Air Support for Patton's Third Army

Sullivan, John J.

McFarland & Co Inc（2003/04発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 196 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780786414659
• DDC分類 940.544973

Full Description

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.

Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     

Tables, Diagrams, Maps     

Preface      

Introduction     

1. Breakthrough into Brittany      

2. The Ninth Air Force      

3. Close Air Support      

4. The Drive to the Loire      

5. Ninth Air Force Engineers, Liaison Operations, Interdiction and Communications      

6. XV Corps at Argentan      

7. The Third Army Crosses the Seine      

8. The Drive to the Meuse      

9. The Capture of Brest      

10. Air Supply for Ground Forces      

11. British Receive Priority for Supplies      

12. The Drive to the Moselle     

13. Air Support for the Third Army's Autumn Operations     

14. The November Offensive     

15. The Drive to Bastogne     

16. Evaluations of Air Support for the Third Army     

Glossary     

Notes     

Bibliography     

Index