War In The Air - The Second World War in Colour
Ian Carter
Though World War II took place after the development of color
photography, nearly all of the familiar images of it are in black
and white which tends to make the conflict feel more distant, more
removed from our own lives and history, than it actually is. War in
the Air changes that.
Following the success of IWM's The Second World War in Colour, this
book focuses on an aspect of the war that was unquestionably key to
the Allied victory: the war in the air. In these pages, we see
aircraft and pilots from a number of Allied nations, brought to
life again in vibrant color that makes the heroism and sacrifice of
the era more palpable than ever. Alongside these rarely seen
images, Ian Carter, Senior Curator at IWM, examines how crucial
aviation was to winning the war, from protecting the skies and
waters of Britain and the Mediterranean, to battlefield support in
North Africa and Europe and the strategic bombing offensive over
Germany. Offering perspectives from the ground and from the air,
these powerful images are an incredible document of World War
II.
Format 19.7 x 24.1 cm, Paperback, 120 Seiten, zahlreiche
Farbfotos, englischer Text, Best.-Nr. IWM001