Eagles of the Third Reich

by Samuel W. Mitcham Jr.

2020-07-26 15:08:06

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 v... Read more
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. Less

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Publication date January 16, 2016
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0ccd7e27-37fd-4486-94da-a75793c0f2d4

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