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Brereton Greenhous

The Making of Billy Bishop

The First World War Exploits of Billy Bishop, VC

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It's a war story that is told every time the career of Billy Bishop is discussed: On June 2, 1917, the young pilot single-handedly took out a German airfield in an early morning raid at the height of the Great War. For this, he was awarded the Victoria Cross, and a place in Canadian history. And yet, the attack never happened. In this explosive new biography, Brereton Greehous exposes the myth of Billy Bishop. While his bravery never comes into question (Bishop was as courageous as any of the men who risked their lives in those early warplanes) his credibility as a storyteller does. From exaggerations and half-truths to flat-out lies, stories… Mehr

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Produktdetails


  • ISBN: 978-1-55488-023-2
  • EAN: 9781554880232
  • Produktnummer: 20460510
  • Verlag: Dundurn
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
  • Seitenangabe: 232 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 2'541 KB
  • Abbildungen: 20 illustrations

Über den Autor


Brereton Greenhous worked for twenty-five years in the Department of National Defence's Directorate of History. He has authored, co-authored, or edited a dozen books on Canadian military history, including Out of the Shadows: Canada in the Second World War and C Force to Hong Kong: A Canadian Catastrophe, 1941-1945.

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