From triumphant partner in the opening Blitzkrieg campaigns in the war to the last futile efforts to stem the inexorable Allied advance, the Luftwaffe waged a savage but honourable war against an enemy who eventually had overwhelming and irresistible forces.

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Luftwaffe: Birth, Life and Death of An Air Force is part of The Pan/Ballantine Illustrated History of World War II, and is Book #10 in the Weapons Book series.