Hermann Göring - Stíhací eso první světové války – Kilduff Peter (2016)

Hermann Göring is primarily associated with the actions and crimes he committed between 1933 and 1945 as one of the highest officials of the Third Reich, yet his activities during World War I have been overlooked. American historian Peter Kilduff has created a seminal work based on intensive research of Göring's early military records, including his own combat reports, related documents, and thousands of German and Allied papers. His book is therefore a thorough study that brings Göring closer as a military aviator and commander during World War I, detailing the experiences that shaped the personality of the man who gained global attention in the subsequent war. At the beginning of the war, Göring eagerly sought to prove his worth to the homeland in the initial encounters with French soldiers. When he was struck by severe rheumatoid arthritis in September 1914, the 21-year-old officer was burning with ambition and could not accept the possibility of being sidelined. The following month, he began his new career as an aerial observer. He subsequently became a fighter pilot, credited with 22 confirmed victories over enemy aircraft, and was the last wartime commander of the Red Baron's fighter squadron, Jagdgeschwader...