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The Last Year Of The Luftwaffe: May 1944-May 1945 (Greenhill Military Paperbacks) Paperback – May 25, 2001

by Alfred Price (Author)

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what a book. read this and the other two books in the trilogy and how germany lost the war becomes easy to understand --By robert michael lowe

when you pick up a book written by Afred Price you know what to expect a well written and researched manuscript.This does not disappoint a great read and another excellent book . --By northolt

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. --By Tintin1689 - --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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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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Series: Greenhill Military Paperbacks
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Greenhill Books (May 25, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1853674400
ISBN-13: 978-1853674402
Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.6 x 9.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
Average Customer Review: 4 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,036,568 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #5112 in Books > History > Military > Weapons & Warfare > Conventional
- #9216 in Books > History > Military > Aviation
- #12440 in Books > History > Europe > Germany

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Interesting

ByDummyon November 21, 2013

Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase

Informative, but somewhat short on some of the details as well as the less than quality photograph. It is a good read and goes well in my library

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College Text for Military Historians

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Some Third Reich books try to cover a war machine from blitzkrieg to the end- Price concentrates on the end. This was when the Allies' air attacks on strategic targets showed results.
Starting with Big Week in February 1944, The 8th and 15th Air Forces attacked Axis Oil, Ball Bearing, aircraft manufacture, transport and submarines, under the Pointblank Directive. German opposition was strong; with conservation, and more production, (18,000 to 39,000 tons in Nov.) they increased stocks (to 180,000 tons) before the raids resumed in spring. Dispersed factories produced more fighters than ever (Ch 8). [Still, unequal to the USAAF P-51.]
What had changed was the damage done by those P-51s, Typhoons and P-47s. Returning from escort missions, they pounced on German fighters, left train engines gushing steam, fuel and ammo depots exploding, even chased generals in their staff cars. Most critical: the cream of the Luftwaffe was dead. Galland reported to superiors:
' Between January and April 1944 our day fighter arm lost more than 1,000 pilots. They included our best Staffel, Gruppe and Geschwader commanders... The time has come when our force is within sight of collapse. ' (p. 47)
Even though training was a slow process, the Luftwaffe never gave it the resources it deserved, due to their short-term planning. They didn't have good-weather bases like North America, did not have the Cubs and T-6s. However, losing instructors during transport flights into Stalingrad or using them to make up fighter staffel losses is in the category of "eating your seedcorn". This resulted in new trainees joining combat units with 30 hours in their ME 109s, barely able to fly formation and land. The Allied pilots, however arrived averaging 250 hours and flew with confidence.
The most important message of this book is Chapter 11 onward. It chronicles the rear-guard actions of various units: the end of the Battle of the Bulge, and the disappointing results of the jet planes. The famous 'Bridge at Remagen' was a target of jet bombers for 10 days; none hit it, at least 5 shot down. (Finally, it succumbed to wear and collapsed on its own.)
No miracle weapon deterred the surrounding armies. Some planes, such as 'Mistel' (a flying bomb carrying a fighter plane on its' back) were supposed to attack Soviets- but Soviet armies captured the eastern airfields needed to launch from.
Chapter 14, With Hindsight, summarizes the post-war use of German arms captured for evaluation. No one else produced upward-firing cannons, armored fighters (Sturmbocks) or a push/pull Do 335. The Allies had already developed pressurized bombers, 10 cm radar, and jet fighters.
Price says: ' In hindsight, could the Luftwaffe have done any better than it did during the final year of the war? The force fought bravely, almost to the last drop of fuel if not to its last aircraft or pilot. At the time of the armistice it possessed some 3,000 front-line combat aircraft but most of them sat in camouflaged dispersal points with empty fuel tanks. ' (p. 184)
See Big Week: Six Days that Changed the Course of World War II,The Pointblank Directive: Three Generals and the Untold Story of the Daring Plan that Saved D-Day.

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Surprisingly Good!

ByS. M. H. Klauberon August 30, 2006

Format: 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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Concise, comprehensive military history

ByTintin1689on December 29, 2005

Format: 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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