| Stuka Pilot Hans-Ulrich Rudel: (Schiffer Military History) | 
 enlarge | Author: Gunther Just
Creator: The Life Story Of The Highest Decorated Soldier Of The Wehrmacht. Many Photos Of Rudels Aircraft.
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Category: Book
List Price: $59.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 645090
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 280
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.4
Dimensions (in): 11.2 x 8.8 x 1
ISBN: 0887402526
Dewey Decimal Number: 358.414092
EAN: 9780887402524
ASIN: 0887402526
Publication Date: October 1, 1990
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Product Description
The life story of the highest decorated soldier of the Wehrmacht. Many photos of Rudels aircraft.
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 My Favorite Book on Rudel! June 9, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Printed by Schiffer Publishing, an assurance that it is top quality. There are other books that deal more in Rudel's life, both the good and the questionable post-war, but this one pretty much has everything that all but the most ardent reader would. Enough text to please, and many, many splendid photographs. Most people don't realize that the greatest Lufwaffe pilot didn't fly fighters, but the Ju-87, and man, did he ever fly it! He had no equal. Whatever his post-war activities, I'm not here to judge, but this is a splendid book of perhaps the most accomplished pilot of WWII.
Good Book. July 3, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
THis is a wonderful book. So many photographs telling his life story. This is a must book fro any person who likes history.
 Mislead May 5, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I purchased this book after hearing about Hans Ulrich Rudel some years ago, I actually thought the book was going to be a full story about the man, but the book has mainly photo's so out five the photo's rate a 5/5 but the biography 2/5
A Great Historical Account Tarnished March 12, 2006
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
I found this book to be both facinating and detailed. Rudel's bravery and skill can not be debated. I came away from the book with a better understanding of how and why the Germans fought. Rudel writes effectively that the German fighting man was fighting for his family and country--not the ideals of the Nazi party and derived his courage from his comrades. Towards the end of the war, he claimed to have known nothing of the Nazi attrocities that were committed upon the Jews and many other ethnic groups.
With this in mind, my experience with the book was considerably diminished to learn that Rudel was actually one of the leading Germans who continued to finance fugitive Nazis living in South America after the war. At first denouncing the Nazi attrocities in the book, he went on to financially support and conceal the very people responsible for these attrocities. It leads me to question some of the accounts in the book, but still reccommend it as "must read" for WW2 history buffs.
The autobiography of the greatest soldier January 23, 2005
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
Despite his post-war political activities, Rudel still stands out as the most noteworthy soldier of the war, arguably the greatest combat pilot (Marseille was probably the best fighter pilot) in history and possibly the greatest pilot. He was apparently known to some as arrogant and unpleasant. He was the only soldier in the German armed forces to receive the Knight's Cross with golden oakleaves swords and diamonds, and was by far the most successful dive bomber. He destroyed, among other things, 519 tanks, over 1000 other vehicle, 70 landing craft etc. He flew 2530 sorties, was shot down 32 times but never by an enemy aircraft and survived the war less a leg. Many of his incredible exploits are in this book. His story is good reading on the war and is a compelling story. One can only imagine how much his signature would cost had he been killed in action. Book is well-written & translated, and the pictures are good. Well worth it.
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