A History of the Mediterranean Air War, 1940-1945. Volume 4

A History of the Mediterranean Air War, 1940-1945. Volume 4 Sicily and Italy to the fall of Rome 14 May, 1943 – 5 June, 1944 Author:Russell Guest Language:English Format:Hardcover Dimensions:6" x 9" Pages:680 Photos:Illustrated Throughout Publisher:Grub Street Publishing ISBN:9781911621102 Item No. 9781911621102 The fourth volume in this momentous series commences with the attacks on the Italian island fortress of Pantellaria which led to its surrender and occupation achieved almost by air attack alone. The account continues with the ultimately successful, but at times very hard fought, invasions of Sicily and southern Italy as burgeoning Allied air power, now with full US involvement, increasingly dominated the skies overhead. The successive occupations of Sardinia and Corsica are also covered in detail. This volume, then, is essentially the story of the tactical air forces up to the point when Rome was occupie