Arming the Luftwaffe

[Richard T. Eger]

Dear Dénes,

I have to admit my view of the Soviet camps was of postwar and frankly I am ignorant of their wartime camps. Maybe a history of these, too, is out there or needs to be written.

I alerted Daniel to our thread here and he has offered a more complete view of the contents of his book:

Introduction

2. The Aviation Industry at War

2.1 Organization of the Industry
2.2 The Aviation Industry and the German Society
2.3 From Work Benches to Production Lines – Production Methods
2.4 Outsourcing – Aviation Production in Occupied and Allied Countries

3. The Aviation Industry and the Air War
3.1 Towards the Abyss – The War of the Luftwaffe
3.2 From the Battle of Britain to "Big Week" – Allied Attacks on the Luftwaffe and the Aviation Industry
3.3 New and Old Technologies

4. Reorganization of Aircraft Production
4.1 New Bosses
4.2 Type Reduction
4.3 Flight of Fantasy – Late War Research and Development
4.4 Dispersal
4.5 Moving Underground

5. From Technological Expertise to Slave Labor
5.1 Germany's Manpower Crisis
5.2 Foreign Workers and Slave Labor in the Aviation Industry
5.2.1 Early Enterprises
5.2.2 Turning Forced Labor into an Industry Standard

6. On the Production Lines – Daily Life in the Factories
6.1 General Working Conditions
6.2 German Workers
6.3 Foreign and Slave Workers

7. The “People’s Fighter” Production as a Case Study of a Late War Program

8. Conclusions

Yes, I know the chapter numbers don't line up with what is on McFarland's site, but that is what he supplied to me. Daniel does note, in regard to specific aircraft programs, that he did highlight the Ta 154, He 343, outsourcing, etc.

Regards,
Richard