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The German Aces Speak II
Colin D. Heaton
Anne-Marie Lewis
其他書名
World War II Through the Eyes of Four More of the Luftwaffe's Most Important Commanders
出版
MBI Publishing Company
, 2014-03-15
主題
History / Military / World War II
Biography & Autobiography / Military
History / Europe / Germany
ISBN
0760345902
9780760345900
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=vWL4AgAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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The much-anticipated sequel to
The German Aces Speak
gives voice to four more of WWIIâs most noteworthy German pilots.
/divDIV /divDIVWhen
The German Aces Speak
published in 2011,
Air & Space/Smithsonian
magazine welcomed Colin Heatonâs and Anne-Marie Lewisâs masterful command of interview-based narrative, writing, â. . . what might have been numbing recitations of dogfights are instead vivid descriptions of life as a warrior during World War II.â? Indeed, it is this unexpected perspective, brought to life by the authorsâ neutrality and thoughtful research, that illuminates a side of war largely hidden from the American public: the experience of the German Luftwaffe pilot. In
The German Aces Speak II
, Heaton and Lewis paint a picture of the war through the eyes of four more of Germanyâs most significant pilotsâJohannes Steinhoff, Erich Alfred Hartmann, Guther Rall, and Dieter Hrabakâput together from numerous interviews personally conducted by Heaton from the 1980s through the 2000s. The four ex-Luftwaffe fighter aces bring the past to life as they tell their stories about the war, their battles, their off-duty lives, their lives after the war, and, perhaps most importantly, how they felt about serving under the Nazi leadership of Hermann Göring and Adolf Hitler. Together, the memories of the events captured in
The German Aces Speak II
continue one of todayâs most unique World War II book series, unearthing a facet of the war that has gone widely overlooked for the American public./div