The rise and fall of the Luftwaffe
By: Hauptman Hermann ; with an introduction by Curt Riess
Contributors: Riess, Curt, 1902-1993
Publisher: Fonthill
Published: 2012
Place of publication: [Gloucester, U.K.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781781550069; 9781781551462
Subjects: History; World War, 1939-1945; German Aerial operations; Aerial Military operations; German; Luftwaffe; Germany. Luftwaffe; Germany
Other titles: Luftwaffe
Description: "Can it really be true that in 1941 insiders knew the Luftwaffe was a spent force and a failed organization? This remarkable, but little-known book, first published in 1943, argues how pure incompetence in planning and strategy left the Luftwaffe hopelessly stretched and exposed. The Nazi regime designed its airforce for Blitzkreig, and Blitzkreig alone. During the invasion of Poland, 2,500 aircraft were lost on account of a failure to produce any spare parts. When long campaigns set in in Russia, North Africa and Western Europe, the collapse of the Lufwaffe became inevitable. Crammed full of fascinating detail, this prescient book shows how German efficiency was fatally paralyzed by the dead-hand of the corrupt Nazi Party. Herman Goering, the head of the Luftwaffe, was chiefly responsible; his wholesale thefts to fund a lavish lifestyle add particular colour to this picture of woeful neglect"--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: American edition (New York, G.P. Putnam's sons [1943]) has title: The Luftwaffe, its rise and fall.

London edition (London, New York [etc] J. Long limited [1944]) has title: The rise and fall of the Luftwaffe.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-192).
Table of contents: title: The so-called peace; title: The Luftwaffe is born; title: Another kind of war.