As the tide of the air war against Germany swung in the Allies' favor, so the Luftwaffe was forced onto the defensive. This book covers the Luftwaffe fighter response to the Allied daylight bomber offensive and the development of the heavily armed and armored Sturmgruppen which made mass, close-range attacks against the 'heavies'. The author will cover the infamous Schweinfurt raid and also the attrition suffered by the the Luftwaffe over Normandy following D-Day.