Bodenplatte

von John Manrho, Ron Putz

576 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

- Definitive account of the last great Luftwaffe attack of World War II - Gripping stories of Fw 190s and Bf 109s in combat - Contains hundreds of eyewitness accounts and rare photos In the early morning of January 1, 1945, as the Battle of the Bulge smoldered to an end, the German Luftwaffe--assumed to be starved of fuel and fighting spirit--launched a massive, surprise, low-level strike on Allied airfields throughout France, Belgium, and Holland, an operation code-named Bodenplatte. More than 900 German aircraft took to the skies and attacked the vulnerable fields, destroying 200 Allied aircraft and damaging 150 more. In a pyrrhic victory, the Luftwaffe lost 271 fighters, with many more damaged, and 213 pilots--irreplaceable losses at this stage of the war.

• Reihe: Stackpole Books
• ISBN: 9780811706865
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 16.07.2010
• Größe: 228 x 154 mm
• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc