Angels in the Sky
(2017)How a Band of Volunteer Airmen Saved the New State of Israel
A non fiction book by Robert Gandt
"Reads like a World War II thriller, only better because every word is true.... One of the great untold stories of history. Robert Gandt has brought it vividly, unforgettably to life." - Steven Pressfield, best-selling author of Gates of Fire
In 1948, when the newly founded nation of Israel came under siege from a coalition of Arab states, a band of volunteer airmen from the United States, Canada, Britain, France, and South Africa arrived to help. They were a small group, fewer than 150. Many were World War II veterans; most of them knowingly violated their nations' embargoes on the shipment of arms and aircraft to Israel. The airmen risked everything - their careers, citizenship, and lives - to fight for Israel. The saga of the volunteer airmen in Israel's war of independence stands as one of the most stirring - and little-known - war stories of the past century.
In 1948, when the newly founded nation of Israel came under siege from a coalition of Arab states, a band of volunteer airmen from the United States, Canada, Britain, France, and South Africa arrived to help. They were a small group, fewer than 150. Many were World War II veterans; most of them knowingly violated their nations' embargoes on the shipment of arms and aircraft to Israel. The airmen risked everything - their careers, citizenship, and lives - to fight for Israel. The saga of the volunteer airmen in Israel's war of independence stands as one of the most stirring - and little-known - war stories of the past century.
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