Air-Ground Teamwork on the Western Front: The Role of the XIX Tactical Air Command during August 1944

by D C Headquarters Washington Army and Army Air Forces

Air-Ground Teamwork on the Western Front describes close air support and battlefield interdiction in action. A single, month-long campaign-the famous thrust across northern France in August 1944 of Gen. George S. Patton's Third Army and Maj. Gen. 0. P. Weyland's XIX Tactical Air Command-became a model for close cooperation between army and aviation forces in future conflicts. This day-by-day, blow-by-blowaccount shows how the ground forces raced forward,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1508790183
• ISBN13: 9781508790181
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 62 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 7.0" x 10.0"