Messerschmitts Over Sicily : Diary of a Luftwaffe Fighter Commander
(2023)
Nonfiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Rowman & Littlefield, 2023
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DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9780811741507 MWT16041770, 0811741508 16041770
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Based on the author's personal World War II diary. An unflinching look at Luftwaffe combat, tactics, and leadership during the campaign for Sicily. A concluding chapter assesses the war's lessons for air forces. Johannes Steinhoff shot down 176 Allied aircraft during World War II. After the war, he served as Chief of Staff of the West German Air Force and later as Chairman of NATO's Military Committee. He wrote several books on his war experiences before his death in 1994
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