The Blond Knight of Germany: A Biography of Erich Hartmann

by Raymond F. Toliver, Trevor J. Constable

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ISBN-13:	9780830681891
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	01/01/1986
Edition description:	List
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.87(d)

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Table of Contents

	Introduction	ix
	Acknowledgments	xi
	Authors' Preface	xiii
1	Caliber of a Hero	1
2	The Making of a Man	15
3	To War	32
4	Winning His Spurs	48
5	In the Bear's Grasp	64
6	Oak Leaves	78
7	Aces of Fighter Wing 52	94
8	Fame and Swords	104
9	Stalin Hawks	119
10	300 Down and Diamonds	134
11	302nd Victory	148
12	Mustangs	161
13	Surrender	175
14	Soviet Prisoner	191
15	Persuasion and Pressure	209
16	War Criminal	224
17	The Shakhty Revolt	238
18	Release	255
19	Rebirth	269
20	Epilogue	288
	Appendix	290
	Erich Hartmann's Victory Record	290
	Types of Planes Flown by Hartmann	294
	Movements of III Gruppe/JG-52	295
	Personal Data	296
	Tops and Firsts-Luftwaffe, WWII	297
	Luftwaffe Aces with Top Decorations	298
	Hartmann's Handbook of Enemy Strength	299
	Glossary	311
	Index	321