{"product_id":"eagles-of-the-third-reich-samuel-w-mitcham-9780811734059","title":"Eagles of the Third Reich","description":"\u003cli\u003eCharacter-based study of why the German air force was defeated\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eRecounts the Luftwaffe in combat from the blitzkrieg of 1939-40 and the Battle of Britain to the Eastern Front and the Normandy campaign\u003cbr\u003eFrom its secret post--World War I beginnings to its virtual destruction by the Allied air forces, the story of the German air force is best told by examining its leaders--brilliant, ambitious, ruthless, and deceitful men like Hermann Goering, the drug-addicted Luftwaffe commander; Erhard Milch, the half-Jewish head of aircraft production; and Adolf Galland, the general of fighters who often clashed with Goering. Mitcham profiles them and others while describing the Luftwaffe's battles--both in the skies and behind the scenes--and explaining why it was so decisively defeated.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Samuel W. Mitcham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0811734056\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811734059\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stackpole Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.54h x 5.76w x 0.85d","brand":"Samuel W. Mitcham","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086905291007,"sku":"9780811734059","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_30e2e323-3e32-4588-acee-6f5c3bd51a1c.jpg?v=1769097243","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/eagles-of-the-third-reich-samuel-w-mitcham-9780811734059","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}