This month's book vote sees five Air Campaign titles battling for your support. Read the full descriptions and have your say by filling out the form below. Plus, check out the results of last month's Combat vote.

Atlantic 1939–44: Condors against the convoys

Baedeker Blitz 1942: Germany’s first vengeance campaign

Third Army 1944–45: Patton’s tactical air power

Home Islands 1945: The British Pacific Fleet hits Japan

Quick Reaction Alert 1945–91: The RAF’s Cold War interceptors

Atlantic 1939–44: Condors against the convoys

The Battle of the Atlantic was fought not just by Germany’s U-boat and surface combatants but by the maritime aircraft of the Luftwaffe, either alone or in conjunction with the Kriegsmarine, and they saw considerable success in the early years of the war. It is a campaign most famous for the exploits of the four-engined Fw 200 Condor, but the maritime branch also relied heavily on a range of other types, including the Do 217 and Ju 88.

Baedeker Blitz 1942: Germany’s first vengeance campaign

In early 1942, the RAF’s first area-bombing raid on Lübeck created a firestorm that devastated the historic port city and shocked the German leadership. In response, the Luftwaffe was ordered to attack British towns and cities famed for their culture and beauty – including Bath, Exeter, Norwich, and Canterbury. However the ‘Baedeker’ campaign, named for the tourist guide, was a strategic failure which did not dissuade Britain from ramping up its area bombing campaign, while also causing the Luftwaffe unsustainable losses.

Third Army 1944–45: Patton’s tactical air power

One of two special commands formed to support the US armies in the battles for France in 1944, XIX Tactical Air Command was assigned to the hard-charging Third Army of General Patton, a believer in the importance of tactical air power. This book would examine the XIX TAC fighter-bombers’ war and how crucial it was to the Allies’ efficient, fast-moving warfare of 1944.

Home Islands 1945: The British Pacific Fleet hits Japan

Having joined the Pacific War in the Sumatra campaign and fought alongside the US Navy at Okinawa, the culmination of the British Pacific Fleet’s war was the naval blitz against Japan. Although dwarfed by the US fleet, the strike aircraft of the BPF attacked targets from Kamaishi and Onagawa in the north to Kobe and Osaka in the south, including air attacks on Tokyo itself, culminating in the Fleet Air Arm’s last dogfight on VJ-Day itself.

Quick Reaction Alert 1945–91: The RAF’s Cold War interceptors

For decades during the Cold War, pairs of high-performance fighter jets waited on alert at RAF bases, fuelled and ready, to intercept the Soviet intruders that routinely tested NATO readiness. This book would examine the development, the organization and the systems of UK Air Defence Region, how it fitted into the NATO-wide system of air defence, and the actions of the Lightnings, Phantoms, and Tornados that guarded the skies over the North Sea and North Atlantic.

Last month, we asked what you would like to see published in our Combat series. Thank you to everyone who voted and provided feedback. Here are the results: 

Swedish soldier vs Russian Soldier: Great Northern War 1700–21 - 19%

Polish Resistance Fighter vs German Soldier: Warsaw Uprising 1944 - 23%

Longbowman vs Billman: Wars of the Roses 1455–87 - 21%

French Soldier vs Prussian Soldier: Franco-Prussian War 1870–71 - 24%

British Soldier vs French Soldier: War of the Austrian Succession 1740–48 - 12%