Mediterranean Sweep
the usaaf in the italian campaign
$44.00
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
28 July 2025
Summary
Mediterranean Sweep: USAAF’s Relentless Air War Over Italy, 1943-1945
Filled with personal accounts of the action, this book details the USAAF’s tactical and strategic campaigns in the skies over Italy in World War II.
With the defeat of the Germans and Italians on Sicily in mid-July 1943, the focus of the war in the air shifted toward the battle for the Italian mainland itself. This campaign took place in the context of the coming invasion of northwest Euro…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472863454 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472863453 |
| Author: | Thomas McKelvey Cleaver |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Osprey Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 28 July 2025 |
| Weight: | 540g |
| Dimensions: | 160mm x 236mm x 36mm |
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Critics Review
Mediterranean Sweep offers a rare and valuable look at one of the least appreciated aspects of the US Army Air Forces’ contribution to victory in World War II. * Barrett Tillman, author of ‘When the Shooting Stopped’ *Mediterranean Sweep is a bold attempt to raise the consciousness of readers and historians to this epic air campaign. * Colonel Ralph Wetterhahn, USAF (Ret.) *Cleaver is an established name in aviation history and never fails to deliver a good read. * History of War *
About The Author
Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
Thomas McKelvey Cleaver has been a published writer for the past 40 years, with his work including the best-selling Osprey titles The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club (2021), Going Downtown (2022), The Cactus Air Force (2022) alongside the late Eric Hammel, Clean Sweep (2023), and most recently Turning The Tide (2024). Tom served in the US Navy in Vietnam and currently lives in Encino, California.
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