PHOENIX TRIUMPHANT

Arms and Armour, London, 1994.  ISBN 1-85409-331-2.  Trade soft cover, 320 pages including Appendices, Bibliography, Glossary, and Index.  Very good; wraps have a bit of edge and cover wear; binding sound.  Prior owner’s label on half-title page; remainder of interior clean and unmarked; black & white photo sections; tables.  ‘… the Reichluftwaffe materialized on the European scene in 1935 and grew into a giant which menaced Germany’s neighbours.  Within five years the Luftwaffe, as it was commonly called, was the most powerful air force in Europe and played a vital part in making the Third Reich the master of the continent by June 1940.’ (from Foreword)