Bibliograph

Bodenplatte, the Luftwaffe's last hope, John Manrho and Ron Pütz

Type

Label

Bodenplatte, the Luftwaffe's last hope, John Manrho and Ron Pütz

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Bodenplatte

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

John Manrho and Ron Pütz

Series statement

The Stackpole military history series

Sub title

the Luftwaffe's last hope

Summary

- Definitive account of the last great Luftwaffe attack of World War II - Gripping stories of Fw 190s and Bf 109s in combat - Contains hundreds of eyewitness accounts and rare photos In the early morning of January 1, 1945, as the Battle of the Bulge smoldered to an end, the German Luftwaffe--assumed to be starved of fuel and fighting spirit--launched a massive, surprise, low-level strike on Allied airfields throughout France, Belgium, and Holland, an operation code-named Bodenplatte. More than 900 German aircraft took to the skies and attacked the vulnerable fields, destroying 200 Allied aircraft and damaging 150 more. In a pyrrhic victory, the Luftwaffe lost 271 fighters, with many more damaged, and 213 pilots--irreplaceable losses at this stage of the war

Target audience

adult

Classification