Bodenplatte

The Luftwaffe's Last Hope

Nonfiction, History, Military, Aviation, Germany, World War II
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Author: John Manrho, Ron Putz ISBN: 9781461750727
Publisher: Stackpole Books Publication: July 16, 2010
Imprint: Stackpole Books Language: English
Author: John Manrho, Ron Putz
ISBN: 9781461750727
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Publication: July 16, 2010
Imprint: Stackpole Books
Language: English

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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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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