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Kesselring: The Making of the Luftwaffe Kindle Edition

by Kenneth Macksey (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Illustrated with maps and a center section of black and white photographs. Kesselring-commander, leader, administrator; the only senior German officer to start and finish the Second World War holding a high command appointment. There was scarcely a major campaign in which he was not at some time deeply involved: he flew in the forefront of the battle over Poland, Holland, Britain, Russia and the Western Desert and was shot down five times; as a field commander he defended Tunisia, Italy and, ultimately, Germany. But it is as much for his role in the formation and development of the Luftwaffe that Kesselring is remembered-his were many of the ideas, plans and insights about the part played by aircraft in the land battle. They were central to the careful, systematic reorganization and building up of the German military machine in the 1920s and 30s. This first complete biography presents the complex, fascinating personality of a man whose qualities of utter determination, charm and good humor, harnessed to outstanding training and experience, enabled him to cope with both victory and defeat and, finally, when placed on trial for his life, to face his judges with dignity, equanimity and a staunch defense.
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    March 19, 2012
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Kenneth Macksey served in WWII under the command of Percy Hobart, later writing the authoritative biography of that leader. Amongst many other books, Macksey wrote two volumes of alternate history, one dealing with the (successful) invasion of England by Germany in 1940 (Operation Sea Lion); the other describing a NATO-Warsaw Pact clash in the late 1980s.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00ONZQ78W
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Frontline Books; Reprint edition (March 19, 2012)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 19, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 6199 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 396 pages
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5.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating telling general
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2024
I was on the fence if this book is 4 or 5 stars. Kesserling is a fascinating general. Similar to General Matthew Ridgway, on the American side of the war. Parts of the book dragged and seemed to repeat. In the end 4.5 rounds to 5 star.
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Graham Buddery
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 18, 2016
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Good read
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Dave W
2.0 out of 5 stars An unbelievable slog
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 4, 2019
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As a previous reviewer pointed out this book is a blatant hagiography of the man and in amongst the excruciating detail of his daily activities and conversations, offers no balance or analysis or much yet, any view of the wider impact of those activities on the overall conduct of the war. Furthermore, in places, this book is written in the most dreadful mangled english - almost as if it has been translated from an original foreign language (German?) by a non-native english speaker. I got to the end of Chapter 7 and gave up - I couldn't read any more.

************* a lapse of time*************

I went back and finished this book. It did not improve. Indeed, the final chapter went into comlete overdrive on the pure unadulterated saintliness of the man. Sickening. I do wonder who actually wrote (the base material for) this book and more importantly, why.
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Gaarghoile
5.0 out of 5 stars A prodigy supporting a parody
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 27, 2017
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A clever man with multiple gifts, shame he was on the wrong side ..he was a strong opponent ...he made us work for every mile...Well written worth a read ..
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Andrew Winton
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 30, 2019
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Excellent read
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2.0 out of 5 stars Too biaised
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 25, 2019
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I gave up about half-way through. It's well-written, and there's some interesting detail. But it's so hagiographic about Kesselring that it became embarrassing.
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