Heinkel He 177 Units of World War 2

In many ways, the Heinkel He 177 ''Greif'' (Griffon) was Nazi Germany''s ''lost'' strategic bomber. With some fundamental creases ironed out, and built in large numbers, the He 177 would have offered the Luftwaffe the means with which to carry out long-range, mass bombing attacks against targets of a strategic nature. Although competing interests and personalities served to prevent this from happening, from mid-1943 the aircraft nevertheless saw service over England, the Atlantic, the Mediterranean and in Russia. The He 177 flew to the end of the war, with some machines undertaking extremely hazardous low-level missions against Soviet armour in Poland in late 1944-45. This fascinating book, filled with detailed artwork and contemporary photographs, tells the story of this aircraft, including the political infighting at the top of the Luftwaffe''s hierarchy that stymied its development, its radical technical design and its state-of-the-art weaponry.>

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• Authors: Robert Forsyth, Forsyth Robert
• Assisted by: Jim Laurier (Illustration), Jim (Illustrator) Laurier (Illustration), Laurier Jim (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9781472820396
• ISBN: 978-1-4728-2039-6
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 244 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Combat Aircraft; Combat Aircraft
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; History, military history, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / Military / Aviation, Military vehicles, Warfare & defence, Second World War, Warfare and defence, Air forces and warfare, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, Military aircraft