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Battle of Britain 1940 - The Luftwaffe's Eagle Attack

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Air Campaign Series

MSRP $20.00


Product Info

Title
Battle of Britain 1940 - The Luftwaffe's Eagle Attack
Publisher
Product Line
Category
Author
Douglas C. Dildy
Publish Year
2018
Pages
96
Dimensions
7.5x10x.5"
NKG Part #
2147692208
MFG. Part #
OSPACM001
Type
Softcover
Series
ACM001

Description

In August 1940, the Luftwaffe began an operation to destroy or neutralize RAF Fighter Command, and enable Hitler to invade Britain that autumn. It was a new type of air warfare: the first ever offensive counter-air campaign against an integrated air defense system. Powerful, combat-proven and previously all-conquering, the German air force had the means to win the Battle of Britain. Yet it did not.

This book is an original, rigorous campaign study of the Luftwaffe's Operation Adlerangriff, researched in Germany's World War II archives and using the most accurate data available. Doug Dildy explains the capabilities of both sides, sets the campaign in context, and argues persuasively that it was the Luftwaffe's own mistakes and failures that led to its defeat, and kept alive the Allies' chance to ultimately defeat Nazi Germany.

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