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This comprehensive volume tells the rarely recounted stories of the numerous foreign air forces that supported the German Luftwaffe as part of the Axis' quest to dominate the European and Pacific theaters—a highly compelling and often overlooked chapter of World War II history.
The Axis Air Forces: Flying in Support of the German Luftwaffe presents an untold history of that global conflict's little-known combatants, who nonetheless contributed significantly to the war's outcome. While most other books only attempt to address this subject in passing, author Frank Joseph provides not only an extremely comprehensive account of the "unsung heroes" of the Axis fliers, but also describes the efforts of Axis air forces such as those of the Iraqi, Manchurian, Thai or Chinese—specific groups of wartime aviators that have never been discussed before at length.
This book examines the distinct but allied Axis air forces of Western Europe, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. An extensive introduction provides coverage of Luftwaffe volunteers from Greece, Lithuania, Holland, Denmark, Norway and even the United States. Detailed descriptions of the personnel themselves and the aircraft they operated are portrayed against the broader scope of combat missions, field operations, and military campaigns, supplying invaluable historical perspective on the importance of their sorties.
Contents
INTRODUCTION: Strange Bedfellows
PART I: WESTERN EUROPE
CHAPTER 1: Flying Fasces
CHAPTER 2: The Spanish Blue Squadron
CHAPTER 3: Vichy France's "Army of the Air"
PART II: EASTERN EUROPE
CHAPTER 4: Baltic Harassment Squadrons, Russia's Liberation Air Force, and Ukrainian Pilots
CHAPTER 5: Flying for Greater Bulgaria
CHAPTER 6: Croatian Airborne
CHAPTER 7: Finland's "Flying Beer Bottles"
CHAPTER 8: Hungarian Pumas
CHAPTER 9: Romania's "American Season"
CHAPTER 10: Slovakia's Tatra Eagles
PART III: THE MIDDLE EAST
CHAPTER 11: "Flyer Leader Iraq"
CHAPTER 12: In the Skies of Syria
PART IV: ASIA
CHAPTER 13: China's "Auspicious Cloud" of Air Power
CHAPTER 14: Japan's Imperial Army and Naval Air Forces
CHAPTER 15: Manchurian Dragon-Slayers
CHAPTER 16: Thai Falcons and Hawks
Notes
Bibliography
Index
