THE CONQUEST OF THE SKY - World War II in Colour
THE CONQUEST OF THE SKY - World War II in Colour

THE CONQUEST OF THE SKY - World War II in Colour

L20230077
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Relive the key moments of the aerial battles of the Second World War through colourised black-and-white photographs.

In The Conquest of the Sky, Francis Dréer delivers a presentation and analysis of the air forces during the Second World War, through an exceptional iconography — all photographs having been colourised especially for the work by the Akg-images agency (Archiv für Kunst und Geschichte/Archive for Art and History).

During the Second World War, military aviation adapted month by month and played a decisive role: from the Blitzkrieg to the dropping of the two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, this superbly illustrated work retraces the major episodes of a conflict that shaped the twentieth century.

It features the principal protagonists, the great theatres of operations, and of course all the aircraft of this air war, from the Messerschmitt 109 to the B-29 Superfortress.

These previously unpublished colour photographs are the result of meticulous research and allow a key episode in our History to be brought back to life.


 

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Author 1
Francis Dréer
Publication date
October 2021
Pages
224
Illustrations
200 period color photographs
Cover
Hardcover
Format
24.0 cm × 32.0 cm
Language
French
Publisher
Glénat
EAN
9782344050224

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