Description
| Product ID: | 9781472826145 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CN |
| Series: | Air Campaign |
| Title: | Operation Crossbow 1944 |
| Subtitle: | Hunting Hitler's V-weapons |
| Authors: | Author: Steven J. Zaloga, Mr Graham Turner |
| Page Count: | 96 |
| Subjects: | Military history, Military history, Warfare and defence, Warfare & defence |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The little-known story of how the RAF and USAAF saved London from destruction at the hands of Hitler''s V-1 flying bombs and V-2 missiles--by finding and bombing the hardened, heavily defended fortresses that launched them into England. In mid-1943, Allied intelligence began to pick up the signs of unusual German construction in remote locations near the Channel Coast. Several massive fortifications were beginning to take shape, and they appeared to be oriented towards London. Allied intelligence codenamed these sites as "Crossbow," and began plans to attack them before they could bombard Britain''s capital city. These "Heavy Crossbow" sites for the V-1 and V-2 missiles were supposed to be bomb-proof, but they soon attracted the attention of RAF heavy bombers with the new Tallboy concrete-penetrating bombs. |
| Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-07-26 |
