Operation Steinbock 1944, 9781472855329
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Luftwaffe’s last blitz: a devastating failure before D-Day.
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Operation Steinbock 1944

the luftwaffe's disastrous last blitz over england

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    96 pages

  • Release Date

    28 July 2025

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Summary

Operation Steinbock 1944: The Luftwaffe’s Last Blitz

The story of Germany’s disastrous last cross-Channel Blitz in early 1944, which left the Luftwaffe devastated and barely able to oppose the D-Day landings.

Operation Steinbock, or as it became known, the ‘Baby Blitz’ was the Luftwaffe’s last sustained night bomber offensive against the United Kingdom. In this book, renowned Luftwaffe historian Chris Goss explains how and why the Luftwaffe’s last c…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781472855329
ISBN-10:1472855329
Series:Air Campaign
Author:Adam Tooby, Chris Goss
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:Osprey Publishing
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:96
Release Date:28 July 2025
Weight:306g
Dimensions:246mm x 184mm x 10mm
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Critics Review

This well written account details the key elements of the campaign, particularly from the Luftwaffe perspective which makes it a fresh read and useful reference. * Flypast Magazine *This is an excellent book, the author has produced a very well researched and in-depth piece of work, which drills down into an aspect of Luftwaffe history that is little spoken about in the overall Luftwaffe history. * Army Rumour Service *this is a book that covers a lesser known period of the second world war * HistoryBookChat *

About The Author

Adam Tooby

Chris Goss is a retired senior Royal Air Force officer who specialized in the 1939-45 air war over northwest Europe and Luftwaffe air operations. He owns a collection of original wartime material and photographs as a result of interviews with veterans and their families. Chris has written more than 25 books that have been critically acclaimed for their research and been published in Swedish, Hungarian, Spanish and Czech as well as in English.

Adam Tooby is a renowned digital aviation artist.

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