Research Catalog

Title

Franco and the Condor Legion : the Spanish Civil War in the air / Michael Alpert.

Author

Alpert, Michael, 1936-

Publication

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019.

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Details

Description

xi, 238 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 22 cm

Summary

The Spanish Civil War was fought on land and at sea but also in an age of great interest in air warfare and the rapid development of warplanes. The war in Spain came a turning point in the development of military aircraft and was the arena in which new techniques of air war were rehearsed including high-speed dogfights, attacks on ships, bombing of civilian areas and tactical air-ground cooperation. At the heart of the air war were the Condor Legion, a unit composed of military personnel from Hitler's Germany who fought for Franco's Nationalists in Spain. In this book, Michael Alpert provides the first study in English of the Spanish Civil War in the air. He describes and analyses the intervention of German, Italian and Soviet aircraft in the Spanish conflict, as well as the supply of aircraft in general and the role of volunteer and mercenary airmen. His book provides new perspectives on the air war in Spain, the precedents set for World War II and the possible lessons learnt.

Subjects

• Spain
• 1936-1939
• Spain > History > Civil War, 1936-1939 > Participation, German
• Spain > History > Civil War, 1936-1939 > Aerial operations
• Military participation > German
• Germany > Luftwaffe > Legión Cóndor
• History
• Civil War (Spain : 1936-1939)
• Military operations, Aerial

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

List of illustrations -- Preface -- Maps -- The Spanish Civil War begins: a disaster which brought Franco to power -- Off to Spain: the Germans arrive -- Fascist Italy's aircraft create an international crisis -- France sends aircraft: Léon Blum's dilemma -- The Russians arrive -- The Condor Legion and the campaign in the north of Spain -- The fall of Bilbao; the end of the war in the north of Spain: the two sides reorganize their air forces -- The Spanish War moves to the east - Aragon, Belchite, Teruel: Franco splits the Republic in two -- The battle of the Ebro: Republican armies retreat through Catalonia -- conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Call Number

JFE 19-9241

ISBN

• 9781788311182
• 1788311183

OCLC

1091652915

Author

Alpert, Michael, 1936- author.

Title

Franco and the Condor Legion : the Spanish Civil War in the air / Michael Alpert.

Publisher

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019.

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1936-1939

Research Call Number

JFE 19-9241