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- ISBN 9781855321007
- Weight: 360g
- Dimensions: 176 x 240mm
- Publication Date: 22 Nov 1990
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Hermann Göring raised the Luftwaffe Field Divisions (LwFD) during 1942, when Nazi Germany was still making spectacular gains but was first feeling the pinch of its losses on the Eastern Front.
The Reichsmarschall decided to raise his own divisions for ground service under the command of Luftwaffe officers. On 17 September 1942, Göring called for volunteers from throughout the Luftwaffe for combat duty in the East. Even before that date, however, some Luftwaffe troops were heavily engaged against the enemy in Russia in a ground role.
Illustrated throughout with photographs and detailed illustrations, Kevin Conley Ruffner's engaging text tells the fascinating story of the LwFD.
Dr. Kevin Conley Ruffner is a recipient of the Broadening Academia Initiative Hybrid Fellowship at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. He worked at the Central Intelligence Agency for over thirty years, including as a staff historian with a focus on Nazi war crimes during and after World War I. He also served in the U.S. Army, Army National Guard, and the Army Reserve.
Ronald Volstad is one of the world's most respected military illustrators and has contributed to Osprey titles including the superb 'US Army Airborne 1940-90. He currently lives and works in Alberta, Canada.
