Merriam Press Military Reprint 16. First Edition (September 2012). This USAF Historical Study, by Professor Richard Suchenwirth, is one of a series of historical studies written by, or based on information supplied by, former officers of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) for the U.S. Air Force Historical Division. This study examines the Luftwaffe's defeat and indicates its major causes, the so-called "turning points." Contents: Origins of the Luftwaffe's Defeat; Further Progress Towards Defeat; Critical Battles and Turning Points of the War (Battle of Britain; War Against Soviet Russia; Lack of Strategic Air Warfare Against Russia; Malta; Stalingrad; The Lost Fighter Battle; The Jet Fighter).