Luftwaffe Sturmgruppen

by Weal, John A.

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Title Statements

Full title :Luftwaffe Sturmgruppen / John Weal.

Summary

The 'storm troopers' of the Luftwaffe, the elite Strumgruppen units comprised the most heavily armed and armoured fighter interceptors ever produced by the Germans. Their role was to smash like a mighty fist through the massed ranks of USAAF daylight bombers. Only volunteers could serve with these elite units, and each pilot was trained to close with the enemy and engage him in extremely short-range combat, attacking from the front and the rear in tight arrowhead formations. In exceptional circumstances pilots would even ram their enemy. This book chronicles the brief, but violent, career of the Sturmgruppen during the dark days of 1944-45, employing first-hand accounts and rare archival photography. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2005.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Osprey
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2005.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource : : illustrations (some color), 1 map, portraits.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781780963556, 1780963556
oclc:ocn794241527
LC Classification:UG635.G3
Dewey Decimal:940.544943

Subjects

Air forces & warfare Germany., Luftwaffe History HISTORY -- Western. -- Europe Military operations, Aerial -- German Warfare & defence World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operatio…