Download or read book The Rise of the Luftwaffe 1918 1940 written by Herbert Mason and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The campaign in Poland proved the Luftwaffe to be the Wehrmacht's loudest trumpet. The rest of the world... was stunned at the overrunning of sixty thousand miles of courageously defended terrain in only twenty-six days." In the winter of 1918, Germany's conquerors set about rendering the Reich forever incapable of waging war. The existing German Air Service of nearly 15,000 planes was to be scrapped - the treaty of Versailles would ensure that no military aircraft would ever be flown in Germany again. But less than a generation later Europe shook before the threat of the Luftwaffe, believed to be the most powerful air force in the world. The Rise of the Luftwaffe tells how it happened. Denied warplane factories and flying schools in their homeland, the Germans built them in Russia and it was there that they trained an elite pilot corps. At home state-sponsored gliding schemes gave a new generation of pilots their first taste of the air, and clandestine factories, ostensibly making perambulators or washing machines, turned out warplanes. As confidence grew, and the actual restrictions on German aviation eased, so a new dimension was added to the bluff. Germany's re-occupation of the Rhineland was carried out under cover of planes lacking guns and ammunition; the Luftwaffe's apparent capability was exaggerated by the use of stripped-down versions of fighters in speed-record attempts. Now, instead of concealing the existence of their air power from the rest of Europe, the Germans were concealing its limitations. Herbert Molloy Mason charts every step of the subterfuge and ingenuity by which the transformation was brought about. He describes the pioneering of new developments such as the Stuka dive-bomber, and the proving of this secretly trained and created air force first in the Spanish Civil War and later against Poland and France. At the same time he explodes some of the myths of German technical and organizational superiority: meddling by Hitler, bickering between designers and bureaucrats, and ineptitude by the morphine-addicted Goering cost the Luftwaffe a war-winning strategic bomber force and jet fighters even before World War II began. Praise for Herbert Molloy Mason 'Worth taking seriously.' - Earl F. Ziemke Herbert Molloy Mason (1927-2013) was a noted writer of military history, and wrote sixteen books, including The Lafayette Escadrille and To Kill Hitler. He lived in San Antonio, Texas with his wife who was an artist.

Download or read book The Rise of the Luftwaffe 1918 1940 written by Herbert Molloy Mason and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Phoenix Triumphant written by E. R. Hooton and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the Luftwaffe from creation to victorious justification in war is vividly told here for the first time in detail. It is a fascinating insight into a unique period of military aviation, as tactics and technology raced each other, set against the background of rearmament and resurgent German militarism before and during World War Two. Here are the secret years up to 1935, when even the German government was misled as to the existence of training programmes, while barely any effort was made to meet the Armistice demands. Hooton also demonstrates that although the Allies were well informed of Luftwaffe development, they failed to use that intelligence correctly.

Download or read book The Rise of the Luftwaffe Forging the Secret German Air Weapon 1918 1940 written by Herbert Molloy Mason and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Rise of the Luftwaffe written by Herbert Mollo Mason and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1975-07-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Rise and Fall of the Luftwaffe written by Hermann (Hauptmann) and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Rise and Fall of the Luftwaffe written by Hauptmann Hermann and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was first published in 1943 by an insider in the Nazi party. It shows how the Luftwaffe was not prepared for a long war. It is a fascinating read and proves that the Germans could never have won the war.

Download or read book The First and the Last written by Adolf Galland and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Rise and Fall of the Luftwaffe written by David John Cawdell Irving and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Data from the notebooks and diaries of the Nazi commander reveal his brilliant business skills, rivalries with Speer and Goring, and determined efforts to strengthen the German air force.

Download or read book The Luftwaffe written by ... Hermann and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Luftwaffe Its Rise and Fall Etc written by Hauptmann HERMANN (pseud.) and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Rise of the German Luftwaffe 1935 1940 written by James Selby McCabe and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Luftwaffe Field Divisions 1941 45 written by Kevin Conley Ruffner and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-12-20 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hermann Göring raised the Luftwaffe Field Divisions [LwFD] during 1942, when Nazi Germany was still making spectacular gains but was first feeling the pinch of its losses on the Eastern Front. The Reichsmarschall decided to raise his own divisions for ground service under the command of Luftwaffe officers. On 17 September 1942, Göring called for volunteers from throughout the Luftwaffe for combat duty in the East. Even before that date, however, some Luftwaffe troops were heavily engaged against the enemy in Russia in a ground role. Kevin Conley Ruffner's engaging text tells the fascinating story of the LwFD.

Download or read book Arming the Luftwaffe written by Daniel Uziel and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2011-11-16 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During World War II, aviation was among the largest industrial branches of the Third Reich. About 40 percent of total German war production, and two million people, were involved in the manufacture of aircraft and air force equipment. Based on German records, Allied intelligence reports, and eyewitness accounts, this study explores the military, political, scientific and social aspects of Germany's wartime aviation industry: production, research and development, Allied attacks, foreign workers and slave labor, and daily life and working conditions in the factories. Testimony from Holocaust survivors who worked in the factories provides a compelling new perspective on the history of the Third Reich.

Download or read book Rise of the Luftwaffe written by Mike G. Halby (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thesis: The failure of the German Luftwaffe to produce a strategic, heavy bomber can be directly attributed to two events: the death of General Walther Wever, then Luftwaffe Chief of Staff, and the appointment of Ernst Udet to the Luftwaffe Technical Office.

Download or read book Hitler s Air War in Spain written by Norman Ridley and published by Air World. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost since the advent of warfare, civilians have suffered ‘collateral damage’, but the concept of Total War – a war without limits – only surfaced in the early part of the twentieth century. The idea of huge numbers of aircraft raining death upon defenceless cities was seen by many as not only barbaric but, in practical terms, quite unrealistic given the logistical challenges that would have to be overcome in order to put them into practice. Any complacency over the threat, however, was rudely shattered on 26 February 1935, when Adolf Hitler officially signed a decree authorizing the formation of the Luftwaffe. The third branch of Germany’s armed forces erupted on to the European military landscape. Its blustering claims of irrepressible air power sent waves of panic rippling through ministries of war throughout the world. Framing a realistic response to Hitler’s propaganda offensive proved to be problematic given the lack of detailed knowledge of not only the numbers, but also the true performance capabilities of his new generation of aircraft and the ways in which they had expanded the boundaries of war. It was, therefore, of huge interest to all modern military establishments when these machines were deployed during the Spanish Civil War which broke out in July 1936. Notwithstanding the limited scope of this conflict, it offered, for the participating nations, a testing ground for new machines and, for the interested observers, a window into the future of aerial warfare. When the Spanish Civil War was less than a year old it had already seen air power employed in most of the ways that it would be used in the Second World War. This not only included airlifting troops, reconnaissance, interdiction, close support and strategic bombing, but also the deliberate targeting of civilians as a means of achieving military objectives. This book looks at all the significant aerial engagements of the war and examines them against the background of the wider global context. In this way, the Spanish Civil War’s part in the evolution of air power is confirmed, as is the way in which its lessons were learned, or ignored, in the context of the much greater conflagration that was to come.

Download or read book The Luftwaffe written by James S. Corum and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the resurrection of Germany's air force during the period, providing an account of the evolution of German military aviation theory, doctrine, war games, and operations between the two world wars. Draws on archival material to reveal debates with the General Staff about the future role of airpower and the problems of aligning aviation technology with air doctrine. Also examines the early WWII period and the Luftwaffe's effectiveness in Poland and France. Includes bandw photos. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR