luftwaffe

Describes the efforts of Nazi propagandists to promote the technical achievements of the German Air Force and provides details on all the major aircraft types used by the Luftwaffe, the major figures in command, and the leading pilots.

German midshipman Erich Killinger was captured by Russia at the start of World War I. Killinger escaped the Russian POW train in Siberia, fled to China, and passed through a series of German consulates and safe houses to Shanghai. Given fake identity papers, Killinger traveled in style by ship and rail from Shanghai to Skien, Norway, via the United States. He arrived back in Germany on March 6, 1916--eleven months after being captured.

Discuses the tipping point in World War II when United States and British air forces launched the largest bombing campaign of the war, irreparably damaging the German Luftwaffe.

An illustrated account of the rise and fall of the German air force during World War II as they fought against an enemy who eventually had overwhelming and irresistible forces.