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Six Months to Oblivion: The Defeat of the Luftwaffe Fighter Force Over the Western Front 1944/1945
Werner Girbig
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Description for Six Months to Oblivion: The Defeat of the Luftwaffe Fighter Force Over the Western Front 1944/1945
Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 94ill.16M. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HB; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 680.
This book covers the last chapter, the decline and fall of the air defense of Germany. It is a diary of losses and a chronicle in which the fighter pilot plays the lead. It tells of the young men who joined their squadrons full of optimism and derring-do, only to give their lives to no purpose in a last desperate endeavour. Its focal point is the controversial Operation "Bodenplatte" on the morning of New Year's Day 1945, an operation in which the German fighter force received its final mortal wound - losing some 230 aircrew in less than 4 hours, ... Read more
This book covers the last chapter, the decline and fall of the air defense of Germany. It is a diary of losses and a chronicle in which the fighter pilot plays the lead. It tells of the young men who joined their squadrons full of optimism and derring-do, only to give their lives to no purpose in a last desperate endeavour. Its focal point is the controversial Operation "Bodenplatte" on the morning of New Year's Day 1945, an operation in which the German fighter force received its final mortal wound - losing some 230 aircrew in less than 4 hours, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780887403484
SKU
V9780887403484
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