"Operation Bodenplatte" . . . . . . . "New Year's Day attack" . . "Polandref|Agreement #4 of the 11 June 1940 between the United Kingdom and Poland recognised the Polish Navy and Army as sovereign but that of the Air Force was refused. Agreement #7 reversed this decision in June 1944, and the Polish Air Force was \\\"returned\\\" to full Polish jurisdiction (with the exception of combat assignments, although the Poles retained the right to veto).|group=\\\"Notes\\\"" . "Operation ''Bodenplatte''" . "Nazi Germany" . . . . . "large formation of Fw 190s and Bf 109s hit the field" . . . "Hermann" . . "made a last-ditch effort to win air superiority" . "New Zealand" . "Operation failed" . . "Unternehmen Bodenplatte" . "[[#Aftermath and casualties" . "1945-01-01" . . . "* Strategic German exhaustion" . "Operation Bodenplatte" . . . . . . "* German tactical success" . . "Bodenplatte" . . . . . "United States" . . . . . . . . . . . . "air offensive" . . . . "United Kingdom" . . . . "Germany" . . "Canada" . . "Operation Big Blow" . . . "concluding stages of the engagement" . . . . .