For years, German fighter defenses had relied on a basic expectation: American bombers could be attacked once their fighter escorts turned back. The U.S. Eighth Air Force’s heavy bombers were ...
The Collapse of the Luftwaffe Galland’s Struggle in World War II follows General Adolf Galland, one of Germany's top fighter aces, as he faces the decline of the Luftwaffe. Despite his warnings about ...
THE FIRST AND THE LAST: THE RISE & FALL OF THE GERMAN FIGHTER FORCES, 1938-1945 (368 pp.]—Adolf Galland—Holf ($4.95). War memoirs fall generally into two classes—front-line yarns and headquarters ...
I will never forget my last mission over Germany during World War II And its dramatic aftermath. The target was Lechfeld, lair of the Luftwaffe’s all-jet ME-262 squadron. Made up of seasoned veterans, ...
Eines der berühmtesten deutschen Jagdfliegerasse, Adolf Galland, erkannte Monate vor dem D-Day, dass Deutschland den Zweiten Weltkrieg bereits zu verlieren begann. Als die alliierte Luftmacht in Reich ...