Schweinfurt-Regensburg 1943: Eighth Air Force's Costly Early Daylight Battles

by Marshall L. Michel III

This is a new history of the US Army Air Force's pioneering but costly raids on Germany's Messerschmitt and ball-bearing factories in World War II.

In 1943, the USAAF and RAF launched the Combined Bomber Offensive, designed to systematically destroy the industries that the German war machine relied on. At the top of the hit list were aircraft factories and plants making ball-bearings--a component thought to be a critical vulnerability...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147283867X
• ISBN13: 9781472838674
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.3" x 9.7"