Kesselring: The Making of the Luftwaffe - Couverture souple

Macksey, Kenneth

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1848326491 ISBN 13 : 9781848326491

Editeur : Frontline Books, 2012

Synopsis

Illustrated with maps and a center section of black and white photographs. Kesselring-commander, leader, administrator; the only senior German officer to start and finish the Second World War holding a high command appointment. There was scarcely a major campaign in which he was not at some time deeply involved: he flew in the forefront of the battle over Poland, Holland, Britain, Russia and the Western Desert and was shot down five times; as a field commander he defended Tunisia, Italy and, ultimately, Germany. But it is as much for his role in the formation and development of the Luftwaffe that Kesselring is remembered-his were many of the ideas, plans and insights about the part played by aircraft in the land battle. They were central to the careful, systematic reorganization and building up of the German military machine in the 1920s and 30s. This first complete biography presents the complex, fascinating personality of a man whose qualities of utter determination, charm and good humor, harnessed to outstanding training and experience, enabled him to cope with both victory and defeat and, finally, when placed on trial for his life, to face his judges with dignity, equanimity and a staunch defense.

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À propos de l'auteur

Macksey served in World War II under the command of Percy Hobart, later writing the (authoritative) biography of that leader. Macksey reached the rank of major. Amongst many other books, Macksey wrote two volumes of alternate history, one dealing with the (successful) invasion of England by Germany in 1940 (Operation Sea Lion), and the other describing a NATO - Warsaw Pact clash in the late 1980s.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Frontline Books
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1848326491
• ISBN 13: 9781848326491
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
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