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A History of the Luftwaffe (1967)

by John Killen

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John Killen's exhaustive work is a study of German air power between 1915 and 1945, from the early days of flying when Immelmann, Boelke, Richtofen and other First World War aces fought and died to give Germany air supremacy, to the nightmare existence of the Luftwaffe as the Third Reich plunged headlong to destruction.Here are the aircraft: the frail biplanes and triplanes of the Kaiser's war; the great Lufthansa aircraft and airships of the turbulent Thirties; the monoplanes designed to help Hitler in his conquest of Europe. Here are the generals who forged the air weapon of the Luftwaffe -… (more)
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Nel 1915, quando ormai la guerra aerea si sta rivelando fondamentale nella decisione delle battaglie, un gruppo di piloti, fondatori della Luftwaffe, combatte e muore per assicurare alla Germania la supremazia in cielo. lmmelmann, Boelcke, von Richtofen: alcuni di questi nomi li ritroveremo nella Luftwaffe del Terzo Reich, fino agli ultimi giorni del • millennio • hitleriano. Dopo la sconfitta
militare della Germania del Kaiser, la Luftwaffe diventa la Lufthansa, compagnia aerea civile, all'avanguardia in esperimenti che allora appaiono pazzeschi : il volo dei grandi dirigibili, per esempio. Dopo la caduta della repubblica di Weimar e l'avvento del nazismo, viene dato nuovo incremento all'aviazione militare, appaiono Goering, il playboy Udet, il bollente Kessel.ring, Jeschonnek. John . Killen segue lo sviluppo della Luftwaffe con una narrazione documentata e che prende il lettore. La Spagna era stata il banco di prova della Luftwaffe hitleriana, con la Legione Condor, con i primi bombardamenti terroristici sulle città (Madrid, Guernica); adesso tutta l'Europa è : sotto il terrore degli aerei tedeschi. L'aviazione tedesca sarà impotente su Stalingrado, e infine il rapporto delle forze si rovescia, definitivamente. ( )
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John Killen's exhaustive work is a study of German air power between 1915 and 1945, from the early days of flying when Immelmann, Boelke, Richtofen and other First World War aces fought and died to give Germany air supremacy, to the nightmare existence of the Luftwaffe as the Third Reich plunged headlong to destruction.Here are the aircraft: the frail biplanes and triplanes of the Kaiser's war; the great Lufthansa aircraft and airships of the turbulent Thirties; the monoplanes designed to help Hitler in his conquest of Europe. Here are the generals who forged the air weapon of the Luftwaffe -

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