Luftwaffe Sturmgruppen

Luftwaffe Sturmgruppen
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 246
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ISBN-10 : 9781780963556
ISBN-13 : 1780963556
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Book Synopsis Luftwaffe Sturmgruppen by : John Weal

Download or read book Luftwaffe Sturmgruppen written by John Weal and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01-20 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 'storm troopers' of the Luftwaffe, the elite Sturmgruppen 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.


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