Air War over the Putumayo : Colombian and Peruvian Air Operations during the 1932-1933 conflict

Amaru Tincopa & Santiago Rivas

ISBN 10: 191239023X / ISBN 13: 9781912390236

Editore: Helion & Company, Warwick, 2018

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Latin America @ war No. 7 Contains black & white illustrations. Seller Ref: M20748.

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• Titolo: Air War over the Putumayo : Colombian and Peruvian Air Operations during the 1932-1933 conflict
• Editore: Helion & Company, Warwick
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 191239023X
• ISBN 13: 9781912390236
• Rilegatura: Soft cover
• Edizione: 1st Edition
• Condizione: Very Good
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: No Jacket
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Aviation

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Riassunto

During 1932, the occupation of the Colombian towns of Leticia and Tarapacá by Peruvian troops and civilians, in the Amazon region, led to a conflict that almost ended in a total war between both countries. Aviation played an important role on both sides, due to the complicated jungle environment, which makes any land movements almost impossible. After some ground and air combats, a ceasefire was agreed and the conflict was resolved. But the war over the Putumayo area became the baptism of fire for the Peruvian and Colombian air forces, leading, in the second case, to the development of its military aviation, which was almost nonexistent in 1932. For Peru, the result of the conflict was also a rearming process, which proved important when in 1941 it entered into war with Ecuador. This book is supported by a large number of rare and previously unpublished images, and specially commissioned color profiles showing camouflage and markings.

L'autore

Born in Lima, Peru, in August 1977, Amaru Tincopa began his involvement in aviation history in 1998. Since then he has produced 9 books, over 30 articles and collaborated on others in both magazines and books around the world. He is a permanent contributor to several Peruvian and foreign defence journals and magazines. Focused on early Peruvian military aviation history, he manages the country s leading vintage aviation archive which collaboratively provides data and material to local publications, media and researchers. He currently resides in Lima.

Santiago Rivas was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1977. Twenty years later, the Journalism graduate started to work in the fields of aviation and defence journalism - travelling all across Latin America to conduct his research for articles and books. In 2007 he published his first book, which was about the Malvinas/Falklands War, for a Brazilian editor - and since then, another 12 have been published across the globe in Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany and the United Kingdom, while four more are soon to be released. He has also had articles published in more than 50 magazines in 20 countries - and he currently works for more than 20 of the magazines. Santiago has three children and lives in Buenos Aires. He continues to travel every year to most of the Latin American countries to fulfil his research-based work.