Dive Bomber : How Low-Level Attacks Changed World War II in the Air

Author: Smith, Peter C.

Second World War, 1939-1945

Published on 20 October 2024 by STACKPOLE BOOKS in the United States.

Paperback / softback | 400 pages
229 x 152 x 27 | 610g

• Details on planes like the German Stuka, the American Dauntless, the Japanese Aichi D3A1 'Val,' the Soviet PE-2, and numerous others • Riveting accounts of aerial combat • Includes maps, diagrams, tables, and photos For many, it is a dive bomber that conjures the most dramatic, quintessential image of World War II: a screaming German Stuka hurtling toward the ground as part of the frightening blitzkrieg that opened the war. In this illustrated history of Allied and Axis dive bombers, Peter C. Smith traces these formidable aircraft from the earliest experiment, through the planes' first operation, to their emergence as devastatingly effective tools of aerial warfare in World War II.