The Pointblank Directive.pdf

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1、THEPOINTBLANKDirectiveTHREEGENERALSANDTHEUNTOLDSTORYOFTHEDARINGPLANTHATSAVEDD-DAYL.DOUGLASKEENEYAUTHOROF15Minutes:GeneralCurtisLeMayandtheCountdowntoNuclearAnnihilationTHEPOINTBLANKDIRECTIVETHREEGENERALSANDTHEUNTOLDSTORYOFTHEDARINGPLANTHATSAVEDD-DAYL.DOUG

2、LASKEENEY“Everyoneknewthattheensuingdayswoulddeterminewhetherornotallthemonthsofsteadyhammeringhadbeeninvain,whetherornotabuddyinsomeparachutebattalionorabrotherinsometankcorpsoracousininsomeartilleryunitwouldliveordieasaresultoftheairprotectionwewouldpro

3、vide.IfwehadbeenextremelyimportantbeforeD-Daywewerecertainlyindispensiblenow.”1CorporalMelvinApplebaum,WithintheParenthesisCONTENTSForewordbyStephenFrater9Introduction13Preface:194319Chapter1Airmen21Chapter2Autumn194333Chapter3Pointblank55Chapter4Weather6

4、7Chapter5Spaatz73Chapter6Anywhere83Chapter7TheClockTicks87Chapter8Formation93Chapter9Exhaustion97Chapter1OLocusts105Chapter11FlakBoys113Chapter12Berlin119Chapter13April127Chapter14Invasion137Chapter15SecretWeapons141Chapter16WarPlan148Chapter17Combat155Ch

5、apter18DicingwiththeDevil163Chapter19May1944171Chapter2ODeception181Chapter21June1944187Chapter22D-Day195Chapter23D+1225Bibliography237Notes243Index264FOREWORD“Thethunderingshipstookoffonebehindtheother.At5,000feettheymadetheirformation.Themensatquietlyat

6、theirstations,theireyesfixed.Andthedeepgrowloftheenginesshooktheair,shooktheworldandshookthefuture.”—JohnSteinbeck,1942heairwaroverNaziEuropewasthe“grimmestfighttothedeath”airmenThaveencounteredinhumanhistory,aswellasthewar’slongestandmostdeadlybattlefort

7、heAmericansandtheBritish.AuthorL.DouglasKeeneyhasexaminedtheroleofAlliedairpowerintherunuptoD-dayinhisnewwork,ThePointblankDirective.BeforetheSecondWorldWar,noonehadseen—andonlyafewhadimagined—thehorrorsattendanttohundred-mile-longarmadasoftwothousandbomb

8、ersandfightersregularlyandmethodicallyrazingthecradleofWesternCivilization.9THEPOINTBLANKDIRECTIVEInhis1942book,BombsAway,JohnSteinbeckneatlysummedupthechallengefacingbombercrewsandtheircommanders:“Ofallbranches…the