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PublisherHiKOKI Publications
ISBN-101902109406
ISBN-139781902109404
eBay Product ID (ePID)30769877
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Book TitleBodenplatte : the Luftwaffe's Last Hope -- the Attack on Allied Aifields, New Year's Day
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2004
TopicMilitary / World War II
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorRon Putz, John Manrho
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight53.9 Oz
Item Length12 in
Item Width8.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal940.544943092
Synopsis8 1/2 x 11, 350 b&w photosIn the early morning of New Year's Day 1945, as the last great German offensive in Ardennes slowly smoldered to an end and the Allies prepared for a final year of war in northwest Europe, against all odds, the Luftwaffe -- assumed to be starved of fuel and fighting spirit -- launched a massive, surprise, low-level strike targeted at Allied tactical airfields throughout France, Belgium, and Holland. Planned under great secrecy, the raid gambled on using the bulk of Luftwaffe fighter assets on the Western Front, with the aim of decimating significant elements of both the British 2nd RAF and the USAAF on the ground. As the winter skies lightened, more than 900 German aircraft, -- most of them Fw 190s and Bf 109s -- swept across vulnerable and unsuspecting airfields, including Brussels and Eindhoven. Altogether, more than 200 Allied aircraft were destroyed, with a further 150 damaged. But for the Luftwaffe it was a pyrrhic victory; 271 fighters were lost and many more damaged. Worse still, of the 213 pilots lost, more than 20 were valuable formation leaders. Using hundreds of eye-witness accounts and rare photographs, this is a definitive study., Describes the Luftwaffe's surprise attack on Allied tactical airfields throughout France, Belgium, and Holland on January 1, 1945.
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