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Peter Taghon's LG 1 - band 2
Gentlemen,
I would not presume to post a review of Band 2 of Peter Taghon's LG 1 opus as it is a task of experten far more versed in the german language and the subject matter than I; this is just a "first look" to whet your appetites, if you will. Peter Taghon's german language history of LG 1 had been in progress for quite some time and changed publishers before it was published in softcover by VDM Heinz Nickel in 2004. Band 1 describes the period 1939-mid 1942, while band 2 takes up the narrative from April 1942 till the final battles on the Oder. The main body of the book comprises day-by-day actions of the unit in various locations. The chapters and pagination in chronological order are : (no umlauts on my screen unfortunately) Chapter Name Page Kapitel 15 : Der Kampf ums Mittelmeer und der 9 Fall Tobruks (28.04 - 05.06.1942) Kapitel 16 : Die Einsatze gegen El Alamein 43 (05.07 - 06.09.1942) Kapitel 17 : Patt in Afrika und letzter Malta-Blitz 73 (07.09. - 22.10.1942) Kapitel 18 : Einsatze der III. Gruppe im Osten 1942 97 (23.03 - 01.11.1942) Kapitel 19 : Ruckzug in Afrika 141 (23.10 - 31.12.1942) Kapitel 20 : Das Ende in Afrika 164 (01.01 - 12.05.1943) Kapitel 21: Bekampfung der alliierten Invasion auf 196 Sizilien (13.05 - 31.08.1943) Kapitel 22 : Auffrischuung in Wiener- Neustadt 231 (21.08 - 09.11.1943) Kapitel 23 : Der Kampf und die Ionischen Inseln 242 und den Dodekanes (27.08 - 20.11.1943) Kapitel 24 : Die letzten Einsatze im ostlichen 273 Mittelmeerraum (21.11.1943 - 22.01.1944) Kapitel 25 : Einsatz gegen die alliierte Landung bei 286 Anzio und Nettuno und den Vormarsch der Alliierten in Italien (23.01 - 11.06.1944) Kapitel 26 : Der Kampf gegen die Invasion in der 330 Normandie und die Zweite Schalcht um Frankreich (11.06. - 19.09.1944) Kapitel 27 : "Wacht am Rhein" (Ardennenoffensive) und 376 die letzten Einsatze im Westen (08.12.1944 - 26.02.1945) Kapitel 28 : Die Einsatze des LG 1 an der Oderfront 405 (01.02 - 21.04.1945) Kapitel 29 : Die letzten Kriegstage und die Auflosung 429 des Lehrgeschwaders 1 (21.04. - 08.05.1945) Kapitel 30 : Die IV. Gruppe als Erganzungs- und 447 Ausbildungsgruppe (1941 - 1945) [ Whew ! ] Foreword : Wolfgang von Bergh, former StaKa LG 1 1944, later Generalleutnant in the Bundesluftwaffe Detailed appendices (with an index for the appendices !) including : - names of Geschwaderkommodore, Gruppenkommandeure and Staffelkapitane - periods of residence at various airfields - detailed loss lists (1942 - 1945) - A list of the Ritterkreuztrager of LG 1 - monthwise breakup of aircraft type in service with each gruppe - Source listing (primary and secondary) - facsimilies of various documents Total page count is 569, with 178 b&w photographs (they are numbered). To my eye, a majority of them looked unpublished, showing a variety of camouflage schemes, personnel, crashsite of Georg Sattler, several aerial views of bomb attacks (Leros island, Russia), an interesting shot of the fahrgastschiff (passengership or troopship?) Waimarama, a part of the Pedestal convoy, blowing up, with a KG 26 He 111 silhoutted in the foreground. One small caveat : I was hoping for more coverage of the Ju 88S, however, this type's photocoverage is a little limited in the book. All in all, quite a book. Haven't seen Walter Waiss's opus-in-progress, but feel this one could give it a run for its money for the best Kampfgeschwader history out there. Here's hoping for an encore ! |
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