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LUFTWAFFE IN COLOUR VOLUME 2

From Glory to Defeat 1942-1945

Autore: Christophe Cony, Jean-Louis Roba

Codice: 282663002

€ 26,00

Secondo volume con altre 400 rare foto a colori originali della seconda guerra mondiale degli aerei della Luftwaffe dal 1942 alla fine del conflitto: gli ultimi Junkers 87 B-2 operativi al fronte orientale, l’enorme BV 222 V-5 del Lufttransportstaffel nel porto di Heraklion a fine 1942, piloti in Tunisia nel 1943, foto di assi quali Hans Philipp, Wolfgang Spate e Hein Schnaufer.

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Features 400 rare colour photographs • Ideal for modellers • Accessible captions chronicle the history of the Luftwaffe from 1942 to 1945

Eighty years after its creation, the Luftwaffe is still one of the most fascinating forces in the history of aviation. A companion to Luftwaffe in Colour Volume 1, which covered the victory years from 1939 up to Spring 1942, this volume with nearly 400 images contains even more fascinating material on the machines of the Luftwaffe and the men who flew them, as their fate took an increasingly grim path.  Initially the Luftwaffe ruled the skies but thereafter fought an increasingly futile war of attrition which when combined with vital strategic mistakes in aircraft production, was its death knell. Despite this the Luftwaffe produced the most successful air aces of all time who feature in this volume. Among many remarkable images we see one of the last Junkers 87 B-2 operational on the front line on the Eastern Front during the winter of 1942-1943, the huge BV 222 V-5 of Lufttransportstaffel in the port of Heraklion in late 1942, pilots in Tunisia in 1943, the aces Hans Philipp, Wolfgang Spate and Heinz Schnaufer and a vivid demonstration of the reversal in fortunes in 1944 as Allied bombers destroy 106 places, engulfing them in fire at Schwabisch-Hall on German soil.  In this painstakingly pieced together collection, originally published in France, the full detail behind the propaganda is once more revealed, in rare colour photographs.

Lingua

INGLESE

Illustrazioni

400 illustrazioni a colori e in bianco e nero

Pagine

160

ISBN
9781612004556