Ebook: Day Fighters in Defence of Reich: a Way Diary, 1942-45

Day Fighters in Defence of the Reich is a detailed, comprehensive daily reference to the air operations flown by the Luftwaffe. These operations were designed to combat the daylight strategic missions by the United States Army Air Force targeting the German Reich and the western zone occupied by Germany. This volume is a unique look at the German air defences as they struggled to cope with the threat posed by the American 8th and 15th Air Forces, which were charged with destroying Germany's critical war industries and wresting control of the air over the Reich from the Luftwaffe. The previous vo.;Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction and acknowledgements; Chapter 1 August-December 1942; Chapter 2 January-June 1943; Chapter 3 July-September 1943; Chapter 4 October-December 1943; Chapter 5 January-March 1944; Chapter 6 April-June 1944; Chapter 7 July-September 1944; Chapter 8 October-December 1944; Chapter 9 January-May 1945; Chapter 10 Summary and conclusions; Table of equivalent ranks; Glossaries; Notes on sources; Bibliography; Index.