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Luftwaffe Flak and Field Divisions, 1939–1945

Author : Hans Seidler
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783039183
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Luftwaffe Flak and Field Divisions, 1939–1945 written by Hans Seidler and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2012-04-19 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pictorial WWII history explores the evolution of the Third Reich’s Luftwaffe ground force through rare wartime photographs. From the outset of the Second World War, Luftwaffe Flak units saw extensive fighting with their 2cm, 3.7cm and deadly 8.8cm anti-aircraft guns. By the time of Hitler’s invasion of Russia, Luftwaffe ground forces had been expanded and were being used in both the army support and air roles. After initial success on the Eastern Front gave way to a costly quagmire, Hitler ordered the raising of Luftwaffe Field Divisions to bolster the Army. Initially under Hermann Goring’s command, they were reorganized under the Army in 1943 as standard infantry divisions. The most famous was the elite Hermann Goring Division, which was reorganized as a Panzer Division. By 1944 there were no less than twenty-one Luftwaffe Field Divisions, plus many similar regiments, fighting on all fronts.

6527

Author : R. Kirchubel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789623611565
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (115 download)

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Download or read book 6527 written by R. Kirchubel and published by . This book was released on 2007-12-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From late 1942 onwards, Luftwaffe ground forces grew in number in both flak (antiaircraft) and field units, and these form the subject for this new book. The Luftwaffe was eventually to form a staggering two merchandised divisions, ten parachute and 21 field divisions, thus duplicating the role of the Wehrmacht. Kirchubel has selected a fascinating array of photos, providing a unique visual history of these German forces. 135 photos

Luftwaffe Field Divisions 1941–45

Author : Kevin Conley Ruffner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782008993
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Luftwaffe Field Divisions 1941–45 written by Kevin Conley Ruffner and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-12-20 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hermann Göring raised the Luftwaffe Field Divisions [LwFD] during 1942, when Nazi Germany was still making spectacular gains but was first feeling the pinch of its losses on the Eastern Front. The Reichsmarschall decided to raise his own divisions for ground service under the command of Luftwaffe officers. On 17 September 1942, Göring called for volunteers from throughout the Luftwaffe for combat duty in the East. Even before that date, however, some Luftwaffe troops were heavily engaged against the enemy in Russia in a ground role. Kevin Conley Ruffner's engaging text tells the fascinating story of the LwFD.

Luftwaffe Handbook, 1939-1945

Author : Alfred Price
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Luftwaffe Handbook, 1939-1945 written by Alfred Price and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1977 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth reference manual on the German Luftwaffe at war.

German Halftracks at War, 1939–1945

Author : Paul Thomas
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783038527
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book German Halftracks at War, 1939–1945 written by Paul Thomas and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of the bestselling Panzer IV at War delivers a highly illustrated look at “a key element in the German Blitzkrieg” during the Second World War (HistoryOfWar.org). In the aftermath of the Great War, which saw the introduction of the tank, the more far sighted military leaders realized that the future of warfare hinged on a balance of mobility, firepower and protection. Tanks would need to be accompanied into battle by supporting arms, specifically infantry, artillery and engineers. An all fully-tracked field army was thought to be too expensive, so the semi-tracked support vehicle (commonly called a halftrack) was born. The halftrack concept was embraced by France, the US and most notably Germany. The Germans commissioned numerous types of half-tracked tractors, which were classified by the weight of their towed load. These vehicles were designated Sonderkraffarzeug (special motorized vehicle), abbreviated as Sd.Kfz. These front-wheel steering vehicles with tracked drive transformed the fighting quality of the armored divisions. They carried the infantry alongside the advancing panzers and brought guns and pontoon-bridge sections. The halftrack also became the preferred reconnaissance vehicle. This latest addition to the highly successful and collectable Images of War series has a superb collection of rare images, supported by detailed captions and text, of the many Sd.Kfz variants in diverse theatres of war. It is worth reflecting that, without half-tracks, there could have been no Blitzkrieg.

Flak

Author : Edward B. Westermann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Flak written by Edward B. Westermann and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Air raid sirens wail, searchlight beams flash across the sky, and the night is aflame with tracer fire and aerial explosions, as Allied bombers and German anti-aircraft units duel in the thundering darkness. Such "cinematic" scenes, played out with increasing frequency as World War II ground to a close, were more than mere stock material for movie melodramas. As Edward Westermann reveals, they point to a key but largely unappreciated aspect of the German war effort that has yet to get its full due.Long the neglected stepchild in studies of World War II air campaigns, German flak or anti-aircraft units have been frequently dismissed by American, British, and German historians (and by veterans of the European air war) as ineffective weapons that wasted valuable materiel and personnel resources desperately needed elsewhere by the Third Reich. Westermann emphatically disagrees with that view and makes a convincing case for the significant contributions made by the entire range of German anti-aircraft defenses.During the Allied air campaigns against the Third Reich, well over a million tons of bombs were dropped upon the German homeland, killing nearly 300,000 civilians, wounding another 780,000, and destroying more than 3,500,000 industrial and residential structures. Not surprisingly, that aerial Armageddon has inspired countless studies of both the victorious Allied bombing offensive and the ultimately doomed Luftwaffe defense of its own skies. By contrast, flak units have virtually been ignored, despite the fact that they employed more than a million men and women, were responsible for more than half of all Allied aircraft losses, forced Allied bombers to fly far abovehigh-accuracy altitudes, and thus allowed Germany to hold out far longer than it might have otherwise.Westermann's definitive study sheds new light on every facet of the development and organization of this vital defense arm, includi

Luftwaffe Field Divisions

Author : Ron Volstad
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Luftwaffe Field Divisions written by Ron Volstad and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Spearhead for Blitzkrieg

Author : Paul Deichmann
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 9780804116954
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (169 download)

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Download or read book Spearhead for Blitzkrieg written by Paul Deichmann and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1999-10 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The former chief of the German air force, Luftwaffe Command 4, evaluates its performance during World War II, with emphasis on the Eastern Front. Deichmann outlines the history of the Luftwaffe from its beginnings through the Spanish Civil War and the early years of World War II on the Western Front. of photos.

Air Force Combat Units of World War II

Author : Maurer Maurer
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428915850
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (289 download)

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Download or read book Air Force Combat Units of World War II written by Maurer Maurer and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1961 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

German Order of Battle World War II: Waffen SS, Fallschirm-Jäger, Air Landing, Naval, Mountain and Ski-Jäger Luftwaffe Field Divisions

Author : George F. Nafziger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book German Order of Battle World War II: Waffen SS, Fallschirm-Jäger, Air Landing, Naval, Mountain and Ski-Jäger Luftwaffe Field Divisions written by George F. Nafziger and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Luftwaffe War Diary

Author : Uwe Feist
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 0811714225
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book Luftwaffe War Diary written by Uwe Feist and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visual history of the German air force in World War II. • Hundreds of color and b/w images of pilots and crews, aircraft, uniforms, awards, sidearms, and more • Includes Stuka dive-bombers, Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters, and other planes • Must-have for historians, modelers, World War II buffs, and aviation enthusiasts

The German Defeat in the East 1944-45

Author : Samuel W. Mitcham
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811733717
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (337 download)

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Download or read book The German Defeat in the East 1944-45 written by Samuel W. Mitcham and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last place a German soldier wanted to be in 1944 was the eastern front. That summer, Stalin hurled millions of men and thousands of tanks and planes against German forces across a broad front. In a series of massive, devastating battles, the Red Army decimated Hitler's Army Group Center in Belorussua, annihilated Army Group South in the Ukraine, and inflicted crushing casualties while taking Rumania and Hungary. By the time Budapest fell to the Soviets in Febuary 1945, the German Army had been slaughtered--and the Third Reich was in its death throes.

Bolt Action: Campaign: D-Day: British & Canadian Sectors

Author : Warlord Games
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472839102
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book Bolt Action: Campaign: D-Day: British & Canadian Sectors written by Warlord Games and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-21 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the historic D-Day landings comes the fight to liberate France and the rest of Occupied Europe. This campaign book focuses on the push inland from the Commonwealth beaches of Gold, Sword, and Juno culminating with the battle for Caen and the Falaise Pocket. Containing new scenarios, Theatre Selectors, and units, including rules for the Canadian Army in Europe and their adversaries, this book has everything players need to continue the liberation of Europe.

German Ground Forces of World War II

Author : William T. McCroden
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1611211018
Total Pages : 1257 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book German Ground Forces of World War II written by William T. McCroden and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2019-05-09 with total page 1257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking and comprehensive order of battle for German ground troops in WWII, from the invasion of Poland to the final defeat in Berlin. An indispensable reference work for Second World War scholars and enthusiasts, German Ground Forces of World War II captures the continuously changing character of Nazi ground forces throughout the conflict. For the first time, readers can follow the career of every German division, corps, army, and army group as the German armed forces shifted units to and from theaters of war. Organized by sections including Theater Commands, Army Groups, Armies, and Corps Commands, it presents a detailed analysis of each corresponding order of battle for every German field formation above division. This innovative resource also describes the orders of battle of the myriad German and Axis satellite formations assigned to security commands throughout occupied Europe and the combat zones, as well as those attached to fortress commands and to the commanders of German occupation forces across Europe. An accompanying narrative describes the career of each field formation and includes the background and experience of many of their most famous commanding officers.

Supply Organisation of the German Air Force 1939-1945

Author : Disarmament Branch of the Air Division
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781847349491
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (494 download)

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Download or read book Supply Organisation of the German Air Force 1939-1945 written by Disarmament Branch of the Air Division and published by . This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fully comprehensive study of the Luftwaffe s supply organisation in the Second World War is based on Allied Intelligence and papers captured from the Germans themselves at the end of the war. It was compiled in the teeth of severe difficulties at the war s end: many Luftwaffe depots had been wrecked and looted by starving refugees; several senior Luftwaffe personnel were in the American occupation zone and were being rapidly released. Despite all the difficulties, the job was done and this book is the most complete picture of the organisation of the Nazi Luftwaffe in existence. It contains chapters on how the Luftwaffe fitted into the overall Supreme command of the German armed forces; on Speer s Armaments Ministry and war production; on Goering s Air Ministry; and how supplies were organised in the field. There are detailed sections on Production and provisioning; Financial control; Selection and training of Luftwaffe supply staff; transport; repair and salvage; the eastern front and identification of equipment - together with original German charts of chains of command. For any serious Luftwaffe enthusiast - this book is simply a must.

Hitler's Army

Author : David Stone
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1844862542
Total Pages : 951 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (448 download)

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Download or read book Hitler's Army written by David Stone and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 951 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'I swear by God this sacred oath that I shall render unconditional obedience to Adolf Hitler, the Führer of the German Reich, supreme commander of the armed forces, and that I shall at all times be prepared, as a brave soldier, to give my life for this oath.' (German armed forces oath of loyalty, instituted 2 August 1934) This extensively illustrated new title from renowned historian, David Stone, describes and analyses every significant aspect of the rise and fall of 'Hitler's Army' within the Wehrmacht from 1933 to 1945, including its creation, organisation, weapons, equipment, training and tactics. The book also considers its conduct in battle and its strengths and weaknesses, together with the motivation, lifestyle, performance and nature of its officers and soldiers, both prior to and during the conflict. Hitler's Army is an essential reference for anyone seeking a definitive explanation and analysis of one of Europe's most formidable fighting forces. It is also a balanced and indispensable aid for those wishing to understand how the much vaunted and apparently unbeatable German army that went to war in 1939 and so speedily achieved military pre-eminence in Europe, was consigned just over five years later to total military defeat and the ignominy of unconditional surrender in a devastated, demoralised and shattered Germany.

Panzers in Winter

Author : Samuel W. Mitcham Jr.
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 1461751446
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book Panzers in Winter written by Samuel W. Mitcham Jr. and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2007-12-13 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of World War II's most famous battles recounted from the German point of view Covers Otto Skorzeny, Kampfgruppe Peiper, the siege of Bastogne, and more Includes the story of the hard-hit U.S. 106th Infantry Division and based on unpublished primary sources, including after-action reports and soldiers' memoirs Before dawn on December 16, 1944, German forces rolled through the icy Ardennes in their last major offensive on the Western Front. Catching the Allies--predominantly Americans, in what they believed was a "quiet" sector--by surprise, the Germans made early gains, but Allied counterattacks combined with German fuel shortages and mounting casualties forced the German Army into a retreat from which it never recovered.