Between the Lines of World War II : Twenty-One Remarkable People and Events

Edwards, Paul M.

McFarland & Co Inc（2010/09発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 231 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780786446674
• DDC分類 940.530922

Full Description

This is a collection of 21 accounts of people and events that illuminate the strange adventures, mysterious circumstances, extreme behaviors and forgotten tragedies of World War II. Ranging from a look at Adolf Hitler's "children factory," to the smuggling of gold bullion from the besieged island of Corregidor, to those who flew with the Chinese Air Force against Japan years before the more famous Flying Tigers, these accounts provide insight into the larger scope of the war.

Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     

Preface     

Terms and Phrases     

Introduction     

PART I: THE MYSTERIOUS AND UNEXPLAINED     

1. The Sitting Duck     

2. The Phantom Four-Stacker     

3. No German Child Should Go Unborn     

4. Bullion for Ballast     

5. Her Name Was Evergreen     

6. The Peking Man: Where Is He?     

7. The First Captives     

PART II: THE REST OF THE STORY     

8. Beyond the USS Panay     

9. The Smoking Cobras     

10. More Ships Than the Navy     

11. Stories from the KPM     

12. Preempting the Flying Tigers     

13. Winston's Special     

14. The Paukenschlag of April 1942     

PART III: EVENTS WORTH REMEMBERING     

15. The City of Benares     

16. The Battle of Buna     

17. The Massacre at Palawan     

18. The Voyage of the Li Wo     

19. The Saga of Annie Clark     

20. The Incredible John H. Lang     

21. The Cave of the Virgins     

Conclusion     

Bibliography     

Index