The Defeat of the Luftwaffe: The Eastern Front 1941-45, a Strategy for Disaster

by Jonathan Trigg

Book Overview

In 1939 and 1940 the Nazi blitzkrieg crushed Poland and the Low Countries and France. This was a new type of warfare with air and ground forces working hand-in-glove and sweeping away all resistance. On the ground the new panzer divisions symbolised this combat revolution, and in the air its symbol was the all-conquering Luftwaffe with its fleets of Stuka dive bombers. When Hitler looked further east in 1941, the Luftwaffe turned with him, spearheading...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445651866
• ISBN13: 9781445651866
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"