4.5
Biografier
The much-anticipated sequel to The German Aces Speak gives voice to four more of WWII's most noteworthy German pilots.
When The German Aces Speak published in 2011, Air & Space/Smithsonian magazine welcomed Colin Heaton's and Anne-Marie Lewis's masterful command of interview-based narrative, writing, “. . . what might have been numbing recitations of dogfights are instead vivid descriptions of life as a warrior during World War II.” Indeed, it is this unexpected perspective, brought to life by the authors' neutrality and thoughtful research, that illuminates a side of war largely hidden from the American public: the experience of the German Luftwaffe pilot. In The German Aces Speak II, Heaton and Lewis paint a picture of the war through the eyes of four more of Germany's most significant pilots-Johannes Steinhoff, Erich Alfred Hartmann, Guther Rall, and Dieter Hrabak-put together from numerous interviews personally conducted by Heaton from the 1980s through the 2000s. The four ex-Luftwaffe fighter aces bring the past to life as they tell their stories about the war, their battles, their off-duty lives, their lives after the war, and, perhaps most importantly, how they felt about serving under the Nazi leadership of Hermann Göring and Adolf Hitler. Together, the memories of the events captured in The German Aces Speak II continue one of today's most unique World War II book series, unearthing a facet of the war that has gone widely overlooked for the American public.
© 2018 Tantor Media, Inc. (Lydbog): 9781977389336
Release date
Lydbog: 21. august 2018
4.5
Biografier
The much-anticipated sequel to The German Aces Speak gives voice to four more of WWII's most noteworthy German pilots.
When The German Aces Speak published in 2011, Air & Space/Smithsonian magazine welcomed Colin Heaton's and Anne-Marie Lewis's masterful command of interview-based narrative, writing, “. . . what might have been numbing recitations of dogfights are instead vivid descriptions of life as a warrior during World War II.” Indeed, it is this unexpected perspective, brought to life by the authors' neutrality and thoughtful research, that illuminates a side of war largely hidden from the American public: the experience of the German Luftwaffe pilot. In The German Aces Speak II, Heaton and Lewis paint a picture of the war through the eyes of four more of Germany's most significant pilots-Johannes Steinhoff, Erich Alfred Hartmann, Guther Rall, and Dieter Hrabak-put together from numerous interviews personally conducted by Heaton from the 1980s through the 2000s. The four ex-Luftwaffe fighter aces bring the past to life as they tell their stories about the war, their battles, their off-duty lives, their lives after the war, and, perhaps most importantly, how they felt about serving under the Nazi leadership of Hermann Göring and Adolf Hitler. Together, the memories of the events captured in The German Aces Speak II continue one of today's most unique World War II book series, unearthing a facet of the war that has gone widely overlooked for the American public.
© 2018 Tantor Media, Inc. (Lydbog): 9781977389336
Release date
Lydbog: 21. august 2018
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Leif
3. nov. 2022
Excellent biographies, particularly by the first two (Hartmann and Steinhof). After finishing both "German Aces.." books you have an excellent insight into the Luftwaffe during WW2 and side subjects, such as the German leadership and the Soviet treatment of people after the war. Hartmann"s description of the Soviet rapes and murders he witnessed just after the war is not easily forgotten. The Luftwaffe comes across as mostly good men who were if not anti-nazi then non-political, but it is not clear how much is post war reputation washing. They treat only lightly the subject of war crimes in Russia during the war, and then mostly as committed by the Russians.
Rikke
29. aug. 2020
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Philip
18. okt. 2022
Super interessant, at høre fra “den anden side” af krigen.Oplæsningen desværre ret kedelig.
Miv
24. dec. 2022
Spændende. Det var nok meget godt at der sad nogle ego-tosser i toppen og fik forpurret krigen, for tyskerne kunne skam godt ha haft vundet.
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