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Remembrance - As Long As We Live (Hardcover, New)
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Remembrance - As Long As We Live (Hardcover, New)
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In the "August Madness" of 1914, most of Europe was at war. They,
of the forgotten Polish Blue Army Air Corp, soared as eagles in
their rickety crates, through two wars, their wings straining and
guy wires screaming as their machine guns chattered and bombs
dropped in support of the ground wars. By a combination of
historical facts and fiction the human drama of the times is
brought to life through the struggles of a young Polish farm
peasant. To avoid Austrian army conscription he immigrated to the
United States, but nevertheless became a part of the obscure
Canadian-trained, American-immigrant Blue Army. Under the command
of the French, they fought the tragically devastating battles of
the trenches. Transferred to its newly formed air corps, he became
an airman. Facing the German Fokker scourge with each flight, the
airman's mortality rate became greater than of the trenches. Most
barely lasted weeks, a few became aces. After Armistice, the
surprised Blue Army Air Corps was transferred to Poland, now as
part of the country's air force. A group of veteran pilots from the
American Air Corps also appeared in Poland, volunteered their
services, and created the "Kosciuszko Squadron." Russia, shattered
by Germany, convulsed by civil war, fell into the grip of the
Bolsheviks. Considering that all of Europe was in disarray and
professing its intentions to spread the communist revolution
throughout the world, the Bolshevik horde crashed on through Poland
in the Russo-Polish war of 1920, bent on invading all of Europe.
Germany, France and England were too devastated for another war.
Only infant Poland stood in the Bolshevik's way. All of Western
European civilization was at bay, and perhaps that of the world.
Then a miracle happened.
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Imprint: |
Authorhouse
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
May 2006 |
First published: |
May 2006 |
Authors: |
Charles Casimer Krawczyk
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 26mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - With printed dust jacket / With dust jacket
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Pages: |
428 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4208-8119-6 |
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Fiction >
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LSN: |
1-4208-8119-1 |
Barcode: |
9781420881196 |
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