Robert Forsyth

Defenders of the Reich

The Luftwaffe's War Against America's Bombers

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The story of the Luftwaffe fighter arm's desperate defence of the Third Reich from the growing Allied bomber offensive in World War II.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury USA
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 153mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781472862860
• ISBN-10: 1472862864
• Artikelnr.: 72607983

Autorenporträt

Robert Forsyth

Inhaltsangabe

(provisional only and subject to confirmation)
Introduction
Acknowledgements
Part One Guardians at the Ramparts, August 1942-September 1943
1. A New Enemy
2. Head-On
3. Defence in Depth
4. Savage Summer
Part Two Cornered Wolves,October 1943-February 1944
5. Schweinfurt
6. The Battle to Win the Skies
7. Closer and Closer
8. Know Thy Enemy
9. The Specialists
Part Three Sturm und Drang, February-June 1944
10.Big Week and 'Big B'
11. 'Imminent Danger West'
12. All-out Defence
13. The Cauldron
14. Mass against Mass
Part Four Dark Skies, July 1944-May 1945
15. Retreat and restoration
16. The winter gambles
17. Stormbirds
18. Desperate Times, Desperate Measures
Aftermath and conclusions
Appendices
Index

Rezensionen

Defenders of the Reich is bound to remain a landmark amid the historiography of World War II aviation … A volume expertly balanced between primary and secondary sources, enriched with personal narratives