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Description
Characteristics
| ISBN-13 | 9781903223352 |
| ISBN-10 | 1-903223-35-0 |
| Book cover finish(es) | Perfect paperback |
| Condition | Like New |
| Author(s) | Jean-Louis Roba, Martin Pegg |
| Publisher | Classic Publications |
| Number of pages | 290-384 |
| Published date | 2003 |
| Language | English |
| Collection / Series | Classic Colours |
| Size | 22,5 x 32 x 0,6 cm |
| Categorie(s) | • AVIATION MILITAIRE • GUERRES - BATAILLES |
Description
The most comprehensive study of the camouflage and markings of the Luftwaffe fighter force ever published.
* Birth of the Jagdwaffe
* The Spanish Civil War
* Blitzkrieg
* The Battle of Britain
* The Balkans
* Barbarossa
* North Africa
* The Mediterranean
* The Eastern Front
* The Western Front and North West Europe
* The Defence of the Reich
Rommel's advance into Egypt forced the Allies to retreat to the El Alamein defences. As the British Eighth Army prepared for a massive offensive attack, there followed a period of stalemate on the ground, but in the air the Luftwaffe was faced with a numerically superior force. Luftwaffe's fighter units, outnumbered and continually starved of supplies, fought on in support of Rommel's final battles in North Africa and against the vital British island fortress of Malta. Eventually forced to transfer units from an already critical situation on the Russian Front, German fighter pilots faced growing Allied air power but achieved some outstanding successes, and for a while the battle for Malta hung in the balance. German and Italian forces in North Africa were eventually defeated by superior Allied forces, ULTRA intelligence and the Torch landings. This title tells the story of the German fighter force in North Africa from the El Alamein offensive in October 1942 to final defeat in Tunisia in May 1943. Contains numerous first-hand accounts.
