TY - SOUND AU - Holland,James AU - Armstrong,Charles TI - Big week: the biggest air battle of World War II SN - 9781407979687 U1 - 940.54213 PY - 2019/// CY - Oxford PB - Isis KW - United States KW - Army Air Forces KW - History KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Great Britain KW - Royal Air Force KW - Germany KW - Luftwaffe KW - Aerial operations KW - Campaigns KW - Western Front KW - Audiobooks N1 - Complete and unabridged; Soundings CD; Read by Charles Armstrong; Adult N2 - During the third week of February 1944, the combined Allied air forces launched their first-ever round-the-clock bomber offensive against Germany. The aim was to smash the main factories and production centres of the Luftwaffe and draw the German fighter force up into the air and into battle. Officially called Operation ARGUMENT, this monumental air assault very quickly became known simply as Big Week. Following the fortunes of pilots, aircrew and civilians from both sides, Big Week is a blistering narrative of one of the most critical periods of the entire war, one that culminated in the largest air battle ever witnessed UR - http://www.ulverscroft.com/images/thumbs/9781407979687.jpg ER -