The aid provided to the warring sides was not limited to aircraft however and included pilots such as the Germans who fought with the Condor Legion for the Nationalists, as well as Italians and Soviet 'volunteers'. Experience of the air war in Spain would also be carried forward and used to develop the tactics and doctrines that would be successfully employed in the early years of the Second World War, including the use of air bridges, close air support coordinated with ground troops and large-scale aerial bombing of industrial and civilian targets. This volume describes the main actions of the later phases of the war and the personalities and aces involved in those actions. The Spanish Civil War in the Air: Volume 2, 1938?1939 is extensively illustrated throughout with original photographs, illustrations of the badges and insignia of the participants, and includes the @War series signature colour artworks. AUTHORS: Juan Arráez Cerdá is a Spanish Aviation expert and owner of one of the best pictures' collections of Spanish Aviation. He is the author of many books and articles about Aviation (in French and Spanish). Eduardo Manuel Gil Martínez has been interested in history for many years, particularly the Second World War. Determined to write about the little known stories, he is the author of several books including 'Breslau 1945: El último bastión del Reich', 'Fuerzas acorazadas húngaras 1939-45', 'The Spanish in the SS and Wehrmacht.1944-45', 'The Bulgarian Air Force in World War II', 'Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana 1943-45' and 'Romanian Armored Forces in World War II'. 140 b/w photos, 21 colour profiles
