The flying tigers
(2020)

Nonfiction

eAudiobook

Provider: hoopla

Details

PUBLISHED
[United States] : Blackstone Publishing, 2020
Made available through hoopla
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (1 audio file (3hr., 13 min.)) : digital

ISBN/ISSN
9781094148298 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT13647560, 1094148296 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 13647560
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Read by Joe Barrett

During World War II, a group of American fighter pilots roamed the skies over China and Burma, menacing the Japanese war effort without letup. Flamboyant, daring, and courageous, they were called the Flying Tigers. The Tigers-who had been recruited from the Army, Navy, and Marines-first saw action as a volunteer group fighting on the side of the Chiang Kai-shek's China against Japan. Trained in the unconventional air-combat tactics of their maverick leader Claire Lee Chennault, they racked up some of the most impressive air victory records of World War II. This is the story of Chennault and his magnificent Tigers-and how they performed the impossible

Mode of access: World Wide Web

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