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Book Description hardcover. Condition: new. 1. In 1948 only three years after the Holocaust the newly founded nation of Israel came under siege from a coalition of Arab states The invaders vowed to annihilate the tiny country and its 600000 settlers A second Holocaust was in the makingOutnumbered sixty to one the Israelis had no allies no regular army no air force no superpower to intercede on their behalf The United States Great Britain and most of Europe enforced a strict embargo on the shipment of arms to the embattled country In the first few days the Arab armies overran Israel The Egyptian air force owned the sky making continuous air attacks on Israeli cities and army positions Israels extinction seemed certainAnd then came help From the United States Canada Britain France South Africa arrived a band of volunteer airmen Most were World War II veteransyoung idealistic swaggering noble eccentric courageous beyond measure Many were Jews a third were not Most of them knowingly violated their nations embargoes on the shipment of arms and aircraft to Israel They smuggled in Messerschmitt fighters from Czechoslovakia painting over swastikas with Israeli stars Defying their own countries strict laws the airmen risked everythingtheir lives careers citizenshipto fight for IsraelThey were a small group fewer than 150 In the crucible of war they became brothers in a righteous cause They flew fought died and against all odds helped save a new nation The saga of the volunteer airmen in Israels war of independence stands as one of the most stirringand untoldwar stories of the past century8 pages of illustrations. Seller Inventory # DADAX0393254771
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