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The Life and Death of the Luftwaffe (Mass Market Paperback)
~ Werner Baumbach (Author) 

The Life and Death of the Luftwaffe is an interesting account of the successes and (more often) failures of the Luftwaffe during the Second World War. The author served as a bomber pilot through part of the war and was eventually promoted to the commanding rank of the Luftwaffe's bomber force. He was but 29 years of age at war's end. 
Baumbach begins by discussing the formative years of the Luftwaffe following the First World War and then discusses certain pressing issues that arose following Hitler's rise to power, issues such as the decision to develop a medium rather than a heavy bomber force, which would have significant consequences during the war.

The author also provides interesting insight into the problems facing the Luftwaffe and rivalries and lack of coordination which impeded the ability for it successfully adapt to the nature of arial combat during the war. His general premise is that had the Luftwaffe developed a heavy bomber force, not persisted in developing numerous time and resource wasting prototypes, and focused on the development on some promising weaponry such as guided bombs, Germany may have been able to beat back the assault on Fortress Europa.

This work, which was first published in Germany shortly after the war, of course has to be approached with a certain degree of skepticism when it comes to his own subjective interpretations of certain peoples and events. All in all, though, it is an interesting read. 

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Mass Market Paperback 
Publisher: Ballantine Books; 1st THUS edition (January 1, 1967) 

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