Big Week

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Big Week was a major World War II Allied air campaign in February 1944 that targeted the German aircraft industry to weaken the Luftwaffe ahead of the invasion of Western Europe.

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instanceOf World War II operation
military operation
strategic bombing campaign
airWarfareType daylight precision bombing
escort fighter operations
alsoKnownAs Operation Argument
linked to: Operation Crossbow
belligerent Nazi Germany
Royal Air Force
United States Army Air Forces
commander Arthur Harris
Carl Spaatz
Ira C. Eaker
James H. Doolittle
conflict World War II
country Allied powers
endDate 1944-02-25
involvedForce Eighth Air Force
Fifteenth Air Force
RAF Bomber Command
RAF Fighter Command
location Germany
occupied Europe
notableAircraftUsed Avro Lancaster
B-17 Flying Fortress
B-24 Liberator
De Havilland Mosquito
P-38 Lightning
P-47 Thunderbolt
P-51 Mustang
objective to gain air superiority over Western Europe
to prepare for the Allied invasion of Western Europe
to weaken the Luftwaffe
opponent Axis powers
opponentCommander Adolf Galland
Hermann Göring
partOf Allied strategic bombing campaign in Europe
result Allied victory
heavy Allied bomber and fighter losses
heavy losses for the Luftwaffe
significant damage to German aircraft production
startDate 1944-02-20
strategicContext preparation for Operation Overlord
target German aircraft industry
Luftwaffe fighter production
aircraft assembly plants
aircraft component factories
aircraft engine plants
timePeriod February 1944

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