JAGDWAFFE / DEFENDING THE REICH 1943-44 / (VOLUME FIVE SECTION 1) (LUFTWAFFE COLOURS)
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Characteristics
| ISBN-13 | 9781903223444 |
| ISBN-10 | 1-903223-44-X |
| Book cover finish(es) | Perfect paperback |
| Condition | Like New |
| Author(s) | Robert Forsyth, Eddie J. Creek |
| Publisher | Ian Allan Publishing Ltd |
| Number of pages | 96 |
| Published date | 2004 |
| Language(s) | English |
| Collection / Series | Luftwaffe Colours Volume Five Section 1 |
| Size | 22,5 x 32 x 0,6 cm |
| Categorie(s) | • AVIATION MILITAIRE • GUERRES - BATAILLES |
Description
The most comprehensive study of the camouflage and markings of the Luftwaffe fighter force ever published.
• Birth of the Jagdwaffe
• The Spanish Civil War
• Blitzkrieg
• The Battle of Britain
• The Balkans
• Barbarossa
• North Africa
• The Mediterranean
• The Eastern Front
• The Western Front and North West Europe
• The Defence of the Reich
As the tide of the air war against Germany swung in the Allies' favor, so the Luftwaffe was forced onto the defensive. This book covers the Luftwaffe fighter response to the Allied daylight bomber offensive and the development of the heavily armed and armored Sturmgruppen which made mass, close-range attacks against the 'heavies'. The author will cover the infamous Schweinfurt raid and also the attrition suffered by the the Luftwaffe over Normandy following D-Day.