Luftwaffe Generals The Knight's Cross Holders 1939-1945

 

The author presents 115 biographies of Luftwaffe officers who reached the rank of general and who won Germany's highest award for bravery, the Knight's Cross as well as it's higher grades. Inside the book gives details of when the award was rendered including the date and reasons for the award. Each recipient has a detailed biography which includes promotion dates and other awards received. The book includes recipients such as fighter aces Adolf Galland and Werner Mölders, together with one of the most successful field commanders of the war Albert Kesselring; paratroopers like Kurt Student and Eugen Meindl; Field-Marshals Erhard Milch, Wolfram von Richthofen, Robert Ritter von Greim, Hugo Sperrle, and of course Hermann Göring the Luftwaffe Commander. A must for anyone interested in the careers of some of the most senior ranking Knight's Cross holders.

 

Jeremy Dixon

Hardcover large format 352pp over 280 b&w images

 

Book Code:  SC1057