Eagle Days: Life and Death for the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain

[John Vasco]

Chapter 12 read

First two pages, statistics. Pages about liaison between the Luftwaffe and the Army. Letter from an Oberleutnant zur See to his mother; article from the Briestal-Bote newspaper dated 2 September. More losses. 'Ace' rivalry between Galland & Mölders. Account by Klaus Deumling of why he was attracted to join the Luftwaffe. Luftwaffe training for nearly two pages. Quotes from Galland, and Werner Baumbach. Quote from Ulrich Steinhilper's book (not about combat). German aircrews' health, exhaustion, 'abgeflogen'. Taken out of the front line for rehabilitation.

RAF bombing, and a quote from a resident of Zehlendorf in Berlin. This goes on with various civilian quotes for three feckin' pages! Letter from an Air Signalman based in France to his wife! Footnote on the last page of the chapter explaining what the Reichsarbeitsdienst was and what it did!

Details of major combats in this chapter? In a word: No.

Make of it what you will...

[edwest2]

Well, as the saying goes, exactly what it says on the tin. If it has tomato soup on it then there should be tomato soup and nothing else. If it has Battle of Britain on the cover, it should only be about the Battle of Britain.

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by edwest2

If it has tomato soup on it then there should be tomato soup and nothing else.

Tell that to Andy Warhol!

Originally Posted by edwest2

If it has Battle of Britain on the cover, it should only be about the Battle of Britain.

Well, what it has on the cover is "Life and Death for the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain". It doesn't promise air combat and nothing but, although the cover design might point in that direction.