The book, Luftwaffe At War # 3: Blitzkrieg in the West (1939 - 1942) is part of an illustrated series of publications that presents every aspect of the German Air Force in World War II, on all fronts and in widely varying conditions.  Contemporary photographs from archives and private collections, many published for the first time, reveal how and where the many different types of German aircraft operated.  Detailed photograph captions written by experts in military aviation provide further clarity regarding the subject material.  "Luftwaffe At War # 3: Blitzkrieg in the West (1939 - 1942)" examines the German Luftwaffe's brilliant successes in the early part of the war to its first defeats and the eventual failure of the much vaunted Blitzkrieg form of 20th century warfare.  Early on in World War II the seemingly close cooperation of German air and ground forces revealed the shape of modern warfare.  The Allies, still applying the defensive strategies of trench warfare learned during World War I, quickly became overwhelmed by the Germany's combined use of tank, mechanized infantry, paratrooper forces coupled with the Luftwaffe's tactical use of dive-bombers, twin-engine bombers and state-of-the-art fighter aircraft.  The German forces were time-after-time able to outflank their adversaries and thus prevail on the battlefield.  Eventually the Allies changed their tactics and along with vast quantities of military supplies and men from the "Arsenal of Democracy", the United States, were able to recapture the initiative and prevail on the battlefield in the skies above North Africa, Italy and Western Europe.  "Luftwaffe At War # 3: Blitzkrieg in the West (1939 - 1942)" contains four pages of introductory text, which includes the following titled sections: 1) Introduction; 2) The birth of the Luftwaffe; 3) The Spanish Civil War; 4) Poland; 5) The Low Countries and France; 6) The Battle of Britain and the Blitz and 7) The Continental Airwar.  In addition to these four pages of introductory text and authoritative picture captions, "Luftwaffe At War # 3: Blitzkrieg in the West (1939 - 1942)" includes the following features: 1) Approximately 100 black and white photographs and 2) About 11 rare wartime color photographs.  This book is 72 pages and is in like-new condition.  The author is Jeffrey L. Ethell.  Edition published in 1997.