Airwar over the Atlantic

by Griehl, Manfred

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Title Statements

Full title :Airwar over the Atlantic

Summary

Late in 1938, the German Navy Supreme Command commissioned a report into the combat effectiveness of its airborne divisions. As a result of its findings, the German High Command instigated a major construction program for planes with a specifically maritime role: carrier-borne, reconnaissance, mine laying and most importantly, long-range units were all developed. In this volume of the outstanding Luftwaffe at War series, Manfred Griehl showcases a photo-history of the development of the Kriegsmarine airborne capability from the early Condor missions to the introduction of Me 262 A-1a jet fighters in 1944. More than a hundred rarely seen pictures illustrate the gradual turning of the tide against Germany in the war for the skies over the Atlantic: as the German war machine struggled to match demand for aircraft, so the pilots attempting to control crucial supply routes struggled to compete with mounting allied technical and numerical superiority.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2016.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Pen and Sword
Place of Publication:Havertown
Language:eng
Publication Date:2016.

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Description based upon print version of record.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (109 p.)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1473884144, 9781473884144
oclc:on1162354221
LC Classification:D787
Dewey Decimal:940.544943

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Subjects

Atlantic Ocean Germany., Luftwaffe Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Ouvrages … History HISTORY / Military / World War II Military campaigns Military operations, Aerial -- German Pictorial works World War, 1939-1945 -- Pictorial works… World War, 1939-1945 -- Pictorial works…