CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ONE: The Birth of an Idea

TWO: The War Will Be an Air War

THREE: America Prepares for the Air War

FOUR: Going to War

FIVE: The House of Mystery on Berkeley Square

SIX: A Steep Learning Curve

SEVEN: Creating Substance from Promise

EIGHT: Defining the Mission

NINE: Pointblank

TEN: Going Deep at Great Cost

ELEVEN: Black Week

TWELVE: Grasping for a Turning Point

THIRTEEN: Operation Argument

FOURTEEN: Before Sunday’s Dawn

FIFTEEN: Sunday, February 20

SIXTEEN: A Wing and a Prayer

SEVENTEEN: Monday, February 21

EIGHTEEN: Tuesday, February 22

NINETEEN: Wednesday, February 23

TWENTY: Thursday, February 24

TWENTY-ONE: Friday, February 25

TWENTY-TWO: All Roads Led to Overlord

TWENTY-THREE: Against the Wall

TWENTY-FOUR: Total Collapse

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