Bibliograph

The wild blue, the men and boys who flew the B-24s over Germany, Stephen E. Ambrose

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The wild blue, the men and boys who flew the B-24s over Germany, Stephen E. Ambrose

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-281) and index

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collective biography

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The wild blue

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Stephen E. Ambrose

Sub title

the men and boys who flew the B-24s over Germany

Summary

Stephen Ambrose is the acknowledged dean of the historians of World War II in Europe. In three highly acclaimed, bestselling volumes, he has told the story of the bravery, steadfastness, and ingenuity of the ordinary young men, the citizen soldiers, who fought the enemy to a standstill -- the band of brothers who endured together. The very young men who flew the B-24s over Germany in World War II against terrible odds were yet another exceptional band of brothers, and, in The Wild Blue, Ambrose recounts their extraordinary brand of heroism, skill, daring, and comradeship with the same vivid detail and affection. With his remarkable gift for bringing alive the action and tension of combat, Ambrose carries us along in the crowded, uncomfortable, and dangerous B-24s as their crews fought to the death through thick black smoke and deadly flak to reach their targets and destroy the German war machine

Target audience

adult

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Wild blue

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