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03021aam a2200457 a 4500 001 062023C2C97F11E5960577D3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160202010528 008 100312s2010 pauab 001 0deng 010 $a 2010009021 020 $a 0811706869 020 $a 9780811706865 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d BDX $d MHR $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d OCL $d OCLCQ $d OCL $d OCLCO $d IOL $d SILO 043 $a e-be--- $a e-fr--- $a e-be--- 050 00 $a D787 $b .M27 2010 082 00 $a 940.54/4943 $2 22 100 1 $a Manrho, John. 245 10 $a Bodenplatte : $b the Luftwaffe's last hope / $c John Manrho and Ron PuÌtz. 260 $a Mechanicsburg, PA : $b Stackpole Books, $c 2010. 300 $a xii, 577 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a The Stackpole military history series 500 $a Originally published: Crowborough, East Sussex, England : Hikoki Publications, 2004, under title Bodenplatte : the Luftwaffe's last hope : the attack on Allied airfields New Year's Day, 1945. 500 $a Includes index. 505 0 $a Prelude to the offensive -- The Battle of Gandawa -- Buzz bomb alley -- B-78 gets clobbered -- Raiders of the lost airfield -- Hunting for Volkel -- Dogfight over Asch -- Brussels revisited -- Bull's-eye on Brussels -- Of Pik As, Orange Tails and Hell Hawks -- Lost over Antwerp -- Dawn of a new era -- Aftermath. 520 $a "One of our goals was to describe, as accurately as possible, the events taking place in the morning of January 1st, 1945 ... We had to refrain from going into the nightfighter attacks of December 31st, 1944, and for reasons of brevity we also had to let go of any other bomber or escort missions of the Allied air forces on January 1st. The contents of the book have been divided into chapters dealing with the individual attacks of the Luftwaffe Geschwader. As a result, the subject matter is dealt with primarily from a Luftwaffe point of view. After all, it was a Luftwaffe operation. However, we have endeavoured to create a balanced view of each attack, showing in just as much detail the Allied perspective. At the end of each chapter, we have drawn our conclusions, carefully evaluating all available Luftwaffe and Allied points of view"--Page ix. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Aerial operations, German. 610 10 $a Germany. $b Luftwaffe $x History $y World War, 1939-1945. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Campaigns $z Western Front. 650 0 $a Air bases $z France $x History. 650 0 $a Air bases $z Belgium $x History. 650 0 $a Air bases $z Netherlands $x History. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $v Personal narratives. 650 0 $a Fighter pilots $z Germany $v Biography. 611 27 $a World War (1939-1945) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01180924 648 7 $a 1939 - 1945 $2 fast 700 1 $a PuÌtz, Ron, $d 1960- 830 0 $a Stackpole military history series. 941 $a 1 952 $l ULAX314 $d 20190926092950.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=062023C2C97F11E5960577D3DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IOLInitiate Another SILO Locator Search