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Book SynopsisA uniquely insightful study of the key decisions taken for the conduct of the RAF's offensive during the period leading up to D-Day in 1944 and the air operations in the campaign that followed.
Trade Review**Book of the Month** "In his controversial new book, The RAF's Road to D-Day, Baughen follows the RAF's campaigns in Italy, France and Germany between 1943 and 1944, detailing how interservice divisions, clashing views on doctrine and an ineffective grasp on how to implement the lessons learned wasted any potential the RAF may have had.... Drawing on primary sources, interviews, after-action reports and official studies, the author makes a number of bold claims.... In a highly digestible manner, the author maps the RAF's 'learning curve' - or lack thereof - from campaigns in Italy through to the Normandy landings.... Irrespective of whether you agree with Baughen's conclusions, he presents his case with conviction. With well-reasoned arguments and deductions, backed up with relevant primary source material, The RAF's Road to D-Day challenges historical orthodoxy and is bound to spark debate." - Key Military, 15 July 2023
