French Eagles, Soviet heroes
| Titel: | French Eagles, Soviet heroes : the Normandie-Niemen squadrons on the Eastern Front / John D. Clarke; foreword by Joseph M. Risso |
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| Verfasser: | |
| Veröffentlicht: | Stroud : Sutton, 2005 |
| Umfang: | X, 276 S., [16] S. : Ill. ; 24cm |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| ISBN: | 0750940743 |
| Hinweise zum Inhalt: |
Publisher description
Inhaltsverzeichnis |
X
| Lokale Klassifikation: | 57 Frankreich ; 1 14 Ba ; 41 14 B |
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- Acknowledgements
- p. vii
- Foreword
- p. viii
- Introduction
- p. ix
- Part 1
- 1
- General de Gaulle: Custodian of France's Honour
- p. 3
- 2
- Groupe de Chasse 3, Normandie, is Formed
- p. 10
- Part 2
- 3
- First Campaign, March-November 1943: Towards the Front
- p. 23
- 4
- The Kursk and Orel Offensive, 5 July-23 August 1943
- p. 33
- Part 3
- 5
- Second Campaign, 9 November 1943-6 December 1944
- p. 71
- 6
- 'New Fighting' Second Campaign
- p. 86
- 7
- Honour Title: 'Normandie-Niemen'
- p. 158
- Part 4
- 8
- Third Campaign, East Prussia, December 1944-April 1945
- p. 165
- 9
- Escapes and Captures
- p. 198
- 10
- Koenigsberg: The Bitter Battle
- p. 211
- 11
- Normandie-Niemen Returns Home
- p. 234
- Appendices
- I
- Normandie-Niemen Roll of Honour
- p. 238
- II
- French Decorations Awarded to Normandie-Niemen
- p. 251
- III
- Soviet Decorations Awarded to Normandie-Niemen
- p. 254
- IV
- Normandie Insignia and Uniforms
- p. 258
- V
- Air Force Rank Equivalents and Command Structure
- p. 259
- VI
- Details of Yak Fighter Aircraft
- p. 261
- VII
- Reflections on the Yak Fighter
- p. 265
- Bibliography
- p. 268
- Index
- p. 269
