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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. No notes or highlighting. Dustcover very worn. Book cover marked. Hardcover. English. See images for condition.

About the book >.>.> It is more than two years since I first heard these words. The man who spoke them to me continued : “No doubt we will hear of the Luftwaffe before the war is over. We will hear a lot. But don’t let us be deceived. No matter what happens the Luftwaffe can never be used as a strategic first-line weapon within the Nazi plan. It can play no role but that of a tactical and auxiliary weapon.” Even now as I write these words I wonder how many readers will feel that I am indulging in wishful thinking. Two years ago when I first was confronted with these ideas I was absolutely sure that the man who uttered them was talking through his hat. Two years ago-Poland Norway Belgium Holland and France were defeated and occupied. Two years ago almost everybody in this country-in fact all over the world-was convinced that the Luftwaffe was a formidable and probably an invincible weapon. True the British had been able to accomplish the miraculous retreat of Dunkirk; but Dunkirk at that time was not yet recognized as the first defeat of the Luftwaffe. True also the Luftwaffe had lost the battle not at all clear in all its implications. of Britain-but that defeat too was Therefore the prediction that the Luftwaffe was through was not taken seriously at all two years ago. I know of no instance where the author of this prediction got more of a response than a polite shrug. (LL)