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Author : Steven Otfinoski
Release : 2016-07
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 661/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Pilots in Peril! by : Steven Otfinoski
Download or read book Pilots in Peril! written by Steven Otfinoski. This book was released on 2016-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Tells the story of U.S. pilots who faced danger every day attempting to deliver supplies over "The Hump" to the Chinese during World War II"--
Author : Carl Frey Constein
Release : 2000-03
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 434/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Born to Fly the Hump by : Carl Frey Constein
Download or read book Born to Fly the Hump written by Carl Frey Constein. This book was released on 2000-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of lyrics, thought experiments, and songs which deal through words and poetry with the depth of the experience of growing up. This includes observations of how people deal with life and conflict in more abstract forms, and attempting to fuse together the elements of writing musically with rhythm, and writing philosophically to explore how individuals think and why.
Author : Carl Frey Constein
Release : 2002
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 309/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Tales of the Himalayas by : Carl Frey Constein
Download or read book Tales of the Himalayas written by Carl Frey Constein. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book of letters written to Carl Frey Constein, author of the WWII memoir Born to Fly the Hump. Most of the letters are from pilots and crew who also served in the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations. They tell of crashes and bailouts over the Himalayas and Burma, of mammoth thunderstorms and engine failures, of bombing runs out of China, of airdrops behind enemy lines. Other CBI veterans who served on the ground tell of rugged conditions in the high mountains of China and the dense jungles of Burma, or in the monsoons and heat of India. Wives and widows have written poignant, sincere letters of appreciation. The CBI was the theater of history's first military airlift, General Chennault's Flying Tigers, General Vinegar Joe Stilwell, Merrill's Marauders and Wingate's Chindits, the Burma Road. The letters illuminate the diversity and hardships of the CBI, where 350,000 Americans fought their war and which history has all but overlooked.
Author : Caroline Alexander
Release : 2024-05-14
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 243/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Skies of Thunder by : Caroline Alexander
Download or read book Skies of Thunder written by Caroline Alexander. This book was released on 2024-05-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author, a breathtaking account of combat and survival in one of the most brutally challenging and rarely examined campaigns of World War II In April 1942, the Imperial Japanese Army steamrolled through Burma, capturing the only ground route from India to China. Supplies to this critical zone would now have to come from India by air—meaning across the Himalayas, on the most hazardous air route in the world. SKIES OF THUNDER is a story of an epic human endeavor, in which Allied troops faced the monumental challenge of operating from airfields hacked from the jungle, and took on “the Hump,” the fearsome mountain barrier that defined the air route.They flew fickle, untested aircraft through monsoons and enemy fire, with inaccurate maps and only primitive navigation technology. The result was a litany of both deadly crashes and astonishing feats of survival. The most chaotic of all the war’s arenas, the China-Burma-India theater was further confused by the conflicting political interests of Roosevelt, Churchill and their demanding, nominal ally, Chiang Kai-shek. Caroline Alexander, who wrote the defining books on Shackleton’s Endurance and Bligh's Bounty, is brilliant at probing what it takes to survive extreme circumstances. She has unearthed obscure memoirs and long-ignored records to give us the pilots’ and soldiers’ eye views of flying and combat, as well as honest portraits of commanders like the celebrated “Vinegar Joe” Stillwell and Claire Lee Chennault. She assesses the real contributions of units like the Flying Tigers, Merrill’s Marauders, and the British Chindits, who pioneered new and unconventional forms of warfare. Decisions in this theater exposed the fault-lines between the Allies—America and Britain, Britain and India, and ultimately and most fatefully between America and China, as FDR pressed to help the Chinese nationalists in order to forge a bond with China after the war. A masterpiece of modern war history.
Author : Steve Tiller
Release : 2002
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 770/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Henrys Humps Born to Fly by : Steve Tiller
Download or read book Henrys Humps Born to Fly written by Steve Tiller. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Convinced the most important things in life are those things hidden and unseen, Henry takes readers on an unforgettable adventure with his caterpillar friends. What they discover along the way is that it is what is on inside of that is most important, and everyone can learn to fly the skies.
