933 -- The pace quickens : air intelligence developments in the late interwar period, 1933-1941 -- Air intelligence grows to adolescence : British developments, 1939-1941 -- The shift to night area bombing : air intelligence, doctrinal evolution, and operational change, 1941-1942 -- Air intelligence reaches maturity, January 1943-January 1944 -- Transportation campaigns : bombing, air intelligence, and the defeat of German armies in France, 1944 -- The attack on oil, April-December 1944 : air intelligence and the acceleration of German defeat in the field -- Endgame, November 1944-May 1945 : air intelligence, the final destruction of oil and transportation assets, and the defeat of the Wehrmacht -- Retrospective.
Series:
Modern war studies
ISBN:
0700616829 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780700616824 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)320186008
LCCN:
2009021981
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

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