The Making of Billy Bishop
The First World War Exploits of Billy Bishop, VC
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…
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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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