The Axis Air Forces: Flying in Support of the German Luftwaffe

The Axis Air Forces: Flying in Support of the German Luftwaffe

by Frank Joseph
The Axis Air Forces: Flying in Support of the German Luftwaffe

The Axis Air Forces: Flying in Support of the German Luftwaffe

by Frank Joseph

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Overview

This comprehensive volume tells the rarely recounted stories of the numerous foreign air forces that supported the German Luftwaffe as part of the Axis' quest to dominate the European and Pacific theaters—a highly compelling and often overlooked chapter of World War II history.

The Axis Air Forces: Flying in Support of the German Luftwaffe presents an untold history of that global conflict's little-known combatants, who nonetheless contributed significantly to the war's outcome. While most other books only attempt to address this subject in passing, author Frank Joseph provides not only an extremely comprehensive account of the "unsung heroes" of the Axis fliers, but also describes the efforts of Axis air forces such as those of the Iraqi, Manchurian, Thai or Chinese—specific groups of wartime aviators that have never been discussed before at length.



This book examines the distinct but allied Axis air forces of Western Europe, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. An extensive introduction provides coverage of Luftwaffe volunteers from Greece, Lithuania, Holland, Denmark, Norway and even the United States. Detailed descriptions of the personnel themselves and the aircraft they operated are portrayed against the broader scope of combat missions, field operations, and military campaigns, supplying invaluable historical perspective on the importance of their sorties.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780313395901
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 11/29/2011
Pages: 320
Product dimensions: 6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Frank Joseph is professor of world archaeology with Japan's Savant Institute, and recipient of the Midwest Epigraphic Society's Victor Moseley Award. His published works include more than 20 books in as many foreign editions, such as Mussolini's War: Fascist Italy's Military Struggles from Africa and Western Europe to the Mediterranean and Soviet Union 1935–45.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Strange Bedfellows 1

Part I Western Europe

Chapter 1 Flying Fasces 13

Chapter 2 The Spanish Blue Squadron 45

Chapter 3 Vichy France's "Army of the Air" 57

Part II Eastern Europe

Chapter 4 Baltic Harassment Squadrons, Russia's Liberation Air Force, and Ukrainian Pilots 73

Chapter 5 Flying for Greater Bulgaria 83

Chapter 6 Croatian Airborne 95

Chapter 7 Finland's "Flying Beer Bottles" 117

Chapter 8 Hungarian Pumas 141

Chapter 9 Romania's "American Season" 159

Chapter 10 Slovakia's Tatra Eagles 179

Part III The Middle East

Chapter 11 "Flyer Leader Iraq" 195

Chapter 12 In the Skies of Syria 203

Part IV Asia

Chapter 13 China's "Auspicious Cloud" of Air Power 209

Chapter 14 Japan's Imperial Army and Naval Air Forces 215

Chapter 15 Manchurian Dragon-Slayers 257

Chapter 16 Thai Falcons and Hawks 269

Notes 289

Bibliography 297

Index 303

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