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'Seconds after Brady's plane was hit, the Hundredth's entire formation was broken up and scattered by swarms of single-engine planes, and by rockets launched by twin-engine planes that flew parallel'
Meet the Flying Fortresses of the American Eighth Air Force, Britain's Lancaster comrades, who helped to bring down the Nazis…
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This book was the premise for the Apple TV Series of the same title. It brings you right into the heat of the battle in WWII and what these brave men, some of them teenagers, were faced with on a daily basis. It stirs the emotions while helping you to understand what happened in the lives of many of those who sacrificed their lives for our country. Sometimes we forget the sacrifices previous generations made and the challenges they faced. While we all face challenges in our lives this book is a great reminder of the commitments that allowed us…
I have read many excellent books about World War Two, but none has kept me shaking my head in awe like this stunning account of the decisive US bombing campaign against Germany. Masters of the Air is an intensely personal account of the impossibly brave men and boys – for boys they often were – who bombed Nazi Germany into defeat.
Most of them by far were wounded, killed, or imprisoned, often in appalling conditions, after bailing out of plunging aircraft. It is hard to imagine a more moving account of tenacious courage and unimaginable stress or a more thorough,…
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