Hitler's Gulf War / Pen & Sword Aviation (ePub)
In the spring of 1941, on an airfield fifty-five miles from Baghdad, a group of RAF...
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In the spring of 1941, on an airfield fifty-five miles from Baghdad, a group of RAF airmen and soldiers were outnumbered by the better equipped Iraqi forces-soldiers who were aided by the Germans and Italians. After thirty days, this battle resulted in the first real defeat of the Axis powers in World War II.
Hitler's Gulf War presents the story of the Iraqi revolt from the perspectives of the British, Iraqi, and Germans who were involved in the battle. Along with the group at the airfield, historian Barrie G. James examines the small relief column of cavalry, infantry, and Bedouins who traveled across a five-hundred-mile unmapped desert to support the RAF. With Germany's successes in Greece and the Western Desert in 1941, a British defeat here would have changed the course of World War II. Hitler's Gulf War traces how the battle destroyed Axis aspirations in the Middle East and also set the scene for Iraq's future relations with the West.
- Autor: Barrie G. James
- 2019, 256 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: PEN & SWORD BOOKS
- ISBN-10: 1844688224
- ISBN-13: 9781844688227
- Erscheinungsdatum: 20.02.2019
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- Größe: 0.54 MB
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“Fast moving, entertaining and exciting. It reads like a thriller yet is a tale of courage, bluff and daring.” —Col. Tim Collins OBE, Iraq War 2003
“A stirring story of courage against the odds that would grace the pages of any work of fiction-yet this is all fact.” —Rt. Hon. Sir John Major KG, CH, Gulf War 1991
“Intrigue, politics, compelling characters, chaos and courage. Barrie James brings Iraq’s history alive. If you want to know how wars are won read this book.” —Squadron leader John Peters, Gulf War 1991
“Fascinating detail. I pay tribute to Dr. James for bringing a little known by successful war to the knowledge of a wider world.” —His Grace the Duke of Wellington KG, LVO, OBE, MC, DL, Gulf War 1941
“An extraordinary story of audacity and courage. Barrie James tells this intriguing story so very well so that this book reads as much a thriller as it does the very important historical contribution that it undoubtedly is.” —Maj. Gen. Barney White-Spunner CBE, Iraq 2008
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