Samuel Wolfgang W. E. Flights from Fassberg: How a German Town Built for War Became a Beacon of Peace 9781496833648

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Автор: Samuel Wolfgang W. E.
Название: Flights from Fassberg: How a German Town Built for War Became a Beacon of Peace
ISBN: 9781496833648
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
Классификация:

Биографии: общее жизнеописание

История Европы

Военная история

Вторая мировая война

Беженцы и предоставление политического убежища

ISBN-10: 1496833643
Обложка/Формат: Hardback
Страницы: 248
Вес: 1.25 кг.
Дата издания: 30.04.2021
Серия: Willie morris books in memoir and biography
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 125 black & white illustrations
Размер: 22.86 x 15.24 x 1.47 cm
Ключевые слова: Biography: general,European history,Military history,Refugees & political asylum,Second World War, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs,HISTORY / Europe / Germany,HISTORY / Military / Aviation,HISTORY / Military / World War II
Подзаголовок: How a german town built for war became a beacon of peace
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: Wolfgang W. E. Samuel, Colonel, US Air Force (Ret.), interweaves his story and that of his family with the larger history of World War II and the postwar world through a moving recollection and exploration of Fassberg, a small town in Germany few have heard of and fewer remember. Created in 1933 by the Hitler regime to train German aircrews, Fassberg hosted Samuels father in 1944-45 as an officer in the German air force. As fate and Germanys collapse chased young Wolfgang, Fassberg later became his home as a postwar refugee, frightened, traumatized, hungry, and cold.Built for war, Fassberg made its next mark as a harbinger of the new Cold War, serving as one of the operating bases for Allied aircraft during the Berlin Airlift in 1948. With the end of the Berlin Crisis, the airbase and town faced a dire future. When the Royal Air Force declared the airbase surplus to its needs, it also signed the places death warrant, yet increasing Cold War tensions salvaged both base and town. Fassberg transformed again, this time into a forward operating base for NATO aircraft, including a fighter flown by Samuels son.Both personal revelation and world history, replete with tales from pilots, mechanics, and all those whose lives intersected there, Flights from Fassberg provides context to the Berlin Airlift and its strategic impact, the development of NATO, and the establishment of the West German nation. The little town built for war survived to serve as a refuge for a lasting peace.
Дополнительное описание: Second World War|Modern warfare|Biography: general|European history|Refugees and political asylum|Military history

Flights from Fassberg: How a German Town Built for War Became a Beacon of Peace, Samuel Wolfgang W. E.