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Hitler's Personal Pilot : The Life and Times of Hans Baur by C. G. Sweeting (2001, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPotomac Books, Incorporated

ISBN-101574882880

ISBN-139781574882889

eBay Product ID (ePID)1710660

Product Key Features

Book TitleHitler's Personal Pilot : the Life and Times of Hans Baur

Number of PagesXv, 334 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicMilitary / World War II, Ships & Shipbuilding / General

Publication Year2001

IllustratorYes

GenreTransportation, History

AuthorC. G. Sweeting

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight16 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN00-062137

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal943.086/092 B

SynopsisAdolf Hitler trusted few men, but his faith in pilot Hans Baur never wavered. Baur, a decorated World War I flyer and one of Germany's leading commercial aviators of the 1920s, joined the fledgling Nazi Party in 1926. His skill and daring, and his early party membership, catapulted him to the top of the list when Adolf Hitler went in search of a pilot for his political campaign of 1932. Later, Hitler became the first head of state to use air travel extensively, and from 1932 to 1945, Hitler refused to fly with anyone but Baur at the controls. Baur atc meals with Hitler frequently and was one of the Fuehrer's few true confidants. As the tide of war turned against Germany and relations between Hitler and the Luftwaffe leadership deteriorated, Hitler increasingly relied on Baur for advice about air war policy and technical developments. In the end, Baur paid for his blind loyalty to Hitler. Trapped by the Soviet Red Army in the war-torn city of Berlin, Baur was captured after Hitler's suicide and imprisoned in the USSR. Aviation historian C. G. Sweeting provides the reader with fresh insight into the inner workings of the Third Reich and the madness of Adolf Hitler. The book details m

LC Classification NumberDD247.H5S895 2000