This visual history of the German air force in World War II features hundreds of color and black-and-white images of pilots and crews, aircraft, uniforms, awards, sidearms, and much more. Feist and McGuirl, two leading experts in World War II history, offer a detailed chronicle of Luftwaffe training and combat and recount the experiences of Germans fighting in the skies on the Western and Eastern Fronts. From Stuka dive-bombers and Messerschmitt Bf109 fighters to numerous other types of combat planes, this is a unique, riveting account of the Luftwaffe and a must-have resource for historians, modelers, World War II buffs, and aviation enthusiasts.