Publication: Air Power History
Publication Date: 22-MAR-03
Format: Online - approximately 926 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Author: Gates, James
Article Excerpt
XIX Tactical Air Command and ULTRA: Patton's Force Enhancers in the 1944 Campaign in France (CADRE Paper No. 10). By Bradford Shwedo. Maxwell AFB, Ala.: Air University Press, 2001. Maps. Photographs. Notes. Bibliography Pp. xiii, 142. ISBN: 1-58566089-2 and Air Power for Patton's Army: The XIX Tactical Air Command in the Second World War. By David N. Spires. Washington, D.C.: Air Force History and Museums Program, 2002. Maps. Tables. Photographs. Notes. Bibliography Index. Pp. xix, 377 ISBN: 0-16-051081-3
Although the titles are similar, each book's content shows that history is a variegated tapestry with many stories woven through it. Major Shwedo argues that Patton used ULTRA--codename for the Allies' German code breaking efforts--and Maj. Gen. Otto Weyland's XIX Tactical Air Command (TAO) to actually avoid battles, surround enemy concentrations, by-pass enemy strongpoints, and speed Third Army's advance across France. In...
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