Ebook295 pages4 hours
Allied Air Operations 1939–1940: The War Over France and the Low Countries
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this ebook
While much has been written about the Battle of Britain, the air war over France and the Low Countries from September 1939 to June 1940 has been largely neglected – until now. As expert aviation author Jerry Murland reveals in this fascinating book, there may have been little ground action until May 1940 but the war in the air was far from ‘phoney’. In contrast to their adversaries, the Allied air forces on the mainland of Europe were poorly equipped, regardless of increased development from 1934 onwards. But in spite of this, when the German invasion began, the Low Countries of Holland and Belgium fought back tenaciously. While development of the Spitfire, Blenheim and Wellington was continuing at a pace, the RAF with only four squadrons of Hurricanes among a force of outdated bi-planes, was a little more prepared than the French, but still woefully outgunned by the Luftwaffe. While the Allied air forces of Britain, France and the Low Countries may have been inferior, the gallantry and tenacity of their pilots makes for inspiring reading. This is a work that will enthral and inform all those interested in the history of the Second World War, particularly aviation enthusiasts.
Read more from Jerry Murland
Retreat and Rearguard, 1914: The BEF's Actions From Mons to the Marne Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Retreat of I Corps 1914 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBattle for the Escaut, 1940: The France and Flanders Campaign Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Frankforce and the Defence of Arras 1940 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The BEF Campaign on the Aisne 1914: 'In the Company of Ghosts' Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Cassel and Hazebrouck 1940: France and Flanders Campaign Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Schneider Trophy Air Races: The Development of Flight from 1909 to the Spitfire Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Battles of French Flanders: Neuve Chapelle, Aubers Ridge, Festubert, Loos and Fromelles Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Dunkirk Perimeter and Evacuation 1940: France and Flanders Campaign Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRetreat & Rearguard: Dunkirk 1940: The Evacuation of the BEF to the Channel Ports Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Aisne 1914 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Retreat and Rearguard, Somme 1918: The Fifth Army Retreat Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Retreat from Mons 1914: North: Casteau to Le Cateau Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal 1940: France and Flanders Campaign Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Retreat from Mons 1914: South: Etreux to the Marne Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Canal Line: France and Flanders Campaign 1940 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsYpres: Nieuwpoort to Ploegsteert Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Aristocrats Go to War: Uncovering the Zillebeke Cemetery Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Western Dunkirk Corridor 1940: Ledringhem, Wormhout and West Capelle Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Allied Air Operations 1939–1940
Related ebooks
The Battle Of France: Then And Now Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What the RAF Airman Took to War Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Narrow Margin: The Battle of Britain & the Rise of Air Power, 1930–1940 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Piston Warrior of WWII Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRAF On the Offensive: The Rebirth of Tactical Air Power 1940–1941 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fighter Commands Air War, 1941: RAF Circus Operations and Fighter Sweeps Against the Luftwaffe Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Desert Air War 1940–1943 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDogfight: The Supermarine Spitfire and the Messerschmitt BF 109 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The RAF's Cross-Channel Offensive: Circuses, Ramrods, Rhubarbs and Rodeos 1941-1942 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTangmere: Famous Royal Air Force Fighter Station, An Authorized History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTwo Roads to War: The French and British Air Arms from Versailles to Dunkirk Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Polish Air Force Fighter Aircraft, 1940-1942: From the Battle of France to the Dieppe Raid Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLuftwaffe Bombers in the Battle of Britain Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Changing Face of Aerial Warfare: 1940-Present Day Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe RAF's Road to D-Day: The Struggle to Exploit Air Superiority, 1943-1944 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDeath Was Their Co-Pilot: Aces of the Skies Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLast of the Few: The Battle of Britain in the Words of the Pilots Who Won It Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Eastern Front Air War, 1941–1945 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRAF Handbook 1939-1945 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Storm Over Europe: Allied Bombing Missions in the Second World War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWar Amongst the Clouds: My Flying Experiences in World War I and the Follow-On Years 1920-1983 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDead Before Dawn: A Heavy Bomber Tail-gunner in World War II Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSoldier at Bomber Command Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAircraft Salvage in the Battle of Britain and the Blitz Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fallen Few of the Battle of Britain Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Achtung Spitfire: Luftwaffe over England Eagle Day 14 August 1940 Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Battle of Britain: Five Months That Changed History; May-October 1940 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Battle of Britain Pocket Manual 1940 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Normandy Air War, 1944 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMarked for Death: The First War in the Air Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Wars & Military For You
Resistance: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Art of War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sun Tzu's The Art of War: Bilingual Edition Complete Chinese and English Text Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Kingdom Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Daily Creativity Journal Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Making of the Atomic Bomb Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Killing the SS: The Hunt for the Worst War Criminals in History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Art of War: The Definitive Interpretation of Sun Tzu's Classic Book of Strategy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Rise of the Fourth Reich: The Secret Societies That Threaten to Take Over America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Unacknowledged: An Expose of the World's Greatest Secret Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Art of War & Other Classics of Eastern Philosophy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/577 Days of February: Living and Dying in Ukraine, Told by the Nation’s Own Journalists Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Mein Kampf: The Original, Accurate, and Complete English Translation Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5God Is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World--and Why Their Differences Matter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Unit 731: Testimony Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The God Delusion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Allied Air Operations 1939–1940
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Allied Air Operations 1939–1940 - Jerry Murland
e book_preview_excerpt.html \rG7;䈢lGPJ%[!yta 4~?П̗9Y'b."ɓ·}!t
~VO?{*t
Mb꺊
aj^T[oMaIul\TX=:_5]Kӎqrk>
#W}nhjwaa];C3nݱZ;<=}son[ַ;?.W_WIhbS|kՀ3aU;nô)^\M]uaʅqle׃V~Y,XBm l*^Tms)h|-6
u髱xߴa<0NnX
~:o (Uf\SG4fx2E$D"\#N1nVnx=ԟVj˸j
uQƕ_MЬ\ϫWAw{ofgi1v;HFh4iW-\O[/'ݹeFYϋnUv_ﶡGnSՅ7Sw@\锅毆]: c㨐E<~\}?s,0o?v0QL6܊Fw*L-*(%3#ĀUD(*2KRǧ^vǽ-&S7
Jao8
^LC衈۾
|&`?+
|ёrkuȿ`A1qgr68|lV6-gv{=B+{"w|5DjaA4H8kz S9Î&qjv/)q]]([+vdKl]3 õ"ä&)fkbZoZo!P=5bv=w!Ux1X;" &$ 0vŰ6#f[;5ҚV
";dT8QA*Z,HA9I[B2xC'iuP/ݻnto@G
&av:!Λi=zpfXJ[?ou=l0VD~1æI
p88=d*ߌ/yHys7j""GVUރ5[^CV
O}-UĦi~8L1q"TXmVG'Y+¤0D @P"KvPxL/7
@x
x:[bZݞCvPsM'ʗfW އ\ެeR {]ซԴPWm*8&L}%dw(fQ
JP!r3|C<A@C)>,UݍDgT7;IěE