Although he is mostly remembered for his part in the campaign in Italy from 1943 to 1945, Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring was also chief of staff of the Luftwaffe in 1936-37, playing a crucial role in the shaping of the service for the coming war. As commander of Luftflotte 1 in Poland and Luftflotte 2 in France and the Low Countries, he was responsible for supporting the armoured spearheads of the German Army as they undertook their Blitzkrieg campaigns. With the Fall of France, the Battle of Britain began and Luftlotte 2 was the main force in the air attack against the British air defences, with Kesselring planning many raids. Following the war Kesselring was tried and convicted of war crimes following a number of massacres of civilians in Italy. He was sentenced to death, later commuted to life imprisonment before being released on the grounds of ill health in October 1952. Here Pier Paolo Battistelli provides a detailed study of one of the most famous German commanders of World War II.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
9781849087353
eBay Product ID (ePID)
114938358
Product Key Features
Author
Pier Paolo Battistelli
Publication Name
Albert Kesselring
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Government, History
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
64 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
248mm
Item Width
184mm
Item Weight
218g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Pier Paolo Battistelli
Series Title
Command
Illustrator
Adam Hook
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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