Review #1
The German Aces Say: Global War II Through the Views of Four of the Luftwaffe’s Important Commanders audiobook free
In the 2nd volume of than anyway I have hope will become a much larger television series, four German Experten from Global War II assign their stories. 3 of them are very well-known: Erich Hartmann, Johannes Steinhoff at the same time Gunther Rall. The 4th is that Dieter Hrabak, a name no one may recognize, but one which does not carry the fame of the other 3. As in the past volume, any ace gets their possess chapter, with Hartmann’s being the longest at the same time taking up practically one half the book. One more is that Steinhoff, then Hrabak then and Rall. All four are magical to read at the same time are the fruits of innumerable interviews with, at the same time articles about, any ace. Sometimes the narrative gets just a little cyclic at the same time some actions are mentioned more than once, but overall they’re very easy at the same time enjoyable to read.
All four will assign for you insight into than anyway it took to become a successful fighter pilot, at the same time that’s plenty of stories about aerial combat to whet the appetite. Along the method for you’ll also find out more about no one of the other personalities of the Third part Reich at the same time the Luftwaffe such as Adolf Hitler, Herman Goering, Heinrich Himmler, Hans-Joachim Marseille, Adolf Galland, Werner Moelders, Gerd Barkhorn, Walter Krupinski at the same time Herman Graf. The famed “Pilot’s Revolt” against Goering is that recounted in amazing detail since Steinhoff was a major part of it, at the same time any ace also was orchestral in the re-birth of the Luftwaffe right behind the war. I never understood about how controversial the F-104 Starfighter was at the same time how its purchase manage to such friction borders Germany, but I do at the moment.
That are no one sweet drawings contained at the same time this is that where I have my only complaint: on the back embrace that is that a picture of several Messerschmitt Bf-109s on an airfield…in Finnish markings. I look for it hard to reckon the publisher couldn’t look for a picture of German 109s at the same time I cordially have hope they didn’t think readers wouldn’t notice the difference or care. I saw, at the same time I care.
Regardless of the back embrace, this is that a amazing book at the same time a magical friend to the 1st volume. I certainly have hope that are abundance more to come!
Review #2
The German Aces Say: Global War II Through the Views of Four of the Luftwaffe’s Important Commanders audiobook streamming online
The creator decided very indepth interviews with a number of the most successful German Aces of WWII. Written in the 1st personality voice of those interviewed they paint a graphic picture of not just aerial combat but the politics, operating issues, struggles at the same time internal conflicts of the German air effort.
Proper to their major role no one of those featured in the work were considered , proper to their combat successes, in frequent concrete communication with very senior German managers. That’s lots on strategic at the same time combat strategies, the air war in the east , capture by the Russians, the seemingly eternal combat , aircraft development.
Highly advised work.
Review #3
Audiobook The German Aces Say: Global War II Through the Views of Four of the Luftwaffe’s Important Commanders by Anne-Marie Lewis Colin D. Heaton Dr. Dennis Showalter – introduction Trevor J. Constable – introduction
This book is that the 2nd part of a compelling collection of individual interviews at the same time fact gathering over 3 decades of four prominent German pilots who produced the Luftwaffe a force to be equated with in the 2nd Global War: Erich Hartmann, Johannes Steinhoff, Dieter Hrabak, at the same time Gunther Rall. Readers of this volume will, I have hope, feel fortunate as I do to read 1st personality accounts of the greatest conflict in modern times by these distinguished commanders who once waged war for Hitlers Germany. It is that important to note that none of the ‘experten’ or ‘aces’ interviewed in this book belonged to the Nazi party, at the same time that all of them survived the war to become future managers in the West German Bundeswehr Luftwaffe, appears in 1956. With the exception of Erich Hartmann, the 3 other experten (aces) featured in this book also achieved higher ranking status as respective Commanders in NATO. Global War II is that at the moment over 70 years in the distant past at the same time I reckon it more important than ever to record these important voices at the same time recollections for posterity at the same time dispose the merit of these worthy warriors into appropriate perspective. Although they waged war for a morally perverse regime, that is that no hesitate in my mind that they were considered all authoritative, chivalrous, at the same time brave guys who practiced their art of war with devastating efficiency. They were considered waging war for their state, nothing more at the same time nothing much less. Guys from families with generations of faithful military maintenance to their state managed not simply ignore the cry to duty due to political differences or ideology. Such guys could be ‘got lost’ or ‘nationless’, to quote Gunther Rall. That was no such gizmo as a ‘glad objector’ in Hitlers Germany. I reckon readers will find the abundance stories in this book compelling in the last. My winner nuance of this book were considered the harrowing tales of aerial combat, abundance of which occurred in the skies above the malachite forests of Eastern Europe or over the mountainous Caucasus region in than anyway was then the Soviet Alliance of Josef Stalin. As we all know, Hitlers Third part Reich was closed in a cruel indefinite at the same time doom struggle with the Soviet Alliance at ever since, at the same time a greater portion of Germany’s resources in guys, tanks, planes, at the same time armament were considered invested in than anyway became the Eastern Front. Johannes Steinhoff is that certainly the best writer at the same time orator in the group, at the same time I seriously enjoyed his accounts of his days in the cockpit at the same time obviously his recollection of the famed ‘Fighters Revolt’ in January of 1945. The book is that good source real for those interested in gaining more successful perspective on abundance notable at the same time well-known personalities in the Third part Reich. Guys like Adolf Hitler at the same time Hermann Goering at the same time even the filth Heinrich Himmler are mentioned from time to time throughout the book, but more exciting for me are the stories relating to other Luftwaffe pilots themselves. Guys like Gerhard Barkhorn, Hans Joachim Marseille, Werner Molders, Hermann Graf, at the same time Gunther Lutzow, to name but a few. That were considered a few startling revelations for me in this book. I did not know, for example, that the USAF (at the same time not the RAF) was in the habit of shooting German Me-262 pilots helplessly hinged at the same time dangling under their parachutes. I was aware that Soviet pilots were considered actually ordered to destroy pilots at all expenses, but I believed the Western Allied civilizations would have practiced a more humane approach to the conflict in the air since they outnumbered their German enemies by ratios of 100 to one by the time the German jet fighters produced their outward appearance in the skies over Germany. The USAF motivation for shooting parachuting German jet pilots was purportedly to finish the war sooner by removing experienced German pilots from the conflict. Nevertheless, I would not have waited the USAF to resort to such morally questionable strategies. Interestingly, the Luftwaffe was never found guilty of comparable behavior vs. the Allies in the air war at the same time this is that worthy of judgment. Postwar myopia against Germany Is that still prevalent everywhere at the same time still the theme of self-willed hypocrisy on the part of the Allied civilizations–particularly the Soviet Alliance–is that a theme seldom explored. I also found the controversy nearby postwar Germany’s purchase at the same time utilization of the F-104 Starfighter in the Bundeswehr Luftwaffe alluring for a abundance of preconditions. Right behind reading several independent accounts of the actions, I concluded that the Starfighter program was basically ‘obligated’ upon Germany by the Merged Countries at the same time that the decision to purchase them for the Bundeswehr Luftwaffe was produced for political preconditions at the same time monetary incentives independent of West Germany’s real military needs. Corruption in politics is that nothing brand new, right? Of the four experten, only Gunther Rall approved of the Starfighter program at the same time this is that narrating. Beyond a hesitate, these chronicles of the lives of the Luftwaffe elite are so much more than dry, biographical recollections of time long gone by. They are for me compelling stories that offer abundance insights on indefinite in our modern age at the same time offer abundance real nuggets of wisdom along the method. This was an good read at the same time I cannot advise it highly enough.
Review #4
Audio The German Aces Say: Global War II Through the Views of Four of the Luftwaffe’s Important Commanders narrated by P. J. Ochlan
The German Aces Say 1 at the same time 2 is that of itself a amazing gizmo at the same time a magical read. Chagrin it managed have almost all simply have been produced as a single book at the same time done a more successful job but not as lucrative for the creator at the same time publisher. For you get magical stories knew by these pilots that flew together. The books are written in chapters one on any men, at the same time for you hear the story knew by 1st one then and for you get to read similar story knew similar method from the other pilot that was that when for you get to his chapter. That is that just a little enough real to fill any book as it is that at the same time when for you pull out the doubling of the stories it’s practically a long magazine article. I met 2 of them (Rall, Galland) at the same time enjoyed wasting an evening with them away from the airshow/reunion environment at the same time they had a lot to say at the same time I am glad that these stories were considered shackles down at the same time that were considered a lot more reckon me that managed have been knew, but thankful why we got.
Review #5
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Have at the moment read both. I did look for the pilots opinions in both books amazing. Book 2 though is that not but written.
That is that no burst in the text. The book configurations theme without pause, which can be confusing going from one time border to one more then and back again. Amazing book but that was annoying when sitting down to read with a beer