Introduction and Acknowledgements List of Illustrations and Maps Glossary Table of Ranks Part I. Guardians and Goliaths - 1939-42 1 'Shoulder to Shoulder' 2 'An expensive mode of warfare' 3 'One swallow doesn't make a summer' Part II. Head-on - 1942 4 West and South 5 The Slender Sinews of Defence 6 Imbalance of Power Part III. The Cornered Wolf - 1943 7 'Once they have made contact with the bombers, the rest is easy' 8 Defence in Depth 9 Schweinfurt 10 Bitter Harvest 11 'Defensive Victories' 12 'Without regard to losses' 13 Battle Groups and Opera Houses Part IV. Sturm und Drang - 1944 14 Pointblank and the Battle for Air Superiority 15 Big Gun - 'Big Week' 16 'Big B' 17 Bloody April 18 The Last Chance 19 Savage Skies 20 Imminent Danger West 21 All-Out Defence 22 Mass Against Mass 23 Darkening Skies 24 Blow after Blow Part V. Stormbirds - 1944-45 25 Speed and Altitude - The New Weapons 26 Fire in the Sky 27 From 'Elbe' to the End APPENDICES Appendix 1 - Single-engined fighter aces with 20 or more Viermot victories Appendix 2 - Zerstörer aces with ten or more Viermot victories Sources and Selected Bibliography Notes Index
Introduction and Acknowledgements List of Illustrations and Maps Glossary Table of Ranks Part I. Guardians and Goliaths - 1939-42 1 'Shoulder to Shoulder' 2 'An expensive mode of warfare' 3 'One swallow doesn't make a summer' Part II. Head-on - 1942 4 West and South 5 The Slender Sinews of Defence 6 Imbalance of Power Part III. The Cornered Wolf - 1943 7 'Once they have made contact with the bombers, the rest is easy' 8 Defence in Depth 9 Schweinfurt 10 Bitter Harvest 11 'Defensive Victories' 12 'Without regard to losses' 13 Battle Groups and Opera Houses Part IV. Sturm und Drang - 1944 14 Pointblank and the Battle for Air Superiority 15 Big Gun - 'Big Week' 16 'Big B' 17 Bloody April 18 The Last Chance 19 Savage Skies 20 Imminent Danger West 21 All-Out Defence 22 Mass Against Mass 23 Darkening Skies 24 Blow after Blow Part V. Stormbirds - 1944-45 25 Speed and Altitude - The New Weapons 26 Fire in the Sky 27 From 'Elbe' to the End APPENDICES Appendix 1 - Single-engined fighter aces with 20 or more Viermot victories Appendix 2 - Zerstörer aces with ten or more Viermot victories Sources and Selected Bibliography Notes Index
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Defenders of the Reich has been compiled with Forsyth's characteristic depth, authority and diligence … For those seeking to understand the USAAF's daylight bombing campaign over Nazi Germany as it was seen by the "home side", this history will be indispensable.
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