{"product_id":"big-week-1944","title":"\"Big Week\" 1944","description":"\u003cp\u003eA rigorous new analysis of America's legendary 'Big Week' air campaign which enabled the Allies to gain air superiority before D-Day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn February 1944, the Allies conceived and fought history's first-ever successful offensive counter­air (OCA) campaign, Operation Argument 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 Argument marked the beginning of the Luftwaffe's fall.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Osprey Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56048252060026,"sku":"ZOS-9781472824516","price":15.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0916\/9970\/8282\/files\/Big-Week-1944.jpg?v=1760976997","url":"https:\/\/zatu.com\/en-us\/products\/big-week-1944","provider":"Zatu Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}