JG26 Top Guns of the Luftwaffe by Caldwell, Donald -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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FOREWORD ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION 1. ORIGINS (1935–1939) The Resurgent Luftwaffe The Condor Legion Days of Peace Albert Leo Schlageter War Looms 2. SITZKRIEG AND BLITZKRIEG (1 September 1939–26 June 1940) War Begins Formation of the Third Gruppe The Geschwader’s First Victory 10(Nacht)/JG 26 and the Battle of the Helgoland Bight The Winter Doldrums The Blitzkrieg Strikes West Breakthrough on the Meuse The Dunkirk Evacuation Operation Paula—The Air Attack on Paris The End of the Campaign 3. JG 26 IN THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN (24 July 1940–9 February 1941) Return to Germany The First Phase—Channel Attacks and Free Hunts The Second Phase—Adlerangriff 13 August—Adlertag 15 August—The Luftwaffe’s Black Thursday 18 August—The “Hardest Day” Galland Takes Command Decimation of the Defiants The Third Gruppe in Action The Third Phase—Attacks on London 15 September—The Battle’s Climax The Fourth Phase—Fighters as Bombers Conclusions 4. THE 7TH STAFFEL IN THE MEDITERRANEAN THEATER (February–August 1941) A New Theater of War The Scourge of Malta Flank Duty for the Balkan Campaign Back to Sicily Malta Reprieved Return to the Kanalfront 5. DEFENSE IN THE WEST (1941) New Equipment Cover for the Navy Back to the Channel

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