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Presents an account of the Flying Tigers, the legendary World War II combat group which led America's first venture into covert operations against a foreign power.
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Subjects
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945, United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 14th, United States, American Aerial operations, Aerial operations, World War, 1939-1945, China, Flying Tigers (AVG), Inc, American Participation, China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group, Flying tiger line, inc., United states, army air forces, Sino-japanese war, 1937-1945, World war, 1939-1945, aerial operations, americanEdition | Availability |
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When tigers ruled the sky: the Flying Tigers : American outlaw pilots over China in World War II
2016, Berkley Caliber
in English
- First edition.
0425274195 9780425274194
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Table of Contents
The warlord and the Japanese
The formative years of a visionary loner
Young tigers
Chiang Kai-Shek and the Americans
Young tigers get their wings
A bridge to war
Warplanes for a generalissimo on the run
American volunteers for China skies
Bounty hunters and farmers sail for China
The old man of Toungoo and his buccaneers
The war comes to Southeast Asia
Stale bread and fair weather friends
To do something in this war
Flying Tigers in Asian skies
Blood and fire over Rangoon
We cannot hold Burma without Chinese help
Make them pay
To the Gold Coast and beyond
From tedium to rat race
Turning points
Unrest in the ranks
The last days of Lei Yun
Last exits
Saving China while the quarterback hiked
Scotty and the tigers
Fixated upon a mirage
Bombing season
Countdown to dissolve day
Coming out of the cold on a shoestring
From Flying Tigers into hungry mastiffs
Out of China
And into history.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-343) and index.
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