Angels in the Sky - How a Band of Volunteer Airmen Saved the New State of Israel

Informationen zum Autor Robert Gandt is a former Navy fighter pilot, international airline captain, and the award-winning author of sixteen books on aviation and military subjects. He lives in Daytona Beach, Florida. Klappentext In 1948, when the newly founded nation of Israel came under siege from a coalition of Arab states, a band of volunteer airmen from the United States, Canada, Britain, France, and South Africa arrived to help. They were a small group, fewer than 150. Many were World War II veterans; most of them knowingly violated their nations' embargoes on the shipment of arms and aircraft to Israel. The airmen risked everything-their careers, citizenship, and lives-to fight for Israel. The saga of the volunteer airmen in Israel's war of independence stands as one of the most stirring-and little-known-war stories of the past century.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Robert Gandt
• Verlag: Norton and Co Ltd
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9780393356359
• ISBN: 978-0-393-35635-9
• Abmessung: 140 mm x 210 mm x 230 mm
• Thema: Sachbuch