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World War II (Aviation Century) (Hardcover)

by Ron Dick (Author), Dan Patterson (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Boston Mills Press, Erin, ON, Canada (18 Nov 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1550464264
  • ISBN-13: 978-1550464269
  • Product Dimensions: 29 x 23.6 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Patterson's color photography combines with works of contemporary aviation artists to depict aircraft vividly from all major theaters of war. -- John Carver Edwards "Library Journal" (02/01/2005)

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This is the third volume of the illustrated history of the 20th century aviation, covering the period 1939 to 1945. Beginning in 1939-40 with the German blitzkrieg and the Battle of Britain, aircraft repeatedly turned the tide of war. Their worth was proved in many roles besides bombing and airborne assault, including air defense, ground and transport support, maritime patrol, shipping strikes, and reconnaissance. Warplanes became indispensable and revolutionized the character of war. In this book, stunning images of preserved and restored wartime aircraft are combined with archival photographs of the world's first well-photographed war to tell an unprecedented visual story of World War II.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Third volume in a beautiful series on aviation's first century, 1 April 2007
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I have to begin this review with teling you that I really like this five part series on the history of aviation. I've reviewed all five titles to give an idea of what you can expect in each of these books. Together they give a very good impression of the achievements of aviation in it's first century. What makes this series special to me is its format of illustrating the aircraft mentioned in the text with photographs of the real thing where possible, or replica's if no originals are left. This format is used throughout the series, which means that all five books have a similar feel to them.

This particular title deals exclusively with aviation in World War Two. It has much shorter chapters than the first two volumes. The book is devided in two parts, Part 1 dealing with events in Europe and the Middle East, and Part 2 with events in the Pacific, China, Burma and India. Both parts are further subdivided in chapters about specific zones and/or era's. This makes it very easy to find what I'm looking for, so I think this is an improvement over the long chapters of the first two volumes.

The first two volumes introduced the format of using contemporary photo's and recent photo's of museum aircraft to reinforce the text. This title continues along that tradition, but with more museum photo's than before. These include very rare specimens like the Polish P.11. I really like this approach, as most books nowadays are illustrated with drawn colour profiles. Rarely does one find so many photographs of actual aircraft in one single book.

Part 1 of the book has 6 chapters. These are:
Chapter 1 Europe, 1939-1941
Chapter 2 The Mediterranean and Middle East
Chapter 3 The Eastern Front
Chapter 4 Strategic Bombing Offensive
Chapter 5 The Maritime War
Chapter 6 D-Day and Beyond

Part 2 has another 6 chapters. They are:
Chapter 7 Imperial Japan
Chapter 8 Turning Point Midway
Chapter 9 Pacific Southwest
Chapter 10 The Islands of the Pacific
Chapter 11 War on the Asian Mainland
Chapter 12 Kamikaze and Firestorm

I cannot begin to mention all the aircraft that are illustrated here. But I'll try to give a general idea of what you can expect. While the main text explains about the air war in general, and gives a good account of what happened, the illustrations and their captions deal with aircraft of interest. I already mentioned the P.11c, but you'll also find good coverage of the Blenheim, SM.79, MC.205, Il-2, Wellington, Swordfish and SBD-2. And all the well-known types like Hurrican, Spitfire, Lancaster, Bf-109, Me-262, He-111, A6M2, P-40, P-47, P-51, B-25, B-17 and B-29 are included as well.

If you're interested in World War Two aviation you'll like this book. It doesn't have colour profiles. But it has a special feel to it because it has so many photographs of real aircraft in it, including many cockpit photo's. Browing through this book is a bit like visiting a museum, it makes you get just that little bit closer to the real thing. It is this that distinguishes it from many other books about its subject. And it is because of that that I really recommend it.
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