Junkers Ju 87 Stuka (Air Vanguard 15)

Name: Junkers Ju 87 Stuka (Air Vanguard 15)
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Junkers Ju 87 StukaAuthor(s): Mike Guardia, Adam Tooby, Henry Morshead\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Osprey Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781472801197, 978-1472801197\nSynopsis\nA definitive technical guide to the Junkers Ju 87 Stuka.\n\nIn the opening days of the Blitzkrieg campaign, few aircraft could invoke as much terror as the Junkers Ju 87. Nicknamed the Stuka (an abbreviation of Sturzkampfflugzeug the German term for dive-bomber), the Ju 87 was perhaps the most feared tactical bomber of the ETO. With its fixed landing gear and inverted gull wings, the Stuka was the most recognizable aircraft of the Blitzkrieg era.\n\nWith profile plates, close-up photographs and battlescene artwork, this book reveals the design and development history of the aircraft and how the inclusion of its dive-activated siren changed it from a reliable and sturdy dive bomber into a psychological weapon, spreading panic in ground units. Mike Guardia goes on t.