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The German Aces Speak II: World War II Through the Eyes of Four More of the Luftwaffe's Most Important Commanders
Written by Colin D. Heaton, Anne Marie Lewis, Dr. Dennis Showalter and Trevor J. Constable
Narrated by P.J. Ochlan
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The much-anticipated sequel to The German Aces Speak gives voice to four more of WWII's most noteworthy German pilots.
When The German Aces Speak published in 2011, Air Space/Smithsonian magazine welcomed Colin Heaton's and Anne-Marie Lewis's masterful command of interview-based narrative, writing, “. . . what might have been numbing recitations of dogfights are instead vivid descriptions of life as a warrior during World War II.” Indeed, it is this unexpected perspective, brought to life by the authors' neutrality and thoughtful research, that illuminates a side of war largely hidden from the American public: the experience of the German Luftwaffe pilot. In The German Aces Speak II, Heaton and Lewis paint a picture of the war through the eyes of four more of Germany's most significant pilots-Johannes Steinhoff, Erich Alfred Hartmann, Guther Rall, and Dieter Hrabak-put together from numerous interviews personally conducted by Heaton from the 1980s through the 2000s. The four ex-Luftwaffe fighter aces bring the past to life as they tell their stories about the war, their battles, their off-duty lives, their lives after the war, and, perhaps most importantly, how they felt about serving under the Nazi leadership of Hermann Göring and Adolf Hitler. Together, the memories of the events captured in The German Aces Speak II continue one of today's most unique World War II book series, unearthing a facet of the war that has gone widely overlooked for the American public.
When The German Aces Speak published in 2011, Air Space/Smithsonian magazine welcomed Colin Heaton's and Anne-Marie Lewis's masterful command of interview-based narrative, writing, “. . . what might have been numbing recitations of dogfights are instead vivid descriptions of life as a warrior during World War II.” Indeed, it is this unexpected perspective, brought to life by the authors' neutrality and thoughtful research, that illuminates a side of war largely hidden from the American public: the experience of the German Luftwaffe pilot. In The German Aces Speak II, Heaton and Lewis paint a picture of the war through the eyes of four more of Germany's most significant pilots-Johannes Steinhoff, Erich Alfred Hartmann, Guther Rall, and Dieter Hrabak-put together from numerous interviews personally conducted by Heaton from the 1980s through the 2000s. The four ex-Luftwaffe fighter aces bring the past to life as they tell their stories about the war, their battles, their off-duty lives, their lives after the war, and, perhaps most importantly, how they felt about serving under the Nazi leadership of Hermann Göring and Adolf Hitler. Together, the memories of the events captured in The German Aces Speak II continue one of today's most unique World War II book series, unearthing a facet of the war that has gone widely overlooked for the American public.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excellent stories of German fighter pilots during WW2. I have greatly enjoyed listening to those stories.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5AMAZING! 1000 US fighters against 75 German fighters etc. So many powerful stories I'm dizzy and shocked with the reality of these modern Knights. Interesting details on combat and the personal lives of the pilots. Hans Marseille, the 'star of north Africa' and his playboy childlike manner, reporting to duty with two chicks hanging on him drunk. There's was Udet as well in the stories, these Blue Max aces involved in combat. These stories are amazing yet we can go beyond such dramatics of killing and conquest, I hope and pray. These pilots had the last remnants of an ethical code yet naïve and tunnel vision (had to be). they were were really 'isolated' yet so there in the combat its strange. I mostly focus on panzer warfare and absent Luftwaffe support. The wife of one pilot managed to save nearly 100 of her Jewish friends but these pilots were ignorant of that darkness, they, however, saw through German leadership and all hated Goering and Himmler. Disturbing accounts of rape. I hope we can avoid war and manipulate space and time. This was a great book.