{"product_id":"9781472860255","title":"Turning The Tide","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eGermany | Italy | North Africa | USA | c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) | Second World War | Air forces \u0026amp; warfare | Battles \u0026amp; campaigns | Military aircraft\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 18\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e July 2024 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Osprey Publishing) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 320 pages, 16-page black and white plate section \u003cbr\u003e234mm x 153mm | 0g\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"gardners-meta\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/StarEmpty.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePacked with personal accounts of the action, this is a vivid  narrative history of the often-overlooked USAAF campaign in North Africa  and Sicily in World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  In 1942, the Western Allies needed to take the offensive against the Axis to relieve pressure on the Soviet Union. With planning for a cross-Channel invasion beset by logistical and operational difficulties, in May 1942 President Roosevelt ordered his military leaders to prepare to support the British in the Mediterranean. This led to the first USAAF units arriving in the Middle East in July, firstly as reinforcements for the British and later as part of the Operation Torch landings in French Morocco and Algeria in November.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn little over ten months from the summer of 1942, the USAAF in North Africa grew from nothing to a senior partner, providing aircraft and crews the other Allies were unable to match. The Axis forces that had controlled almost the entire southern shore of the Mediterranean had been swept from the African continent – thanks in no small part to the efforts of the USAAF.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing first-hand accounts from pilots and other aircrew, Tom Cleaver describes how the USAAF units that landed in Morocco were forced to learn their own lessons in combat with veteran Luftwaffe units, and how the experience gained in the skies over North Africa and Sicily was invaluable in developing the air forces that would dominate the skies over Europe in the latter years of the war.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners Books Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41135415132295,"sku":"9781472860255","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781472860255.jpg?v=1711635248","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.pro\/products\/9781472860255","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}