Bodenplatte: The Luftwaffe's Last Hope (Stackpole Military History)
John Manrho/ Ron Putz
ISBN 10: 0811706869 ISBN 13: 9780811706865
Published by Stackpole Books, 2010
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* Definitive account of the last great Luftwaffe attack of World War II * Gripping stories of Fw 190s and Bf 109s in combat * Contains hundreds of eyewitness accounts and rare photos In the early morning of January 1, 1945, as the Battle of the Bulge smoldered to an end, the German Luftwaffe--assumed to be starved of fuel and fighting spirit--launched a massive, surprise, low-level strike on Allied airfields throughout France, Belgium, and Holland, an operation code-named Bodenplatte. More than 900 German aircraft took to the skies and attacked the vulnerable fields, destroying 200 Allied aircraft and damaging 150 more. In a pyrrhic victory, the Luftwaffe lost 271 fighters, with many more damaged, and 213 pilots--irreplaceable losses at this stage of the war.
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Title: Bodenplatte: The Luftwaffe's Last Hope (...
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Publication Date: 2010
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Brand New