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Pilots in these units were trained to engage the enemy in close-quarter combat. Title: Luftwaffe Sturmgruppen. Author: John Weal. Illustrator: John Weal. Contributor: John Weal (Illustrated by). Series: Aviation Elite Units.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA

ISBN-101841769088

ISBN-139781841769080

eBay Product ID (ePID)47790882

Product Key Features

Book TitleLuftwaffe Sturmgruppen

Number of Pages128 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2005

TopicMilitary / World War II, Military / Aviation, Military

IllustratorWeal, John, Yes

GenreBiography & Autobiography, History

AuthorJohn Weal

Book SeriesAviation Elite Units Ser.

FormatPerfect

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight13.1 Oz

Item Length9.9 in

Item Width7.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

Series Volume Number20

Dewey Decimal940.544943

Table Of ContentCHAPTER ONE STURMSTAFFEL 1 - TRIAL BY FIRE CHAPTER TWO IV.( STURM )/JG 3 - A SHAKY START CHAPTER THREE OSCHERSLEBEN - NATIONAL HEROES CHAPTER FOUR PEAK STRENGTH, DIMINISHING RETURNS CHAPTER FIVE THE BULGE, BODENPLATTE AND THE END IN THE EAST CHAPTER SIX POSTSCRIPT - FROM STURM TO RAMM APPENDICES COLOUR PLATES COMMENTARY BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

SynopsisThe 'storm troopers' of the Luftwaffe, the elite Strumgruppen units comprised the most heavily armed and armoured fighter interceptors ever produced by the Germans. Their role was to smash like a mighty fist through the massed ranks of USAAF daylight bombers. Only volunteers could serve with these elite units, and each pilot was trained to close with the enemy and engage him in extremely short-range combat, attacking from the front and the rear in tight arrowhead formations. In exceptional circumstances pilots would even ram their enemy. This book chronicles the brief, but violent, career of the Sturmgruppen during the dark days of 1944-45, employing first-hand accounts and rare archival photography.

LC Classification NumberD787