Forward Air Bases in Europe from D-Day to the Baltic
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Forward Air Bases in Europe from D-Day to the Baltic

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Forward Air Bases in Europe from D-Day to the Baltic Supporting the Allied Advance Language:English Format:Hardback Dimensions:6.1" x 9.2" Pages:248 Photos:50 black and white illustrations Publisher:Air World ISBN:9781399010818 Item No. 9781399010818 The largely sea-borne invasion of Northern France in June 1944, Operation Overlord, is acknowledged as one of the key actions which hastened the end of the Second World War. The RAF played a vital part in the landings. It then supported the subsequent advance of Montgomery’s 21st Army, and the Allies as a whole, through France, Belgium, Holland and into Germany.Following the breakout from the Normandy bridgehead in early August 1944, the RAF’s Second Tactical Air Force moved forward in support of the troops, occupying a number of temporary airfields as it went. The ground support for this operation was complex, a situation that was exacerbated by the fact that much of

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