num_pages: 280
description: The incredible saga is told by the Luftwaffe's commander of fighter forces himself.Adolf Galland was a legendary hero, an air ace with 104 victories and a dauntless leader of other men. This is his own story of Germany's war in the air, from smashing victories in Poland and France to the last desperate battles to save the Reich.
language: English
title: The First and the Last
titlecomplete: The First and the Last (The Rise and Fall of the German Fighter Force, 1938-1945)
genres: Autobiography, Military History, Memoir, World War II, Military Fiction, Biography, Aviation, Nonfiction, War, History
ratings_count: 1484
publisher: Ballantine War Books