Eagles of the Third Reich: Men of the Luftwaffe in WWII

by Samuel W. Mitcham Jr.

Book Overview

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 campaign

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811734056
• ISBN13: 9780811734059
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.5"