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Fighter General - The Life of Adolf Galland

By: AmPress

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Historical Books (AmPress)


Product Info

Title
Fighter General - The Life of Adolf Galland
Publisher
Category
Author
Raymond F. Toliver
Publish Year
1990
Pages
356
Dimensions
5.5x8.5x1.25"
NKG Part #
2147800213
Type
Hardcover

Description

Adolf Galland began World War II in Poland, as a lieutenant and squadron commander, flying obsolescent biplanes. He ended the war as a Lieutenant General and was again a squadron commander this time flying Me 262 jet fighters. In all of aviation history there is no comparable rise and fall by a fighter pilot. The most famous German ace and fighter leader of his generation, Galland's story is simultaneously that of the Luftwaffe Fighter Arm, in which he served from foundation to finish. Fighter General recounts the career of an outstanding combat leader torn from the fighter cockpit to defend his country and sometimes his own pilots in the bizarre bureaucracy of the Luftwaffe High Command. Galland's battles against the Allied air forces, both as a general and in individual combat, hold no less drama than his head-on battles with Goering and Hitler. Galland's triumphs and tragedies, his friends and his flames, his humor and heartaches pulse anew in Fighter General.