Desert Prelude 2
Desert Prelude 2
"Operation Compass"
Author(s):
Hakan GustavssonLudovico Slongo
Publication Date: 19 April, 2011
Available in all formats
Publisher: MMPBooks
ISBN: 9788361421856
ISBN: 9788361421856
Price: INR 847.99
Description
Table of contents
This is the second of two volumes providing an in-depth look at the air war over the North African desert in the early days of World War II. The equipment, organisation and operations of the Regia Aeronautica, RAF and French Air Force are described in detail. Possibly the last major combat in which both sides flew fighter bi-planes, it saw the Italian air arm take on the rather sparsely-equipped Allied forces in Egypt and Libya. This volume completes the story, up to the point in 1941 when German forces arrived to bolster the retreating Italian forces.
Description
This is the second of two volumes providing an in-depth look at the air war over the North African desert in the early days of World War II. The equipment, organisation and operations of the Regia Aeronautica, RAF and French Air Force are described in detail. Possibly the last major combat in which both sides flew fighter bi-planes, it saw the Italian air arm take on the rather sparsely-equipped Allied forces in Egypt and Libya. This volume completes the story, up to the point in 1941 when German forces arrived to bolster the retreating Italian forces.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- December 1940
- The ground war
- Regia Aeronautica
- Royal Air Force
- Royal Australian Air Force
- Operations
- January 1941
- Operations
- February 1941
- Operations
- Summary and Conclusion
- Sources
- Colour Profiles
- Maps