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The Sea Eagles: The Luftwaffe's Maritime Operations 1939-1945 (Luftwaffe at War, 17)
The Sea Eagles The Luftwaffe's Maritime Operations 19391945 - Luftwaffe at War, 17 Author:Peter Charles Smith, Peter C. Smith Luftwaffe operations against allied shipping formed a crucial element in the Third Reich's efforts to win the war. German anti-shipping units were called upon to cripple warships, sink merchantmen, damage port installations, reconnoiter vast expanses of ocean and scatter convoys from as early as the Spanish Civil War right through to the dark da... more »ys of 1945. The Sea Eagles draws upon a brilliant array of rare images to present the complete story of Luftwaffe anti-shipping units, their personnel and their aircraft. Peter Smith includes photographs, taken in all the key German campaigns of World War II, of such mainstays as the He 59, the He 111, the Do 17 and the giant FW 200 ('Kondor'), as well as more unusual types and variants such as the rare BV 222 and the specially converted Me 109T.« less