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Jagdwaffe

Author: Jean-Louis Roba

Publisher: Ian Allan Publishing

Published: 2003-11

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781903223352

200 photographs, 25 full-color aircraft profiles plus maps, tables andnumerous first-hand accounts.Rommel's advance into Egypt forced the Allies to retreat to the El Alamein defenses. As the British Eighth Army prepared for a massive offensive, there followed a period of stalemate on the ground, but in the air the Luftwaffe was faced with a numerically superior force. Luftwaffe's fighter units, outnumbered and continually starved of supplies, fought on in support of Rommel's final battles in North Africa and against the vital British island fortress of Malta. Eventually forced to transfer units from an already critical situation on the Russian Front, German fighter pilots faced growing Allied air power but achieved some outstanding successes, and for a while the battle for Malta hung in the balance. German and Italian forces in North Africa were eventually defeated by superior Allied forces, ULTRA intelligence and the 'Torch' landings. This 96-page title tells the story of the German fighter force in North Africa from the El Alamein offensive inOctober 1942 to final defeat in Tunisia in May 1943.

Barbarossa

Author: Christer Bergström

Publisher: Midland Publishing

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13:

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Presents an account of the massive aerial campaign fought in the skies over the Soviet Union following the launch of Operation Barbarossa. This book includes information from both Russian and German sources. It features eye-witness material, photographs, biographical studies of major players in the conflict, data tables, and technical assessments.

Jagdwaffe 2/1

Author: Eric Mombeek

Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN)

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781903223055

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Phase One covers the units that took part in the occupation of the Channel Islands and the Luftwaffe's attempt to close the English Channel with attacks on British coastal shipping and ports during June and July, 1940.

Jagdwaffe Section 2

Author: Christer Bergstrom

Publisher: Atlasbooks Distribution

Published: 2004-11

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781903223468

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9 x 12, 200+ b/w photos, maps & tables, 27 color profiles

“Big Week” 1944

Author: Douglas C. Dildy

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2022-02-17

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 1472824539

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A rigorous new analysis of America's legendary 'Big Week' air campaign which enabled the Allies to gain air superiority before D-Day. The USAAF's mighty World War II bomber forces were designed for unescorted, precision daylight bombing, but no-one foresaw the devastation that German radar-directed interceptors would inflict on them. Following the failures of 1943's Schweinfurt-Regensburg raids, and with D-Day looming, the Allies urgently needed to crush the Luftwaffe's ability to oppose the landings. In February 1944, the Allies conceived and fought history's first-ever successful offensive counterair (OCA) campaign, Operation Argument or “Big Week.” Attacking German aircraft factories with hundreds of heavy bombers, escorted by the new long-range P-51 Mustang, it aimed both to slash aircraft production and force the Luftwaffe into combat, allowing the new Mustangs to take their toll on the German interceptors. This expertly written, illustration-packed account explains how the Allies finally began to win air superiority over Europe, and how Operation Argument marked the beginning of the Luftwaffe's fall.

The War in Russia

Author: Christer Bergström

Publisher: Ian Allan Publishing

Published: 2004-03

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781903223369

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Defeat in North Africa and the disastrous loss of Sixth Army at Stalingrad were undoubtedly huge blows to the Wehrmacht, but the most critical battle of 1943 was fought at Kursk. In the spring of 1943, the Russian front bulged into the German lines between Kharkov and Orel. Here, in July, German forces tried to regain the initiative on the Russian Front by a planned attack to pinch off this salient and straighten the front, but forewarned, the Soviets absorbed the German thrust and counterattack. The climax to this titanic clash of forces was the battle at Kursk, scene of the largest tank battle in history, where German land forces were defeated and forced to retreat in the face of an unstoppable Soviet counterattack. Is it against this background that in this 96-page tile, Christer Bergstrom, an acknowledged expert on the air-war in Russia, describes the activities of the Luftwaffe's fighter-force in its battles over the Russian Front.

Jagdverband 44

Author: Robert Forsyth

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2012-01-20

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1780963564

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There was no Luftwaffe fighter unit like Jagdverband 44. Formed in February 1945, the unit grew out of Hitler's bizarre decision that the Me 262 jet fighter should be used as a bomber, despite its potential in the daylight defensive battles over the Reich. Seen as a grave mistake by Göring, a small fighter unit was formed in southern Germany to 'prove' the Me 262's ability as an interceptor. Formed with some of Germany's most experienced fighter pilots, Jagdverband 44 numbered a disproportionately high number of leading aces in its ranks, to the extent that it was said that the Knights' Cross was the unofficial badge of the unit. With numerous first-hand accounts from pilots and detailed colour profiles, this book is a fascinating account of the dramatic birth of the jet fighter and the impact it had during the bitter struggles of 1944-45.

Fighters of the Iron Cross

Author: Jerry Crandall

Publisher: Eagle Editions Limited

Published: 2013-11-19

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780976103479

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A new book by Jerry Crandall - Fighters of the Iron Cross, Men and Machines of the Jagdwaffe.Presented will be short biographies and combat stories about their fighter experiences in the Luftwaffe of the pilots based on personal interviews conducted by Jerry and Judy over the past 45 years. Many more pilots are featured including most of those who signed the signatorie page.Numerous photos from their private collections, many never before published, documents and full color profiles complete the book.Numerous photos from their private collections, many never before published, documents and full color profiles complete the book.

Jet Fighters and Rocket Interceptors 1944-1945

Author: J. Richard Smith

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781903223529

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With the publication of this, the last of 20 titles, Classic Publications' acclaimed Jagdwaffe series reaches its conclusion. The final book in the series could also be considered one of the most interesting as it examines the various types of advanced aircraft with which the Luftwaffe desperately tried to challenge what, by then, was overwhelming Allied air supremacy in the skies over the Reich. Whilst each book in the series can be enjoyed on its own, together the Jagdwaffe collection offers a very authoritative and detailed study of the camouflage and markings of Luftwaffe fighter units, in all theatres, throughout World War Two.

Modelling the Messerschmitt Bf 109B/C/D/E

Author: Brett Green

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2012-02-20

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 1780964919

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The Messerschmitt Bf 109 was the most prominent German fighter type of World War II – over 35,000 were built and it served in many different variants and roles throughout the course of the war. It was the true workhorse of the German Luftwaffe throughout the war and continued in front-line service with some European countries for many years afterwards. This title details the early and pre-war variants, including the Bf 109s that flew in the Spanish Civil War, Poland, France and the Battle of Britain, in a series of increasingly complex construction projects. It also details the numerous kits available of this famous fighter.