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Terror flyers : the lynching of American airmen in Nazi Germany /

Terror Flyers examines the "lynch justice" (Lynchjustiz) committed against American airmen in Nazi Germany during World War II. Using engaging first-person accounts of downed pilots, as well as previously unused primary sources, Terror Flyers challenges the notion that such lynchings were...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hall, Kevin T. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
United States. > Army Air Forces > Airmen.
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, German.
World War, 1939-1945 > Atrocities > Germany.
Lynching > Germany > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Germany.
Civilians in war > Germany.
Table of Contents:
  • Uninvited Guests: Experiences of Downed Airmen
  • American "Terror Flyers" in German Propaganda
  • The History and Escalation of Lynchjustiz in Germany
  • Analysis of the Flyer Trials
  • Lynchjustiz Narratives
  • Examining the Motives of Lynchjustiz.