Other Battle: Luftwaffe Night Aces vs. Bomber Command [Hardcover]

Peter Hinchliffe (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 25, 1996

Disastrous day-time losses in WWII forced Bomber Command to switch to night bombing. When this happened the Germans had neither a night fighter force nor any night-fighter policy. RAF attacks filled that gap rapidly. This book traces these developments and also the strategic, tactical, technical, and personal aspects of these battles.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: Zenith Press (April 25, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0760302650
• ISBN-13: 978-0760302651
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,741,050 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Outstanding, impartial book on the Nachtjäger in WWII, October 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Other Battle: Luftwaffe Night Aces vs. Bomber Command (Hardcover)

When I say this book is impartial, I mean it is impartial in the fullest sense of the word. The author not only presents a bias-free view, he also writes in a lucid manner. The operations are described in great detail, and with proper analysis. Each stage and battle has significance, and we are brought to appreciate this complex air battle that raged for five years, involving the brave crews of the Allied bomber fleets, and the equally brave and tenacious Nachtjagd crews. We come face to face with the elite of the nightfighters including Schnaufer, Lent, Prinz zu-Sayn Wittgenstein and Becker. I feel this book is a must for understanding night operations over Europe during world war two and for all military buffs.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Well Balanced View of the Night War, March 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Other Battle: Luftwaffe Night Aces vs. Bomber Command (Hardcover)

The author has written a very balanced view of both sides of the Night War during WWII. His viewpoint is that the pilots and crews of both sides did their duty,full stop. One to bomb, the other to defend. His descriptions of the Luftwaffe Nightfighter aces and the overall strategies of the Luftwaffe High Command are quite accurate. I was quite suprised by his generous comments on Major Prinz Heinrich Sayn zu-Wittgenstein. They were a far cry from authors who while not disputing his courage and charisma, tend to label him as being overly ambitious.This author however dismisses that concept and rightly so. The Night aces, Schnaufer, Lent, Sayn zu-Wittgenstein,Meurer and Streib and many others were concerned with shooting down bombers decimating their civilian population and industrial areas and not with being ambitious. Although it cannot be denied that in this deadly game of cat and mouse they were in friendly rivalries in the mildest sense of the term, at least. A fine book for reference as well.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a book on who the real aces were of the luftwaffe, September 24, 1998

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This review is from: Other Battle: Luftwaffe Night Aces vs. Bomber Command (Hardcover)

After reading this book, I gained a new since of being a ace fighter pilot of WWII. I felt Peter Hinchliffe did a good job describing the methods and training of the night time fighter pilots of the luftwaffe. This is a book that gives light to a little known part of world war II. It tells us how the beganings of radar detection for planes came into combat for the first time. After reading this book. I have a deep respect for the german fighter pilots of the night. Unlike their counterparts in the day, these pilots had to navigate and fight almost totally blind in conditions more hazardous than in a normal daylight raid. So if you would like to read a book about the part of the luftwaffe that isn't really mentioned in the history books. Please read this book. I dont think you will be disapointed.