The Mighty Eighth: The Air War in Europe as Told by the Men Who Fought It

In the skies of World War II Europe, the Eighth Air Force was a defining factor in turning the tide against the Nazis. In these gripping oral histories, the sacrifice, savagery, and supremacy of the “Mighty Eighth” is described by those who experienced it...and survived it.

At the outbreak of World War II, America was woefully unprepared for a fight, though Europe was already years into the battle. Soon, though, America’s war machine was rolling out pilots, engineers, planes, and materials in astounding numbers. It was called the Eighth Air Force—and it would hit the Nazi juggernaut like a lightning bolt.

Launching a then-groundbreaking campaign of daylight bombing runs, the men of the Eighth would suffer more casualties than the entire Marine Corps in the Pacific theater. But they would also prove to be the most effective weapon against the enemy, taking out strategic targets such as munitions plants and factories that were vital to the German war effort and grinding them to a halt. In The Mighty Eighth, the men who fought in the greatest air war in human history tell their stories of courage and camaraderie as only those who were there can tell them.

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• The Bomber Boys: Heroes Who Flew the B-17s in World War II
• Black Thursday: The Story of the Schweinfurt Raid
• Deadly Sky: The American Combat Airman in World War II
• Hell's Angels: The True Story of the 303rd Bomb Group in World War II
• Voices of the Pacific: Untold Stories from the Marine Heroes of World War II
• The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau
• Half a Wing, Three Engines and a Prayer: B-17s over Germany
• The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944-45
• The Things Our Fathers Saw - The War In The Air Book One: The Untold Stories of the World War II Generation from Hometown, USA (Volume 2)