{"product_id":"9781461750727","title":"Bodenplatte: The Luftwaffe's Last Hope","description":"\u003cli\u003eDefinitive account of the last great Luftwaffe attack of World War II \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eGripping stories of Fw 190s and Bf 109s in combat \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eContains hundreds of eyewitness accounts and rare photos \u003cp\u003eIn the early morning of January 1, 1945, as the Battle of the Bulge smoldered to an end, the German Luftwaffe--assumed to be starved of fuel and fighting spirit--launched a massive, surprise, low-level strike on Allied airfields throughout France, Belgium, and Holland, an operation code-named Bodenplatte. More than 900 German aircraft took to the skies and attacked the vulnerable fields, destroying 200 Allied aircraft and damaging 150 more. In a pyrrhic victory, the Luftwaffe lost 271 fighters, with many more damaged, and 213 pilots--irreplaceable losses at this stage of the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e","brand":"Stackpole Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47155606454512,"sku":"9781461750727","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781461750727_p0.jpg?v=1769890522","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781461750727","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}