This is the second volume of Lawrence Paterson's detailed account of all the Luftwaffe's naval operations during World War II. The first volume took the story up to 1942, and by the end of that year Hermann G ring's Reich Air Ministry had subsumed nearly every aspect of Wehrmacht mari...

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1. Verfasser:	Paterson, Lawrence (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Barnsley Seaforth Publishing 2020
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1943-1945 Luftkrieg Zweiter Weltkrieg Luftwaffe Seekrieg Deutschland Germany / Luftwaffe / World War, 1939-1945 World War, 1939-1945 / Aerial operations, German World War, 1939-1945 / Naval operations, German Germany / Luftwaffe Military operations, Aerial / German Military operations, Naval / German 1939-1945
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Zusammenfassung:	This is the second volume of Lawrence Paterson's detailed account of all the Luftwaffe's naval operations during World War II. The first volume took the story up to 1942, and by the end of that year Hermann G ring's Reich Air Ministry had subsumed nearly every aspect of Wehrmacht maritime aviation. Kriegsmarine attempts to develop an independent Fleet Air Arm had been perpetually frustrated, reflecting the chaotic nature of the Third Reich's internal military and political mechanics. Driven more by vanity than operational prudence, the Luftwaffe had continually thwarted the advancement of maritime aviation, and by 1942 began to reap the whirlwind it had created. The U-boat war hung precariously in the balance, the lack of well trained and properly equipped aerial reconnaissance suddenly assuming greater importance than ever before. During 1943 the nature of Germany's war mutated and by its close the Allies were on the offensive in nearly all theatres. This volume resumes the story with Operation Torch in November 1942, when Germany faced an Allied seaborne invasion of North Africa that it was ill-equipped to counter by land, sea or air; and the spectre of even greater invasion armadas loomed on both the southern and western fronts during the months that followed. Facing the Russians, maritime air units were stripped to the bone, those precious few formations available shunted rapidly between military crisis points until barely able to function.
Beschreibung:	Companion volume to "Eagles over the sea 1935-1942", ISBN 978-1-5267-4002-1
Beschreibung:	382 Seiten Illustrationen, Karte, Portraits 25 cm
ISBN:	9781526777652