Nachtjagd, Defenders of the Reich 1940-1943

RRP: £20.00
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books
Author: Martin Bowman
Type: Hardback
ISBN: 9781473849839
Pages: 252
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This new volume from Martin Bowman examines the first three years of the Second World War, consolidating first-hand accounts from German fighter pilots caught up in some of the most dramatic night time conflicts of the early war years.
Viewing Bomber Command's operations through the eyes of the enemy, the reader is offered a fresh and intriguing perspective. Set in context by Bowman's historical narrative, these snippets of pilot testimony work to offer an authentic sense of events as they played out.
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