Steinhof, Johannes
The Final Hours: The Luftwaffe Plot against Goring (Aviation Classics)
- ISBN 13:
- 9781574888638
- author:
- Steinhof, Johannes
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Potomac Books, Inc.
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2005
- Pages:
- 224
- Dimensions:
- 152mm X 229mm
- Genre:
- History
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
The Final Hours: The Luftwaffe Plot Against Göring In the fall of 1944, a group of elite Luftwaffe pilots, led by Colonel Johannes Steinhoff, devised a desperate plan to overthrow their Reich Marshal, Hermann Göring, in a bid to turn the tide of the war. With the Allies closing in and the German military in disarray, the pilots' long-standing frustration with Göring's military incompetence and technical ineptness boiled over into a perilous plot. As the situation on the ground grew increasingly dire, the Luftwaffe pilots saw Göring's leadership as a fatal flaw, and their plan to remove him from power became a matter of survival. The stakes were high, and the outcome was far from certain, as the pilots navigated the treacherous waters of their own rebellion. This is the story of that fateful plot, and the brave men who dared to challenge the authority of one of the most powerful men in the German war machine.