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History Of The German Air Force Hardcover - 1986

by Bryan Philpott


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  • Title History Of The German Air Force
  • Author Bryan Philpott
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Bison Books, London
  • Date 1986
  • ISBN 9780861242757
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HISTORY OF THE GERMAN AIR FORCE.

HISTORY OF THE GERMAN AIR FORCE.

by Philpott, Bryan.

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London: Bison, 1986. 192 pp, 4to (12 1/8" H). Profusely illustrated with b&w and colour photographs, colour cutaways. "German military aviation got off to a somewhat slow start in the years before World War I but innovative aircraft designs and brilliant pilots soon established a deadly reputation in the skies over the Western Front. The Germans were pioneers too in long-distance bombing by the naval air service's Zeppelins and the later Gotha aircraft. Despite the restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles at the end of World War I innovation continued, to be accelerated when Hitler came to power and the new Luftwaffe had its baptism of fire in Spain. The Luftwaffe went on to play a vital part in the Blitzkrieg campaigns of the early war years and came close to defeating Britain in 1940. The later war years were dominated in turn by the efforts to hold back the American bombers by day and the British by night. In the process the best German pilots became the most effective in… Read More
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