{"product_id":"9781472824523","title":"\"Big Week\" 1944: Operation Argument and the breaking of the Jagdwaffe","description":"\u003cb\u003eA rigorous new analysis of America's legendary 'Big Week' air campaign which enabled the Allies to gain air superiority before D-Day.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe USAAF's mighty World War II bomber forces   were designed for unescorted, precision daylight bombing, but no-one   foresaw the devastation that German radar-directed interceptors would inflict   on them. Following the failures of 1943's Schweinfurt-Regensburg raids, and   with D-Day looming, the Allies urgently needed to crush the Luftwaffe's   ability to oppose the landings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn   February 1944, the Allies conceived and fought history's first-ever   successful offensive counter­air (OCA) campaign, Operation \u003ci\u003eArgument\u003c\/i\u003e or   “Big Week.” Attacking German aircraft factories with hundreds of heavy   bombers, escorted by the new long-range P-51 Mustang, it aimed both to slash   aircraft production and force the Luftwaffe into combat, allowing the new Mustangs   to take their toll on the German interceptors. This expertly written, illustration-packed   account explains   how the Allies finally began to win air superiority over Europe, and how Operation   \u003ci\u003eArgument\u003c\/i\u003e marked the beginning of the Luftwaffe's fall.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46629407260913,"sku":"9781472824523","price":19.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781472824523_p0.jpg?v=1765442981","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781472824523","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}