American Raiders - The Race to Capture the Luftwaffe's Secrets

Informationen zum Autor Wolfgang W. E. Samuel , Colonel, US Air Force (Ret.), was born in Germany in 1935 and immigrated to the United States in 1951 at age sixteen with an eighth-grade education and no English-language skills. Upon graduation from the University of Colorado, he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the US Air Force, then flew over one hundred strategic reconnaissance missions against the Soviet Union during the Cold War. His first book German Boy: A Refugee's Story garnered favorable reviews from the New York Times and numerous other outlets. He is author of eight books published by University Press of Mississippi. Klappentext Samuel assembles--from official Air Force records and survivors' interviews--the largely untold stories of the disarmament of the once mighty Luftwaffe and of Operation Lusty--the hunt for Nazi technologies. Zusammenfassung The last battle of World War II was not for military victory but for the technology of the Third Reich. In American Raiders! Wolfgang Samuel assembles from official Air Force records and survivors' interviews the largely untold stories of the disarmament of the once mighty Luftwaffe and of Operation Lusty - the hunt for Nazi technologies.

Product details

• Authors: Wolfgang Samuel, Wolfgang W E Samuel, Wolfgang W. E. Samuel
• Publisher: University press of mississipp
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2004
• EAN: 9781578066490
• ISBN: 978-1-57806-649-0
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 171 mm x 248 mm x 38 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Amerika, Zweiter Weltkrieg - Periode (1939 bis 1945), HISTORY / Military / World War II, Moderne Kriegsführung, History - Military / War, HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / Military / Aviation