Historia de la Luftwaffe

The History of the Luftwaffe: German Aviation in World War II

When the first edition of this indispensable book was published in Germany, the extensive bibliography on the Second World War was enriched with the clearest, most objective, most dramatic and most accurate account of the history of the Luftwaffe. Only a historian like Cajus Bekker, the pseudonym of Hans Dieter Berenbrok, has the erudition and breadth of vision necessary to tell the story as it had to be told, weaving together all its aspects. Bekker, in fact, combined historical rigour with entertainment, not forgetting the technical detail that has delighted the aviation enthusiast, but he has focused with particular intensity on the fascinating anecdotes, the chronicles of battles, the pictures of heroism, the examples of chivalry and the trail of honour, pain and glory that the men of the Luftwaffe generously spread across the skies of the world. History of the Luftwaffe. German Aviation in the Second World War is a rigorously researched work that aims to satisfy both the scholar of the subject and the curious reader.