A must for any serious Luftwaffe fan; this detailed study of the
German air force's supply organisation is minutely detailed and is based on
captured original documents and interrogation of Luftwaffe personnel after the
war.
This fully comprehensive study of the Luftwaffe's supply organisation
in the Second World War is based on Allied Intelligence and papers captured from
the Germans themselves at the end of the war. It was compiled in the teeth of
severe difficulties at the war's end: many Luftwaffe depots had been wrecked and
looted by starving refugees; several senior Luftwaffe personnel were in the
American occupation zone and were being rapidly released. Despite all the
difficulties, the job was done and this book is the most complete picture of the
organisation of the Nazi Luftwaffe in existence. It contains chapters on how the
Luftwaffe fitted into the overall Supreme command of the German armed forces; on
Speer's Armaments Ministry and war production; on Göring's Air Ministry; and how
supplies were organised in the field. There are detailed sections on Production
and provisioning * Financial control * Selection and training of Luftwaffe
supply staff * transport * repair and salvage * the eastern front and
identification of equipment - together with original German charts of chains of
command. For any serious Luftwaffe enthusiast - this book is simply a
must.
Reprint of the original publication of 1946