This Was the Enemy Volume Two: Aeroplanes, Armament, Bombs, Downfall
Catalogue record
- Author
- Charles E. MacKay
- Subject
- WWII Aviation
- Published
- 24 November 2025
- Publisher
- Charles E. MacKay Books
- Pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Size
- A5, 148 by 210 millimetres
- ISBN
- 9781838056797
Cite this book
MacKay, Charles E. (2025). This Was the Enemy Volume Two: Aeroplanes, Armament, Bombs, Downfall. ISBN 9781838056797. https://charlesmackaybooks.com/books/this-was-the-enemy-volume-two
About this book
In this second volume of This was the Enemy, the procurement of aircraft, bombs, aeroplane details and aircraft armament are explored. It is astonishing to discover the myriads of production plans, confusion of detail and cancelled projects embarked by the Nazis. Hitler had the knack of appointing through Goering, the wrong people for the wrong jobs at the wrong time. An example of this appointment was Ernst Udet.
This volume follows German Aeronautical and Armaments Industry from its rise in 1934 to its collapse in 1945. Chapter one covers the planning of the aircraft industry guided by Erhard Milch and shows the collapse of pre-war theory. Chapter two introduces aircraft procurement to the destruction of aircraft production due to Allied bombing, explains the evolution of the underground factories. The research details are covered from the British Bombing Survey Unit and the United States Strategic Bombing Survey.
There is a chapter covering front line German Air Force aircraft, each aircraft is supported by a myriad of pictures and technical drawings.
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Armament shows the work of Rheinmetall Borsig and Mauser with the company histories to 1945. Includes automatic weapons and converted artillery pieces for aircraft use by Mauser and Rheinmetall Borsig. All classes of bombs are illustrated with technical drawings. The appendix closes with the Blohm und Voss asymmetrical aircraft.
288 pages A5, over 300 pictures, 58000 words Accurate Bibliography ISBN:9781838056797
Frequently asked questions
What does Volume Two of This Was the Enemy cover?
Volume Two follows the German Aeronautical and Armaments Industry from its rise in 1934 to its collapse in 1945, including aircraft procurement, underground factories, front-line Luftwaffe types, and armament work by Rheinmetall Borsig and Mauser.
Is this volume connected to Volume One?
Yes. Volume Two is a direct continuation of This Was the Enemy: The Luftwaffe 1945, focusing on aircraft procurement, factory production, and armament.
Which primary bombing survey sources and aircraft weapons are documented?
The 288-page A5 volume (ISBN 9781838056797, over 300 photographs and technical drawings) draws on the British Bombing Survey Unit and the United States Strategic Bombing Survey to document Erhard Milch and Ernst Udet's procurement planning, dispersed underground factories, Rheinmetall Borsig and Mauser automatic cannon and converted aircraft artillery, German aerial bombs, and the Blohm und Voss asymmetrical aircraft.
In the same series: This Was the Enemy
- Vol.
1This was the Enemy: The Luftwaffe 1945288 pages · 2025£12.89 - Vol.
2£12.89 - Vol.
3£15.03 - In the
series£14.95
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