The Oil Campaign 1944 45 Draining the Wehrmacht’s Lifeblood 1st Edition by Steven J Zaloga ISBN 1472848543 9781472848543

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ISBN 10: 1472848543

ISBN 13: 9781472848543 

Author: Steven J. Zaloga

A new illustrated history of one of the key air campaigns of late World War II – the American effort to cripple Germany’s oil production, and grind its armed forces to a halt.

With retreating German forces losing their oilfields on the Eastern Front, Germany was reliant on its own facilities, particularly for producing synthetic oil from coal. However, these were within range of the increasingly mighty Allied air forces. In 1944 the head of the US Strategic Air Forces, General Carl Spaatz was intent on a new campaign that aimed to cripple the German war machine by depriving it of fuel.

The USAAF’s Oil Campaign built up momentum during the summer of 1944 and targeted these refineries and plants with its daylight heavy bombers. Decrypted German communications made it clear that the Oil Campaign was having an effect against the Wehrmacht. Fuel shortages in the autumn of 1944 forced the Luftwaffe to ground most of its combat units except for fighters involved in the defense of the Reich. Fuel shortages also forced the Kriegsmarine to place most of its warships in harbor except for the U-boats and greatly hampered German army campaigns such as the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944–45.

This fascinating book packed with key photos and illustrations examines the controversies and debates over the focus of the US bombing campaign in the final year of the war, and the impact it had on the war effort overall. 

Table of contents:

1. Introduction
2. Chronology

Attacker’s Capabilities
3. Allied Bomber Strength in 1944
4. Royal Air Force
5. US Army Air Forces

Defender’s Capabilities
6. Luftflotte Reich
7. Luftwaffe Organization
8. Luftwaffe Daylight Tactics
9. Luftwaffe Night Tactics
10. Luftwaffe Flak

Campaign Objectives
11. The Crucial Commodity
12. The Oil Plan

The Campaign
13. Collapsing the German War Economy
14. Mission 353: May 12, 1944
15. Ploesti Attacks Resume
16. Impact of the Initial Oil Campaign
17. German Countermeasures
18. Bomber Command Joins the Battle
19. Post-Invasion USSTAF Oil Campaign
20. August Oil Campaign
21. Ploesti Subdued
22. Summer Assessment
23. The Fall 1944 Oil Campaign
24. October Missions
25. The November Reprieve
26. Hitler’s December Gamble
27. Bodenplatte
28. January 1945
29. Luftwaffe Demoralization
30. The February Decline
31. The Final Campaign

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