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Chargement... Daring Young Men: The Heroism and Triumph of The Berlin Airlift-June 1948-May 1949 (édition 2010)par Richard Reeves (Auteur)
Information sur l'oeuvreDaring Young Men: The Heroism and Triumph of The Berlin Airlift-June 1948-May 1949 par Richard Reeves
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...the real value of Reeves's book lies in the remarkable human sagas he collected through hundreds of interviews with uncelebrated pilots, mechanics, weathermen and ground controllers who sustained the airlift for almost a year. Many of them had fought the Germans and returned home to start families or begin new jobs. Now, barely three years later, they were going back to Europe to help feed their former enemies. Columnist and presidential biographer on one of the pivotal moments of the Cold War. Distinctions
The author of the bestsellers "President Nixon" and "President Kennedy" details the harrowing journey of two men who risked their lives to defy the Soviet blockade intended to drive Western powers out of Berlin. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)943.1550874History and Geography Europe Germany and central Europe Northeastern Germany Brandenburg and Berlin Berlin Historical periods 1866- 1945-1990 : Period of East GermanyClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin had ordered a blockade of the city, isolating the people of West Berlin, using hundreds of thousands of Red Army soldiers to close off all land and water access to the city. He was gambling that he could drive out the small detachment...