Junkers Ju 87 Stuka

In the opening days of the Blitzkrieg campaign, few aircraft could invoke as much terror as the Junkers Ju 87. Nicknamed the "Stuka" (an abbreviation of Sturzkampfflugzeug - the German term for "dive-bomber"), the Ju 87 was perhaps the most feared tactical bomber of the ETO. With its fixed landing gear and inverted gull wings, the Stuka was the most recognizable aircraft of the Blitzkrieg era. With profile plates, close-up photographs and battlescene artwork, this book reveals the design and development history of the aircraft and how the inclusion of its dive-activated siren changed it from a reliable and sturdy dive bomber into a psychological weapon, spreading panic in ground units. Mike Guardia goes on to explain how the Stuka became easy prey for Allied aircraft and how its influence waned in the final years of the war.>

Product details

• Authors: Mike Guardia, Guardia Mike
• Assisted by: Henry Morshead (Illustration), Henry (Illustrator) Morshead (Illustration), Morshead Henry (Illustration), Adam Tooby (Illustration), Tooby Adam (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.07.2014
• EAN: 9781472801197
• ISBN: 978-1-4728-0119-7
• No. of pages: 64
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 248 mm x 7 mm
• Series: Air Vanguard; Print on Demand; Air Vanguard
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, HISTORY / Military / World War II, HISTORY / Military / General, Military vehicles, Air forces & warfare, Warfare & defence, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Air forces and warfare, Modern warfare, Military aircraft, HISTORY / Military / Aviation & Space, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater