Clash of Wings

World War II in the Air

Walter J. Boyne

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Year: 2012
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9781451685138
• Subtopic: Military & Maritime History
• Index: History

From the author of Clash of Titans comes a captivating exploration of the role of air power in World War II. In his captivating narrative, Boyne resurrects the war of the skies in all its heroic and tragic drama, while supplying insightful, expert conclusions about previously overlooked aspects of the war, including the essential role of American bombers in Europe; Germany's miscalculation of the number of planes required for victory; the Allies' slow start in deploying maximum air power—and why they eventually triumphed.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Description
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Acknowledgments
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• Chapter One: The Bluff is Called
• Chapter Two: The Plunge into Reality
• Chapter Three: Wings of the Rising Sun
• Chapter Four: Hitler’s Biggest Gamble
• Chapter Five: The African Tutorial
• Chapter Six: Germany’s Third and Last Chance
• Chapter Seven: The Biggest Battleground
• Chapter Eight: The Cost of Incompetence
• Chapter Nine: Round-the-Clock Bombing
• Chapter Ten: Air Superiority Lost, Then Won
• Chapter Eleven: True Airpower . . . at Last
• Photo Insert
• Appendix 1: Aircraft Types
• Appendix 2: Statistics on Major Aircraft
• Selected Reading
• Index