{"product_id":"defenders-of-the-reich-the-luftwaffes-war-against-americas-bombers-9781472862860","title":"Defenders of the Reich: The Luftwaffe's War Against America's Bombers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story of the Luftwaffe fighter arm's desperate defence of the Third Reich from the growing Allied bomber offensive in World War II.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eReichsverteidigung\u003c\/i\u003e (Defence of the Reich) was a do or die campaign that saw the very best fighter pilots in the Luftwaffe attempt to defend German skies from increasingly large formations of RAF and USAAF medium and heavy bombers. Flying both piston-engined and, eventually, the first jet-engined fighters to see operational service, the \u003ci\u003eJagdflieger\u003c\/i\u003e employed a wide range of weapons and tactics in an effort to blunt the Allied air offensive across Nazi Germany and Occupied Europe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eDefenders of the Reich\u003c\/i\u003e focusses on the story of the pilot, his aircraft, his weaponry, his draining, dangerous missions and Luftwaffe tactics against the USAAF and the RAF bombers from the summer of 1942 through to VE Day. They fought until they were all but obliterated as USAAF and RAF fighters decimated their ranks in the air and targeted their airfields in devastating strafing attacks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLeading Luftwaffe historian Robert Forsyth uses German and Allied archival documents coupled with interviews with former Jagdwaffe pilots, to tell the history of this last-ditch aerial campaign from the perspective of the Luftwaffe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Forsyth\u003c\/b\u003e is an author, editor and publisher, specializing in military aviation and military history. He is the author of over 25 titles for Osprey Publishing, on the aircraft, units and operations of the Luftwaffe, including \u003ci\u003eTo Save an Army\u003c\/i\u003e (2022), an interest he has held since boyhood. He has written articles for \u003ci\u003eThe Aviation Historian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAerojournal, Aeroplane Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAviation News, Combat Aircraft, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFlyPast \u003c\/i\u003eand he is a member of the Editorial Board of \u003ci\u003eThe Aviation Historian\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Osprey Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51690725605650,"sku":"9781472862860","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e43d679a-7846-4a3c-96d1-667193a609ac.jpg?v=1761745356","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/defenders-of-the-reich-the-luftwaffes-war-against-americas-bombers-9781472862860","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}