Battle of Britain 1940
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The Luftwaffe’s ‘Eagle Attack’
ACM
Kategorien: Luftwaffe, Osprey Publishing, Zweiter Weltkrieg Schlagwörter: Drittes Reich, Großbritannien, Luftkrieg
DILDY Doug: Battle of Britain 1940. The Luftwaffe’s ‚Eagle Attack‘
Air Campaign
Englisch, 96 Seiten, zahlreiche Abbildungen, broschürt
In August 1940, the Luftwaffe began an operation to destroy or neutralize RAF Fighter Command, and enable Hitler to invade Britain that autumn. It was a new type of air warfare: the first ever offensive counter-air campaign against an integrated air defence system. Powerful, combat-proven and previously all-conquering, the German air force had the means to win the Battle of Britain. Yet it did not.
This book is an original, rigorous campaign study of the Luftwaffe’s Operation Adlerangriff, researched in Germany’s World War II archives and using the most accurate data available. Doug Dildy explains the capabilities of both sides, sets the campaign in context, and argues persuasively that it was the Luftwaffe’s own mistakes and failures that led to its defeat, and kept alive the Allies‘ chance to ultimately defeat Nazi Germany.
Biographical Note:
Doug Dildy is a USAF Academy graduate and former USAF colonel with a degree in history. He attended the US Armed Forces Staff College and USAF Air War College and holds a Master’s Degree in Political Science. Doug has written campaign studies of the Battle of Britain for both the RAF Salute magazine and the USAF’s Air Power History journal. He has also authored several articles covering the Dutch, Danish and Norwegian air arms‘ defence against the German invasions of 1940 for notable US aviation history magazines. He is a regular contributor to the amateur modelling magazine Small Air Forces Observer.
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