Air power over Europe, 1944-1945 (Australia in the war of 1939-1945)

Title page......Page 1
CONTENTS......Page 5
ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 7
MAPS......Page 9
PREFACE......Page 11
CHAPTER 1  PLANNING FOR THE INVASION......Page 14
CHAPTER 2  AIR PREPARATIONS FOR THE ASSAULT ON NORTH-WEST EUROPE......Page 27
CHAPTER 3  THE INVASION OF ITALY......Page 64
CHAPTER 4  THE MEDITERRANEAN: JANUARY-JUNE 1944......Page 99
CHAPTER 5  THE ASSAULT......Page 138
CHAPTER 6  SUPPORTING THE LODGEMENT......Page 153
CHAPTER 7  THE BUILD-UP PERIOD......Page 177
CHAPTER 8  THE THREAT FROM LONG-RANGE MISSILES......Page 196
CHAPTER 9  THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST OIL JUNE-DECEMBER 1944......Page 230
CHAPTER 10  THE BATTLE FOR NORMANDY......Page 262
CHAPTER 11  INVASION FROM THE SOUTH - APPROACH TO THE RHINE......Page 293
CHAPTER 12  ADMINISTRATIVE  PROBLEMS, 1944-45......Page 326
CHAPTER 13  RESUMPTION OF THE STRATEGIC BOMBER OFFENSIVE......Page 346
CHAPTER 14  THE MEDITERRANEAN AND ITALIAN FRONTS 1944-45......Page 380
CHAPTER 15  COASTAL COMMAND, 1944-45......Page 416
CHAPTER 16  THE ARDENNES OFFENSIVE: THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE......Page 446
CHAPTER 17  BOMBER COMMAND AND THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN: SPRING 1945......Page 468
CHAPTER 18  THE LAST BATTLES: THE WAY HOME......Page 494
CHAPTER 19  EVADERS AND PRISONERS......Page 529
APPENDIX 1  EXTRACTS FROM THE  DIARY OF  FLYING OFFICER C. T.  O'RIORDAN OF NO. 460 SQUADRON......Page 564
APPENDIX 2  DIRECTIVE TO SUPREME COMMANDER ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE......Page 570
APPENDIX 3  R.A.A.F. CASUALTIES IN ALL THEATRES......Page 573
APPENDIX 4  ABBREVIATIONS, DEFINITIONS AND CODE NAMES......Page 579
INDEX......Page 582