From the publisher. [ The most massive twin-engined combat aircraft in the history of mankind (in total, more than 15 thousand units were produced). » Junkers-88 also became one of the most versatile: starting his career as a dive bomber, the production of which in the Third Reich was given such importance that a whole program of rearmament of the Luftwaffe in 1939-1940 was named after him. In the future, the Ju 88 mastered the flight “professions” of a long-range scout, a night fighter-interceptor and even a kamikaze aircraft. Although reconnaissance and fighter variants had other medium bombers of the Second World War, none, except the famous "Mosquito", could not cope with the task of intercepting better than "Junkers" : On account of night fighters Ju 88 more than half of all downed British bombers Attacks in Germany , its satellites and occupied countries! We can say, that the fate of the "eighty-eighth" as a mirror reflected the entire history of the "Millennium Reich" , It lasted only a few years,. - from shock , Prey , under the wing of a bomb-loaded aircraft-"arpeccopa" to the "guardian" of the sky with powerful cannon weapons and then even an adventurous version of the suicide plane "Mystel" with extremely dubious efficiency A new book by a leading aviation historian, a logical continuation of his previous bestsellers about the WP09, Ju 87 and FW 190, traces the entire path of one of the best aircraft of the Second World War, which became a symbol of total war of destruction.