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Pictorial History of the Luftwaffe 1933-1945

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Autore/i	Alfred Price
Editore	Ian Allan Publishing	Luogo	London
Anno	1969	Pagine	176
Dimensioni	16x24 (cm)	Illustrazioni	ill. b/n n.t. - b/w ills.
Legatura	tela ed. sovracc. ill. colori - hardcover with dustjacket	Conservazione	Usato ottime condizioni - used very good
Lingua	Inglese - English text	Peso	1200 (gr)
ISBN	0711001006	EAN-13	9780711001008
Prezzo	30.00 €	Sconto	50%
Prezzo scontato	15.00 €

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Whatever one's political persuasion, there is much one can find that is intriguing about Hitler's Luftwaffe. Here was a force that in six short years rose almost from nothing to become the terror of Europe. It was the Luftwaffe that made possible the lightning victories by the German Army during the first three years of the war. Then, gradually but inexorably, the air forces of Germany's enemies became stronger than her own, and the Luftwaffe was forced on to the defensive on each front in turn. Finally, the vast majority of its aircraft grounded for want of fuel, many of its best crews dead or in prison camps, the greater part of it could do no more than sit on the ground and wait for the end to come. But as long as the war lasted the Luftwaffe could never be ignored in the Allied calculations, for to the very end it proved capable of springing uncomfortable surprises.
Here, for the first time, a step by step history of Hitler's Air Force is presented in pictures. Scores of the photographs have never been published before, others only rarely so. To get them, and also to research for the text the author, himself a regular officer in the Royal Air Force, visited many of the German senior officers who survived. The result is a unique and objectively precise account of the birth, life and death of the Luftwaffe.

Contents

Foreword by Len Deighton
Introduction
Preparation
On The Offensive
The Tide Turns
The Losing Battle
APPENDIX A Operational Command of the Luftwafe
APPENDIX B Wartime Production of the More Important German Combat Aircraft, by Type
APPENDIX C Equivalent Commissioned Ranks