The RAF's French foreign legion 1940-45 : De Gaulle, the British and the re-emergence of French air power / G.H. Bennett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bennett, G. H. (George Henry), 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Royal Air Force.

France combattante.

World War, 1939-1945--Participation, French.

World War, 1939-1945.

France combattante--History.

World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, French.

World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, British.

Great Britain. Royal Air Force--History.

Great Britain.

History.

Physical Description:

vii, 275 pages : map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2011.

Summary:

Happening across film footage of a young French airman working with the British Royal Air Force at an airfield in Cornwall in the midst of the air war with Nazi Germany, the author came to discover the existence of scores of young Frenchmen of the Free French movement (the one specifically associated with Charles De Gaulle, as opposed to the more general moniker that is sometimes applied to many anti-Nazi French) who came to fly and fight with the RAF during World War II, along with a number of other nationalities that came to constitute the RAF's "foreign legion." In this work, he reconstructs the history of the Free French Air Pilots, focusing beyond just pure military matters on such issues as the influence of the politics of the Free French movement on the choices and activities of these pilots and their role in reconstituting the French Air Force in the final stages of the war. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-268) and index.

ISBN:

1441189785

9781441189783

OCLC:

697599773