Erik Schmidt

Black Tulip (eBook, ePUB)

The Life and Myth of Erich Hartmann, the World's Top Fighter Ace

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This myth-busting military biography reveals the true story of the legendary WWII German flying ace-and how his story was manipulated during the Cold War. Over the course of 1,404 wartime missions, Luftwaffe fighter pilot Erich Hartmann claimed a staggering 352 airborne kills. His storied career contains all the dramas you would expect: frostbitten fighter sweeps over the Eastern Front, drunken forays to Hitler's Eagle's Nest, a decade of imprisonment in the wretched Soviet POW camps, and further military service during the Cold War. Then, just as Hartmann's career was faltering, he was adopted by a network of writers and commentators deeply invested in his reputation. These men, mostly Americans, published celebratory stories about Hartmann and his elite fraternity ofLuftwaffepilots. With each dogfight tale put into print, Hartmann's legacy became loftier and more secure, and his complicated service in support of Nazism faded away. Black Tulipdigs beneath this one-dimensional account of Hartmann's life, revealing a man who was neither a full-blown Nazi nor an impeccable knight.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Casemate Publishers (Ignition)
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781612008257
• Artikelnr.: 62493404

Autorenporträt

Erik Schmidt has made a career of researching complicated topics. A former magazine editor and senior marketing writer, he has an MFA in creative nonfiction and a lifelong love of history and aviation. He is a freelance writer living in Denver, Colorado with his family.