Kampfgeschwader 51 "Edelweiss": The Complete History of KG 51 in World War II - Hardcover

Dierich, Wolfgang

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 076434739X ISBN 13: 9780764347399

Verlag: Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 2014

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Reseña del editor

The history of the World War II Luftwaffe bomber unit Kampfgeschwader 51 "Edelweiss" is documented here from its formation in 1937 until Germany's surrender in 1945. Flying He 111s and Ju 88s, KG 51 was always committed over the war zone "hotspots" and earned a reputation as a "fire brigade" on every frontawhether in France, over England, in the Balkans, or in the expanses of the Russian Front. Towards the end of the war, KG 51 also flew the legendary Messerschmitt Me 262 on operations. Based on war diaries, combat reports, and personal accounts, the author factually and vividly tells the story of KG 51 for the first time in English.

Biografía del autor

David Johnston is Associate Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, where he has taught since 1986. He is the author of The Idea of a Liberal Theory: A Critique and Reconstruction and The Rhetoric of Leviathan: Thomas Hobbes and the Politics of Cultural Transformation.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Schiffer Publishing Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 076434739X
• ISBN 13: 9780764347399
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336