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The Sea Eagles
Published by Greenhill Books, London, 2001-
A superb collection of rare Colour and Black-and-White photographs covers the pre-war development and wartime expansion and operation of Germany Maritime Air Power in the Second World War.
From clandestein operations of floatplanes funded by the German Navy in the 1920's, through the development of carrier-based dive bombers and ship-launched scouting aircraft, on through the Luftwaffe's dominance of land-based torpedo-bombers, which decimated the Russian and Malta convoys, long-range Kondor reconnaissance aircraft which influenced the Battle of the Atlantic; long-range fighters which duelled with the RAF over the Bay of Biscay; and air-sea rescue units which risked life and limb to save friend and foe alike in the English Channel, the Mediterranean and the harsh Arctic Ocean, and culminating in the awesome stand-off weapons with which the German Air Force took on even the most powerful of Allied battleships, this is a much-neglected facet of the air war revealed in graphic detail.
Aerospace Power Journal stated: "..the author's information is interesting, well presented, well crafted, and easy to grasp. I recommend The Sea Eagles to any student of the Luftwaffe." Also given a Five-Stars rating in a recent Amazon.com review
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