Michael Foedrowitz
Autor de The Flak Towers in Berlin, Hamburg and Vienna 1940-1950 (Schiffer Military/Aviation History)
Obras de Michael Foedrowitz
The Flak Towers in Berlin, Hamburg and Vienna 1940-1950 (Schiffer Military/Aviation History) (1996) 25 copias
Die Sowjetische Feldartillerie und ihre Einsätze in der Wehrmacht. Waffen-Arsenal. Band 156. (1995) 3 copias
Luftschutztürme der Bauart Winkel in Deutschland 1936 bis Heute (Waffen Arsenal 175) (1998) 3 copias
Flak-towers 2 copias
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Before I had even heard of flak towers, I spent time in Beirut during the Civil War. The high-rise hotels became domineering strong points, and control was heavily contested. AA guns were among the heavy weapons manhandled into the hotels, but they were only used against ground troops. The Israelis launched frequent airstrikes, but only on refugee camps and residential neighborhoods.
I wonder how those buildings would have functioned as flak towers. I think using them as part of a flak trap would have been very effective initially, but they would have been destroyed in retaliatory strikes – after evacuation, hopefully.
If anybody has the opportunity to try this tactic, let me know how it works out.… (más)