The Rise and Fall of the German Air Force, 1933-1945

First thus.  xxii, 426pp, with maps and monochrome illustrations.  Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt lettering on spine.8vo.  Cloth gently pushed in at spine tips.  Internally neat, clean, bright and tight.  In its original dust wrapper, a little shelf worn and gently bumped on extreme edges. This is a facsimile reprint of a former restricted official publication, with a new introduction.  It examines the history of the Luftwaffe during the second world war as well as its origins in the build up to hostilities in the 1930s.  Based on German documents either captured during the or retrieved from the scattered archives of the Luftwaffe in the aftermath, it provides a clear and detailed examination of the significance and impact of the Luftwaffe.