Air Battle for Berlin. The last battle of the Luftwaffe. 1945
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"On April 11, 1945, we distribute on the radio to whom to accompany which aircraft. I am approaching my "protege" and holding a position a few meters from its right wing. I see that this is a young lieutenant in an everyday uniform. Instead of the flight helmet, officer caps are dressed on it. Since he does not have a walkie -talkie, we can only communicate with gestures. His face expresses neither fanaticism, nor excitement, nor even sadness. Bright flashes indicate the proximity of the Oder front. He dives steeply in a spiral and disappears. I, without looking up, look in that direction. A bright blood-red flash illuminates the sky. I am convinced that he achieved his goal " - so the German pilot Evald Kraas described the typical departure of the Nazi Kamikadze - suicide pilots, who sacrificed themselves for the destruction of the Third Reich. This book is a logical continuation of the authors "story about the Luftwaffe operations in the last months of the war, begun in the book" Wonder-weapons of the Luftwaffe. Battle from the future ". It tells about the latest battles of the Luftwaffe: the battles for Breslau, in the Oder and in the Berlin sky, the operations of supplying the "fortresses" in France, the evacuation of troops from Courland, the final battles of jet aircraft, the actions of night anti -tank squadrons, etc. The authors answer the questions: why why German pilots, who realized that the war was lost, continued to go into battle, often for certain death? How did the Luftwaffe, despite the lack of fuel and technology, the loss of airfields, managed to maintain combat effectiveness until May 9?
Author:
Author:Degtev D.M., Zefirov MV, Zubov D.V.
Cover:
Cover:Soft
Category:
- Category:History & Geography
- Category:Science & Math
Series:
Series: Military Aviation of the XX century
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