World War II Aerial Combat 1937 - 1945: The Allied and Axis Air Forces A Visual History

Here, for the first time, is the story of the victorious, the vanquished and the forgotten air forces that fought in the Second World War in more than 300 period photographs.

World War II would see the full potential of air power over the battlefield and oceans. From mere appendages of the army and navy, air forces became essential tools of destruction and critical for future battlefield and naval success.

The histories of air warfare during World War II have focused exclusively on the ai...