027 BIG WEEK 1944: Operation Argument and the Breaking of the Jagdwaffe

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Air Combat series. Analysis of US' legendary 'Big Week' air campaign which enabled the Allies to gain air superiority before D-Day. In February 1944, the Allies conceived and fought history's first-ever successful offensive counter-air (OCA) campaign, Operation Argument or 'Big Week.'

Heavy bombers, escorted by the new long-range P-51 Mustang, attacked German aircraft factories aimed to slash aircraft production and force the Luftwaffe into combat, allowing the new Mustangs to take their toll on the German interceptors. Illustration-packed account explains how the Allies finally began to win air superiority over Europe, and how Operation Argument marked the beginning of the Luftwaffe's fall.