Vittoria 1813: Wellington Sweeps the French from Spain by Ian Fletcher

By Ian Fletcher

Книга Osprey crusade №59. Vittoria 1813 Osprey crusade №59. Vittoria 1813 Книги Исторические Автор: I.Fletcher Формат: pdf Издат.:Osprey Страниц: ninety eight Размер: fifty one Mb ISBN: 085532 739 Язык: Английский0 (голосов: zero) Оценка:Сериявоенных книгCampaign от Osprey.

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Frank F. Everest. These changes had little effect on FEAF’s and Fifth Air Force’s continuing prosecution of the war. What did have an effect was the stagnant ground war. Lt. Gen. Otto P. Weyland, right, and Maj. World War II had already Gen. Frank F. Everest. shown that CAS worked best in 34 fluid situations, when the enemy was on the move and unable to dig prepared positions. In static conditions however, when the enemy was deeply dug in, artillery fire was more often a better choice than an air attack.

Poor weather during the month and in early June also led to more Tadpole-directed strikes. Though the enemy soon ceased attacking, they were not finished lashing out at the UN forces, once more directing their fury against ROK units. On the night on June 14/15 the Communists began their largest offensive in more than two years. Aimed at the ROK II Corps near Kumhwa, the assault pushed back friendly troops nearly eight miles before it was contained. From the outset, FEAF and other UN aircraft were out in force supporting the defenders.

General Clark saw no reason to sacrifice more lives in what he saw as a fruitless endeavor. The Communists, on the other hand, seemingly had no reluctance to waste thousands of men for little gain. Fifth Air Force and its attached units were heavily involved in October, flying some 4,488 CAS sorties including 2,217 in support of the IX Corps alone. ” Carrier aircraft from TF 77 became heavily involved also. On October 9 Vice Adm. Joseph J. Clark, the task force commander, initiated a series of squadron-sized strikes against targets in the front lines.

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