Luftwaffe in Africa 1941-1943 Photo's Book Men Battles Weapons

Luftwaffe in Africa 1941-1943Author(s): Jean-Louis Roba\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Casemate Publishers, United States\nImprint: Casemate Publishers\nISBN-13: 9781612007458, 978-1612007458\nSynopsis\nAdolf Hitler considered the Mediterranean an unimportant theater of the war, leaving it to the troops of Benito Mussolini who wanted to dominate the Mare Nostro. Nevertheless, when the Italian army was defeated on the Libyan-Egyptian border at the beginning of 1941, the Fhrer was forced to help his ally by sending an air detachment first to Sicily, then Africa.\n\nThis latest in the Casemate Illustrated series examines that tiny expeditionary force, solely devoted to protecting Italian possessions in North Africa. When General Erwin Rommel launched his Afrika Korps to the east, the Luftwaffe had to go on the offensive to cover that advance. With over 100 images, this book explores how German and British air forces were quickly reinforced and, in the following months, Germany was force.