Overview
Character-based study of why the German air force was defeatedRecounts the Luftwaffe in combat from the blitzkrieg of 1939-40 and the Battle of Britain to the Eastern Front and the Normandy campaignFrom its secret post--World War I beginnings to its virtual destruction by the Allied air forces, the story of the German air force is best told by examining its leaders--brilliant, ambitious, ruthless, and deceitful men like Hermann Goering, the drug-addicted Luftwaffe commander; Erhard Milch, the half-Jewish head of aircraft production; and Adolf Galland, the general of fighters who often clashed with Goering. Mitcham profiles them and others while describing the Luftwaffe's battles--both in the skies and behind the scenes--and explaining why it was so decisively defeated.
Details
- ISBN-13: 9780811734059
- ISBN-10: 0811734056
- Publisher: Stackpole Books
- Publish Date: July 2007
- Dimensions: 8.54 x 5.76 x 0.85 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.26 pounds
- Page Count: 368
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