Luftwaffe Generals

Author : Jeremy Dixon
Publisher : Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780764332432
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Luftwaffe Generals written by Jeremy Dixon and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 2009 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the biographies of 115 Luftwaffe officers who reached the rank of general and who were awarded the Knights Cross, and higher grades of the award during their career. This study brings together the highest ranking recipients of this special award from the Luftwaffe, the German air force: men like fighter aces Adolf Galland and Werner Mlders; one of the most successful field commanders of the war Albert Kesselring; paratroopers like Kurt Student and Eugen Meindl; Field-Marshals Erhard Milch, Wolfram von Richthofen, Robert Ritter von Greim, Hugo Sperrle, and of course Hermann Gring the Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe.

Author : H. Faber
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Luftwaffe written by H. Faber and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Samuel W. Mitcham (Jr.)
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442211520
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hitler's Commanders written by Samuel W. Mitcham (Jr.) and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in an expanded edition that includes biographies of the generals of Stalingrad and a new chapter on the panzer commanders, this book offers rare insight into the men who ran Nazi Germany's war machine. Going beyond common stereotypes, Samuel W. Mitcham and Gene Mueller recount the compelling lives of a varied group of army, navy, Luftwaffe, and SS men. Weaving in dramatic stories of tank commanders, fighter pilots in aerial combat, and U-Boat aces, the authors bring the battlefields of World War II to life.

Author : Gen.-Lt. Andreas Nielsen
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1787206742
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The German Air Force General Staff written by Gen.-Lt. Andreas Nielsen and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The German Air Force General Staff, first published in 1959, written by Generalleutnant a. D. Andreas Nielsen, is one of a series of historical studies written for the United States Air Force Historical Division by former key officers of the German Air Force for the United States Air Force Historical Division. The overall purpose of the series is threefold: 1) To provide the United States Air Force with a comprehensive and, insofar as possible, authoritative history of a major air force which suffered defeat in World War II; 2) to provide a history of that air force as prepared by many of its principal and responsible leaders; 3) to provide a firsthand account of that air force’s unique combat in a major war with the forces of the Soviet Union. This series of studies therefore covers in large part virtually all phases of the Luftwaffe’s operations and organization, from its camouflaged origin in the Reichswehr, during the period of secret German rearmament following World War I, through its participation in the Spanish Civil War and its massive operations and final defeat in World War II. These studies find their principal authority in their authors’ personal knowledge and experience. Thus, these studies are neither unbiased nor are they “histories” in the ordinary sense of that word. Instead, they constitute a vital part of the story without which the final history of Germany’s role in World War II cannot be written.

Author : Sönke Neitzel
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1783830557
Total Pages : 863 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tapping Hitler's Generals written by Sönke Neitzel and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2013-07-19 with total page 863 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These transcripts of wiretapped conversations between Nazi officers reveal “a fascinating—and chilling—insight into the German view of the war” (Financial Times). Between 1939 and 1942, the British Directorate of Military Intelligence created a number of POW interrogation camps in and around London where they secretly recorded private conversations between senior German staff officers. In this extraordinary work, historian Sonke Neitzel examines these transcripts in depth and presents the private thoughts, opinions, and secrets of Nazi officers during the Second World War. These transcripts address important questions regarding the officers’ attitudes towards the German leadership and Nazi policies: How did the German generals judge the overall war situation? From what date did they consider it lost? How did they react to the attempt on Hitler’s life in July 1944? What knowledge did they have of the atrocities? By turns insightful and horrifying, this unprecedented research is a must for any serious scholar of the period. “A goldmine of information about what the German High Command privately thought of the war, Adolf Hitler, the Nazis and each other.” —Daily Mail

Author : Kevin Conley Ruffner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782008985
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : Samuel W. Mitcham
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473815126
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hitler's Commanders written by Samuel W. Mitcham and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-01-22 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As absolute as Hitler's control over the German war machine was, it depended on the ability, judgment and unquestioning loyalty of the senior officers charged with putting his ideas, however difficult, into effect.Top military historian James Lucas examines the stories of fourteen of these men: all of different rank, from varied backgrounds, and highly awarded, they exemplify German military prowess at its most dangerous. Among his subjects are Eduard Dietl, the commander of German forces in Norway and Eastern Europe; Werner Kampf, one of the most successful Panzer commanders of the war; and Kurt Meyer, commander of the Hitler Youth Division and one of Germany's youngest general officers.The author, one of the leading experts on all aspects of German military conduct of the Second World War, offers the reader a rare look into the nature of the German Army a curious mix of individual strength, petty officialdom and pragmatic action.

Author : Helmut
Publisher : Enigma Books
ISBN 13 : 193627485X
Total Pages : 1207 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hitler and His Generals written by Helmut and published by Enigma Books. This book was released on 2012-05-18 with total page 1207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only complete edition in any language of all the known stenographic conferences. These are the first verbatim records in history of military planning at the highest level.

Author : Prof. Richard Suchenwirth
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1787206750
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Command and Leadership in the German Air Force written by Prof. Richard Suchenwirth and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Command and Leadership in the German Air Force, first published in 1969, written by Professor Richard Suchenwirth, and revised and edited by Mr. Harry R. Fletcher, is one of a series of historical studies written for the United States Air Force Historical Division by men who had been key officers in, or outstanding authorities on, the German Air Force during World War II. The overall purpose of the series is twofold: 1) To provide the United States Air Force with a comprehensive and, insofar as possible, authoritative history of a major air force which suffered defeat in World War II, a history prepared by many of the principal and responsible leaders of that air force; 2) to provide a firsthand account of that air force’s unique combat in a major war, especially its fight against the forces of the Soviet Union. This series of studies therefore covers in large part virtually all phases of the Luftwaffe’s operations and organization, from its camouflaged origin in the Reichswehr, during the period of secret rearmament following World War I, through its participation in the Spanish Civil War and its massive operations and final defeat in World War II, with particular attention to the air war on the Eastern Front. These studies find their principal authority in the personal knowledge and experience of their authors.

Author : Prof. Richard Suchenwirth
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1787206769
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Turning Points in the German Air Force War Effort written by Prof. Richard Suchenwirth and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical Turning Points in the German Air Force War Effort, first published in 1959, written by Professor Richard Suchenwirth, is one of a series of historical studies written by, or based on information supplied by former key officers of the German Air Force for the United States Air Force Historical Division. The overall purpose of the series is threefold: 1) To provide the United States Air Force with a comprehensive and, insofar as possible, authoritative history of a major air force which suffered defeat in World War II; 2) to provide a history of that air force as prepared by many of its principal and responsible leader; 3) to provide a firsthand account of that air force’s unique combat in a major war with the forces of the Soviet Union. This series of studies therefore covers in large part virtually all phases of the Luftwaffe’s operations and organization, from its camouflaged origin in the Reichswehr, during the period of secret German rearmament following World War I, through its participation in the Spanish Civil War and its massive operations and final defeat in World War II. These studies find their principal authority in their authors’ personal knowledge and experience. Thus, these studies are neither unbiased nor are they “histories” in the ordinary sense of that word. Instead, they constitute a vital part of the story without which the final history of Germany’s role in World War II cannot be written.