The Luftwaffe began World War II as a deadly efficient part of the German blitzkrieg in 1939-40, its Stuka dive bombers and Messerschmitt fighters unleashing terror across Europe. But its superiority would not last long. Fuel shortages, a numerically superior enemy, and--most critically, argues Samuel W. Mitcham--mismanagement by its leaders left the German air force increasingly unable to mount offensive campaigns or even protect its homeland from Allied bombings. Focusing on men like Hermann Goering, Albert Kesselring, and Adolf Galland, Mitcham chronicles the Luftwaffe's battles, both in the sky and behind the scenes.
- ISBN10 0811734056
- ISBN13 9780811734059
- Publish Date 25 September 2007 (first published 15 April 1997)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Stackpole Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 368
- Language English