Herman Goring Fighter Ace

Herman Goring Fighter Ace
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Over the last 70 years, in countless books and essays, Hermann GÃ¶ring has been defined by his crimes and excess during the Third Reich and the Second World War. But his activities as a young career military officer in World War I have invariably been glossed over â€“ until now. 'Hermann GÃ¶ring â€“ Fighter Ace' is the first in-depth look at GÃ¶ringâ€™s role as a military flyer and air combat leader from 1914 through the end of The Great War, and how those experiences shaped the personality that came to the worldâ€™s attention in 1939. At the outset of the First World War, GÃ¶ring was eager to prove his value to his fatherland in initial skirmishes with French troops. When struck by severe rheumatoid arthritis in September 1914, the twenty-one-year-old officerâ€™s burning ambition and ego could not tolerate being sidelined and the following month he forced himself out of a sick bed to begin a new career as an aviation observer. GÃ¶ring went on to become a fighter pilot with twenty-two downed enemy aircraft to his credit, the last wartime commander of the Red Baronâ€™s own fighter wing, Jagdgeschwader Richthofen, and recipient of a row of prestigious medals including Prussiaâ€™s highest bravery award, the Pour le MÃ©rite. Peter Kilduff has produced a landmark volume based on extensive research into GÃ¶ringâ€™s early military records and thousands of German and Allied documents to put the neophyte airmanâ€™s life and events into perspective. Among other resources, Kilduff drew on GÃ¶ringâ€™s own combat reports and related writings. Illustrated with over eighty drawings and photographs, including many from Goringâ€™s private collection and never before published, Herman GÃ¶ring â€“ Fighter Ace is a tour de force of historical material covering the early combat career of one of the Twentieth Centuryâ€™s most infamous military figures. Peter Kilduff is an acclaimed American historian and the author of thirteen aviation books covering biplanes to jets, including 2009â€™s Black Fokker Leader which was also published by Grub Street.
Country USA
Brand Grub Street
Manufacturer Casemate Publishers
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber b&w illustrations throughout
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781906502669
ReleaseDate 2010-07-27

Country	USA
Brand	Grub Street
Manufacturer	Casemate Publishers
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	b&w illustrations throughout
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781906502669
ReleaseDate	2010-07-27

Herman Goring Fighter Ace

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