Air Force Combat Units of World War II
Title | Air Force Combat Units of World War II PDF eBook |
Author | Maurer Maurer |
Publisher | DIANE Publishing |
Pages | 520 |
Release | 1961 |
Genre | United States |
ISBN | 1428915850 |
Arming the Luftwaffe
Title | Arming the Luftwaffe PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel Uziel |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 313 |
Release | 2011-11-16 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0786488794 |
During World War II, aviation was among the largest industrial branches of the Third Reich. About 40 percent of total German war production, and two million people, were involved in the manufacture of aircraft and air force equipment. Based on German records, Allied intelligence reports, and eyewitness accounts, this study explores the military, political, scientific and social aspects of Germany's wartime aviation industry: production, research and development, Allied attacks, foreign workers and slave labor, and daily life and working conditions in the factories. Testimony from Holocaust survivors who worked in the factories provides a compelling new perspective on the history of the Third Reich.
German Air Force Airlift Operations
Title | German Air Force Airlift Operations PDF eBook |
Author | Generalmajor a. D. Fritz Morzik |
Publisher | Pickle Partners Publishing |
Pages | 724 |
Release | 2017-06-28 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1787205711 |
Germany’s imaginative employment of transport aircraft in World War II produced as many innovations as Germany’s use of tanks. Indeed, like the tank, the transport aircraft was closely associated with the Blitzkrieg concept. This relationship was advantageous at the outset of the war, but it became dangerous as the war dragged on and German armies outran their surface supply lines in North Africa and Russia. Then ground commanders began to think of air transport as the means of supply. The history of this trend is one of the main themes of this study, which was first published in its English translation in 1961. Some of the questions embodied in this theme—How much air transport is enough? Under what conditions is an air-supply operation feasible? What are the prerequisites for a successful airlift to encircled ground forces? What are the advantages and limitations of the glider?—are as vital and controversial today as they were during World War II. Generalmajor a. D. Fritz Morzik, who began his military career as a non-commissioned officer in the German Air Service in World War I and ended it as Armed Forces Chief of Air Transport in World War II, is especially well-qualified to write the present study. His long career, spanning two world wars, and his experience with both civilian and military transport aircraft testify to the breadth of his practical knowledge.
Luftwaffe
Title | Luftwaffe PDF eBook |
Author | John Pimlott |
Publisher | |
Pages | 184 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
This stunning pictorial record of the German Air Force, from its establishment in the 1930s through service in World War II from 1939 to 1945, features a wealth of rare images complemented by dramatic and thoroughly researched text. 250 photos.
Germany and the Second World War
Title | Germany and the Second World War PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 931 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0198228899 |
Volume VII of the 'Germany and the Second World War' series looks at Germany and her Japanese ally on the defensive after the tide of war turned in 1943. An exhaustive study of the air war over the Reich and the Luftwaffe's growing impotence is followed by an account of the invasion of occupied France and the Allies' advance to Germany's borders. A final section examines Japan's defeat and capitulation, and the creation of a new order in the Far East.
The Luftwaffe War Diaries
Title | The Luftwaffe War Diaries PDF eBook |
Author | Cajus Bekker |
Publisher | |
Pages | 456 |
Release | 1967 |
Genre | World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN |
German Air Force Fighters of World War Two
Title | German Air Force Fighters of World War Two PDF eBook |
Author | Martin Windrow |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1971 |
Genre | Fighter planes |
ISBN |