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French Eagles, Soviet Heroes
Author(s): John D Clarke (Author)
- Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd
- Publication Date: 23 Jun. 2005
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 288 pages
- ISBN-10: 0750940743
- ISBN-13: 9780750940740
Book Description
In 1942, General de Gaulle agreed to send French pilots to fight alongside the Red Air Force against the Germans on the Eastern Front. The group became the most highly decorated fighter unit ever to fly for France, and the second highest scoring fighter air group of the Soviet Air Force.
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About the Author
John D. Clarke saw military service in Germany after the Second World War before working as a journalist in Fleet Street. An expert on Soviet gallantry awards on the Second World War. John is the author of ‘Men of HMS Victory at Trafalgar’ (Naval and Military Press 1999).He lives in Southwold, Suffolk.
