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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- “A really nice book, looks some very minor scuffing”
- Personalize
- No
- Signed
- No
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Personalized
- No
- Original Language
- English
- Inscribed
- No
- Vintage
- No
- ISBN
- 9780887403484
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing, The Limited
ISBN-10
0887403484
ISBN-13
9780887403484
eBay Product ID (ePID)
579499
Product Key Features
Book Title
Six Months to Oblivion : the Defeat of the Luftwaffe Fighter Force over the Western Front 1944/1945
Number of Pages
236 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1997
Topic
Military / Aviation
Illustrator
Yes
Features
Revised
Genre
History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
6.5 in
Item Weight
24.1 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
91-067054
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Edition Description
Revised edition
Synopsis
This book covers the last chapter, the decline and fall of the air defense of Germany. It is a diary of losses and a chronicle in which the fighter pilot plays the lead. It tells of the young men who joined their squadrons full of optimism and derring-do, only to give their lives to no purpose in a last desperate endeavour.Its focal point is the controversial Operation "Bodenplatte" on the morning of New Year's Day 1945, an operation in which the German fighter force received its final mortal wound - losing some 230 aircrew in less than 4 hours, the fighter units suffered their most severe defeat. Only now, after years of evaluation of all available sources, can the true figures of fighter losses on January 1, 1945 be reported. But this picture of the sacrifice of fighter formations does not mean that fighter pilots were unable to score successes. The figures for enemy aircraft shot down and the contact reports show clearly that the German pilots could still both parry and deal out hard punches.Few people have any real idea of the actual scale of the German fighter force's sacrifice. The imagination boggles at the tragic events that took place in the skies over Europe as the war neared its end, even in the perspective of history the full extent of the debacle can scarcely be depicted.In Six Months to Oblivion Werner Girbig explains these last months of the Luftwaffe and the fall of a once mighty air force., This book covers the last chapter, the decline and fall of the air defense of Germany. It is a diary of losses and a chronicle in which the fighter pilot plays the lead. It tells of the young men who joined their squadrons full of optimism and derring-do, only to give their lives to no purpose in a last desperate endeavour. Its focal point is the controversial Operation "Bodenplatte" on the morning of New Year's Day 1945, an operation in which the German fighter force received its final mortal wound - losing some 230 aircrew in less than 4 hours, the fighter units suffered their most severe defeat. Only now, after years of evaluation of all available sources, can the true figures of fighter losses on January 1, 1945 be reported. But this picture of the sacrifice of fighter formations does not mean that fighter pilots were unable to score successes. The figures for enemy aircraft shot down and the contact reports show clearly that the German pilots could still both parry and deal out hard punches. Few people have any real idea of the actual scale of the German fighter force's sacrifice. The imagination boggles at the tragic events that took place in the skies over Europe as the war neared its end, even in the perspective of history the full extent of the debacle can scarcely be depicted. In Six Months to Oblivion Werner Girbig explains these last months of the Luftwaffe and the fall of a once mighty air force., This book covers the last chapter, the decline and fall of the air defense of Germany. It is a diary of losses and a chronicle in which the fighter pilot plays the lead. It tells of the young men who joined their squadrons full of optimism and derring-do, only to give their lives to no purpose in a last desperate endeavour.\nIts focal point is the controversial Operation "Bodenplatte" on the morning of New Year\s Day 1945, an operation in which the German fighter force received its final mortal wound - losing some 230 aircrew in less than 4 hours, the fighter units suffered their most severe defeat. Only now, after years of evaluation of all available sources, can the true figures of fighter losses on January 1, 1945 be reported. \nBut this picture of the sacrifice of fighter formations does not mean that fighter pilots were unable to score successes. The figures for enemy aircraft shot down and the contact reports show clearly that the German pilots could still both parry and deal out hard punches.\nFew people have any real idea of the actual scale of the German fighter force\s sacrifice. The imagination boggles at the tragic events that took place in the skies over Europe as the war neared its end, even in the perspective of history the full extent of the debacle can scarcely be depicted.\nIn Six Months to Oblivion Werner Girbig explains these last months of the Luftwaffe and the fall of a once mighty air force.
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- c***6 (426)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseItem as described. Quick shipping! Great EBayer A+++++++
- m***d (284)- Feedback left by buyer.Past yearVerified purchaseDoesn't get better. Great seller and value, shipped fast and was exactly as shown, with an extra special packaging an extra coin to boot !28 Kennedy Half Dollar 40% silver circulated most XF/AU condition (#276809967627)
- l***2 (2243)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseGreat item, packed well and shipped quickly. Seller rates A1+++++ENS Donald Melvin McPherson 5 Kill Ace TWO Autographs 8x11 B&W Photograph (#275652255162)