Get Free Shipping on orders over $79
Air Support for Patton's Third Army - John J. Sullivan

Air Support for Patton's Third Army

By: John J. Sullivan

Paperback | 31 March 2003

At a Glance

Paperback


$43.95

or 4 interest-free payments of $10.99 with

 or 

Ships in 5 to 7 business days

As the United States Third Army''s tanks moved through Avranches, no one, not even the Third Army''s commander, Lieutenant General George S. Patton, could have foreseen that it was the start of one of the most successful offensives of World War II--an offensive that received a great deal of help from the air. As Patton later wrote to the chief of the Army Air Forces, "For about 250 miles I have seen the calling cards of the fighter-bombers, which are bullet marks in the pavement and burned tanks and trucks in the ditches."

This book covers the units in the Ninth Air Force, which gave close air support to the Third Army, and the Third Army''s campaign in France from August to November 1944, with special emphasis on how support from the air helped the Third Army continue pushing toward the German border. The difficult logistics of the operation are discussed in detail: Both the Ninth Air Force and the Third Army were hurt by a lack of materiel, especially gasoline, and this affected the offensive.

Industry Reviews
"concise, compelling narrative"-Military Review.

More in European History

Henry V : The Astonishing Rise of England's Greatest Warrior King - Dan Jones
The Glass Mountain : Escape and Discovery in Wartime Italy - Malcolm Gaskill
A Short History of Ancient Rome - Pascal Hughes

RRP $49.99

$45.75

Oliver Cromwell : Commander in Chief - Ronald Hutton

RRP $26.95

$22.99

15%
OFF
The Catalpa Rescue - Peter FitzSimons

RRP $36.99

$29.75

20%
OFF
The Voynich Manuscript - Raymond Clemens

RRP $82.95

$60.75

27%
OFF
The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective - Sara Lodge
Holbein : Renaissance Master - Elizabeth Goldring

RRP $82.95

$60.75

27%
OFF
Eleanor : A 200-mile Walk in Search of England's Lost Queen - Alice Loxton
The Journals of Captain Cook : Penguin Classics - James Cook

RRP $27.99

$23.75

15%
OFF
Kokoda : Updated Edition - Peter FitzSimons

RRP $39.99

$31.75

21%
OFF
Say Nothing : True Story Of Murder and Memory In Northern Ireland - Patrick Radden Keefe
Churchill : Walking with Destiny - Andrew Roberts

RRP $35.00

$28.75

18%
OFF
1177 B.C. : The Year Civilization Collapsed: Revised and Updated - Eric H. Cline
The Siege : The Remarkable Story of the Greatest SAS Hostage Drama - Ben Macintyre