Air Defense Artillery in Action

Air Defense Artillery in Action
World War II

Hammer of Hell
Antiaircraft Artillerymen Fight Their Way from North Africa to the Rhine

Kamikaze
Antiaircraft Artillery Units Turn Back Japan's 'Typhoon of Steel'

Kasserine Pass
U.S. Army Antiaircraft Artillery Units Experience Baptism of in the North African Desert.

D-Day: June 6, 1944
American Antiaircraft Artillery Units Fight
Their Way Off Normandy's Invasion Beaches

Ernie Pyle Visits an Antiaircraft Artillery Battery
Famed War Correspondent Describes Life in an "Ack-Ack" Battery

As I Remember It
Antiaircraft Artilleryman's Memoir of World War II

Triple A
Antiaircraft Artillerymen Battle Their Way Across World War Two's European and Pacific Theaters of Operations

.Antiaircraft Artilleryman
1939-1970
Pioneering air defense officer saw action in WWII and the Korean War . commanded Nike batteries and battalions, served as missile advisor to Germany and Japan, and ended his career as air defense chief for Okinawa..


Project Window: The First Air Defense Countermeasure Atruggle between night bombers and night fighters took place amid exploding flak and the glare of burning cities.	Guile and Mobility Red Army air defenders use cunning and mobility to parry German air attacks.
Mixed Batteries Great Britain integrates women into its antiaircraft batteries to fight off German blitz.	Air Raid Pearl Harbor: 'This is No Drill' U.S. antiaircraft gun battalions fight back against Japanese surprise attack.
ADA on Bataan: A Retrograde Operation At the star of World War II, Antiaircraft Artillery units protected choke points during the retreat of U.S. forces onto Bataan.	Echoes of a Distant Battle Air Defense Lessons of the Philippine Defense Campaign of 1941-1942
Steel on Target Germany's potent antiaircraft forces failed to stop Allied bomber offensive.	The 197th AAA Battalion at War Trained at Fort Bliss, Texas, an Antiaircraft Artillery battalion fights it way across Europe
Red Flak Trains Russia deployed flak trains to protect junctions, bridges and other critical targets from German air attacks.	Antwerp X Defense of Antwerp Against V-1 "Buzz Bombs" Provided Early Example of Integrated Air Defense and Airspace Management
Antiaircraft at Remagen Antiaircraft defenses at Remagen contributed greatly to the success of the first bridgehead across the Rhine.