The Red Baron: Beyond the Legend - Peter Kilduff Reviews
Description:ISBN 0304352071 / Author: Peter Kilduff / Publisher: Cassell / Released: 4 Nov 1999 / 256 Pages
Newest Review: ... he did appear to have kindness as well. His photograph itself is haunting. I have seen that look on men before, and usually ... more
... not ones that are long for this world. I don't believe his bravery was based on a foolish sense of immortality. I think he knew very well his time would be short. His bravery was based on acceptance of that, and willingness to lay down his own life as blood sacrifice for his country. He could easily have retired - the German high command wanted him out of the air, but he often said the common soldier in the trench had no choice, and as long as they continued in the trenches, he would continue in the air.
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Customer The Red Baron: Beyond the Legend - Peter Kilduff Reviews (1)
by - written on 09/06/12 (Very useful, 57 readings)
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I have never made any secret of the esteem in which I hold the military. I come from a long line of soldiers, and even my husband is ex military ( although his career was cut short when a commanding officer called him a thick Paddy one time to many). I have a special regard for the RAF - as Churchill said "Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few." So it may come as some surprise that I hold a man who not only shot down and killed a very high number of RAF men, but actually reveled in the hunt in such high regard. It would be easy to dislike Manfred Von Richthofen. I have always been taught there is no glory ... Read the complete review
