History

 

General

 

The Rise and Fall of the German Air Force

1933-1945
Air Ministry
1983 Arms and Armour, 425p., HC, DJ
ISBN: 0-85368-560-6

 

The Luftwaffe 1933-45

Strategy for Defeat
Williamson Murray
1996 Brassey's, 365p., SC
ISBN: 1-57488-125-6

(still unread 22-01-98)

 

The Luftwaffe War Diaries

The German Air Force in World War II
Cajus Bekker
1994 Da Capo, 389p., SC
ISBN: 0-306-80604-5

 

Luftwaffe Handbook 1939-1945

(much revised second edition)
Alfred Price
1986 Ian Allan, 128p., HC, DJ
ISBN: 0-7110-1669-0

 

The Luftwaffe Data Book

(actually more revised third edition of previous Handbook)
Alfred Price
1997 Greenhill, 272p., HC, DJ
ISBN: 1-85367-293-9

 

The Last Year of the Luftwaffe

May 1944 to May 1945
Alfred Price
1991 Arms and Armour, 188p., SC
ISBN: 1-85409-189-1

 

Phoenix Triumphant (Hardcover)

The Rise and Rise of the Luftwaffe
E.R. Hooton
1994 Arms & Armour, 320p., HC, DJ
ISBN: 1-85409-181-6

 

Eagle in Flames

The Fall of the Luftwaffe
E.R. Hooton
1997 Arms & Armour, 352p., HC, DJ
ISBN: 1-85409-343-6

(still unread 22-01-98)

 

Spearhead for Blitzkrieg Luftwaffe

Operations in support of the Army, 1939-1945
Paul Deichmann/Alfred Price (ed.)
1996 Greenhill, 159p., HC, DJ
ISBN: 1-85367-241-6

(still unread 22-01-98)

 

Luftwaffe

An analysis by former Luftwaffe generals
Harold Faber (ed.)
1979 Sidgwick and Jackson, 257p., HC
ISBN: 0-283-98516-X

(still unread 22-01-98)

 

The Life and Death of the Luftwaffe

Werner Baumbach - Commander of the Bomber Forces
Werner Baumach
1991 Noontide Press, 215p., HC+, DJ
ISBN: 0-939482-37-1

(still unread 22-01-98)

 

Eagles of the Third Reich

The men who made the Luftwaffe
note: prev. Men of the Luftwaffe
Samuel Mitcham
1997 Presidio Press, 347p., SC
ISBN: 0-89141-621-8

 

Specific

 

The German Air War in Russia

-
Richard Muller
1992 Nautical & Aviation, 301p., HC+, DJ
ISBN: 1-877853-13-5

 

Six Months to Oblivion

The Defeat of the Luftwaffe Fighter Force Over the Western Front 1944/1945
Werner Girbig
1991 Schiffer, 228p., HC - Cloth (very fine quality), DJ
ISBN: 0-88740-348-4

 

Air War Italy 1944-1945

The Axes Air Forces from the Liberation of Rome to the Surrender
Nick Beale/Ferdinando D'Amico/Gabriele Valentini
1996 Airlife, 232p., HC, DJ
ISBN: 1-85310-252-0

 

The Other Battle

Luftwaffe Aces versus Bomber Command
Peter Hinchliffe
1996 Motorbooks, 348p., HC, DJ
ISBN: 0-7603-0265-0

(still unread 22-01-98)

 

Photo Chronicals

 

The Luftwaffe in the North African Campaign 1941-43

A Photo Chronical
Werner Held/Ernst Obermaier
1992 Schiffer, 237p., HC - Cloth (very fine quality), DJ
ISBN: 0-87740-343-3

 

The German Fighter Units over Russia

A Pictorial History of the Pilots and Aircraft
Werner Held
1990 Schiffer, 192p., HC - Cloth (very fine quality), DJ
ISBN: 0-88740-246-1

 

German Fighters in World War II - The Day Fighters

A Photographic History of the German Tagjäger 1934-1945
Werner Held
1991 Schiffer, 223p., HC - Cloth (very fine quality), DJ
ISBN: 0-88740-355-7

 

German Fighters in World War II - The Night Fighters

A Photographic History of the German Nachtjäger 1940-1945
Werner Held/Holger Nauroth
1991 Schiffer., 231p., HC - Cloth (very fine quality), DJ
ISBN: 0-88740-356-5

 

The Luftwaffe - From the North Cape to Tobruk 1939-1945

An Illustrated History
Holger Nauroth
1991 Schiffer, 236p., HC - Cloth (very fine quality), DJ
ISBN: 0-88740-361-1

 

Luftwaffe Combat Aircraft

Development-Production-Operations 1935-1945
Manfred Griehl/Joachim Dressel
1994 Schiffer, 194p., HC - Cloth (very fine quality), DJ
ISBN: 0-88740-683-1

 

Pictorial History of the Luftwaffe

-
Alfred Price
1991 Motorbooks, 168p., HC, DJ

 

Fighters over Russia

Luftwaffe at war
Manfred Griehl
1997 Greenhill-/Stackpole Books, 72p., SC
ISBN: 1-85367-270-X

 

Blitzkrieg in the West 1939-1942

Luftwaffe at war
Jeffrey Ethell
1997 Greenhill-/Stackpole Books, 72p., SC
ISBN: 1-85367-283-1

 

Eagles over North Africa and the Mediterranean 1940-1943

Luftwaffe at war
Jeffrey Ethell
1997 Greenhill-/Stackpole Books, 72p., SC
ISBN: 1-85367-284-X

 

Nightfighters Over the Reich

Luftwaffe at war
Manfred Griehl
1997 Greenhill-/Stackpole Books, 72p., SC
ISBN: 1-85367-271-8

 

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