History / History & Prediction  -Military / Six Months to Oblivion by Werner Gerbig Werner Gerbig Ian Allen, 1975: first of the English edition: hardcover in dust jacket: approximately 6 x 9.25 inches tall: 140 pages: black and white maps, tables, and photographic illustrations.  Synopsis: The First English Edition of a  detailed account of the decline  of Germany's Air Defence during the last six months of the Second World War, first published in Germany in 1973.  With  emphasis on the controversial Operation Baseplate, mounted on New Year's Day, 1945, when 230 German aircrew were lost in less than four hours, the achievements, failures, sacrifices and demise of  German aircrews as they mounted a last defence, and the inability or refusal of the Luftwaffe and Wehrmacht Commands to assess the situation are carefully scrutinised.  Contents as follows: -- Introductions. 1, Air Battles over Germany.  (November 1944 - the Losses Mount.  Hitler's Reaction: November 6 -- 8, 1944.  No Answer to the Mustang, November 21, 1944.  The Fighters Hit Back, November 26, 1944.  Lambs to the Slaughter, November 27, 1944.) 2.  Lack of Training Takes Its Toll.  (November 28, 1944.  Review of November 1944.  The Western Theatre.  Drama over the Ardennes and the Eifel.  The Night Fighters Falter.  War Diary Extracts.  The Ardennes Offensive - December 16 and 17, 1944.  The Allies Respond.  The Counter Offensive Mounts.  No Christmas Truce-December 24 and 25, 1944.  War Diary Extract.  The Ardennes Offensive Halted.  Black Friday.  No New Year Celebration.  Review of December.)  3, Dawn Scramble.  (Operation BasePlate.  January 1, 1945.  Suicide Mission of 1 Jagdgeschwader.  End of Richtofen Jagdgeschwader. Success at Eindhoven.  Total Failure.  Mission against Volkel Miscarriages. Tragedy over Asch.  Fighter Wing and the Brussels Airfields. Jagdgeschwader's Last Major Operation in the West.  The Losses.)   4, A Forlorn Hope.  (The Collapse of German Air Defence.  January 1, 1945.  January 14, 1945.  January 14 -- 17, 1945.  The Mutiny of the Aces.  January's End.  February 9, 1945.  February 14, 1945.  February 25, 1945.)  5, The Hunt Is Up.  (March 2, 1945.  March 18 -- 19, 1945.  March 24, 1945.  Special Force Elbe -- April 7, 1945.) Condition: Overall clean,  firm and good. used books
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  • Book Title: Six Months to Oblivion
  • Author: Werner Gerbig
  • ISBN: 0711006105
  • Publisher: Ian Allen
  • Year Published: 1975
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