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The Flying Tigers: The Untold Story of the…
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The Flying Tigers: The Untold Story of the American Pilots Who Waged a Secret War Against Japan

af Sam Kleiner (Forfatter), Colin Webber (Cover Design)

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"The thrilling story behind the American pilots who were secretly recruited to defend the nation's desperate Chinese allies before Pearl Harbor and ended up on the front lines of the war against the Japanese in the Pacific. Sam Kleiner's Flying Tigers tells the story of the group young American men and women who crossed the Pacific before Pearl Harbor to risk their lives defending the embattled forces of Chiang Kai-Shek's China. These 300 individuals were effectively paid mercenaries, secretly recruited by a mysterious shell company that the federal government had created to circumvent its official stance of non-intervention in the war. Drawn from across the armed services by the prospect of seeing the world and earning a good salary, they traveled to Burma under false identities in the late summer and fall of 1941 and began training there under legendary and leathery general Claire Chennault. The pilots first saw action twelve days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and for the next seven months performed an invaluable strategic service by keeping the Japanese occupied in China and thus enabling the United States to build up its armaments before fully engaging in the conflict. For their daring exploits and remarkable string of victories, they became known as the Flying Tigers"--… (mere)
Medlem:JeffersonBallard
Titel:The Flying Tigers: The Untold Story of the American Pilots Who Waged a Secret War Against Japan
Forfattere:Sam Kleiner (Forfatter)
Andre forfattere:Colin Webber (Cover Design)
Info:New York: Penguin Books
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The Flying Tigers: The Untold Story of the American Pilots Who Waged a Secret War Against Japan af Sam Kleiner

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This is the story of a covert operation to support China, one of the USA allies. It's also the story of Claire Chennault, a controversial hero in American history. The entire ten hours kept my interest as it deals with the beginnings and the reasons for the US Air Force. It also tells the story of FDR's priorities elsewhere. It's well written and it's not the "untold" story...now, it's the told story. ( )
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"The thrilling story behind the American pilots who were secretly recruited to defend the nation's desperate Chinese allies before Pearl Harbor and ended up on the front lines of the war against the Japanese in the Pacific. Sam Kleiner's Flying Tigers tells the story of the group young American men and women who crossed the Pacific before Pearl Harbor to risk their lives defending the embattled forces of Chiang Kai-Shek's China. These 300 individuals were effectively paid mercenaries, secretly recruited by a mysterious shell company that the federal government had created to circumvent its official stance of non-intervention in the war. Drawn from across the armed services by the prospect of seeing the world and earning a good salary, they traveled to Burma under false identities in the late summer and fall of 1941 and began training there under legendary and leathery general Claire Chennault. The pilots first saw action twelve days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and for the next seven months performed an invaluable strategic service by keeping the Japanese occupied in China and thus enabling the United States to build up its armaments before fully engaging in the conflict. For their daring exploits and remarkable string of victories, they became known as the Flying Tigers"--

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