Kesselring: The Making of the Luftwaffe by Kenneth Macksey ISBN 13: 9780713408621

B.T. Batsford, 1978. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:0713408626

Batsford, 1978-10-01. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. FIRST EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post

New York: David McKay, 1978. 272pp/illus. Kesselring was largely responsible for the building of the Luftwaffe and he was the only German to start and finish the war in a position of high command a great feat for the time. Clean. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book Club Ed.

London: Batsford. A Near Fine Copy in a Near Fine Dust-jacket with light rubbing to the outer edges of the wrapper.Price clipped with NO previous names or inscriptions present.The book is a biography of Kesselring famous for his involvement in the development of the Luftwaffe.maps illustrations 8vo 262pp First Edition . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1978.

N,Y.: David McKay Co, 1978. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ in. - 9¾ in.Tall. Kesselring joined the Bavarian Army as an officer cadet in 1904, and served in the artillery branch. He completed training as a balloon observer in 1912. During World War I, he served on both the Western and Eastern fronts and was posted to the General Staff, despite not having attended the War Academy. Kesselring remained in the Army after the war but was discharged in 1933 to become head of the Department of Administration at the Reich Commissariat for Aviation, where he was involved in the re-establishment of the aviation industry and the laying of the foundations for the Luftwaffe, serving as its Chief of Staff from 1936 to 1938. During World War II he commanded air forces in the invasions of Poland and France, the Battle of Britain, and Operation Barbarossa. As Commander-in-Chief South, he was overall German commander in the Mediterranean theatre, which included the… Read More