The German Aces Speak II: World War II through the Eyes of Four More of the Luftwaffe's Most Important Commanders

By Colin D. Heaton and Anne-Marie Lewis

Book Overview

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, Gunther 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 G ring 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0760345902
• ISBN13: 9780760345900
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Zenith Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.9"