Wild Blue: 741 Squadron: On A Wing And A Prayer Over Occupied Europe - Brossura

Ambrose

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ISBN 10: 0743450620 ISBN 13: 9780743450621

Casa editrice: Simon + Schuster UK, 2002

Riassunto

In the bestselling BAND OF BROTHERS, Stephen E. Ambrose portrayed in vivid detail the experiences of soldiers who fought on the bloody battlegrounds of World War II. THE WILD BLUE brings to life another extraordinary band of brothers - the men who volunteered to join the American Air Force and undertook some of the most demanding and dangerous jobs in the war. Focusing on the men of the 741st Bomb Squadron and, in particular, the crew of the DAKOTA QUEEN, these are the boys turned pilots, bombardiers, navigators and gunners of the B24s, who suffered 50 per cent casualties during conflict. With his extraordinary talent for bringing alive the action and tension of combat, Ambrose sweeps us along in the B24s as their crews fought to the death to reach their targets and destroy the German war machine.

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Recensione:

'Ambrose is admired by not a few for having shifted the popular focus of second-world-war historiography from the commanders to the ordinary fighting men . . . The book might lack the familiar drama of infantry yarns, but there is no doubting the value of its oral history' GUARDIAN
'Ambrose navigates an extraordinary account of heroism, courage and honour' BOLTON EVENING NEWS
'A riveting and enormously moving tale of unthinkable bravery and, ultimately, the futility of warfare' DORSET ECHO

L'autore:

Stephen E. Ambrose, leading World War II historian, was the author of numerous books on history including the Number 1 bestselling BAND OF BROTHERS, D-DAY (on which SAVING PRIVATE RYAN was based) PEGASUS BRIDGE and WILD BLUE. He is founder of the Eisenhower Center and the National D-Day Museum in New Orleans. He died in 2002.

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• Editore: Simon + Schuster UK
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0743450620
• ISBN 13: 9780743450621
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 304