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World War II is usually seen as a titanic land battle, decided by mass armies, most importantly those on the Eastern Front. Phillips Payson O'Brien shows us the war in a completely different light. In this compelling new history of the Allied path to victory, he argues that in terms of production, technology and economic power, the war was far more a contest of air and sea than of land supremacy. He shows how the Allies developed a predominance of air and sea power which put unbearable pressure on Germany and Japan's entire war-fighting machine from Europe and the Mediterranean to the Pacific. Air and sea power dramatically expanded the area of battle and allowed the Allies to destroy over half of the Axis' equipment before it had even reached the traditional 'battlefield'. Battles such as El Alamein, Stalingrad and Kursk did not win World War II; air and sea power did.Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-139781108716895
eBay Product ID (ePID)16046683355
Product Key Features
Number of Pages654 Pages
Publication NameHow the War Was Won: Air-Sea Power and Allied Victory in World War Ii
LanguageEnglish
SubjectGovernment, History
Publication Year2019
TypeTextbook
AuthorPhillips Payson O'brien
SeriesCambridge Military Histories
Dimensions
Item Height228 mm
Item Weight950 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorPhillips Payson O'brien