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Author : Werner Baumbach
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (255 download)
Download or read book The Life and Death of the Luftwaffe written by Werner Baumbach and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : General Werner Baumbach
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786259966
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (862 download)
Download or read book The Life And Death Of The Luftwaffe written by General Werner Baumbach and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2016-07-26 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Life and Death of the Luftwaffe is the story of Germany’s bomber forces in World War II—the counterpart to the story of German fighter forces told by Adolf Galland in The First and the Last. Designated General of the Bombers—the highest post in the Luftwaffe bomber command—Werner Baumbach saw combat as a dive bomber pilot at Narvik and Dunkirk. Later he commanded the Luftwaffe forces in Norway, attacking Allied convoys on the Murmansk run, and led Germany’s bomber fleets on the Russian front and in the Mediterranean. An outspoken critic of the Luftwaffe blunders committed by Göring and Hitler, Baumbach was saved from dismissal only by his extraordinary record of leadership and courage. In The Life and Death of the Luftwaffe, he presents a rare inside view of German decisions and strategy, based on personal combat experience and official Luftwaffe files—from the blitzkrieg in Poland and the fall of France to the Battle of Britain, the siege of Stalingrad, and the collapse of German air power under the torrent of American bombing at the end of World War II.
Author : Werner Baumbach
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (911 download)
Download or read book The Life and Death of the Luftwaffe written by Werner Baumbach and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alfred Price
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780345278975
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (789 download)
Download or read book Luftwaffe written by Alfred Price and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jay A. Stout
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 0811706591
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (117 download)
Download or read book The Men Who Killed the Luftwaffe written by Jay A. Stout and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dramatic story of World War II in the air How the U.S. built an air force of 2.3 million men after starting with 45,000 and defeated the world's best air force Vivid accounts of aerial combat Winner, 2011 San Diego Book Awards for Military & Politics In order to defeat Germany in World War II, the Allies needed to destroy the Third Reich's industry and invade its territory, but before they could effectively do either, they had to defeat the Luftwaffe, whose state-of-the-art aircraft and experienced pilots protected German industry and would batter any attempted invasion. This difficult task fell largely to the U.S., which, at the outset, lacked the necessary men, materiel, and training. Over the ensuing years, thanks to visionary leadership and diligent effort, the U.S. Army Air Force developed strategies and tactics and assembled a well-trained force that convincingly defeated the Luftwaffe.
Author : Lieutenant Colonel Patricia L. C. Priest
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782898816
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (828 download)
Download or read book The Luftwaffe And Its War Of Attrition written by Lieutenant Colonel Patricia L. C. Priest and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the years, the United States Air Force takes much credit for bringing World War II to closure. The strategic bomber, eventually along with long range fighter, was put in the skies over Germany to gain air superiority and to disrupt the war making abilities of Germany and, in particular, the Luftwaffe. The Luftwaffe had to be neutralized before the invasion of Normandy could take place. Granted this was a necessary step. However, the Luftwaffe had already lost its fighting ability and the war through poor strategy and judgment long before the strategic bomber and the long range fighter could become factors in the war.
Author : Adrian Weir
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 1780227000
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)
Download or read book Last Flight of the Luftwaffe written by Adrian Weir and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2013-10-17 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The account of one of the most extraordinary stories to come from the closing days of the Second World War. Desperate times drive determined men to desperate measures. In April 1945, their cause already clearly lost, an ill-assorted, ill-equipped group of Luftwaffe crew decided on one final 'death or glory' kamikaze mission - their trage an incoming USAAF Eighth Air Force bomber formation, their only weapons their aircraft. Adrian Weir has researched this remarkable flight to retell it minute by minute: a hopeless gesture of immense courage, thrilling as the reader flies in the cockpit with the German pilots towards the unstoppable aircarft of the Mighty Eighth. Including accounts from the survivors of the mission, this is one of the most extraordinary stories to come from the closing days of the Second World War.
Author : John Killen
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1781591105
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (815 download)
Download or read book The Luftwaffe: A History written by John Killen and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2013-06-12 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Killen's exhaustive work is a study of German air power between 1915 and 1945, from the early days of flying when Immelmann, Boelke, Richtofen and other First World War aces fought and died to give Germany air supremacy, to the nightmare existence of the Luftwaffe as the Third Reich plunged headlong to destruction. Here are the aircraft: the frail biplanes and triplanes of the Kaiser's war; the great Lufthansa aircraft and airships of the turbulent Thirties; the monoplanes designed to help Hitler in his conquest of Europe. Here are the generals who forged the air weapon of the Luftwaffe - the swaggering Goering, the playboy Udet, the ebullient Kesselring and the scapegoat Jeschonnek; here, too, are the pilots who tried to keep faith with their Fatherland despite overwhelming odds; Adolf Galland, Werner Molders, Joachim Marseille and Hanna Reitsch. Not least are the actions fought by the Luftwaffe from the Spanish Civil War to the Battle of Britain, through the bloody struggle for Crete and the siege of Stalingrad to the fearful twilight over Berlin.
Author : Claire Rose Knott
Publisher : Ian Allan Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781903223956
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (239 download)
Download or read book Princes of Darkness written by Claire Rose Knott and published by Ian Allan Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both a guide for modellers and a basic introduction to the working practices of the steam railway, this is an in-depth look at the nature of passenger train operation on Britain's railways. Topics discussed include working practices and train formations, non-passenger coaching stock on passenger trains, locomotive types developed specifically for passenger services and station design. c200 b/w photos. c96 pages. Softback. This title has not yet been published. Your order will be recorded and the book will be supplied as soon as it becomes available. Your credit/debit card will not be charged until the book is available for despatch
Author : Adam R. A. Claasen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Hitler's Northern War written by Adam R. A. Claasen and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adolf Hitler had high hopes for his conquest of Norway, which held both great symbolic and great strategic value for the Fuhrer. Despite early successes, however, his ambitious northern campaign foundered and ultimately failed. Adam Claasen for the first time reveals the full story of this neglected episode and shows how it helped doom the Third Reich to defeat. Hitler and Raeder, the chief of the German navy, were determined to take and keep Norway. By doing so, they hoped to preempt Allied attempts to outflank Germany, protect sea lanes for German ships, access precious Scandinavian minerals for war production, and provide a launchpad for Luftwaffe and naval operations against Great Britain. Beyond those strategic objectives, Hitler also envisioned Norway as part of a pan-Nordic stronghold—a centerpiece of his new world order. But, as Claasen shows, Hitler's grand expectations were never realized. Gring's Luftwaffe was the vital spearhead in the invasion of Norway, which marked a number of wartime firsts. Among other things, it involved the first large-scale aerial operations over sea rather than land, the first time operational objectives and logistical needs were fulfilled by air power, and the first deployment of paratroopers. Although it got off to a promising start, the German effort, particularly against British and arctic convoys, was greatly hampered by flawed strategic thinking, interservice rivalries between the Luftwaffe and navy, the failure to develop a long-range heavy bomber, the diversion of planes and personnel to shore up the German war effort elsewhere, and the northern theater's harsh climate and terrain. Claasen's study covers every aspect of this ill-fated campaign from the 1940 invasion until war's end and shows how it was eventually relegated to a backwater status as Germany fought to survive in an increasingly unwinnable war. His compelling account sharpens our picture of the German air force and widens our understanding of the Third Reich's way of war.
Author : Jeremy Dixon
Publisher : Pen and Sword Aviation
ISBN 13 : 152677867X
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)
Download or read book Day Fighter Aces of the Luftwaffe written by Jeremy Dixon and published by Pen and Sword Aviation. This book was released on 2023-09-30 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The German fighter pilots of the Second World War are among the undoubted heroes of the conflict, their reputation for flying skill, single-minded determination and solitary courage hasn’t diminished or been clouded by controversy over the years. Their daring and commitment, often displayed when, towards the end of the war, they were fighting against the odds, matches that of any of the other air forces they fought against. This detailed, highly illustrated reference book, which covers the exploits of the most famous and successful individuals among them, shows just how effective and undaunted they were. All the Luftwaffe day fighter pilots who flew single-seater aircraft and won the Knight’s Cross during the war are featured. The entries give information about their early lives and pre-war careers and record how many aircraft they shot down, the type of aircraft involved and where and when the combat took place. Included are accounts of particular actions which led to the award of the Knight’s Cross, and the fate of these remarkable pilots later in the war and in the post-war world is described too. Jeremy Dixon’s book will be fascinating reading and reference for anyone who is interested in the aviation history of the Second World War.
Author : Williamson Murray
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 100045844X
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Luftwaffe written by Williamson Murray and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-21 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1985, is an in-depth analysis of the Luftwaffe in the Second World War, using previously untapped German archives and newly-released ‘Ultra’ intelligence records. It looks at the Luftwaffe within the context of the overall political decision-making process within the Third Reich. It is especially valuable for its careful study of industrial production and pilot losses in the conduct of operations.
Author : Uwe Feist
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 0811714225
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (117 download)
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
Author : Philip Kaplan
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1844154602
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (441 download)
Download or read book Fighter Aces of the Luftwaffe in World War II written by Philip Kaplan and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2007-03-22 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the reality behind the myths of the legendary German fighter aces of World War II. It explains why only a small minority of pilots - those in whom the desire for combat overrode everything - accounted for so large a proportion of the victories. It surveys the skills that a successful fighter pilot must have - a natural aptitude for flying, marksmanship, keen eyesight - and the way in which fighter tactics have developed. The book examines the history of the classic fighter aircraft that were flown, such as the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and the Focke Wulf Fw 190, and examines each type's characteristics, advantages and disadvantages in combat. The accounts of the experiences of fighter pilots are based on archival research, diaries, letters, published and unpublished memoirs and personal interviews with veterans. The pilots included are Werner Molders, Gunther Rall, Adolf Galland, Erich Hartmann and Johannes Steinhoff.
Author : Benjamin Franklin Cooling (III)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Case Studies in the Development of Close Air Support written by Benjamin Franklin Cooling (III) and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Benjamin Franklin Cooling
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428992987
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (289 download)
Download or read book Case studies in the development of close air support written by Benjamin Franklin Cooling and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1990 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard Hallion
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)
Download or read book The Literature of Aeronautics, Astronautics, and Air Power written by Richard Hallion and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
