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The Axis air forces : flying in support of the German Luftwaffe / Frank Joseph.
- Title
- The Axis air forces : flying in support of the German Luftwaffe / Frank Joseph.
- Author
- Joseph, Frank
- Publication
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, c2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | UG625 .J67 2012 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- vi, 312 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- This account reveals the forgotten history of the airmen and others from 23 countries, such as Italy, Iraq, Thailand, China, and Slovakia, who supported the German air force during WWII. The book looks at the motivations and agendas of airmen and volunteers as well as their commonalities, such as a desire to vanquish the Soviet Union, and describes combat missions and military campaigns. Material is in sections on the personnel and aircraft of the Axis air forces of Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. The book includes b&w historical photos and a list of books and web sites. Joseph teaches world archaeology with Japan's Savant Institute. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction: Strange bedfellows -- pt. I: WESTERN EUROPE -- Flying fasces -- The Spanish Blue Squadron -- Vichy France's "Army of the Air" -- pt. II: EASTERN EUROPE -- Baltic harassment squadrons, Russia's Liberation Air Force, and Ukrainian pilots -- Flying for greater Bulgaria -- Croatian airborne -- Finland's "Flying Beer Bottles" -- Hungarian Pumas -- Romania's "American Season" -- Slovakia's Tatra Eagles -- pt. III: THE MIDDLE EAST -- "Flyer Leader Iraq"-- In the skies of Syria -- pt. IV: ASIA -- China's "auspicious cloud" of air power -- Japan's Imperial Army and naval air forces -- Manchurian Dragon-Slayers -- Thai Falcons and Hawks.
- ISBN
- 9780313395901 (hbk. : alk. paper)
- 031339590X (hbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780313395918 (ebook)
- 0313395918 (ebook)
- LCCN
- ^^2011026315
- OCLC
- 721891472
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library