Chapter 16 – “As safe as England.” The attack from nowhere

The allied advance from the bridgehead of Normandy, the encirclement of Falaise. The landings in southern France to the Ardennes Offensive of the German armed forces. The air battle for the bridges over the Moselle of 23rd December 1944.

 

Immerse yourself in the events surrounding the air war from 1939 to 1945 and learn how grimly the battles in France in 1944 were fought on land and in the air in a desperate attempt by the German armed forces to turn the tide of the war in the West or at least force the British and Americans to the negotiating table. Gaining time would also have been helpful in order to extend the ground-breaking technological lead of German armaments (jets, guided weapons, cruise missiles, long-range ballistic missiles – see Chapter 23 – and also the German atomic bombs, which had already successfully passed their first tests and were soon ready for use but were never deployed – see Chapter 07). The chapter also contains historical photos, detailed aircraft profiles, maps and scenarios.

 

24 exciting pages present the following topics:

• The Battle of Falaise 1944
• The bridge of Eller
• The Ardennes offensive of the German Wehrmacht