ebooks Imoye: A Definition of the Ifa Tradition by Baba Ifa Karade in History

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In the early morning of New Year's Day 1945; as the last great German offensive in Ardennes slowly smoldered to an end and the Allies prepared for a final year of war in northwest Europe; against all odds; the Luftwaffe -- assumed to be starved of fuel and fighting spirit -- launched a massive; surprise; low-level strike targeted at Allied tactical airfields throughout France; Belgium; and Holland. Planned under great secrecy; the raid gambled on using the bulk of Luftwaffe fighter assets on the Western Front; with the aim of decimating significant elements of both the British 2nd RAF and the USAAF on the ground. As the winter skies lightened; more than 900 German aircraft -- most of them Fw 190s and Bf 109s -- swept across vulnerable and unsuspecting airfields; including Brussels and Eindhoven. Altogether; more than 200 Allied aircraft were destroyed; with a further 150 damaged. But for the Luftwaffe it was a Pyrrhic victory; 271 fighters were lost and many more damaged. Worse still; of the 213 pilots lost; more than 20 were valuable formation leaders. Using hundreds of eye-witness accounts and rare photographs; this is a definitive study.