The USAAF in World War II Vol III: Europe: ARGUMENT to VE Day

The Army Air Forces in World War II #3

by Wesley Frank Craven, James Lea Cate

The third of the exhaustively detailed seven volume history of the USAAF in WWII. Covering the period of 'operational climax' from mid 1944 this book describes the systematic destruction of the German oil, transport and industry in the final stages of the war. Not something to read if you want an exciting war story, but if you want to know every detail, and I mean EVERY detail about USAAF operations in WWII - this is the book for you..

The entire series of books read well alongside the British HMSO official histories .'The Strategic Air Offensive' and 'The Royal Air Force at War' which are also available in Kindle

1210 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1951

About the author

Wesley Frank Craven received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Duke University and his Ph.D. from Cornell University, where he studied under Wallace Notestein. He was appointed to the faculty of New York University in 1928, where he taught for 22 years, except for a three-year period (1943-46) when he was on leave to serve as chief of the Operational History Branch of the USAAF. In 1950 he accepted a position at Princeton University, where he taught until his retirement in 1973.