Arming the Luftwaffe: The German Aviation Industry in World War II

by Daniel Uziel

Overview

During World War II, aviation was among the largest industrial branches of the Third Reich. About 40 percent of total German war production, and two million people, were involved in the manufacture of aircraft and air force equipment. Based on German records, Allied intelligence reports, and eyewitness accounts, this study explores the military, political, scientific and social aspects of Germany's wartime aviation industry: production, research and development, Allied attacks, foreign workers and slave labor, and daily life and working conditions in the factories. Testimony from Holocaust survivors who worked in the factories provides a compelling new perspective on the history of the Third Reich.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786465217
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	11/15/2011
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Daniel Uziel has worked at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial and for the Israeli Air Force and the German Foreign Office. He spent a year as a research fellow with the U.S. National Air and Space Museum and has written a book on propaganda and the Wehrmacht and several articles on World War II aviation history, the Germany army and the Holocaust.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments v

Introduction 1

1 The Aviation Industry at War 7

2 The Aviation Industry and the Air War 51

3 Reorganization of Aircraft Production 71

4 From Technological Expertise to Slave Labor 144

5 On the Production Lines - Daily Life in the Factories 194

6 The People's Fighter" as Case Study of a Late-War Program 236

Conclusion 263

Chapter Notes 269

Bibliography 293

Index 299

Editorial Reviews

Uziel, has meticulously researched the rise of German Air Force aircraft production from its creation in 1935 to it final days in April 1945”—Military Review.

From the Publisher

Uziel, has meticulously researched the rise of German Air Force aircraft production from its creation in 1935 to it final days in April 1945

Military Review