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Hitler's Air War in Spain: The Rise of the Luftwaffe. By Norman Ridley. Philadelphia: Pen & Sword, 2022. Photographs. Notes. Appendix. Index. Bibliography. Pp. vii, 206. $34.95. ISBN: 978-1-39908-472-7
After selling his business, Norman Ridley pursued his passion researching historical developments before and during World War II. He has completed three other works on military aviation in Europe before World War II, the European perception of Adolf Hitler before the war, and a British intelligence operation.
Proceeding in chronological order, Ridley examines the effects of aerial operations on the conflict between Spain's lawful government (usually referred to as the Republicans) and the insurrectionists, known as the Nationalists. The war began with the Nationalist's unsuccessful coup d'etat in July 1936. It concluded...