An insight into the decline and fall of the German air force.
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˜ A gripping account of the death throes of the Luftwaffe. Describes all Luftwaffe operations between May 1944 and May 1945 including numerous first-hand accounts by Luftwaffe personnel.
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Dr Alfred Price served as an aircrew officer in the RAF until 1974. Since then he has been a full-time aviation historian and writer, and is acknowledged as a leading authority on the Spitfire. He is co-author of the Haynes Spitfire Manual.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Concise, comprehensive military history,
By Tintin1689 (Sussex, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Last Year Of The Luftwaffe: May 1944-May 1945 (Greenhill Military Paperbacks) (Paperback)
I do not have a great deal of interest in aviation, but I was given this book as a present. It is very well written indeed. The author is to be congratulated on covering such a broad sweep so well, you feel no major area of activity has been left out or skimped on. He is also highly to be congratulated on explaining technical aviation matters in a very accessible way.The chapter on the V-Rockets is particularly good.The story as a whole has great drama. It would be wonderful is this book could be expanded into a series - one volume on each year of the Luftwaffe - it would be a major work of note and extremely helpful to the non-specialist. I have only missed one star as he does not fully explain the aircrew shortage (there could be many reasons for this shortage - but I'd like to know what they were - he does an excellent job in explaining the fuel shortage.) The book made me want to read much more about the Luftwaffe and its notable commanders and aviators.
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This review is from: The Last Year Of The Luftwaffe: May 1944-May 1945 (Greenhill Military Paperbacks) (Paperback)
To look at it, even if you quickly give it a thumb-through, you might not expect much from this book. It has that look of a history for wargamer types- lots of charts, etc., not much narrative. But you would be wrong. Yes, it has its share of charts, but quite a few are pretty informative, and the writing in the text, if not the stuff of the great narrative historians, is quite crisp and to the point. The book presents an excellent overview of the last year of Luftwaffe operations, including discussions on principal types of planes and assessments. Now, you won't find in-depth discussions of personalities, but the book makes some excellent points. For example, Dr. Price maims the standard argument about Hitler crippling the Me 262 program by insisting the plane be made a bomber or fighter-bomber. In fact, Hitler's efforts only resulted in a 3 week delay in the plane coming into service. Dr. Price also re-assesses and rehabilitates Hitler's position that it SHOULD have been built as a ground attack plane. The book also makes you appreciate the fantastic effort made by the USA in WWII, where we were throwing up 1200 bombers 3 times per week at the end of the War. Just imagine trying to put out that kind of effort given the politics & media of the 21st Century!
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IN MAY 1994 the Empire forged by Adolf Hitler extended from the French Atlantic coast in the west to the Ukraine in the east, from the North Cape at the tip of Norway to Rome in the south. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
combat flying units, strategic reconnaissance units, tactical reconnaissance units, day fighter force, day fighter units, night fighter force, fuel famine, bombardment rocket, serviceable aircraft, new combat aircraft, rocket fighters, heavy bomber force, fighter role, light flak, standing patrols, night fighters, jet bombers, heavy fighter, heavy bombers, flying bombs, bomber units, daylight attacks, conversion training, reconnaissance role Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Eastern Front, Focke Wulf, Luftflotte Reich, Royal Air Force, Kommando Nowotny, East Prussia, Eighth Air Force, Luftwaffe High Command, Bomb Group, Western Allies, Flying Fortresses, Adolf Galland, Soviet Union, Bomber Command, German High Command, Royal Navy, Scapa Flow, Western Front, Adolf Hitler, Erich Sommer, Fighter Group, Gruppe Kampfgeschwader, North Sea, Central Front, Generalmajor Galland New!
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IN MAY 1994 the Empire forged by Adolf Hitler extended from the French Atlantic coast in the west to the Ukraine in the east, from the North Cape at the tip of Norway to Rome in the south. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
combat flying units, strategic reconnaissance units, tactical reconnaissance units, day fighter force, day fighter units, night fighter force, fuel famine, bombardment rocket, serviceable aircraft, new combat aircraft, rocket fighters, heavy bomber force, fighter role, light flak, standing patrols, night fighters, jet bombers, heavy fighter, heavy bombers, flying bombs, bomber units, daylight attacks, conversion training, reconnaissance role Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Eastern Front, Focke Wulf, Luftflotte Reich, Royal Air Force, Kommando Nowotny, East Prussia, Eighth Air Force, Luftwaffe High Command, Bomb Group, Western Allies, Flying Fortresses, Adolf Galland, Soviet Union, Bomber Command, German High Command, Royal Navy, Scapa Flow, Western Front, Adolf Hitler, Erich Sommer, Fighter Group, Gruppe Kampfgeschwader, North Sea, Central Front, Generalmajor Galland New!
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- The First and the Last by Adolf Galland on page 58, and page 106
- German Air Force General Staff by Andreas Nielsen in Back Matter
- Historical Turning Points in the German Air Force by Richard Suchenwirth in Back Matter
- German Jets in Combat by Jeffrey Ethell in Back Matter
- Warplanes of the Third Reich by William Green in Back Matter
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- Men of Steel: I SS Panzer Corps: The Ardennes and Eastern Front, 1944-45 by Michael Reynolds on page 46, page 272, and Back Matter
- Dad's War: The story of a courageous Canadian youth who flew with Bomber Command by Dan McCaffery in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- A B-17 Gunner's Hell in German Skies: Scratch One Rocket Fighter by Doug Brodie on page 40, and Back Matter
- The Normandy Campaign 1944: Sixty Years On (Military History and Policy) by John Buckley on page 145
- Other Battle: Luftwaffe Night Aces vs. Bomber Command by Peter Hinchliffe in Back Matter
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