To Command the Sky The Battle for Air Superiority over Germany, 1942-1944

This widely praised study draws from both American and German sources to show how the U.S. Army Air Forces cleared the way for the successful Allied invasion of France. In 1944 a revitalized American leadership abandoned the unsuccessful approach of strategic bombing and instead focused on air superiority, practically chasing the enemy out of the sky and eliminating Germany's supply of trained pilots. Examining the people, technologies, command decisions, and key events of the war over Germany, the authors prove conclusively that the winning of air superiority -- not the success of strategic bombing -- played a more essential part in the Allied victory in EuropeMcFarland, Stephen L. is the author of 'To Command the Sky The Battle for Air Superiority over Germany, 1942-1944', published 2006 under ISBN 9780817353469 and ISBN 0817353461.