Evans, Bryan Air Battle for Burma. Allied Pilot's Fight for Supremacy

After a long series of crushing defeats by the apparently unstoppable Japanese air and ground forces, the eventual fightback and victory in Burma was achieved as a result of the exercise of unprecedented combined services cooperation and operations. Crucial to this was the Allies' supremacy in the air coupled with their ground/air support strategy. Using veterans' first-hand accounts, "Air Battle for Burma" reveals the decisive nature of Allied air power in inflicting the first major defeat on the Japanese Army in the Second World War. Newly equipped Spitfire fighter squadrons made the crucial difference at the turning point battles of the Admin Box, Imphal, and Kohima in 1944. Air superiority allowed Allied air forces to deploy and supply Allied ground troops on the front line and raids deep into enemy territory with relative impunity; revolutionary tactics never before attempted on such a scale. By covering both the strategic and tactical angles, through these previously unpublished personal accounts, this fine book is a fitting and overdue tribute to Allied air forces contribution to victory in Burma.

Air superiority enabled the Allied air forces to deploy and supply Allied ground troops at the front and to penetrate deep into enemy territory with relative impunity - a revolutionary tactic never before attempted on this scale. Covering both the strategic and tactical aspects through previously unpublished personal accounts, this book is a fitting and overdue tribute to the Allied air forces' contribution to victory in Burma.