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The Flak Towers: in Berlin, Hamburg and Vienna 1940-1950 (Schiffer Military/Aviation History) Paperback – December 1, 1997

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Detailed coverage of the massive concrete towers used as anti-aircraft bastions, some of which still stand today.

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Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
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December 1, 1997
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8.75 x 0.25 x 11.25 inches
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0764303988
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978-0764303982
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Bayard B.

Great book! Describes the 8 towers in detail with many photos, plan views.

Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2018

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This is a great 48 page booklet. The text describes the origin, design, and construction details of the eight flak towers constructed in Berlin, Hamburg, and Vienna. There are many black and white photos of the exteriors and interiors. The photos include the architectural scale models that were made as part of the designs during the war. Other photos include the towers as they were finished and as they were damaged during the war and demolished after the war.

Only 14 or so of the 48 pages contain significant descriptive text, so the booklet doesn't take long to read. Much interesting information is contained within the detailed captions accompanying the photos.

Another useful book on related subjects is "Fortress Third Reich" by J. E. Kaufmann and H. W. Kaufmann (2003). The flak towers are briefly described in pages 153 - 157. The book describes in detail the tremendous extent of the fortifications constructed before and during World War II: Westwall, Atlantic Wall, U-boat bunkers, leadership command bunkers, coastal fortifications, armored trains, missile launching sites.

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Madoc Pope

An excellent examination of a rather esoteric subject

Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2009

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During World War Two Germany made some of the most unique military structures in history - their Flak Towers.

These were heavily reinforced massive concrete and steel structures designed to provide both platforms for the flak guns to fire against Allied air attacks and also to provide bomb shelters for the civilians seeking protection from those air attacks.

Whereas most bomb shelters and military bunkers were built into or below ground, these Flak Towers had to be built above ground. Their size and structure made them very unique and thus a fascinating thing to learn more about.

Michael Foedrowitz does an excellent job of detailing Germany's Flak Towers. There are plenty of photographs of each and he recounts the history of their construction, use during the war, and their eventual demise - or continued use to this day.

This is a little covered historical subject and this book, slim as it is, does a good job of providing a great wealth of detail on these wartime creations.

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An Excellent Read

Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2009

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An excellent book with photos and line drawings of the Anti Aircraft Towers the Germans built in WWII. It is amazing how much energy and resources were put into these fortifications, some of which still stand today. Tearing them down was too much effort. I think the book is a perfect length on this subject. There are photos during, after contstruction, as well as photos of the interior after the war. I am glad I purchased this book and recommend it for anyone interested in the history of fortifications.

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Cecilio Sauceda,Jr.

Awesome

Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2022

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I like the history of World War Two

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Scott

... the history of the German WWII flak towers with excellent photos. Was highly useful for my research

Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2018

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Short and concise history of the history of the German WWII flak towers with excellent photos. Was highly useful for my research.

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Jack Zist

Flak Towers ??

Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2019

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Okay but no cutaway diagrams of them or detail of their construction. Dissapointed i expected more.

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DJdoze

Good material not available online

Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2018

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Great pictures and meterial not available online. I liked this book.

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Factual Hunter

unbelivably well illustrated and quite deeply reporting of actual construction ...

Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2014

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unbelivably well illustrated and quite deeply reporting of actual construction designs and materials of flak towers in Third Reich era

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worth having

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 20, 2012

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If there was an abundance of books about the flak towers then it would be easy to be dismissive of this one.
For a start it's very thin; only 48 pages and most of those are taken up with photographs. Apart from the one on the front cover all of the photographs are in black and white. Very few of the photographs depict the interior of the towers and those that do were all taken post 1945 after they had become derelict.
There are also places where the translation from the original german text into english leaves something to be desired.
Probably the biggest let down, however, is that there is no information, evidence or testimony whatsoever of what it was like to actually work in or inhabit the towers. When the Berlin Zoo tower was finally overcome it was said to be housing approximately 30,000 civilians and 2,000 soldiers. Amongst other things it housed a hospital with two operating theatres and air conditioned rooms used to house art treasures taken from Berlin museums for safe storage. Eye witness accounts from people who experienced any of this would have made for fascinating reading.
The simple fact of the matter is, however, that to the best of my knowledge this is the only book about the flak towers that exists, and this alone makes it something rather special.
To be fair to the author, he does say that information on the towers is very hard to come by and asks that anyone with additional information get in touch with him, so if any survivors do come forward it might enable him to produce something a bit more comprehensive in future.
On the plus side, the book does provide reasonably detailed information about the design and construction of the towers and is particularly good on technical specifications such as dimensions and how much concrete was used etc.
Including the one on the cover I counted 115 photographs. A small number of these show the towers during construction and use; most show them before, during and after demolition and what remains of them today. In addition to photographs of the actual towers themselves there are several depicting scale models of the towers together with a few design plans.
To summarise, although this book is far from perfect, for the price and given that it is the only one of it's kind it is still well worth having.

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Well Worth it

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 1, 2016

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Excellent book. Oneof the few on this subject

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