Eagles of the Third Reich : men of the Luftwaffe in World War II /
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| Author / Creator: | Mitcham, Samuel W. |
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| Uniform title: | Men of the Luftwaffe |
| Imprint: | Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, 2007. |
| Description: | vii, 346 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Stackpole military history series |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6493203 |
| Summary: | Character-based study of why the German air force was defeated Recounts the Luftwaffe in combat from the blitzkrieg of 1939-40 and the Battle of Britain to the Eastern Front and the Normandy campaign <p>From 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.</p> |
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| Item Description: | Originally published under the title: Men of the Luftwaffe. 1988. |
| Physical Description: | vii, 346 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-333) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780811734059 0811734056 |
