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Adolf´s British Holiday Snaps: Luftwaffe Aerial Reconnaissance Photographs of England, Scotland and Wal
Nigel J. Clarke
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Description for Adolf´s British Holiday Snaps: Luftwaffe Aerial Reconnaissance Photographs of England, Scotland and Wal
Paperback. Luftwaffe aerial reconnaissance photographed all of Great Britain. In June 1945 a British intelligence unit stumbled upon 16 tonnes of pictures, dumped in a barn in the Bavarian forest. The original Luftwaffe archive was destroyed at the end of the war, and this discovery was an incomplete German Intelligence copy. This book reproduces 220 images. Num Pages: 224 pages, 277 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; AJC; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 247 x 21. Weight in Grams: 642.
After the fall of France and the allied retreat from Dunkirk, Hitler proposed the planned invasion of Great Britain. A secret aerial reconnaissance of the United Kingdom (and all of Europe) had been undertaken by the Luftwaffe several years prior to the outbreak of war. The images were used in the detailed planning for the invasion of the United Kingdom. After the collapse of the Third Reich the great race began to salvage the secrets of Hitler's huge intelligence gathering operation. The RAF and Army intelligence scoured the remains of the Reich desperately searching for the library of the "Zentral ... Read more
After the fall of France and the allied retreat from Dunkirk, Hitler proposed the planned invasion of Great Britain. A secret aerial reconnaissance of the United Kingdom (and all of Europe) had been undertaken by the Luftwaffe several years prior to the outbreak of war. The images were used in the detailed planning for the invasion of the United Kingdom. After the collapse of the Third Reich the great race began to salvage the secrets of Hitler's huge intelligence gathering operation. The RAF and Army intelligence scoured the remains of the Reich desperately searching for the library of the "Zentral ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Fonthill Media Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Toadsmoor Road, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781551196
SKU
V9781781551196
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About Nigel J. Clarke
Nigel J. Clarke lives in Charmouth, Dorset where he runs a small publishing company producing books on geology, local history, travel guides, walk guides, and biography. Nigel has spent many years collecting Luftwaffe photographs and has amassed a collection in excess of 1,000.
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