Название: War Planes of the Second World War: Fighters, Volume I
Автор(ы): Willian Green, Drawings by Dennis I. Punnet
Издательство: Hanover House
Год: 1961
Страниц: 192
Язык: English
Формат: PDF
Размер: 87 МВ

World War II featured fighter combat on a larger scale than any other conflict to date. German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel noted the effect of airpower: "Anyone who has to fight, even with the most modern weapons, against an enemy in complete command of the air, fights like a savage against modern European troops, under the same handicaps and with the same chances of success." Throughout the war, fighters performed their conventional role in establishing air superiority through combat with other fighters and through bomber interception, and also often performed roles such as tactical air support and reconnaissance.