Wehrmacht’s “Flying Coffin”: Pilots Mocked This Plane… Then It Became Germany’s Most FEARED Weapon

Описание: In May 1940, over the Meuse River near Sedan, a slow, outdated-looking dive bomber became one of the most terrifying weapons of WWII: the Junkers Ju 87 Stuka. Luftwaffe pilots mocked it as a “flying coffin”—fixed landing gear, low top speed, easy prey for fighters. But when Germany launched Blitzkrieg in Poland (1939) and France (1940), the Stuka’s precision dive-bombing, timed strikes, and the screaming “Jericho Trumpet” siren turned it into a psychological warfare machine that shattered defenses in minutes.

This non-fiction military narrative breaks down how the Stuka worked, why it was so accurate, and how it helped German forces break fortified positions, destroy bridges, and silence artillery right as Panzer units advanced. You’ll hear the tactical reality: dive angles, bomb loads, flak patterns, escort fighters, and why the Stuka dominated only when Germany had air superiority. Then the story turns—because once the RAF and Allied fighters showed up in force, the Stuka’s weaknesses became fatal, and the “terror weapon” started paying for every sortie in blood and wreckage.

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