{"product_id":"big-week-1944","title":"Big Week 1944","description":"\u003cp\u003e\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57314391622014,"sku":"NW9781472824516","price":13.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781472824516.jpg?v=1778688169","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/big-week-1944","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}