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PATTON'S EYES IN THE SKY

Written by Tom Ivie
Published by Classic Publications in 2003
ISBN: 1903223261

£ 15.00 Photo of PATTON'S EYES IN THE SKY- Stock Number: 1825524

PATTON'S EYES IN THE SKY
Written by Tom Ivie.
Stock no. 1825524
1st. 2003. Hardback. Large format. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

USAAF Combat Reconnaissance Missions North-West Europe 1944-1945. Large format. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos, colour illustrations. ISBN: 1903223261. Top of spine creased as is the corresponding area of the dustwrapper (not major). Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper has previous bookseller's price label to front panel.

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Front cover

Cover of PATTON'S EYES IN THE SKY by Tom Ivie

Contents

  • Introduction, Acknowledgements and Foreword
  • "EQUAL TO THE TASK"
  • The Early Years: September 1941 to February 1944
  • "DICING"
  • Prelude to Invasion: February 1944 to D-Day
  • "GET THOSE PHOTOS REGARDLESS OF THE WEATHER"
  • D-Day and the Aftermath: June to July 1944
  • "THIS FAST-MOVING WAR"
  • The Breakout: August to Early September 1944
  • "THE WEATHER SEEMS TO BE PRO-NAZI"
  • Stalemate: September to early November 1944
  • "I DECIDED IT WAS TIME FOR US TO GET OUT OF THERE"
  • The Fall offensive: early November to mid-December 1944
  • "WE SHALL NOT BE OUTDONE"
  • The Battle of the Bulge: mid-December 1944 to January 1945
  • "SLAPPED IN THE FACE BY FLAK"
  • The March to the Rhine: February to March 1945
  • "DUCK SOUP"
  • Across the Rhine to Victory: February to March 1945
  • Appendices and Index